The MASI, the flagship index of the Casablanca Stock Exchange, posted an increase of 11.07% to 14,773.19 points (pts) in the second half of 2024.
At the end of the 124 sessions of this semester, the MASI.20, which reflects the performance of the prices of the 20 most liquid companies, advanced by 11% to 1,193.02 pts and the MASI.ESG, an index of companies that receive the best ESG rating, as published by Moody’s ESG Solutions, gained 6.88% to 1,034.74 pts. For its part, the MASI Mid and Small Cap, a thematic index that calculates the performance of the prices of small and medium-sized enterprises listed on the Casablanca Stock Exchange, climbed by 27.21% to 1,536.39 pts.
At the sectoral level, the indices "Transport Services" (+71.79%), "Transport" (+57.84%) and "Health" (+52.24%) achieved the best performances. Conversely, the sectors "Telecommunications" (-9.38%), "Leisure & Hotels" (-6.65%) and "Pharmaceutical Industry" (-6.44%) recorded the strongest declines. In the process, trades reached more than 57.67 billion dirhams (MMDH), carried out essentially on the central market (Shares) and dominated by transactions on Attijariwafa Bank (10.65%), BCP (9.73%) and Akdital (7.56%). Regarding market capitalisation, it amounted to more than 752.4 MMDH.
In terms of values, Réalisations mécaniques (+272.09% to 400 DH), Jet Contractors (+228.7% to 1,890 DH), Alliances (+95.12% to 480 DH), Sodep-Marsa Maroc (+71.79% to 536 DH) and CTM (+57.84% to 1,097 DH) recorded the strongest increases. On the other hand, the strongest declines were recorded by SMI (-16.13% to 1,971 DH), AFMA (-11.78% to 1,101 DH), Maroc Leasing (-10.73% to 370 DH), Auto Hall (-9.59% to 66 DH) and Itissalat Al-Maghrib (-9.38% to 82.01 DH).
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