Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Invest Companies & Other Finance, Banking and Transport sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.13%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.85% or 8.85 points to trade at 160.05 at the close. Salafin (CS:SLF) added 4.81% or 50 points to end at 1090 and Bmce Bank (CS:BMCE) was up 4.32% or 9.50 points to 229.50 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Alliances (CS:ADI), which lost 6.90% or 12 points to trade at 162 in late trade. Lydec (CS:LYD) declined 5.13% or 31.80 points to end at 588.20 and Atlanta (CS:ATL) shed 3.38% or 2.70 points to 77.10.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 21 to 13 and 10 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was up 2.14% or 1.33 to $63.39 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 2.16% or 1.45 to hit $68.56 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.19% or 2.60 to trade at $1338.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.10% to 11.3280, while USD/MAD fell 0.21% to 9.1970.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.31% at 89.54.