FINANCIAL MARKET HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | LESIEUR CRISTAL | Allocation of 2020 profit to optional reserves
The shareholders of Lesieur Cristal are convened to the Combined General Meeting, both Ordinary and Extraordinary on May 18th 2021. The latter decides to allocate the FY 2020 profit for an amount of MAD 137,769,709.49 to the "optional reserves" account.
ECONOMIC HEADLINES
| MOROCCO | PORTS | Port traffic down 2% in Q1 2021
At the end of March 2021, traffic carried through the ports managed by the ANP reached an overall volume of 22.9 million tons, recording a decrease of 2.3% year-on-year.
| MALI | INFLATION | Prices up 4% y-o-y in March 2021
According to the National Institute of Statistics, Mali's Harmonized Consumer Price Index increased by 0.6% in March 2021 com-pared to the previous month. Year-on-year, the inflation rate stands at +4.0% above the community convergence threshold of 3.0% set by WAEMU.
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