The Casablanca Stock Exchange opened its trading session today, Wednesday, with positive performance, as its main index, “MASI,” recorded an increase of 0.43%, stabilizing at 17,447.21 points.
The “MASI.20” index, reflecting the performance of 20 listed companies, rose by 0.54% to 1,422.96 points. Meanwhile, the MASI.ESG index, which tracks the top-rated companies, gained 0.57% to settle at 1,202.45 points.
The “MASI Mid and Small Cap” index, which measures the performance of small and medium enterprises listed on the exchange, growth increased by 0.16% to 1,720.77 points.
In terms of individual stocks, the biggest gains were recorded by “Energy Morocco” (+4.47% to 2,455 dirhams), “AbMaroc.com” (+3.77% to 39.95 dirhams), Banque Populaire (+2.08% to 270 dirhams), “Involys” (+2.04% to 98.98 dirhams), and Bank of Africa (+1.36% to 223 dirhams).
Conversely, the largest declines were seen in “Stroc Industries” (-3.28% to 58.03 dirhams), “Managem” (-1.59% to 5,014 dirhams), “Afrik Industrie” (-1.07% to 331.3 dirhams), “Med Paper” (-0.89% to 22.15 dirhams), and “Atlanta Sanad” (-0.76% to 131 dirhams).
The “MASI” index ended yesterday’s trading session with a loss of 0.41%.