VOL. XLIII

No. 49

4-December-2000

PALESTINE

Palestinian Stock Market Under Pressure As Confrontation Continues

Palestinian Stock Exchange (PSE) trading, much like Palestinian economic activity as a whole, has been depressed during the first eight weeks of the latest confrontation with Israel. The PSE index is down 14.7% from 258.87 on 27 September to 220.71 on 28 November, while the end-week closing values for the period 9-23 November remained unchanged at 226 points. For the week ending 23...