"Brokers and analysts said the tumble reflected investor concerns about the regional security situation following the recent Israeli elections," the English-langauge Daily Star said.
The locally traded share had risen to 8.50 dollars last September after the electoral success of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who founded the company in 1994 and remains a major shareholder.
"What we're seeing is that the euphoria that took the stock up at the election time is basically ending now," the paper cited an unidentified economic analyst as saying. "People are now waiting for Hariri's economic plan. ..so the stock is depressed."
Solidere's global depository receipts (GDRs), which are listed in London, closed unchanged at 5.775 dollars on Tuesday.
Solidere A stock's previous all-time low was six dollars in November 1999, when the company reported a net loss for the first half of that year.
(la/dpa)
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