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The monthly performance of Palestine securities Exchange during August

2009-09-02

Nablus- Al-Quds index closed at the end of August at the level of 498.45 points rising by 9.68 points or by %1.98 from the closing of July 2009. This rise came within the ascending of the indices of all the sectors except services, where banking sector"s index rose by %6.30 to close at the level of 98.17 points, insurance sector"s index rose by %2.31 to close at the level of 54.37 points, as for investment sector"s index it increased by %1.17 and closed at the level of 22.50 points, and industry sector"s index rose by %2.40 to close at the level of 52.88 points, while services sector"s index declined by %0.02 when it closed at the level of 50.50 pints. Trading volumes and values: 22 trading sessions had been held between the period of 02/08/2009 and 31/08/2009, where 12.001.563 shares had been traded that valued $27.936.374 and executed through 6272 contracts. By comparing the companies" shares closings for the month of August which were 33 out of 38 listed companies, (18) witnessed an increase in their closing prices, (10) witnessed a decrease while the (5) remaining companies" share stable.