Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Holding Companies, Real Estate and Telecoms sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 0.21%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Maghreb Oxygene (CS:OXYG), which rose 5.05% or 5.10 points to trade at 106.00 at the close. Saham Assurance (CS:SAH) added 2.90% or 31 points to end at 1100 and Label Vie (CS:LBV) was up 2.88% or 34 points to 1214 in late trade.
Biggest losers included M2M Group (CS:M2M), which lost 6.90% or 26.00 points to trade at 351.00 in late trade. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS:DLM) declined 4.63% or 8.70 points to end at 179.40 and Eqdom (CS:EQDM) shed 4.33% or 42 points to 940.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 20 to 17 and 3 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for January delivery was up 0.72% or 0.37 to $52.05 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in February rose 1.10% or 0.60 to hit $55.06 a barrel, while the February Gold contract fell 0.82% or 9.65 to trade at $1168.15 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.34% to 10.7380, while USD/MAD fell 0.16% to 10.0120.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.29% at 100.46.