Unimer stole the spotlight on the Casablanca stock exchange today, jumping 6.0% to MAD 167.45, the strongest gain of the session, even as the MASI index edged up only 0.16% to 18,448.3 points. The contrast was even sharper because the MASI Mid and Small Cap index fell 0.38% to 1,913.45 points, making Unimer one of the clearest relative-strength stories on the board.
Key figures
- Unimer: +6.0% at MAD 167.45
- MASI: +0.16% at 18,448.3
- MASI Mid and Small Cap: -0.38%
- Market breadth: 22 gainers / 37 losers / 21 unchanged
- Brent crude: $110.96/bbl, up 5.0% on the week
Market context: headline resilience, weak breadth underneath
Trading on Monday, May 18, 2026 painted a divided picture for the Morocco stock market. The MASI 20 slipped 0.32% to 1,331.43 points, taking its year-to-date loss to 10.38%, while the MASI ESG rose to , leaving it up in 2026. In other words, the broader market’s modest advance came without broad participation: only rose, versus , out of tracked in the session.
