Benghazi, Libya - The market value of shares of companies quoted at the Libyan Bourse this past week reached 3,972,663,378 Libyan dinars, according to weekly bulletin of the Libyan financial market. It said that the composite index of the Libyan Bourse of Securities (LYX) ended the week up by 17.62 points, or 1.19 percent, and realised 1494.51 points compared with the figure for the previous week.

Altogether, 274,770 shares were quoted during the five sessions of the week for a total value of 4,513,435 dinars in 407 deals.

In comparison with the prices of the 11 companies quoted this week, four of them rose in their values while the other seven fell.

The shares of Al-Moutawassit Bank, Trade and Development Bank, Al-Jamhouriya Bank and the United Insurance progressed respectively by 23.58, 9.29, 5.15 and 1.29 percent of their values.

Those of the Libyan Insurance, National Commercial Bank, Sahara Insurance, Al-Wihda Bank, Al-Saraï Trade and Investment, Sahara Bank Bank and the Libyan Bourse Company recorded respective declines of 0.31, 2.14, 2.45, 3.72, 5.83, 0.42 and 0.90 percent of their values .

Pana 14/02/2011