Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Distributors and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.25%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.98% or 32 points to trade at 572 at the close. Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 4.85% or 0.97 points to end at 20.97 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 4.81% or 5.00 points to 109.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Timar (CS:TIM), which lost 5.98% or 12.80 points to trade at 201.20 in late trade. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 5.23% or 149 points to end at 2700 and Oulmes (CS:OULM) shed 4.33% or 58 points to 1280.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 30 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.60% or 1.13 to $42.28 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.50% or 1.12 to hit $43.63 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.47% or 5.75 to trade at $1218.55 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.85% to 10.7170, while USD/MAD rose 0.50% to 9.9950.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.18% at 100.16.