The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed the week of January 6 to 10 in the green, its main index, the MASI, increasing by 2.32% to 15,875.76 points (pts). The MASI.20, which reflects the price performance of the 20 most liquid companies, climbed 2.39% to 1,287.92 pts and the MASI.ESG, index of companies with the best ESG rating, as published by Moody’s ESG Solutions, gained 1.96% to 1,644.07 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 2.53% to 1,111.23 pts.
On the sector side, the “Holding companies (+12.13%), “Mining” (+11.88%) and “Forestry and paper” (+10.14%) indices achieved the best performances of the week In contrast, the “Real Estate Investment Trusts” (-1.73%) and “Oil and Gas” (-1.2%) sectors recorded the largest declines.
Trade exceeded 4.02 billion dirhams (MMDH), carried out mainly on the Central “Stocks” market and dominated by transactions on Attijariwafa Bank with a share of 10.59% of the overall volume, CMGP Group (9.88% ) and Sodep-Marsa Morocco (7.6%). The market capitalization stood at more than MAD 808.5 billion.
In individual values, Fenie Brossette (+25.59% to 132 DH), Zellidja SA (+23.21% to 140.95 DH), Managem (+15.86% to 3,360 DH), SM Monétique (+15. 16% to 289 DH) and Résidences Dar Saada (+13.78% to 87.61 DH) posted the greatest increases.
In contrast, the largest declines were recorded by Rebab Company (-10% to 90 DH), Involys (-3.81% to 101 DH), Lesieur Cristal (-3.47% to 275.1 DH) , M2M Group (-2.25% to 517.1 DH) and Aradei Capital (-2.01% to 478 DH).
