Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Telecoms, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Holding Companies sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.50%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which rose 6.88% or 30.20 points to trade at 469.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Taslif (CS:TSF1) added 4.75% or 1.36 points to end at 29.99 and Aluminum du Maroc SA (CS:ALU) was up 3.15% or 40 points to 1310 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were CDM (CS:CDM), which fell 5.29% or 31 points to trade at 555 at the close. Managem (CS:MNG) declined 2.17% or 39 points to end at 1756 and BMCI (CS:BMCI) was down 1.51% or 15 points to 980.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 10 and 12 ended unchanged.
Shares in M2M Group (CS:M2M) rose to 5-year highs; rising 6.88% or 30.20 to 469.00. Shares in Taslif (CS:TSF1) rose to 52-week highs; rising 4.75% or 1.36 to 29.99.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 1.36% or 0.84 to $62.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 1.14% or 0.74 to hit $65.58 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.45% or 6.10 to trade at $1350.10 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.02% to 11.3690, while USD/MAD fell 0.01% to 9.1624.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.12% at 89.14.