Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Transport and Construction & Building Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.27%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL), which rose 5.95% or 121 points to trade at 2152 at the close. Samir (CS:SAMI) added 3.75% or 5.90 points to end at 163.20 and Ennakl (CS:NAKL) was up 3.30% or 1.35 points to 42.25 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Afric Industries Sa (CS:AFIND), which lost 5.75% or 18.00 points to trade at 295.00 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 5.34% or 0.85 points to end at 15.90 and Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) shed 5.28% or 12.00 points to 215.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 16 and 6 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for July delivery was down 0.43% or 0.26 to $60.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.74% or 0.49 to hit $66.31 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.11% or 1.40 to trade at $1226.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 10.9210, while USD/MAD rose 0.51% to 9.6211.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.75% at 93.99.