Investing.com – Morocco stocks were lower after the close on Monday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Transport and Insurance sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.56% to hit a new 3-months low.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 8.87% or 3.99 points to trade at 48.99 at the close. Meanwhile, Managem (CS:MNG) added 3.60% or 40 points to end at 1150 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was up 3.15% or 1.80 points to 58.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM), which fell 9.98% or 32.65 points to trade at 294.35 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) declined 8.66% or 117.0 points to end at 1234.0 and AFMA SA (CS:AFM) was down 8.63% or 85 points to 900.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 12 and 5 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.61% or 0.31 to $50.29 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.65% or 0.35 to hit $53.18 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.27% or 3.35 to trade at $1254.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.01% to 10.7190, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 10.0554.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.03% at 100.45.