MASI falls 0.28% as AMMC wants 20% limit for newly listed shares

The MASI closed down 0.28% at 18,049.47 points on June 25, while the MASI 20 slipped 0.12% to 1,332.66 points and the MASI ESG lost 0.45% to 1,275.7 points; only the MASI Mid and Small Cap index edged up 0.03% to 1,828.39 points. Against that backdrop, Sanlam Maroc jumped 8.1% despite the broader decline, according to June 25 analyst notes, after gains of 5.3% for Lesieur and Auto Hall on June 24 and 3.6% for MDP on June 23. On the regulatory side, the AMMC wants newly listed shares to be allowed to move by as much as 20% in their first trading days, according to Medias24. In corporate news, OCP finalized a 5 billion dirham hybrid bond issue, Attijariwafa bank went ex-dividend and injected 100 million dirhams into Bank Assafa, while CMGP Group finalized the acquisition of CPCM, according to Medias24, L'Economiste, Le Desk and AgriMaroc.