Banking Stocks Push Up the Lebanese Bourse Today
The Lebanese Bourse ended in the green today on the back of a positive performance in both the banking and industrial sectors. Consequently, the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) illustrated a 0.27% ascent to 1,171.01 points, registering a year to date gain of 0.06%. In the banking sector, Byblos listed shares and Audi GDR shares gained 1.23% and 1.67% to settle at respective quotes of $1.65 and $6.10. Furthermore, listed shares of BLOM augmented by 0.11% to $9.51 while its GDR shares traded with no change in price. In the real estate sector, Solidere shares class “A” and “B” downturned by 0.27% and 0.55% to close the session at $10.96 and $10.88, respectively. In the industrial sector, Holcim shares and Ciment Blancs nominal shares showed respective improvements of 2.58% and 12.73% to end up at $15.49 and $3.10.
| Traded Stocks | Last | Previous | Change | Volume | Vwap |
| Solidere (A) | $10.96 | $10.99 | -0.27% | 243 | $10.96 |
| Solidere (B) | $10.88 | $10.94 | -0.55% | 2,044 | $10.85 |
| BLOM Listed | $9.51 | $9.50 | 0.11% | 10,600 | $9.51 |
| BLOM GDR | $10.10 | $10.10 | – | 5,000 | $10.10 |
| Audi GDR | $ 6.10 | $6.00 | 1.67% | 5,000 | $6.10 |
| Byblos Listed | $1.65 | $1.63 | 1.23% | 87,000 | $1.65 |
| Holcim | $15.49 | $15.10 | 2.58% | 371 | $15.49 |
| Ciment Blancs N | $3.10 | $2.75 | 12.73% | 574 | $3.10 |
| Last | Previous | % Change | Y-t-D Change | |
| BSI | 1,171.01 | 1,167.91 | 0.27% | 0.06% |
| High | 1,172.33 | 1,172.50 | ||
| Low | 1,166.28 | 1,167.42 | ||
| Vol | 110,832 | 41,684 | 165.89% | |
| Val | $357,724 | $725,593 | -50.70% |
| Last | Previous | % Change | |
| BPSI | 105.09 | 105.09 | – |
| Vol | 0 | 12,437 | – |
| Val | $0 | $ 511,865 | – |
