The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet exposed a positive 0.75% monthly upturn in total assets to $90.68B by End-June, compared to $90.01B by End-May. In terms of the assets’ category in the balance sheet, ... read more
The Lebanese Bourse started the week in the green, where the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) gained 0.18% to 1,192.54 points. In the banking sector, Byblos Bank listed shares increased by 0.62% to $1.63, while BLOM ... read more
Demand for Lebanese Eurobonds was unchanged on Friday, as the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) remained at 107.11 points. The yields on the 5Y and 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds steadied at 5.20%, and 6.08%, respectively. ... read more
Tourist spending in Lebanon grew 7% y-o-y in the first six months of 2015, according to “Global Blue”. The improvement of tourists’ spending in the first half of the year was mainly the result of the ... read more
Ever since 2011, construction, real estate and therefore the cement industry have been negatively impacted by the eruption of the Arab spring, especially in neighboring Syria, and by the local instability ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) recovered during the week, outperforming its regional peers, the S&P AFE 40 Index, the S&P Pan Arab Composite Large-Mid-Cap Index, and the Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets ... read more
The Lebanese Bourse ended the week in the red, where the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) lost 0.18% to 1,190.35 points. In the real-estate sector, Solidere shares classes “A” and “B” lost 0.09% and 0.18% to $11.49 ... read more
Demand for Lebanese Eurobonds was stagnant on Thursday, as the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) lost a marginal 0.04% to 107.11 points. The yield on the 5Y Lebanese Eurobonds steadied at 5.20%, while that of the 10Y ... read more
BLOM PMI revealed its highest reading in five months in June at 49.3, up from 48.0 in May, indicating a slower fall in overall business activity. The improvement in the private sector was supported by the ... read more
Demand for the dollar in the Lebanese Forex market strengthened during the week as the Lebanese pound’s peg against the dollar went from $/LP 1,504–1,508 with a mid-price of $/LP 1,506 to $/LP 1,505–1,509 ... read more
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