Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Real Estate and Food Producers & Processors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.06%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Unimer (CS:UMR), which rose 5.05% or 9.50 points to trade at 197.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Atlanta (CS:ATL) added 2.18% or 1.39 points to end at 64.93 and Attijariwafa Bank (CS:ATW) was up 1.97% or 6.95 points to 352.05 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1), which fell 4.87% or 100 points to trade at 1950 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) declined 4.63% or 3.50 points to end at 72.00 and M2M Group (CS:M2M) was down 4.20% or 8.70 points to 198.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 16 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for July delivery was up 0.52% or 0.31 to $60.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July rose 1.14% or 0.74 to hit $66.11 a barrel, while the August Gold contract rose 0.32% or 3.80 to trade at $1208.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.45% to 10.7660, while USD/MAD rose 0.20% to 9.8203.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.27% at 96.52.