Trading on the Libyan Stock Market (LSM) has been suspended due to "technical problems", with the bourse expected to reopen by the end of the week.

Wahda Bank, Libya's second-largest lender, plans to offer sharia-compliant murabaha financing on car purchases.

The total assets of Libya's commercial banks remained flat in the third quarter of 2012, but lending has risen throughout the year and the banking sector retains high levels of liquidity.

The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) says that new Libyan Dinar banknotes will enter into circulation from the end of January 2013.

The general manager of the Beirut-based lender says the bank is interested in entering the Libyan market as part of its regional expansion plans.

LSM-listed bank invites shareholders to attend meeting to discuss year ending 2011.

A new Managing Director has been named for the company, which is owned by the governments of Pakistan and Libya.

A member of the board of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has been replaced.

Figures showing month-by-month government earnings from crude oil exports during the first ten months of 2012, broken down by currency.

An Italian court has released the Libyan government's stakes in Fiat, Eni and the Juventus football club.

The regulator of the Libyan Stock Market (LSM) has modified a rule on the maximum daily change in listed share prices.

Jamal Abdel Malik, chairman of the Bank of Commerce and Development (BCD), has called on Egyptian banks to enter the Libyan market and says the BCD's own joint venture with an Egyptian lender will develop a $3bn (LD3.8bn) tourism project.

The Libyan Stock Market (LSM) regulator has named the three companies that have best complied with disclosure requirements in the third quarter of 2012.

Libya's largest lender is sending 90 staff and 10 students on an Islamic finance training programme.

The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) recently held a meeting with the head of Libya's largest lender to discuss the challenges of introducing Islamic banking services.