Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Utilities and Banking sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were CTM (CSE:CTM), which rose 6.70% or 41.70 points to trade at 663.90 at the close. Disty Technologies SA (CSE:DYT) added 6.16% or 14.10 points to end at 243.00 and S2M (CSE:S2M) was up 4.81% or 13.00 points to 283.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Jet Contractors (CSE:JET), which lost 5.50% or 88.00 points to trade at 1,512.00 in late trade. CIH (CSE:CIH) declined 4.49% or 18.85 points to end at 401.15 and Attijariwafa Bank (CSE:ATW) shed 2.43% or 14.00 points to 561.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 34 to 13 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.98% or 1.41 to $69.83 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 1.93% or 1.44 to hit $73.19 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 2.85% or 78.10 to trade at $2,659.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.47% to 10.53, while USD/MAD fell 0.09% to 10.05.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.68% at 106.78.