Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Mining, Telecoms and Invest Companies & Other Finance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.23% to hit a new all time high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ste de Travaux de Realisation d’Ouvrages et de Constuction Industielle SA (CSE:STR), which rose 6.10% or 2.84 points to trade at 49.39 at the close. Meanwhile, Lesieur Cristal (CSE:LES) added 5.42% or 14.90 points to end at 290.00 and Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) was up 4.55% or 6.00 points to 138.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wafa Assurance (CSE:WAA), which fell 3.27% or 150.00 points to trade at 4,440.00 at the close. Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:MOX) declined 2.93% or 8.00 points to end at 265.00 and Nationale d’Electrolyse et de Petrochimie Ste SA (CSE:SNP) was down 2.13% or 14.00 points to 644.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 27 to 21 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Fenie Brossette (CSE:FBR) rose to 52-week highs; up 4.55% or 6.00 to 138.00.
Crude oil for March delivery was up 1.16% or 0.88 to $76.63 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 1.10% or 0.88 to hit $80.64 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract fell 0.88% or 23.76 to trade at $2,691.24 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.48% to 10.30, while USD/MAD rose 0.15% to 10.11.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 109.79.