Slight Recovery on the Lebanese Bourse on Thursday
The Lebanese Bourse experienced a minor recovery from yesterday’s negative performance and yet its activity was still timid as 49,434 shares were only traded. The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) ticked up by 0.04% to reach 1,149.31, narrowing its year-to-date loss to 1.79%. In the real estate sector, Solidere class “A” shares gained 1.30%, following yesterday’s 6.36% plunge, to settle at $10.14, while its class “B” shares fared worse losing 0.88% to $10.15. In the banking sector, Bank Audi listed shares and its preferred shares class “H” dropped by 0.17% and 0.10% to close at respective quotes of $5.99 and $100.60. Meanwhile, Bank of Beirut preferred shares class “I”, Byblos preferred shares 2008 and Bank Audi preferred shares class “F” traded with no change in price.
| Traded Stocks | Last ($) | Previous ($) | Change | Volume ($) | Vwap ($) |
| Solidere (A) | 10.14 | 10.01 | 1.30% | 18,481 | 10.21 |
| Solidere (B) | 10.15 | 10.24 | -0.88% | 5,003 | 10.13 |
| Audi Listed | 5.99 | 6.00 | -0.17% | 500 | 5.99 |
| Audi Pref H | 100.60 | 100.70 | -0.10% | 1,000 | 100.60 |
| BoB Pref I | 25.75 | 25.75 | – | 19,500 | 25.75 |
| Byblos Pref 08 | 101.00 | 101.00 | – | 950 | 101.00 |
| Audi Pref F | 100.50 | 100.50 | – | 4,000 | 100.50 |
| 0 | Last | Previous | Change | Y-t-D Change |
| BSI | 1,149.31 | 1,148.81 | 0.04% | -1.79% |
| High | 1,152.32 | 1,158.00 | ||
| Low | 1,148.24 | 1,148.81 | ||
| Vol | 49,434 | 100,016 | -50.57% | |
| Val | 1,342,940 | 1,064,668 | 26.14% |
| 0 | Last | Previous | Change |
| BPSI | 104.98 | 104.99 | -0.01% |
| Vol | 25,450 | 5,096 | 399.41% |
| Val | 1,100,675 | 356,319 | 208.90% |
