The Casablanca Stock Exchange ended January in the green, following the good performance of the “engineering and industrial capital goods”, “forestry and paper,” and “community services” sectors.
The main index, Masi rose by 3.93% to 13,883.49 points, and the Morocco Stock Index 20 (MSI20) also rose by 4.26% to 1,131.96 points.
The Casablanca ESG 10, an Environment, Social and Governance benchmark index rose by 4.82% to 1046.08 points.
During this month, 20 sector indices ended up, while 3 sectors finished down.
In terms of sectors, the “engineering and industrial capital goods” index achieved the best sectoral performance of the month (+64.08%), ahead of “forestry and paper” (+27.6%,) and “utilities” ( +18.62%).
In contrast, the “transportation” sector fell by 2.44%, showing the largest sectoral drop, followed by “portfolio-holding companies” (-1.89%), and “Telecommunications” (-1.04%).
On the upside, Attijariwafa Bank was the most active in terms of gains, reaching over MAD437.35 million, ahead of Bank of Africa with MAD292.98 million, and BCP with MAD246.57 million.
As for performances, the largest increases were achieved by Delattre Levivier Maroc (+68.25%), ahead of Stroc Industrie (+60.79%), and Med Paper (+27.6%), while the highest drops were recorded by Maroc Leasing (-5.47%), followed by S2M (-4.12%) and Auto Nejma (-3.66).
By the end of January, the global volume of trade reached over MAD3.79 billion, and the market capitalization amounted to more than MAD719.28 billion.
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