Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Construction & Building Materials, Mining and Chemicals sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares rose 1.21% to hit a new 6-months high.
The best performers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Miniere Touissit (CS:CMT), which rose 10.00% or 103 points to trade at 1133 at the close. Meanwhile, Lafarge Ciments (CS:LAC) added 10.00% or 167 points to end at 1837 and Holcim Maroc SA (CS:HOL) was up 9.89% or 180 points to 2000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Eqdom (CS:EQDM), which fell 5.71% or 50 points to trade at 825 at the close. Stroc Industrie (CS:STR) declined 4.40% or 2.49 points to end at 54.00 and Cosumar (CS:CSMR) was down 3.06% or 6 points to 190.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 18 to 18 and 6 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for May delivery was up 0.61% or 0.25 to $41.39 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in May rose 0.49% or 0.20 to hit $41.40 a barrel, while the April Gold contract fell 0.75% or 9.40 to trade at $1244.90 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was down 0.10% to 10.9170, while USD/MAD rose 0.16% to 9.7120.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.31% at 95.36.