Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Mining and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.09%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Managem (CS:MNG), which rose 9.36% or 109 points to trade at 1274 at the close. Snep (CS:SNP) added 7.25% or 25.35 points to end at 375.00 and Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) was up 6.62% or 10.55 points to 170.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Sonasid (CS:SOND), which lost 4.96% or 19 points to trade at 361 in late trade. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 3.37% or 1.75 points to end at 50.24 and Disway SA (CS:DWY) shed 2.57% or 9.50 points to 360.00.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 24 to 15 and 7 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.75% or 0.94 to $52.92 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.96% or 1.11 to hit $55.59 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.90% or 11.10 to trade at $1224.80 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.21% to 10.6980, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 10.0891.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 100.97.