Monday 16 January 2012

Unrest deals severe blow to Bahrain’s bourse - Arab News

During the year 2011, Bahrain's economy reeled under socio-political unrest that started at the beginning of the year. Consequently, Bahrain bourse had the worst performance in all GCC markets. Bahrain All-Share index shed 20.15 percent of its value by the end of 2011, according to a report by Global Investment House (Global).

Trading activity

The political unrest had its effects on the trading activity of the exchange. During 2011, 520.2 million shares were traded on Bahrain bourse, down from 612.2 million shares traded in 2010 (-15.0 percent). Aggregate value of shares traded stood at BHD105.0 million ($276.5 million), down from BHD108.4 million ($285.6 million) in 2010 (-3.2 percent).

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