Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Software & Computer Services and Chemicals sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.34%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Disway (CS:DWAY), which rose 9.98% or 22.00 points to trade at 242.30 at the close. Axa Credit (CS:AXC) added 5.97% or 20.50 points to end at 363.50 and Involys (CS:INV) was up 5.93% or 6.35 points to 113.40 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 8.00% or 6 points to trade at 69 in late trade. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) declined 5.93% or 8.45 points to end at 134.00 and Aluminum mar 1l (CS:ALU) shed 5.04% or 55 points to 1035.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 17 and 4 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for April delivery was up 4.65% or 1.67 to $37.59 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 4.96% or 1.92 to hit $40.64 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.24% or 3.00 to trade at $1267.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.03% to 10.8290, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.8355.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.10% at 97.15.