VOL. XLIII

No. 35

28-August-2000

TUNISIA

Tunis Stock Exchange Lifted By Positive 1H Financial Results

Unlike most other Middle East and North African bourses, which have struggled through the first half of 2000 with little domestic or foreign investment, the Tunis Stock Exchange (TSE) has surged on the back of positive economic results from large blue-chip stocks and an increase in foreign direct investment (FDI). The Smart Finance Index, for example, climbed 29.35% from January 1999 to January...