Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Mining and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.19% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Alliances (CS:ADI), which rose 9.99% or 5 points to trade at 58 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 9.32% or 4.35 points to end at 50.99 and Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM) was up 6.00% or 69 points to 1219 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which fell 5.86% or 135 points to trade at 2165 at the close. Label Vie (CS:LBV) declined 5.10% or 60 points to end at 1115 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) was down 4.30% or 32 points to 716.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 19 to 17 and 7 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 0.85% or 0.25 to $29.69 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.28% or 0.10 to hit $33.45 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 2.57% or 31.90 to trade at $1207.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.12% to 10.8800, while USD/MAD rose 0.86% to 9.7650.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.87% at 96.82.