Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Insurance, Chemicals and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.18%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were BMCI (CS:BMCI), which rose 9.70% or 84 points to trade at 950 at the close. Meanwhile, Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) added 9.33% or 397 points to end at 4654 and Colorado (CS:COL) was up 6.38% or 4.98 points to 82.98 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which fell 9.34% or 170 points to trade at 1650 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) declined 9.17% or 3.85 points to end at 38.15 and Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) was down 5.93% or 177 points to 2808.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 13 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Ennakl Automobiles SA (CS:NKL) fell to 52-week lows; down 9.17% or 3.85 to 38.15.
Crude oil for August delivery was up 0.03% or 0.02 to $74.17 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 1.60% or 1.27 to hit $77.96 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 1.03% or 12.90 to trade at $1241.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.32% to 11.0450, while USD/MAD rose 0.36% to 9.5165.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.62% at 94.81.