Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Chemicals, Insurance and Utilities sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.23%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Atlanta (CS:ATL), which rose 9.98% or 4.80 points to trade at 52.90 at the close. Meanwhile, IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC) added 6.86% or 7.00 points to end at 109.00 and Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI) was up 6.00% or 8.10 points to 143.15 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were M2M Group (CS:M2M), which fell 4.64% or 16.40 points to trade at 337.00 at the close. Unimer (CS:UMR) declined 4.49% or 8.00 points to end at 170.00 and Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) was down 3.25% or 39 points to 1161.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 23 to 19 and 6 ended unchanged.
Shares in Atlanta (CS:ATL) rose to 52-week highs; rising 9.98% or 4.80 to 52.90.
Crude oil for April delivery was up 0.35% or 0.19 to $53.97 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April rose 0.54% or 0.30 to hit $56.11 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.00% or 0.05 to trade at $1239.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.05% to 10.7010, while USD/MAD fell 0.02% to 10.0779.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.04% at 100.85.