Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure, Chemicals and Distributors sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.17%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Zellidja S.A (CS:ZELI), which rose 5.98% or 6.75 points to trade at 119.65 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CS:S2M) added 3.60% or 9.00 points to end at 259.00 and Label Vie (CS:LBV) was up 3.11% or 40 points to 1325 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CS:IBC), which fell 4.31% or 4.25 points to trade at 94.40 at the close. Wafa Assurance (CS:WASS) declined 3.26% or 150 points to end at 4450 and BCP (CS:BCP) was down 2.12% or 6.00 points to 277.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 20 to 16 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in S2M (CS:S2M) rose to 3-years highs; up 3.60% or 9.00 to 259.00.
Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.30% or 0.14 to $46.08 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in July fell 0.43% or 0.21 to hit $48.89 a barrel, while the June Gold Futures contract rose 0.08% or 1.04 to trade at $1227.94 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.24% to 10.8290, while USD/MAD rose 0.37% to 9.9056.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.53% at 98.94.