Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Chemicals and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.56%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Stroc Industrie (CS:STR), which rose 8.81% or 2.14 points to trade at 26.44 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 6.56% or 1.00 points to end at 16.25 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 4.26% or 69 points to 1690 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Maroc Leasing (CS:MLE), which fell 5.99% or 27.75 points to trade at 435.25 at the close. Afriquia Gaz (CS:AGAZ1) declined 5.99% or 185 points to end at 2905 and Risma (CS:RIS) was down 3.25% or 5.75 points to 171.25.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 17 to 12 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 1.61% or 0.83 to $50.64 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in February fell 0.61% or 0.37 to hit $59.91 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.47% or 5.80 to trade at $1247.20 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.18% to 10.8800, while USD/MAD fell 0.15% to 9.5927.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.29% at 96.632.