Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Banking and Food Producers & Processors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.77% to hit a new 6-month high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 6.10% or 18.00 points to trade at 313.00 at the close. CTM (CS:CTM) added 5.13% or 49.00 points to end at 1004.00 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 5.03% or 6.85 points to 143.05 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 9.97% or 18.95 points to trade at 171.05 in late trade. Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) declined 5.98% or 11.00 points to end at 173.00 and Involys (CS:INV) shed 5.33% or 8.80 points to 156.20.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 21 to 15 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for October delivery was up 1.43% or 0.68 to $48.16 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $53.79 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 1.11% or 15.00 to trade at $1336.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 11.1750, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 9.3298.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.57% at 91.83.