Casablanca Stock Exchange Achieves Gains

On Friday, September 4, 2026, the Casablanca Stock Exchange marked a notable increase, closing positively as its main index, the MASI, rose by 0.44% to reach 18,792.25 points. This upward trend was echoed by the MASI 20 index, which includes the twenty most liquid stocks, advancing by 0.73% to 1,362.59 points. Additionally, the MASI ESG index, which evaluates companies based on their environmental, social, and governance performances, saw a slight increase of 0.05%, concluding at 1,393.01 points. The MASI Mid and Small Cap index, reflecting the performance of small and medium-sized enterprises, also gained 0.26%, closing at 1,805.32 points.

Sector Performance Highlights

In terms of sector performance, the "Insurance" sector led the way with a significant rise of 6.17%, followed by the "Building and Construction Materials" sector at 1.61%, and the "Banking" sector, which increased by 1.07%. Conversely, the "Pharmaceutical Industry" faced the largest decline, plummeting by 9.23%, while the "Beverage" and "Chemical" sectors also experienced losses of 4.22% and 2.59%, respectively.

Trading volumes surpassed 306 million dirhams, predominantly driven by transactions in the central market, with notable activity in stocks such as Managem, which accounted for 49.02 million dirhams, Attijariwafa Bank at 36.48 million dirhams, and Itissalat Al-Maghrib at 32 million dirhams. The overall market capitalization approached 1.102 trillion dirhams.

Among individual stocks, Wafa Assurance achieved the highest gain, soaring by 9.44% to 5,450 dirhams, followed by Balima (+5.82% to 200 dirhams), Sanlam Maroc (+4.53% to 3,000 dirhams), Ciments du Maroc (+3.24% to 1,750 dirhams), and Jet Contractors (+3.21% to 2,059 dirhams). In contrast, the largest declines were recorded by Sothema (-9.81% to 340 dirhams), Disway (-8.37% to 701 dirhams), Société des Boissons du Maroc (-5.65% to 2,005 dirhams), Fenie Brossette (-4.55% to 375.1 dirhams), and Rebab Company (-3.3% to 95 dirhams).

As reported by fr.hespress.com.