Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Transport, Pharmaceutical Industry and Construction & Building Materials sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares added 0.10%.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Timar (CS:TIM), which rose 5.95% or 11.90 points to trade at 211.90 at the close. Meanwhile, Sothema (CS:SOT) added 4.00% or 50 points to end at 1300 and LafargeHolcim Maroc (CS:LHM) was up 3.31% or 80 points to 2500 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were S2M (CS:S2M), which fell 6.33% or 15.00 points to trade at 222.00 at the close. Centrale Danone (CS:CDA) declined 5.99% or 63 points to end at 987 and Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) was down 4.92% or 2.46 points to 47.50.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 24 to 11 and 8 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.55% or 0.27 to $49.04 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May fell 0.08% or 0.04 to hit $51.72 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract rose 0.22% or 2.75 to trade at $1232.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was up 0.01% to 10.7490, while USD/MAD rose 0.00% to 10.0102.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.05% at 100.19.