Beirut SE: Shuaa (1 month) Current Year High: 3,470.63 Current Year Low: 1,761.53 The Blom Stock Index for the Beirut Stock Exchange closed the July 25 session at 2013.55 points, down some 38 points when compared with the last close in the previous month. After climbing to a peak of near $40 per share on July 7 in reflection of a 10% dividend that will be paid out starting end of August, shares of real estate firm Solidere traded lower ex-dividend and closed at $36.01 on July 25. As politicians seemed to get something right in their negotiations in the second week of the month, the economically hopeful formation of a new cabinet drove the BSI to a new record high of 2,119 points. There was a bit of a hangover caused by renewed and probably incessant political squabbles later in the month but on the balance, July underscored that
