Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Real Estate and Software & Computer Services sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 10.00% or 43.30 points to trade at 476.45 at the close. Meanwhile, Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) added 9.96% or 2.55 points to end at 28.15 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 7.80% or 5.50 points to 76.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA), which fell 9.94% or 1.64 points to trade at 14.86 at the close. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 5.98% or 9.60 points to end at 150.90 and Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) was down 3.75% or 159 points to 4081.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 21 to 14 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) rose to all time highs; up 9.96% or 2.55 to 28.15.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 2.74% or 1.25 to $44.34 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 2.48% or 1.34 to hit $52.76 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.10% or 13.90 to trade at $1272.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.28% to 10.8880, while USD/MAD fell 0.17% to 9.5406.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.48% at 95.995.