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 Across Time Zones: How Equity Markets Traded the First Week of 2026
Financial Markets

Across Time Zones: How Equity Markets Traded the First Week of 2026

Helmi Mrad January 9, 2026

  09/01/2026 02/01/2026 % Change BLOM Stock Index 1,850.88 1,923.29 -3.76% Average Traded Volume 12,336 80,313 -84.64% Average Traded Value 683,547 2,200,570 -68.94% Market Cap 18,969,936,957 19,712,062,709 The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) compiled Read More

 Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Rose by 81.91% in 2025
Economic Indicators Financial Markets

Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Rose by 81.91% in 2025

Helmi Mrad January 2, 2026

  31/12/2025 18/12/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 24.18 24.31 -0.54% 81.91% Weighted Yield          67.82% 66.58% 1.87% -34.51% Read More

 Metals Shining Brighter: They Registered Weekly Price Gain
Economic Indicators Financial Markets

Metals Shining Brighter: They Registered Weekly Price Gain

Helmi Mrad December 19, 2025

Lebanese Forex Market     19/12/2025 12/12/2025 % Change YTD Euro / LP 104,885.05 105,073 -0.18% 13.19% Euro / Dollar 1.1719 1.174 -0.18% 13.19% NEER Index 225.21 224.99 0.10% -3.84% *prices are as of the time Read More

 ABL: Proposed Deposit Recovery Law Carries Serious Flaws
Economic Indicators Key Takeaways

ABL: Proposed Deposit Recovery Law Carries Serious Flaws

Helmi Mrad December 16, 2025

The Association of Banks in Lebanon issued an open letter regarding the ninth draft of the financial regulation and deposit recovery law. Read More

 M3 Grew to $67.4B on November 27, 2025
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M3 Grew to $67.4B on November 27, 2025

Helmi Mrad December 12, 2025

($B) 27-Nov-24 20-Nov-25 27-Nov-25 Change over the Period Y-O-Y % Change % Change y-t-d M 1 0.97 1.184 1.217 0.033 25.75% 9.88% M 2 1.22 1.561 1.595 0.034 30.62% 14.48% M 3 69.42 67.30 67.40 0.104 -2.91% -1.96% M 4 69.54 67.35 67.45 0.104 -3.00% -2.05% BDL’s Read More

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 Overview of Islamic Finance
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Overview of Islamic Finance

Helmi Mrad December 12, 2025

The Islamic financial system generally refers to financial market transactions, operations and services that comply with Islamic rules, principles and code of Read More

 Central Bank Issues Intermediate Circulars 746 & 747 Amending BDL Basic Circulars 158 & 166
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Central Bank Issues Intermediate Circulars 746 & 747 Amending BDL Basic Circulars 158 & 166

Helmi Mrad December 5, 2025

On November 28th, 2025, the Central Bank issued intermediate circulars 746/13770 and 747/13771. These circulars modify basic circulars 158/13335 on exceptional measures for the gradual withdrawal Read More

 Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 18.04% YoY by October 2025 to 756,457 TEU
Economic Indicators

Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 18.04% YoY by October 2025 to 756,457 TEU

Helmi Mrad December 3, 2025

Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 18.04% year-over-year (YoY) to 756,457 TEU by October 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo Read More

 Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Drop Amid Escalating Security Tensions
Financial Markets

Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Drop Amid Escalating Security Tensions

Helmi Mrad November 28, 2025

  27/11/2025 20/11/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 22.71 24.29 -6.50% 70.87% Weighted Yield          83.34% 77.85% 7.04% -19.53% Read More

Financial Markets

Global Equities Experienced Worst Week in Seven Months amid Lofty AI Valuations

Helmi Mrad November 21, 2025

The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) compiled by BLOM Invest Bank daily decreased weekly by 1.2% to 1,941.41 points on November 21st, 2025. On the Beirut Read More

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  • BBI 
    16/4/2026
    0.37%
  • BSI 
    17/4/2026
    1.64%
  • BPSI 
    17/4/2026
    0.00%
  • NEER 
    17/4/2026
    0.12%
  • Exchange Rate 
     
    89,700 LBP/$
  • BDL Gold Reserve Value 
    31/03/2026
    $42.1 Billion
  • BDL Foreign Assets Value 
    31/03/2026
    $11.5 Billion
  • BLOM Lebanon PMI 
    March 2026
    47.4

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