Casablanca stock exchange ends week in red

Casablanca stock exchange ends week in red
Sunday 16 October 2022 - 15:49

The Casablanca Stock Exchange ended the week from October 11 to 14 in the red, with its main index, the Masi, dropping by 2.41% to 11,442.19 points.

The Morocco Stock Index 20 (MSI20), which reflects the price performance of the 20 most liquid companies, lost 2.78% to 921.95 points, while the Casablanca ESG 10, the benchmark Environment, Social and Governance index, dropped by 2.75% to 861.03 points.

By the end of the week, 15 sectoral indices closed down, against 7 sectors up, and only one sector on a stable note.

In detail, the Forestry & Paper sector was the biggest decliner  (-7.13%), followed by Engineering & Real Estate (-6.19%) and Building & Construction Materials (-5.79%).

On the other hand, the Leisure and Hotels index recorded the best weekly performance (+7.51%), followed by the Beverages sector (+1.56%) and the Chemicals sector (+1.37%).

On the upside, the best performances of the week were recorded by Risma (+7.51%), ahead of Maghreb Oxygen (+4.03%), Afriquia Gaz (+3.30%), Afric Industrie Sa (+3.02%) and Microdata (+2.63%).

In contrast, Stroc Industries showed the highest drop (-11.25%), followed by Ciments du Maroc (-7.67%), Alliances (-7.59%), Med Paper (-7.13%) and Sothema (-5.23%).

The global volume reached over MAD 526 million, and the market capitalization exceeded MAD 595.55 billion for the week.

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