Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Forestry & Paper, Distributors and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.25%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Centrale Danone (CS:CDA), which rose 5.98% or 32 points to trade at 572 at the close. Meanwhile, Stokvis Nord Afrique (CS:SNA) added 4.85% or 0.97 points to end at 20.97 and Auto Hall (CS:AUTO) was up 4.81% or 5.00 points to 109.00 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Timar (CS:TIM), which fell 5.98% or 12.80 points to trade at 201.20 at the close. SMI (CS:SMI) declined 5.23% or 149 points to end at 2700 and Oulmes (CS:OULM) was down 4.33% or 58 points to 1280.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 30 to 12 and 9 ended unchanged.
Shares in Timar (CS:TIM) fell to all time lows; down 5.98% or 12.80 to 201.20.
Crude oil for December delivery was down 2.63% or 1.14 to $42.27 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 2.53% or 1.13 to hit $43.62 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 0.51% or 6.25 to trade at $1218.05 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.85% to 10.7170, while USD/MAD rose 0.50% to 9.9950.
The US Dollar Index was up 1.18% at 100.16.