Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure and Real Estate sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.05%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Agma Lahlou-Tazi (CS:AGMA), which rose 6.96% or 158 points to trade at 2428 at the close. Unimer (CS:UMR) added 5.97% or 9.30 points to end at 164.85 and Promopharm S.A. (CS:PRO) was up 5.96% or 75 points to 1332 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Cartier Saada (CS:CRS), which lost 5.99% or 1.13 points to trade at 17.72 in late trade. BMCI (CS:BMCI) declined 5.37% or 33 points to end at 581 and Maghrebail (CS:MAB) shed 4.86% or 34 points to 665.
Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 18 to 18 and 11 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for June delivery was down 0.79% or 0.33 to $41.38 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.19% or 0.08 to hit $43.18 a barrel, while the June Gold contract rose 0.01% or 0.10 to trade at $1234.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.12% to 10.9500, while USD/MAD fell 0.46% to 9.6447.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.33% at 94.37.