Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Chemicals and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 0.35% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delta Holding S.A (CS:DHO), which rose 3.80% or 1.17 points to trade at 31.97 at the close. Meanwhile, Label Vie (CS:LBV) added 3.54% or 65 points to end at 1900 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was up 2.90% or 0.40 points to 14.20 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which fell 9.97% or 3.51 points to trade at 31.68 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 5.44% or 1.21 points to end at 21.05 and Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT) was down 2.59% or 35 points to 1315.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 2.19% or 1.05 to $49.01 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.61% or 0.92 to hit $57.98 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.30% or 3.80 to trade at $1289.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.32% to 10.8776, while USD/MAD fell 0.30% to 9.4878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.47% at 95.303.