Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Mining, Utilities and Chemicals 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 IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which rose 2.99% or 3.35 points to trade at 115.25 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 2.85% or 0.55 points to end at 19.85 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 2.78% or 1.40 points to 51.70 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO), which fell 9.04% or 112 points to trade at 1127 at the close. Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) declined 4.51% or 101 points to end at 2139 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was down 4.41% or 2.17 points to 47.01.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for October delivery was up 2.31% or 1.02 to $45.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.56% or 0.73 to hit $47.56 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.18% or 2.35 to trade at $1330.45 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 10.8920, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 9.7681.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.14% at 95.74.