The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed Thursday its trading in positive territory, taking advantage of the good orientation of the sectors “Participation and real estate promotion” and “Portfolio companies-Holdings”.
The main index of the Casablanca rating, Masi, rose 0.60% to 11,552.78 points and the MSI20 rose 0.72% to 942.39 points. The Madex, a compact index made up of stocks quoted on a continuous basis, gained 0.61% to 9,392.98 points.
Internationally, the FTSE CSE Morocco 15 gained 0.56% to 10,544.05 points and the FTSE Morocco All-Liquid gained 0.69% to 9,879.29 points. The benchmark Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) “Casablanca ESG 10” index improved by 0.92% to 880.97 points.
On the sectoral level, 14 sectors of the 24 represented closed in the green, against 5 in the red. The other 5 remained unchanged.
At the top of the ranking, “Real estate participation and promotion” (+ 3.86%) benefited greatly from the growth of its titles, Alliances growing by 3.96%, Douja Prom Addoha by 3.88% and Res Dar Saada by 3 , 71%. The “Holding Companies-Holdings” and “Utilities” sectors followed the overall trend with respective increases of 2.87% and 2.22%.
In contrast, “Oil and Gas” (-2.07%) suffered the largest sector decline, followed by “Leisure and Hotels” (-1.94%).
The overall volume of securities exchanges amounted to nearly 110.3 million dirhams (MDH), carried out entirely on the central market, while the market capitalization stood at 598.5 billion. of dirhams (MMDH).
The largest increases were achieved by Stroc Industrie (+ 3.99%), Ennakl (+ 3.97%), Fenie Brossette (also + 3.97%), Alliances (+ 3.96%) and Douja Prom Addoha (+ 3.88%).
The largest decreases were recorded by M2M Group (-3.87%), Total Maroc (-2.21%), Wafa Assurance (-2.19%), Zellidja SA (-1.99%) and Timar ( -1.98%).