Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Utilities and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.22%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 4.65% or 1.00 points to trade at 22.50 at the close. Meanwhile, Douja Prom Addoha (CS:ADH) added 4.24% or 0.57 points to end at 14.02 and Lydec (CS:LYD) was up 3.75% or 19.50 points to 540.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Auto Hall (CS:AUTO), which fell 6.47% or 5.40 points to trade at 78.00 at the close. Colorado (CS:COL) declined 5.07% or 3.40 points to end at 63.60 and Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) was down 2.65% or 3.95 points to 145.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 13 and 7 ended unchanged.
Shares in Colorado (CS:COL) fell to 52-week lows; losing 5.07% or 3.40 to 63.60.
Crude oil for January delivery was up 2.48% or 1.25 to $51.67 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 2.69% or 1.59 to hit $60.63 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.06% or 0.70 to trade at $1228.40 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 10.7900, while USD/MAD fell 0.03% to 9.5136.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 96.938.