Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Holding Companies, Construction & Building Materials and Forestry & Paper sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares lost 1.17% to hit a new 1-month low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM), which rose 5.97% or 9.95 points to trade at 176.55 at the close. Meanwhile, Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) added 4.45% or 4.30 points to end at 100.90 and Sonasid (CS:SOND) was up 4.43% or 19 points to 437 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which fell 5.12% or 60 points to trade at 1110 at the close. Residences Dar Saada SA (CS:RDS) declined 4.44% or 8.00 points to end at 172.00 and Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) was down 3.03% or 55 points to 1760.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 9 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for August delivery was down 3.11% or 1.48 to $46.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 2.98% or 1.46 to hit $47.58 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.16% or 2.10 to trade at $1324.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.29% to 10.8390, while USD/MAD rose 0.68% to 9.8441.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.89% at 96.48.