TUNINDEX rises 0.34%, led by financials despite Carthage Cement drag

The TUNINDEX rose 0.34% to 18,627.16 points and the TUNINDEX20 added 0.32% to 8,150.61 points, supported by financial stocks, according to market data. Banks gained 0.53% to 14,023.41 points, insurers rose 0.83% to 29,934.02 points and financial services added 0.28% to 29,002.83 points, while ASTREE jumped 4.5%, according to an Oct. 13 market note. Construction weighed on trade, with the Building and Construction Materials index down 2.53% at 801.87 points, as Carthage Cement reported first-half profit of 25.1 million dinars, down 10%, according to Tustex, amid a dispute involving tens of millions of dinars with Lazhar Sta, Business News reported. On earnings, SOTUVER posted first-half profit of 7.9 million dinars helped by insurance compensation while operating profitability eroded, according to Tustex and African Manager, and Delice Holding won approval for a 60.4 million dinar dividend, according to L'Économiste Maghrébin.