Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Insurance and Holding Companies sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 5.98% or 6.70 points to trade at 118.70 at the close. Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) added 4.43% or 5.90 points to end at 139.00 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was up 3.54% or 1.85 points to 53.99 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 5.98% or 22.10 points to trade at 346.90 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 4.69% or 31 points to end at 627 and Hps (CS:HPS) shed 3.82% or 20.90 points to 526.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 24 to 17 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 3.16% or 1.46 to $47.67 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.57% or 1.23 to hit $49.06 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.45 to trade at $1274.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.9330, while USD/MAD fell 0.12% to 9.6585.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 94.47.