In thin trading, the Tunisian market benchmark "Tunindex" edged up 0.3% in the week from October 2 to 6 to stand at 8481.23 points, bringing its performance since the start of the year to +4.6%, according to the stock broker "Tunisie Valeurs."

Volumes were low over the week, totalling TND 10.9 million, i.e. a daily average of TND 2.2 million. There were no block trades during the week.

Stock analysis

The UADH share was at the top of the list, rising by 23.8% to TND 0.260, in a modest volume of TND 9,000.

ESSOUKNA shares were among the week's biggest winners. The property developer's share price climbed by 19.2% to TND 1.550, generating a low volume of TND 6,000 over the week as a whole.

GIF was at the bottom. The filter specialist's shares were down 13.2% at TND 0.330, in virtually zero trading volume.

The Euro-Cycles share, which generated TND 368,000, lost 6% to TND 12.500.

Amen Bank shares were the most actively traded shares during the week, garnering TND 2.1 million, or 19.7% of trading volume.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse