Beirut bourse outperforms Arab markets. Local exchange down two percent while major regionals down by two digits

The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) has performed better than all the Arab stock markets in 2015 (counting figures from the first 11 months), with the exception of the Palestinian bourse.

The BSE declined by only 1.8 percent. The Saudi stock market dropped by 13 percent, Qatar went down by 18 percent and Dubai by 15 percent. The greatest plunge was in Iraq and Egypt, whose bourses plummeted by 30 percent and 29 percent, respectively. Only the relatively small Palestine bourse had a slightly ...

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