Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Oil & Gas sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.24%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CSE:RIS), which rose 9.06% or 18.95 points to trade at 228.00 at the close. Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) added 2.90% or 16.80 points to end at 596.90 and Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) was up 2.82% or 37.00 points to 1,350.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sanlam Maroc SA (CSE:SAH), which lost 7.88% or 149.00 points to trade at 1,741.00 in late trade. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CSE:SNA) declined 7.42% or 1.25 points to end at 15.60 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) shed 3.12% or 3.45 points to 107.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 26 to 18 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.14% or 1.44 to $68.64 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.83% or 1.30 to hit $72.42 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.41% or 37.49 to trade at $2,697.09 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 10.55, while USD/MAD rose 0.25% to 9.99.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.11% at 105.62.