Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Transport, Pharmaceutical Industry and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares declined 0.30% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 6.82% or 1.50 points to trade at 23.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 6.63% or 1.99 points to end at 31.99 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was up 6.00% or 1.50 points to 26.50 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CTM (CS:CTM), which fell 3.33% or 30.00 points to trade at 870.00 at the close. Sonasid (CS:SOND) declined 3.09% or 12 points to end at 388 and Sothema (CS:SOT) was down 2.38% or 39 points to 1600.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 13 and 5 ended unchanged.
Shares in Sonasid (CS:SOND) fell to 52-week lows; falling 3.09% or 12 to 388.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.66% or 0.34 to $51.25 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.94% or 0.57 to hit $59.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.12% or 1.55 to trade at $1291.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.39% to 10.9230, while USD/MAD rose 0.27% to 9.5190.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.09% at 95.178.