Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Oil & Gas and Insurance sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.08%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA), which rose 5.98% or 44.4 points to trade at 786.5 at the close. Lydec (CS:LYD) added 5.37% or 26.00 points to end at 510.00 and Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) was up 5.26% or 2.80 points to 56.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 4.64% or 13.00 points to trade at 267.00 in late trade. Snep (CS:SNP) declined 3.87% or 3.49 points to end at 86.50 and Risma (CS:RIS) shed 3.37% or 3.85 points to 110.15.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 18 to 15 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.59% or 0.29 to $49.62 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in August rose 0.72% or 0.36 to hit $50.31 a barrel, while the August Gold contract fell 0.76% or 9.20 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 10.8780, while USD/MAD fell 0.14% to 9.7662.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.01% at 95.72.