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Bank Al-Maghrib announced that the value of the dirham decreased by 0.2 percent against the US dollar and by 0.7 percent against the euro during the period from September 3 to 9.
Bank Al-Maghrib clarified in its latest bulletin on weekly indicators that no tender operations were conducted in the foreign exchange market during this period.
It added that official reserve assets reached 502.1 billion dirhams on September 4, an increase of 0.4 percent compared to the previous week and a rise of 21.1 percent year-on-year.
Regarding Bank Al-Maghrib's interventions, their daily average during the same period reached 151.1 billion dirhams.
These interventions were distributed between seven-day advances worth 55.7 billion dirhams, long-term repurchase operations worth 48.5 billion dirhams, and guaranteed loans worth 46.9 billion dirhams.
At the interbank market level, the average daily trading volume reached 3.4 billion dirhams, while the interbank interest rate stood at 2.25 percent.
During the tender on September 9, 2026 (maturity date September 10, 2026), the central bank injected 54.6 billion dirhams in the form of 7-day advances.
On the stock market, the "MASI" index rose by 1.7 percent, settling at a level close to that recorded at the beginning of the year. This development reflects increases of 4.6 percent for the "Mines" index, 1.7 percent for the "Banks" index, 1.4 percent for the "Construction and Building Materials" index, and 2.6 percent for "Transport Services."
In contrast, the "Telecommunications" and "Pharmaceutical Industry" sector indices declined by 2.7 percent and 4.9 percent respectively.
As for the weekly trading volume, it decreased from 1.8 billion dirhams to 1.6 billion dirhams from one week to the next, with 1.3 billion dirhams traded on the central stock market and 250 million dirhams as part of the capital increase operation for "Auto Hall."
