Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Banking and Distributors sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.06%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghrebail (CS:MAB), which rose 5.43% or 49 points to trade at 949 at the close. Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) added 3.83% or 14.95 points to end at 404.95 and Risma (CS:RIS) was up 3.24% or 4.60 points to 146.60 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 5.80% or 23.10 points to trade at 375.00 in late trade. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 4.12% or 1.43 points to end at 33.27 and CTM (CS:CTM) shed 3.72% or 29.10 points to 754.00.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 25 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.70% or 1.00 to $57.95 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.02% or 0.01 to hit $63.46 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 8.02 to trade at $1295.32 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.06% to 11.1980, while USD/MAD rose 0.08% to 9.3878.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.01% at 92.73.