Investors on the Beirut Stock Exchange celebrated the summer last month, giving the market an additional break from the year’s customarily low trading volumes where politics and economic uncertainty are the bourse’s constant bothersome companions. The BSI index closed at 1,169.52 points on Aug 27. Construction supplies manufacturer Uniceramic announced that it lost $1.3 million in the first half of 2007, underscoring how Lebanon’s expected reconstruction boom has frayed after the Lebanese people were taken hostage by political figures that naiveté would have serve the country. Beirut SE: Blom  (1 month) Current Year High: 1,526.31         Current Year Low: 1,168.36 The Amman Stock Exchange had a slow month in which the ASE index fluctuated in the 5,700 range. It closed at 5,624.63 points on Aug 27, a tad below its standing at the start of 2007, which made the ASE the only noteworthy exchange in the MENA region to end August