The clearest signal from trading on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 was not just the MASI’s 1.13% drop to 17,984 points, but the ability of a handful of defensive names to rise against a weaker tape. Mutandis gained 2.1% to 235 MAD even as 39 stocks fell out of 81 listed, a contrast that says a lot about sector rotation on the Casablanca stock exchange today.
Key figures
- MASI: 17,984 points (-1.13%)
- Mutandis: 235 MAD (+2.1%)
- MASI Mid and Small Cap: 1,701.8 points (-3.93%)
- 22 advancers / 39 decliners / 20 unchanged
- EUR/MAD: 10.898 (+2.81%); Brent: $105.68/bbl (-2.8% on the day)
Market context: broad weakness, but not a uniform selloff
The MASI index ended down 1.13%, extending a difficult 2026 with the benchmark now showing a -4.58% year-to-date performance. Large caps held up somewhat better, with the MASI 20 slipping only 0.48% to 1,313.19 points, while the MASI ESG lost 0.85% to 1,333.87 points, based on the verified market data provided. The sharper damage was in smaller names, where the , leaving that segment down since the start of the year.
