Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Utilities, Beverage and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 1.57% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Auto Hall (CS:AUTO), which rose 9.99% or 7.29 points to trade at 80.29 at the close. Meanwhile, Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) added 9.97% or 16.60 points to end at 183.10 and Micro Data SA (CS:MIC) was up 7.89% or 19.45 points to 265.95 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Managem (CS:MNG), which fell 7.30% or 71 points to trade at 902 at the close. Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) declined 7.07% or 70.0 points to end at 920.0 and Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) was down 4.32% or 0.61 points to 13.50.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 32 to 7 and 10 ended unchanged.
Shares in Managem (CS:MNG) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.30% or 71 to 902. Shares in Total Maroc SA (CS:TMA) fell to 52-week lows; losing 7.07% or 70.0 to 920.0.
Crude oil for February delivery was down 0.38% or 0.17 to $45.16 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March fell 0.11% or 0.06 to hit $53.15 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 0.11% or 1.35 to trade at $1284.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.25% to 10.9530, while USD/MAD rose 0.12% to 9.5606.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.27% at 95.708.