A senior party official said Ghannouchi met on Wednesday executives from the Tunis bourse “to send the message that the stock exchange is very important and that he is in favor of more listings to accelerate economic growth and to diversify the economy.”
The Tunis stock market index, which fell sharply when trading resumed after Sunday’s election, rallied on news of the meeting. Shares were up 1.13 percent at 10:34 GMT (6:34 a.m. EDT).
Ennahda, citing its own figures, says the election gave it 40 percent of the seats in the assembly which will draft a new constitution, appoint an interim government and set a date for new elections late next year or early in 2013.
That tally, if confirmed by the election commission counting the votes, would still require the party to form alliances with secularist parties if it is to have a majority.
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