Even though trading activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) revealed substantial progress, the Lebanese bourse ended Tuesday’s session in the red as 6 out of the 11 traded stocks saw their prices declining. In details, 206,740 shares worth $2.22M were traded today, compared to 75,459 shares worth $678,296 yesterday. However, the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) was not able to sustain its gains, dropping 0.71% to 1,159.21 points.
In the real estate sector, Solidere shares classes “A” and “B” lost 3.05% and 2.64% to $10.82 and $10.71, respectively.
In the banking sector, the preferred shares of Byblos 2008 and 2009 added 0.10% each to $101.10 and $101, respectively. Similarly, Audi preferred shares class “F” gained 0.10% to close today’s session at $101.50.
In contrast, BLOM listed, GDRs, and preferred shares 2011 lost 0.53%, 0.52% and 0.10% to $9.40, $9.55, and 10.15, respectively. Byblos listed shares dropped 0.61% to $1.63.
As for Bank of Beirut listed shares and Audi listed shares, they were traded with no change in price.
Traded Stocks Last Previous Change Volume Vwap Solidere (A) $10.82 $11.16 -3.05% 61,052 $10.98 Solidere (B) $10.71 $11.00 -2.64% 13,791 $10.93 BLOM Listed $9.40 $9.45 -0.53% 9,927 $ 9.40 BLOM GDR $9.55 $9.60 -0.52% 35,000 $9.56 BLOM Pref 2011 $10.15 $10.16 -0.10% 20,201 $10.15 Audi Listed $5.94 $5.94 0.00% 59,289 $5.92 Audi Pref “F” $101.50 $101.40 0.10% 1,746 $101.50 Byblos Listed $1.63 $1.64 -0.61% 70 $1.63 Byblos Pref 08 $101.10 $101.00 0.10% 1,455 $101.10 Byblos Pref 09 $101.00 $ 100.90 0.10% 209 $101.00 Bank of Beirut Listed $18.40 $18.40 0.00% 4,000 $18.40 0 Last Previous Change Y-t-D Change BSI 1,159.21 1,167.50 -0.71% -0.69% High 1,156.73 1,168.91 Low 1,150.41 1,158.75 Vol 206,740 75,459 173.98% Val $2,224,490 $678,296 227.95% Last Previous Change BPSI 105.67 105.65 0.02% Volume 23,611 – Value $ 550,550 –