Tunisia: Trading Halt Mechanism Aims to Ensure Smooth Functioning of Market During Significant Downward Movements (Sonia Ben Frej)

Tunis — Trading on the Tunis Stock Exchange resumed on Wednesday under normal conditions following a one-hour suspension, after the mechanism provided for in the Trading Floor Regulations had been applied, said Sonia Ben Frej, Chairwoman of the Tunis Stock Exchange Board and Managing Director of stockbroker BH Invest, told TAP on Wednesday.

The TUNINDEX closed Wednesday’s session up 1.3%, with a trading volume exceeding TND 30 million.

Ben Frej recalled that during the July 28 and 29 trading…