Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Food Producers & Processors and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 10.00% or 10 points to trade at 110 at the close. Realis. Mecaniques (CS:SRM) added 5.91% or 13.30 points to end at 238.00 and Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) was up 4.65% or 80 points to 1800 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which lost 4.09% or 43 points to trade at 1007 in late trade. CTM (CS:CTM) declined 3.03% or 11.85 points to end at 378.10 and Ib Maroc.Com (CS:IBMC) shed 2.67% or 2.75 points to 100.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 20 to 11 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.04% or 0.02 to $51.66 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June fell 0.28% or 0.17 to hit $58.78 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.44% or 5.30 to trade at $1199.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.11% to 10.6460, while USD/MAD rose 0.11% to 10.0675.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.10% at 99.72.