Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.15%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.95% or 2.82 points to trade at 31.15 at the close. Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) added 4.69% or 7.50 points to end at 167.50 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 4.62% or 1.10 points to 24.90 in late trade.
Biggest losers included SMI (CS:SMI), which lost 4.50% or 130 points to trade at 2760 in late trade. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 3.70% or 20 points to end at 520 and Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) shed 2.72% or 4.00 points to 143.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 25 to 11 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.17% or 0.63 to $53.20 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.46% or 0.83 to hit $55.98 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.83% or 10.10 to trade at $1230.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.26% to 10.7490, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.9981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.05.