Casablanca Stock Exchange Starts the Week on a Positive Note

The Casablanca Stock Exchange began trading this Monday in green territory, with its main index, « MASI, » rising by 0.14% to settle at 14,741.44 points.

The « MASI.20 » index, reflecting the performance of 20 leading listed companies, climbed by 0.2% to 1,193.32 points. Meanwhile, the « MASI.ESG, » which tracks companies with the best ESG ratings, edged up by 0.01% to 1,041.86 points.

The « MASI Mid and Small Cap, » representing small and medium-sized listed companies, saw a gain of 0.15%, reaching 1,501.1 points.

On an individual level, the top gainers were:

• Stokvis North Africa (+5.96%, MAD 16.7)
• Involys (+3.95%, MAD 99.9)
• TotalEnergies Marketing Morocco (+2.67%, MAD 1,540)
• Aluminium of Morocco (+2.21%, MAD 1,434)
• LafargeHolcim Morocco (+2.09%, MAD 1,950).

Conversely, the largest declines were recorded by:

• Stroc Industry (-4.19%, MAD 41.2)
• Attijariwafa Bank (-1.46%, MAD 565.6)
• HPS (-1.4%, MAD 565.6)
• Credit du Maroc (-1.16%, MAD 938)
• Maghreb Payment Systems (-1.08%, MAD 237.4).

As a reminder, the « MASI » index had ended last Friday’s session with a slight decline of 0.02%.