Bourse de Tunis : un TUNINDEX quasi stable à 15 606 points, UNIMED et SOTETEL tirent le marché - Webmanagercenter

Tunis Stock Exchange — Euro-Cycles Jumps 4.7% Even as Basic Materials Slump 3.12%

Euro-Cycles rose 4.7% to 10.47 TND on Thursday, defying a 3.12% drop in Tunisia’s basic materials index. The divergence highlights increasingly selective trading in Tunis amid Q3 earnings, a weaker dinar and Brent crude at $111.27 a barrel.

TUNINDEX slips 0.22% as SOTUVER stays central to flows and disclosures

The TUNINDEX fell 0.22% to 18,565.68 points on October 21, while the TUNINDEX20 lost 0.26% to 8,129.55 points, according to market data. Financial stocks cushioned the decline, with the financial companies index down 0.14% at 15,165.33 points and the insurance index up 0.08% at 29,510.36 points, while household and personal care products dropped 1.43% to 3,289.6 points. SOTUVER stayed at the center of the story, with revenue up 31% at September 30 according to Tustex, after first-half foreign flows jumped to TND 218 million on BA Glass-SOTUVER, also according to Tustex. The stock had also ranked among the sharpest decliners on September 23, according to webmanagercenter, while African Manager reported on October 7 that an insurance indemnity supported earnings even as operating profitability eroded, and the company published 2 calls for candidates on October 21 for 1 minority-shareholder board seat and 1 independent director seat.

TUNINDEX rises 0.27% as SOTUVER stays central to flows and earnings

The TUNINDEX rose 0.27% to 18,606.5 points and the TUNINDEX20 added 0.24% to 8,150.83 on Oct. 20, according to the market note, with financial stocks cushioning pressure from the dinar and oil. Banks gained 0.49% to 14,003.4 points, financial services rose 0.41% to 29,082.18 and financial companies added 0.46% to 15,186.4, offsetting a 1.78% drop in basic materials to 8,226.6. SOTUVER stayed at the center of the story: revenue rose 31% by Sept. 30, according to Tustex, after African Manager reported on Oct. 7 that an insurance indemnity had supported earnings while operating profitability eroded. Foreign flows jumped to 218 million dinars in the first half, driven by BA Glass-SOTUVER according to Tustex, after a sharp Sept. 23 drop in SOTUVER flagged by webmanagercenter, while UNIMED is seeking 2 independent directors, according to Tustex.