Stock market: Tuesday’s session ends in balanced territory

The stock market closed its Tuesday's session in balanced territory with 8445,8 points, stabilising an annual under-performance at -3.5%, said broker Tunisie Valeurs. Notwithstanding block transactions on Attijari Bank shares (TND 1 million), the trading volume remains low, standing at TND 4.8 million. Hannibal Lease shares were the best performers though not traded, edging up 4.4% to TND 5.220. UIB shares posted one of the highest increases as they grew 2.9% to TND 26.980, yielding a trading volume of TND 232,000. Attijari Leasing is the worst performer with TND 16,000. Shares dropped 3.3% to TND 16.950. Euro-Cycles shares continued to drop, losing 1.4% to TND 13.450 with a total volume of TND 91,000. Attijari Bank, also in negative territory, saw its shares decline 1.1% to TND 43.200, feeding the market with a capital of TND 2.2 million. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse