Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment, Software & Computer Services and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.32%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS:SLF), which rose 4.50% or 45 points to trade at 1045 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlanta (CS:ATL) added 3.42% or 2.46 points to end at 74.47 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 2.83% or 8.20 points to 298.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 5.98% or 8.85 points to trade at 139.10 at the close. Taslif (CS:TSF1) declined 5.66% or 1.50 points to end at 25.00 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) was down 2.97% or 15.00 points to 490.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Salafin (CS:SLF) rose to all time highs; up 4.50% or 45 to 1045. Shares in Atlanta (CS:ATL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 3.42% or 2.46 to 74.47.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.01% or 0.60 to $59.80 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.64% or 0.40 to hit $63.19 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.81% or 10.70 to trade at $1326.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.3230, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.2273.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.19.