Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Utilities sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.23%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Atlanta (CS:ATL), which rose 9.98% or 4.80 points to trade at 52.90 at the close. IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) added 6.86% or 7.00 points to end at 109.00 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 6.00% or 8.10 points to 143.15 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 4.64% or 16.40 points to trade at 337.00 in late trade. Unimer (CS:UMR) declined 4.49% or 8.00 points to end at 170.00 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) shed 3.25% or 39 points to 1161.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 23 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.35% or 0.19 to $53.97 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $56.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1239.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.7010, while USD/MAD fell 0.02% to 10.0779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.85.