Editing Economy of Morocco (section)

===Equity markets===
[[Privatization]] has stimulated activity on the [[Casablanca Stock Exchange]] (Bourse de Casablanca) notably through trade in shares of large former state-owned operation. Founded in 1929, it is one of the oldest stock exchanges in [[Africa]], but it came into reckoning after financial reforms in 1993,<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392604/Morocco|title=Morocco|encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=31 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110731173203/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/392604/Morocco|url-status=live}}</ref> making it the third largest in Africa.<ref name=autogenerated3>http://www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com/weekly01.asp?id=4661#english {{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
The stock [[market capitalisation]] of listed companies in Morocco was valued at $75,495 billion in 2007 by the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20394793~menuPK:1192714~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html |title=Data – Finance |access-date=11 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061205235151/http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0%2C%2CcontentMDK%3A20394793~menuPK%3A1192714~pagePK%3A64133150~piPK%3A64133175~theSitePK%3A239419%2C00.html |archive-date=5 December 2006}}</ref> That is an increase of 74% compared with the year 2005. Having weathered the global financial meltdown, the Casablanca Stock Exchange is stepping up to its central role of financing the Moroccan economy. Over the next few years, it seeks to double its number of listed companies and more than quadruple its number of investors.<ref name=autogenerated3 />