{"id":3386,"date":"2026-07-20T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2026-07-20T15:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T14:00:54","slug":"casablanca-stock-exchange-opens-lower-as-masi-index-declines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/casablanca-stock-exchange-opens-lower-as-masi-index-declines\/","title":{"rendered":"Casablanca Stock Exchange opens lower as MASI index declines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"87\" data-end=\"320\">The <strong data-start=\"91\" data-end=\"105\">MASI index<\/strong> opened lower on Monday as the Casablanca Stock Exchange started the week in negative territory. The market&#8217;s main benchmark fell 0.74% to 17,709.78 points, extending losses after Friday&#8217;s session closed down 1.18%.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"436\">Trading activity reflected mixed sentiment across sectors and listed companies despite the broader market decline.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"438\" data-end=\"806\">The MASI Mid and Small Cap index, which measures the performance of small and medium-sized listed firms, edged down 0.04% to 1,751.2 points. The MASI 20 index, representing the market&#8217;s most liquid stocks, stood at 1,313.55 points. Meanwhile, the MASI ESG index, which tracks companies with strong environmental, social and governance ratings, reached 1,259.25 points.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"808\" data-end=\"1091\">Among the session&#8217;s weakest performers, CTM posted the sharpest decline, dropping 5.86% to MAD 835. Microdata followed with a loss of 5.74% to MAD 706. Disway fell 3.64% to MAD 74, while Ib Maroc.com declined 3.39% to MAD 57. Afriquia Gaz also moved lower, losing 1.32% to MAD 3,651.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1093\" data-end=\"1402\">Several stocks recorded gains despite the overall market weakness. Holcim Maroc delivered the strongest advance, rising 4% to MAD 1,769. Cartier Saada increased 3.54% to MAD 24.85, while Auto Hall gained 3.08% to MAD 67. Managem climbed 2.48% to MAD 12,400 and Ciments du Maroc added 2.42% to reach MAD 1,649.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1594\">The opening figures suggest investors remain cautious after last week&#8217;s losses, with selective buying supporting a handful of stocks while broader market indicators continued to trend lower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MASI index opened lower on Monday as the Casablanca Stock Exchange started the week&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3376,3377,3374,503,3375],"class_list":["post-3386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economie","tag-casablanca-exchange","tag-listed-companies","tag-masi-index","tag-morocco-economy","tag-stock-market"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3386"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3388,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3386\/revisions\/3388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zawaya24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}