Investing.com – Morocco stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the , and sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Casablanca, the added 0.96% to hit a new 52-week high.
The best performers of the session on the were Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:), which rose 9.98% or 19.25 points to trade at 212.05 at the close. Meanwhile, S2M (CSE:) added 5.95% or 11.00 points to end at 196.00 and Maghreb Oxygene (CSE:) was up 5.29% or 11.40 points to 226.90 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were IB Maroc Com SA (CSE:), which fell 3.31% or 0.96 points to trade at 28.04 at the close. Ennakl Automobiles (CSE:) declined 2.82% or 0.95 points to end at 32.74 and CDM (CSE:) was down 2.62% or 22.90 points to 852.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Casablanca Stock Exchange by 39 to 15 and 8 ended unchanged.
Shares in Realis. Mecaniques (CSE:) rose to 5-year highs; rising 9.98% or 19.25 to 212.05.
Crude oil for September delivery was down 1.80% or 1.39 to $75.77 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in October fell 1.67% or 1.34 to hit $78.94 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract fell 0.25% or 6.15 to trade at $2,421.75 a troy ounce.
EUR/MAD was unchanged 0.04% to 10.69, while USD/MAD rose 0.32% to 9.87.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.27% at 104.34.
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