The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed the week of December 16 to 20 on the rise, its main index, the MASI, increasing by 0.11% to 14,721.45 points (pts).
The MASI.20, which reflects the price performance of the 20 most liquid companies, dropped 0.18% to 1,191 pts and the MASI.ESG, index of companies with the best ESG rating, as published by Moody's ESG Solutions , lost 0.22% to 1,041.73 pts.
The MASI Mid and Small Cap, the thematic index which calculates the price performance of small and medium-sized companies listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, advanced 1.22% to 1,498.8 pts.
On the sector side, the “agricultural industry” (+38.7%), “forestry and paper” (+5.47%) and “electricity” (+4.48%) indices achieved the best performances of the week.
On the other hand, the sectors of “insurance” (-2.63%), “chemistry” (-2.32%) and “financing companies and other financial activities” (-1.9%) suffered the strongest declines.
Trade exceeded 4.22 billion dirhams (MMDH), carried out mainly on the Central “Stocks” market and dominated by transactions on CMGP Group with a share of 39.77% of the overall volume, Bank Of Africa (19.65 %) and Attijariwafa Bank (6.73%).
The market capitalization stood at nearly MAD 753.57 billion.
At individual values, CMGP Group (+38.7% to 277.4 DH), Jet Contractors (+11.11% to 1,800 DH), Zellidja SA (+6% to 91.17 DH), Med Paper (+5 .47% to 21.6 DH) and Taqa Morocco (+4.48% to 1,400 DH) posted the largest increases.
In contrast, the largest declines were recorded by Maghreb Oxygène (-9.21% to 234.15 DH), Maroc Leasing (-6.77% to 372 DH), Promopharm SA (-5% to 950 DH). ), Stokvis North Africa (-4.43% to 15.76 DH) and Wafa Assurance (-3.97% to 4,254 DH).
