Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Beverage and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.50% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Rebab Company (CS:REBA), which rose 5.96% or 7.45 points to trade at 132.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 5.14% or 2.29 points to end at 46.85 and Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) was up 3.48% or 95 points to 2825 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which fell 5.96% or 81 points to trade at 1277 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 5.03% or 19.00 points to end at 359.00 and Oulmes (CS:OULM) was down 3.73% or 64 points to 1650.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 10 and 14 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.38% or 0.19 to $49.99 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.23% or 0.12 to hit $52.63 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 0.12% or 1.50 to trade at $1266.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.00% to 10.9240, while USD/MAD fell 0.00% to 9.7713.
The US Dollar Index Futures was unchanged 0.00% at 97.33.