Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Forestry & Paper, Construction & Building Materials and Real Estate sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.47%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 5.98% or 176 points to trade at 3119 at the close. Meanwhile, Disway SA (CS:DWY) added 5.56% or 25.00 points to end at 475.00 and Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) was up 2.16% or 6.00 points to 284.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Auto Nejma (CS:NEJ1), which fell 5.98% or 134 points to trade at 2105 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 4.16% or 2.15 points to end at 49.50 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was down 2.92% or 0.95 points to 31.55.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Disway SA (CS:DWY) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 5.56% or 25.00 to 475.00.
Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.15% or 0.09 to $61.53 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.10% or 0.07 to hit $67.69 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.35% or 4.60 to trade at $1317.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.19% to 11.2050, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 9.3688.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.34% at 92.06.