Morocco shares higher at close of trade; Moroccan All Shares up 0.21%

Investing.com – Morocco equities were higher at the close on Monday, as gains in the Pharmaceutical Industry , Mining and Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure sectors propelled shares higher.

At the close in Casablanca, the Moroccan All Shares gained 0.21%.

The biggest gainers of the session on the Moroccan All Shares were Colorado (CS: COL ), which rose 8.30% or 4.98 points to trade at 64.98 at the close. Zellidja S.A (CS: ZELI ) added 5.94% or 8.90 points to end at 158.80 and Sothema (CS: SOT ) was up 5.18% or 93 points to 1889 in late trade.

Biggest losers included IB Maroc Com SA (CS: IBC ), which lost 7.05% or 4.93 points to trade at 65.01 in late trade. Delattre Levivier Maroc (CS: DLM ) declined 5.69% or 7.00 points to end at 116.00 and CTM (CS: CTM ) shed 5.52% or 49.70 points to 850.20.

Declining stocks outnumbered rising ones by 16 to 16 and 8 ended unchanged on the Casablanca Stock Exchange.

In commodities trading, Crude oil for March delivery was down 1.74% or 0.96 to $54.30 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in April fell 0.54% or 0.34 to hit $62.41 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.21% or 2.75 to trade at $1319.35 a troy ounce.

EUR/MAD was up 0.04% to 10.9039, while USD/MAD rose 0.21% to 9.5333.

The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.25% at 95.537.