Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Oil & Gas, Chemicals and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.05%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Ciments Du Maroc (CS:SCM), which rose 4.09% or 45 points to trade at 1100 at the close. Meanwhile, Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) added 3.52% or 74 points to end at 2174 and Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG) was up 2.12% or 3.00 points to 144.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Jet Contractors (CS:JET), which fell 4.97% or 10.80 points to trade at 206.10 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 4.76% or 5.40 points to end at 108.00 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was down 2.96% or 2.75 points to 90.00.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 14 to 12 and 3 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.61% or 0.36 to $59.03 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 1.18% or 0.78 to hit $65.38 a barrel, while the June Gold contract fell 0.70% or 8.30 to trade at $1180.60 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.08% to 10.8790, while USD/MAD rose 0.64% to 9.7658.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.20.