Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Banking and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.06%.
The best performers 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. Meanwhile, 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.
The worst performers of the session were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which fell 5.80% or 23.10 points to trade at 375.00 at the close. Med Paper (CS:PAP) declined 4.12% or 1.43 points to end at 33.27 and CTM (CS:CTM) was down 3.72% or 29.10 points to 754.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 15 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE) rose to 52-week highs; up 3.83% or 14.95 to 404.95.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 1.70% or 1.00 to $57.95 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.03% or 0.02 to hit $63.45 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.62% or 7.96 to trade at $1295.26 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 0.02% at 92.74.