A sharp divergence defined the Casablanca stock exchange today: Lesieur Cristal surged 6.3% to MAD 416.75, the best performance on the board, even as the MASI index fell 1.03% to 19,041.05. In a session where 53 stocks declined and only 12 advanced, that move stood out clearly in a consumer segment usually highly sensitive to imported input costs and energy prices.
Key figures
- Lesieur Cristal: +6.3% at MAD 416.75
- MASI: -1.03% at 19,041.05
- Market breadth: 12 gainers / 53 losers / 15 unchanged
- Brent: $95.27/barrel, up 5.4% on the day
- EUR/MAD: 10.865, up 3.03% on the supplied weekly move
Market context: broad selling pressure across Casablanca
The broader tone was negative across the Morocco stock market. The MASI 20 dropped 1.36% to 1,403.43, leaving it down 5.53% year-to-date, while the MASI ESG lost 0.72% to 1,343.02. The index fell a steeper to , although it still holds a gain for 2026. That matters because it shows Monday’s pullback was not limited to one pocket of the market; it also hit segments that had outperformed earlier in the year.