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Casablanca stock exchange nears historic record following benchmark rate cut

Casablanca Stock Exchange approached its highest historical level, buoyed by the unexpected announcement from Bank Al-Maghrib to lower its key interest rate to 2.25%. The MASI, the benchmark index, closed up 2.10% at 17,193 points, touching its all-time high. The volume of transactions on the central market reached 1.1 billion dirhams. Attijariwafa Bank led the […]