The Bahrain All Share Index ended May 2009 on the rise compared to April 2009, closing at 1,622.15, rising on a MoM basis by 1.64%. Market capitalization went up by 1.63% at the end of the month to reach approximately BD6.65bn (some US$17.6bn).

Advancers outnumbered the decliners by a margin of 13 to 10 and the prices of 26 companies remained unchanged.

Additionally, the value of shares traded rose by 22.64% to reach BD17.4mn. In addition, the volume of shares traded went up by 16.2% to reach 78.5 million shares. Meanwhile, the number of transactions fell by 2.8% to reach 4,101 trades.

Most of the trading was concentrated in the Investment Sector, which witnessed BD8.7mn of trading value, capturing 50% of the total value of shares traded on the BSE.