Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Mining and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CS:COL), which rose 8.30% or 4.98 points to trade at 64.98 at the close. Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) added 5.94% or 8.90 points to end at 158.80 and Sothema (CS:SOT) was up 5.18% or 93 points to 1889 in late trade.
Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which lost 7.05% or 4.93 points to trade at 65.01 in late trade. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 5.69% or 7.00 points to end at 116.00 and CTM (CS:CTM) shed 5.52% or 49.70 points to 850.20.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.74% or 0.96 to $54.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.54% or 0.34 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1319.35 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 10.9039, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.5333.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.537.