VOL. XLII

No. 26

28-June-1999

LEBANON

Beirut Stock Exchange Prepares New Trading System

The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) will introduce an electronictrading system next year, which will initially work in conjunction with theexisting daily fixed-price system but will eventually lead to a system ofcontinuous pricing in the market, a senior official at the BSE told MEES.The official said the new system, which according to a report in Lebanons DailyStar will cost $714,000 in computer software...