Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Beverage and Chemicals sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.38%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Axa Credit (CS:AXC), which rose 2.93% or 10.00 points to trade at 351.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) added 2.18% or 48 points to end at 2248 and Med Paper (CS:PAP) was up 1.12% or 0.18 points to 16.18 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR), which fell 6.00% or 7.80 points to trade at 122.20 at the close. Alliances (CS:ADI) declined 5.99% or 5 points to end at 75 and Brasseries Du Maroc (CS:SBM) was down 5.97% or 133 points to 2094.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) fell to all time lows; falling 5.99% or 5 to 75.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 1.95% or 1.16 to $58.47 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in August fell 2.05% or 1.29 to hit $61.97 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.36% or 4.20 to trade at $1177.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.8490, while USD/MAD fell 0.13% to 9.7065.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.24% at 95.37.