Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Distributors, Utilities and Invest Companies & Other Finance 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 Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX), which rose 9.02% or 41.35 points to trade at 500.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE:SID) added 4.76% or 55.00 points to end at 1,211.00 and Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR) was up 4.76% or 2.00 points to 44.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Itissalat Al-Maghrib (CSE:IAM), which fell 2.82% or 3.00 points to trade at 103.30 at the close. Hps (CSE:HPS) declined 2.80% or 19.00 points to end at 660.00 and Cartier Saada (CSE:CRS) was down 2.65% or 0.92 points to 33.80.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 25 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX) rose to all time highs; gaining 9.02% or 41.35 to 500.00. Shares in Ste Nationale de Siderurgie SA (CSE:SID) rose to 5-year highs; rising 4.76% or 55.00 to 1,211.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.61% or 0.44 to $72.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.12% or 0.09 to hit $75.76 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.99% or 28.16 to trade at $2,863.16 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.63% to 10.35, while USD/MAD fell 1.04% to 10.09.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.84% at 109.13.