Morocco shares lower at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares down 0.32%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were lower at the close on Monday, as losses in the Electrical & Electronic equipment , Software & Computer Services and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares lower.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares fell 0.32%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Salafin (CS: SLF ), which rose 4.50% or 45 points to trade at 1045 at the close. Atlanta (CS: ATL ) added 3.42% or 2.46 points to end at 74.47 and Micro Data SA (CS: MIC ) was up 2.83% or 8.20 points to 298.20 in late trade.

Biggest losers included Nexans Maroc (CS: NEX ), which lost 5.98% or 8.85 points to trade at 139.10 in late trade. Taslif (CS: TSF1 ) declined 5.66% or 1.50 points to end at 25.00 and Disway SA (CS: DWY ) shed 2.97% or 15.00 points to 490.00.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 22 to 16 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.98% or 0.58 to $59.78 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.62% or 0.39 to hit $63.18 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.90 to trade at $1326.60 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was down 0.04% to 11.3230, while USD/MAD fell 0.33% to 9.2273.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.03% at 90.19.