Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Chemicals, Holding Companies and Pharmaceutical Industry sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.11%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 5.97% or 6.90 points to trade at 122.35 at the close. Meanwhile, Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) added 5.26% or 50 points to end at 1000 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 5.04% or 23.00 points to 479.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which fell 5.94% or 76 points to trade at 1203 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) declined 5.66% or 14.40 points to end at 240.00 and Snep (CS:SNP) was down 4.87% or 4.25 points to 83.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 13 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) rose to 52-week highs; rising 5.97% or 6.90 to 122.35.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.52% or 0.71 to $45.94 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.47% or 0.70 to hit $46.91 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.06% or 0.75 to trade at $1328.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.08% to 10.8540, while USD/MAD fell 0.24% to 9.8000.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 96.56.