Stock market starts week on right foot

The stock market has started this week well. The benchmark index closed Monday's session up 0.54% at 8403.88 points on a modest volume of TND 3 million, reported broker Tunisie Valeurs. UADH was the best performer of the session. The car retailer's shares rose by 4.4% to TND 0.470 on a low volume of TND 1,000. Délice Holding shares led the way in terms of volume. The share of the dairy products specialist fed the market with transactions of 441 thousand dinars, or 15% of the total volume traded during the session. The stock ended the session in positive territory, up 1.1% to TND 10.500. BNA shares ended the session in positive territory. The state-owned bank's share price rose by 4% to TND 0.780, attracting TND 107,000 during the session. Since the beginning of the year, the stock has fallen by 4.1%. Land'Or shares were among the biggest losers of the session. The cheesemaker's shares fell 2% to TND 5.880 on thin trading volume of TND 6,000. The stock has fallen by 2% since the beginning of the year. So urce: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse