Stock market week: Weekly increase of 1%

Tunis: The Tunis Stock Exchange ended the week on a positive note. The benchmark closed the week with a weekly gain of +1% to settle at 9831.07 points, bringing its performance since the beginning of the year to +12.3%, according to Tunisie Valeurs. In terms of trading, volumes slowed sharply compared with previous weeks, totalling TND 21.5 million, or an average daily volume of TND 4.3 million. Three block trades worth a total of TND 3.3 million took place during the week, namely two trades in ONE TECH HOLDING shares (TND 2.1 million) and one in ASSURANCES MAGHREBIA shares (TND 1.1 million). Assurances Maghrebia Vie shares posted the best performance of the week, rising by 9.5% to TND 6.250, in a flow of TND 91,000. Amassing a volume of TND 4.5, One Tech Holding was the star stock of the week, taking 21% of the total volume traded on the market, supported by the completion of two block trades worth a total of TND 2.1. LILAS shares were among the week's biggest gainers, with shares up by 8.8% to TND 9.55 0, drawing a volume of TND 2.2 million. Tawasol Groupe Holding share were down by 6.6% to TND 1.040, in a trading volume of TND 32,000. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse