Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Holding Companies and Insurance sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Hps (CS:HPS), which rose 7.83% or 93.00 points to trade at 1280.00 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) added 6.65% or 10.10 points to end at 162.05 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.99% or 15.55 points to 275.35 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Saham Assurance (CS:SAH), which lost 4.48% or 66 points to trade at 1407 in late trade. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 2.64% or 7.95 points to end at 293.00 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 2.61% or 3.00 points to 112.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 18 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.81% or 0.36 to $44.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in September rose 0.73% or 0.34 to hit $47.05 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract rose 0.13% or 1.59 to trade at $1211.29 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.05% to 11.0040, while USD/MAD fell 0.02% to 9.6567.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 95.81.