Stock market gets off to a good start Monday

Tunis: The stock market got off to a good start on Monday. The benchmark index rose 0.2% to 9,142.9 points on very limited volume of TND 2.7 million.TELNET was the session's top performer. Shares in the engineering and technology consulting specialist rose 5.8% to TND 5.640, with TND 52,000 traded.ATB shares also performed well during the session. Shares in the subsidiary of the Arab Bank Group rose by 4% to TND 2.880, attracting TND 116,000 in revenue.Shares of Amen Bank topped the trading charts. The share of the financial arm of the PGI group ended the session in the green (+1% to TND 39.500), feeding the market with a capital of TND 929,000.Ciments de Bizerte was the worst performer of the session. Traded at TND 1,000, the shares of the state-owned cement company fell by 4.3% to TND 0.670.Euro-Cycles shares continued to bleed. The bicycle manufacturer's shares fell by 2.3% to TND 11.410 in a sell-off. Trading in the stock was relatively light at TND 77,000.Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse