Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Mining and Telecoms sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.07%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Timar (CS:TIM), which rose 5.99% or 19.95 points to trade at 352.75 at the close. Meanwhile, Fenie Brossette (CS:FBR) added 5.88% or 5.42 points to end at 97.45 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 5.79% or 76 points to 1387 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX), which fell 9.79% or 16.40 points to trade at 151.00 at the close. M2M Group (CS:M2M) declined 5.41% or 14.90 points to end at 260.10 and S2M (CS:S2M) was down 5.24% or 12.00 points to 217.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 22 to 14 and 4 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 1.21% or 0.53 to $43.20 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.60% or 0.27 to hit $44.80 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.95% or 11.65 to trade at $1241.65 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.35% to 10.9280, while USD/MAD fell 0.06% to 9.6955.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.40% at 94.73.