Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Banking, Beverage and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca , the Moroccan All Shares gained 1.51% to hit a new all time high.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Marocaine Ste de Therapeutique SA (CSE:SOT), which rose 8.99% or 117.00 points to trade at 1,419.00 at the close. Taqa Morocco SA (CSE:TQM) added 6.30% or 160.00 points to end at 2,700.00 and Travaux Generaux De Construction De Casablanca S.A (CSE:TGC) was up 5.32% or 41.00 points to 811.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Med Paper (CSE:MDP), which lost 3.59% or 0.82 points to trade at 22.00 in late trade. SMI (CSE:SMI) declined 1.96% or 47.00 points to end at 2,350.00 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) shed 1.82% or 5.00 points to 270.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 39 to 16 and 5 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was up 2.38% or 1.45 to $62.47 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 2.22% or 1.42 to hit $65.33 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract fell 3.07% or 102.81 to trade at $3,241.19 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.65% to 10.34, while USD/MAD rose 0.76% to 9.32.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 1.23% at 101.40.