The Casablanca Stock Exchange closed its trading on Wednesday, driven in particular by the good performance of the sectors “Forestry & paper”, “Participation and real estate promotion” and “Hardware, software and IT services”.
After a day of trading in the green, the index of all stocks, Masi, rose 0.21% to 13,197.28 points. The MSI20, for its part, advanced 0.26% to 1,081.61 points and the Madex took 0.22% to 10,733.16 points. The benchmark Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) “Casablanca ESG 10”, meanwhile, appreciated by 0.15% to 991.99 points.
Internationally, the FTSE CSE Morocco 15 gained 0.53% to 12,573.74 and the FTSE Morocco All-Liquid climbed 0.27% to 11,260.32 points. At the sector level, the “Forestry and Paper” index (+ 3.98%) ended the day, leading the winners, thanks to the performance of Med Paper (3.98%).
The “Real estate participation and promotion” index soared 3.41%, while the “Hardware, software and IT services” sector rose 0.88%.
On the losing side, “Utilities” fell 3.99%, “Leisure and hotels” fell 2.61% and “Chemicals” dropped 2.15%. The overall volume of securities trading stood at 162.134 million dirhams (MDH), while the market capitalization amounted to nearly 678.165 billion dirhams (billion dirhams).
The largest increases were achieved by Alliances (4%), Med Paper (3.98%), Fenie Brossette (3.97%), Douja Prom Addoha (3.91%) and Afric Industries SA (3.04%) ). The largest declines were recorded by Lydec (-3.99%), SMI (-3.98%), Delattre Levivier Maroc (-3.72%), Sothema (-2.68%) and Risma (-2 , 61%).
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