Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Telecoms and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.93%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Risma (CS:RIS), which rose 4.22% or 7.00 points to trade at 173.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Sonasid (CS:SOND) added 3.82% or 20 points to end at 530 and Marsa Maroc SA (CS:MSA) was up 3.46% or 5.65 points to 169.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Oulmes (CS:OULM), which fell 5.26% or 70 points to trade at 1260 at the close. Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) declined 5.23% or 8.00 points to end at 145.00 and Alliances (CS:ADI) was down 4.63% or 5 points to 104.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 16 to 12 and 4 ended unchanged.
Shares in Oulmes (CS:OULM) fell to 52-week lows; down 5.26% or 70 to 1260. Shares in Alliances (CS:ADI) fell to 52-week lows; down 4.63% or 5 to 104.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 0.95% or 0.65 to $67.61 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in September fell 0.73% or 0.53 to hit $72.54 a barrel, while the August Gold Futures contract fell 0.58% or 7.10 to trade at $1224.00 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.14% to 11.0500, while USD/MAD fell 0.00% to 9.4434.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.13% at 94.37.