The Tunisian Stock Market (BVMT) has launched the Tunindex20, which benchmarks the performances of its 20 most important stocks in terms of market liquidity.

The new index, which was validated on 27 October, is designed to serve as a benchmark to be used as a point of reference for evaluating the performance or quality of the stocks. The exchange has also launched the TunindexPrice20, an ex-dividend version of the new index.

The new indices are quoted in US dollars and euros.