Despite the persisting declines in the levels of output and new work, August’s eleven-month contraction within the private sector soothed in September. The improving employment in the private sector ... read more
The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) started the week on a positive note as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) increased by 0.07% on Monday to 1,146.59 points following the trade of 208,317 shares worth $2,283,767. The ... read more
On the London Stock Exchange (LSE), two out of the four listed Lebanese Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) traded on Friday, albeit no change in price was recorded. 49,000 GDRs of BLOM were traded at their ... read more
Demand for Lebanese Eurobonds marginally improved on Friday as illustrated by the BLOM Bond Index (BBI), which increased by 0.06%% to 104.85 points, narrowing its year-to-date loss to 2.43%. Yield on the ... read more
At 15:30 Beirut time, the Euro was quoted at $/€ 1.1214, the equivalent of €/LBP 1,690.96, appreciating against the US Dollar by 0.03% from Friday’s close. In fact, the Euro improved versus the Dollar as ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet posted a 0.18% monthly increase in total assets to $91.63B in September 2015. In details, foreign assets, constituting 41.74% of total assets, fell by 0.89% from the ... read more
The Research Department at BLOMINVEST Bank had recently issued an article on Municipal Solid Waste (To read the full report, click here), which provided readers with an introductory insight in to solid ... read more
The Lebanese bourse weakened during the past 2 weeks, with the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) dropping 0.38%, to 1,145.79 points. Nevertheless, the volume of traded shares grew over the same period, as the average ... read more
The BLOM Bond Index (BBI), which tracks the performance of the Lebanese Eurobonds, dropped 0.85%, during the past 2 weeks, to 104.793 points. However, the BBI managed to outperform the JP Morgan Emerging ... read more
Lebanese Forex Market: Demand for the Lebanese Pound in the Lebanese Forex market weakened versus the Dollar during the two-week period ending 2nd of October with the exchange rate moving within the peg ... read more
On the 23th of September 2015, the Beirut Stock Exchange announced that the delisting of Bank Audi preferred shares class “E” will occur on the 29th of the same month. This came after the board’s decision ... read more
During the two week ending September 17, 2015, broad Money M3 increased by LP 452B ($299.97M), to reach LP 183,417B ($121.67B) posting a 5.00 % yearly growth and a 3.39% y-t-d uptick. In contrast, M1 ... read more
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