Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Electrical & Electronic equipment and Transport sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.15%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Med Paper (CS:PAP), which rose 9.95% or 2.82 points to trade at 31.15 at the close. Meanwhile, Nexans Maroc (CS:NEX) added 4.69% or 7.50 points to end at 167.50 and Cartier Saada (CS:CRS) was up 4.62% or 1.10 points to 24.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were SMI (CS:SMI), which fell 4.50% or 130 points to trade at 2760 at the close. CDM (CS:CDM) declined 3.70% or 20 points to end at 520 and Lesieur Cristal (CS:LESU) was down 2.72% or 4.00 points to 143.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 25 to 11 and 10 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.19% or 0.64 to $53.19 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 1.50% or 0.85 to hit $55.96 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.82% or 10.05 to trade at $1230.85 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.42% to 10.7320, while USD/MAD rose 0.07% to 9.9981.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.36% at 100.05.