Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Utilities, Food Producers & Processors and Mining sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.24%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which rose 5.97% or 9.15 points to trade at 162.20 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlanta (CS:ATL) added 5.89% or 3.39 points to end at 60.89 and Timar (CS:TIM) was up 5.85% or 22.00 points to 398.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CIH (CS:CIH), which fell 4.43% or 13.75 points to trade at 296.25 at the close. Jet Contractors (CS:JET) declined 4.34% or 8.00 points to end at 176.00 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:JLC) was down 4.26% or 23.20 points to 520.30.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 18 and 1 ended unchanged.
Shares in CIH (CS:CIH) fell to 52-week lows; losing 4.43% or 13.75 to 296.25. Shares in Jet Contractors (CS:JET) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.34% or 8.00 to 176.00.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 3.24% or 1.49 to $44.56 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 3.40% or 1.69 to hit $47.92 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.30% or 3.40 to trade at $1118.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.09% to 10.8740, while USD/MAD fell 0.10% to 9.7351.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.12% at 96.14.