The Beirut Stock Exchange witnessed frail activity on Wednesday, as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) recorded 13,492 traded shares and a loss of 0.1% to end the session at 1,220.01. In the real estate sector, ... read more
The consolidated balance sheet of Lebanon’s commercial banks revealed a 0.02% progress month on month (m-o-m) in assets to $175.74B in January 2015, which translates to a 6.88% year-on-year (y-o-y) growth. ... read more
The BLOM Bond Index, a gauge on the Lebanese Eurobonds Market, started the week’s trading session with a decline of 0.06% to close at 106.76 points. As the yield on 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds inched up by 1 ... read more
The Lebanese Bourse experienced an increase, as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) improved by 0.07% to close today’s session at 1,221.21. Most trades in the banking sector ended in the green knowing that they ... read more
Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) displayed a $1.41B deficit compared to a smaller deficit of $1.13B in 2013, despite the improvement in the current account, BOP’s largest constituent. Hence, the higher ... read more
Fiscal deficit for the first 11 months of 2014 showed a 24.06% year-on-year (y-o-y) contraction to $3.02B, on the back of 10.39% higher revenues and 0.58% lower expenditures. On the revenue side, tax ... read more
The Beirut Stock Exchange continues to show relatively slow activity in the beginning of the week, as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) up ticked to 1,220.353, only registering trades on three shares. Total value ... read more
The Lebanese Eurobonds Market ended last week’s trading session on a slight downtick as the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) showed a decrease of 0.02% to 106.83 points. The yields on the 5Y and 10Y Lebanese ... read more
Crude oil, one of the world’s most needed commodities, fully earned its title the “Black Gold” due to its non-renewable nature and its ever prevailing quality of initiating global tribulations. In turn, ... read more
During the week ending February 13 2015, broad Money M3 increased by LP 50B ($33.83M), to reach LP 176,357B ($116.99B) with a 4.98% year-on-year growth. Meanwhile, M1 declined by LP 117B ($77.85M) due to ... read more
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