The Lebanese Bourse ended inthe green as 8 out of the 12 traded stocks showed increases in prices. Accordingly, the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) illustrated a 0.99% ascent to 1,174.08 points, registering a year to date gain of 0.33%. In the banking sector, listed shares of Bank Audi and Byblos Bank improved by 2.92% and 1.88% to settle at respective quotes of $6.00 and $1.63. In addition, the GDR shares of the BLOM and Audi augmented by 1.00% and 2.00% to close the session at $10.10 and $6.12, respectively. In contrast, BLOM’s listed shares and Byblos Bank preferred shares 2008 lost 0.11% and 0.39% to $9.50 and $101.10, respectively. As for the preferred shares classes “I” and “J” relating to Bank of Beirut, they increased by 0.98% and 1.58% to close the session at the same quote of $25.75. In the real estate sector, Solidere shares “A” progressed by 0.91% to $11.10 while its “B” shares declined by 0.18% to end up at $11.06. In the industrial sector, Holcim shares up ticked by 0.67% to $15.10.
| Traded Stocks | Last | Previous | Change | Volume | Vwap |
| Solidere (A) | $11.10 | $11.00 | 0.91% | 24,518 | $11.03 |
| Solidere (B) | $11.06 | $11.08 | -0.18% | 2,537 | $11.06 |
| BLOM Listed | $9.50 | $9.51 | -0.11% | 313 | $9.50 |
| Audi Listed | $6.00 | $5.83 | 2.92% | 1,000 | $6.00 |
| BLOM GDR | $10.10 | $10.00 | 1.00% | 2,000 | $10.10 |
| Audi GDR | $6.12 | $6.00 | 2.00% | 20,417 | $6.12 |
| Byblos Listed | $1.63 | $1.60 | 1.88% | 3,087 | $1.63 |
| Byblos Pref 08 | $101.10 | $101.50 | -0.39% | 200 | $101.10 |
| Byblos Pref 09 | $102.00 | $102.00 | – | 232 | $102.00 |
| BoB Pref I | $25.75 | $25.50 | 0.98% | 2,400 | $25.75 |
| Bob Pref J | $25.75 | $25.35 | 1.58% | 16,600 | $25.75 |
| HOLCIM | $15.10 | $15.00 | 0.67% | 200 | $15.10 |
| | Last | Previous | % Change | Y-t-D % Change |
| BSI | 1,174.08 | 1,162.51 | 0.99% | 0.33% |
| High | 1,175.61 | 1,162.67 |
| Low | 1,160.60 | 1,160.49 |
| Vol | 73,504 | 165,082 | -55.47% |
| Val | $993,722 | $1,227,688 | -19.06% |
| | Last | Previous | Change |
| BPSI | 105.05 | 104.95 | 0.10% |
| Vol | 19,432 | – | – |
| Val | $533,134 | – | – |
