The day’s clearest contrast on the Casablanca stock exchange today came down to one number: ENNAKL surged 8.4% to 56.9 MAD while the MASI index fell 0.62% to 18,583.53 on Thursday, April 30, 2026. In a session where 36 stocks declined, against 20 gainers and 24 unchanged, the auto name sharply outperformed a market dragged lower by heavyweight stocks and profit-taking across several already well-owned counters.
Key figures
- ENNAKL: +8.4% at 56.9 MAD
- MASI: -0.62% at 18,583.53
- MASI 20: -0.84% at 1,356.02
- Market breadth: 20 up / 36 down / 24 unchanged
- Brent: $110.11/bbl, down 6.7% on the day
Market context: MASI index weakens as heavyweights absorb the selling
The session showed a two-speed Moroccan market. On one side, the MASI 20 dropped 0.84%, a steeper fall than the broader MASI at -0.62%, signalling that large caps took more damage than the rest of the board. On the other, the MASI Mid and Small Cap slipped only 0.23% to 1,920.94, while the MASI ESG fell 0.47% to 1,322.09. Year to date, the split remains striking: the , versus for mid and small caps and for the ESG index.