The Casablanca Stock Exchange is almost in balance

The Casablanca Stock Exchange ended Friday's session close to equilibrium, its main index, the MASI, falling by 0.01% to 16,997.92 points (pts). The MASI 20, which includes the 20 most liquid stocks, and the MASI ESG, an index of companies with the best ESG rating according to Moody’s ESG Solutions, both declined by 0.14%, each, to 1,232.03 pts and 1,253.35 pts, respectively. For its part, the MASI Mid and Small Cap, reflecting the performance of small and medium-sized listed companies, stabilized at 1,616.68 pts. On a sectoral level, the "Agri-food / Production" (-1.65%), "Telecommunications" (-1.08%), and "Real Estate Investment Companies" (-0.36%) experienced the sharpest declines. Conversely, the "Electricity" (+2.5%), "Engineering and Industrial Equipment" (+2.26%), and "Participation and Real Estate Promotion" (+1.83%) sectors recorded the sharpest increases. The total trading volume amounted to more than 117.42 million dirhams (MAD), mainly on the central market. Trading was dominated by Attijariwafa Bank, with a volume of 14.28 MAD, ahead of Sodep-Marsa Maroc (11.28 MAD) and Holcim Maroc (9.48 MAD). The market capitalization reached more than 999.88 billion dirhams. For individual stocks, Zellidja S.A. (-3.31% to 232.1 DH), S.M. Monétique (-2.27% to 476 DH), Cosumar (-2.23% to 173 DH), Minière Touissit (-1.78% to 4,027 DH), and Bank of Africa (-1.63% to 181 DH) recorded the sharpest declines. Conversely, Rebab Company (+5.99% to 93.8 DH), Wafa Assurance (+3.17% to 4,952 DH), Involys (+2.93% to 115.9 DH), Stroc Industrie (+2.81% to 157.3 DH), and Alliances (+2.56% to 360 DH) recorded the sharpest increases.