Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Distributors, Real Estate and Insurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.48%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were BMCI (CS:BMCI), which rose 9.97% or 67 points to trade at 739 at the close. Meanwhile, Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) added 9.79% or 2.35 points to end at 26.35 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was up 9.77% or 129 points to 1449 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oulmes (CS:OULM), which fell 5.85% or 76 points to trade at 1224 at the close. Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) declined 5.02% or 7.45 points to end at 141.05 and Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) was down 3.51% or 29.50 points to 810.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 14 and 3 ended unchanged.
Shares in Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.02% or 7.45 to 141.05. Shares in Taqa Morocco SA (CS:TQM) fell to 52-week lows; down 3.51% or 29.50 to 810.50.
Crude oil for October delivery was down 0.24% or 0.16 to $67.59 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 0.43% or 0.33 to hit $77.16 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.07% or 0.90 to trade at $1201.30 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.15% to 10.9410, while USD/MAD fell 0.26% to 9.4302.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.33% at 95.07.