The Beirut Stock Exchange Had a Poor Showing on Tuesday
The Lebanese Bourse fell back to a bearish tone today, as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) erased some of yesterday’s gains, and declined by 0.39% to 1,109.72. In the banking sector, Bank Audi listed shares and GDRs, in addition to BLOM Bank listed shares, lost 0.84%, 0.67% and 0.53% to respectively settle at $5.90, $5.93 and $9.40. In contrast, Bank of Beirut preferred shares class “E” and Bank Audi preferred shares class “H” increased by 2.13% and 0.20% to $26.35 and $101.50, respectively. Meanwhile, Byblos Bank listed shares and BLOM Bank GDRs traded with no change in price. In the real estate sector, Solidere shares class “A” decreased by 1.04% to close at $8.54, while Solidere class “B” shares gained 0.83% to close at $8.49. In the industrial sector, Holcim shares decreased by 2.36% to settle at $14.50.
| Traded Stocks | Last ($) | Previous ($) | Change | Volume | Vwap ($) |
| Solidere (A) | 8.54 | 8.63 | -1.04% | 28,479 | 8.64 |
| Solidere (B) | 8.49 | 8.42 | 0.83% | 15,557 | 8.52 |
| BLOM GDR | 9.58 | 9.58 | – | 15,000 | 9.58 |
| BLOM Listed | 9.40 | 9.45 | -0.53% | 16,006 | 9.40 |
| Audi GDR | 5.93 | 5.97 | -0.67% | 62,187 | 5.92 |
| Audi Listed | 5.90 | 5.95 | -0.84% | 20,553 | 5.90 |
| Byblos Listed | 1.60 | 1.60 | – | 7,000 | 1.60 |
| Audi Pref H | 101.50 | 101.30 | 0.20% | 800 | 101.50 |
| BoB Pref E | 26.35 | 25.80 | 2.13% | 115 | 26.35 |
| Holcim | 14.50 | 14.85 | -2.36% | 500 | 14.50 |
| Last | Previous | Change | Y-t-D Change | |
| BSI | 1,109.72 | 1,114.01 | -0.386% | -4.81% |
| High | 1,115.58 | 1,119.65 | ||
| Low | 1,108.70 | 1,106.61 | ||
| Vol | 166,197 | 133,489 | 24.50% | |
| Val | $1,264,806 | $1,223,046 | 3.41% |
| Last | Previous | Change | |
| BPSI | 105.84 | 105.83 | 0.01% |
| Vol | 915 | 850 | 7.65% |
| Val | $84,230 | $85,155 | -1.09% |
