VOL. XXXIX

No. 17

22-January-1996

LEBANON

Beirut Stock Exchange Opens For Business

Trading on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) is due to begin on 22 January after a closure of some 13 years resulting from the Lebanese civil war. The byelaws for the BSE were published in the Official Gazette on 21 December and trading initially will resume in three stocks - Societe des Ciments Libanais, Societe des Ciments Blancs and Eternit SA Libanaise (industrial pipe manufacturers). Shares from a...