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Dubai's October inflation reaches three month high
November 15, 2011--According to data by the Dubai Statistics Centre, the emirate’s annual inflation rate rose to a three-month high of 0.3% in October as food prices climbed, but analysts said inflationary pressure remained modest, Reuters has reported.
"It's another very weak print. Growth may have picked up a little this year, but domestic demand is still pretty subdued and there is still a lot of spare capacity in the economy, particularly in the real estate sector," said Simon Williams, chief economist for the Middle East and North Africa at HSBC.
Source: AME Info
National Bank of Kuwait reaches five-month high
November 14, 2011--The KSE Market Index closed unchanged at 5,870.4 points. The country's largest lender National Bank of Kuwait or NBK gained 1.72% and closed at KD1.180,
the highest value since June 27. Gulf Investment House dived 10% to KD0.022, finishing as the top loser.
Source: AME Info
Tadawul bourse declines slightly amid lower oil prices
November 14, 2011--The Saudi Tadawul index fell by 0.31% Monday, closing at 6,238.02, as Sabic shares ended 0.25% lower at SR96.50.
Shares of ACE Arabia Cooperative Insurance Co. jumped 10% to reach SR55.00. Continuing worries over the development in Greece and Italy, where two new governments were sworn in, along with declining oil prices (off 0.75% at $98.25 (U$ Crude)). Forty-five shares gained, 74 fell and 26 closed even.
Source: AME Info
Qatar Exchange Index approaches 8,800 points
November 14, 2011--The QE Index added 0.25% to reach 8,764.56 points. Qatar National Bank gained further, closing 0.86% to reach QR152.30.
According to media reports, Qatar Airways is set to announced a major order worth billions of dollar for Airbus planes at teh Dubai Airshow.
Source: AME Info
Abu Dhabi market stuck in a stutter mode
November 14, 2011--The ADX General Index diped 0.22% to 2,486.83 points. Sharjah-based Dana Gas gained 1.82%, closing at Dhs0.56. National Takaful Co. or Watania closed at Dhs0.32 on its first day of listing.
It is the 10th Takaful Company to be listed on local stock markets in the UAE. The listing successfully completes its Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Dhs82.5m which was oversubscribed 7-fold to Dhs620m when it was launched in May this year.
Source: AME Info
Shuaa shares rise, as investment bank delays Q3 results
November 14, 2011--The DFM General Index declined 0.35% to 1,387.81 points, mainly because European markets performed lower after EU commissioner Mario Monti followed Silvio Berlusconi as Italy's prime minister.
Dubai-based investment bank Shuaa Capital rose 0.68% to reach Dhs0.745. Earlier in the day, Shuaa said it will delay publishing results for the third quarter because its new CEO Michael Philipp needs more time to study the figures. Emaar ended flat while Arabtec, the most liquid share, fell 0.72% to Dhs1.38. Some 29.3m shares were traded, valued at Dhs31.9m.
Source:AME Info
Egypt relaxes Nilex rules and regulations
November 14, 2011, 2:04:12 AM
Egypt: The Egyptian Financial Supervisory Authority (EFSA) has eased the rules and regulations for small and mid-cap investments on the Nile Stock Exchange (Nilex), the region's first stock exchange for small and medium enterprises, the Daily News Egypt has reported.
"We are preparing the market for what's ahead," said Ashraf El Sharkawi, head of EFSA. Companies who wish to be part of the new Nilex trading system for SMEs will not need a minimum capital requirement, with the maximum ceiling set at EGP50m. When it first launched, companies had to have a capital of at least EGP500,000 and a maximum of EGP25m.
Source: AME Info
Kuwait market underperforms despite rise in oil prices
November 13, 2011--Kuwait: Although US crude oil prices rose to almost $100 per barrel, the KSE Market Index dipped 0.71% to 5,868.5 points.
The northern Gulf state's largest lender in relations to assets and market value National Bank of Kuwait, known as NBK, lost 1.71%, closing at KD1.140. Oil prices rose by 17% during the last four weeks. Kuwait generates 95% of its budget from oil exports. [AMEInfo.com]
Source: AME Info
Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary - November 13, 2011
November 13, 2011--Economic Data Overview
The coming week again focuses on international events to the detriment of U.S. fixed income fundamentals, although there are Fed buys, official appearances and inflation and industrial data during the period.
Key economic data include October retail sales (expected to rise, showing a good start to Q4), PPI and CPI price data (expected to moderate), while manufacturing data that should show growth.
Focus remains on Europe, as in addition to events in Greece, market participants are watching if Italy's 10-year yield can remain below 7% and when Italy's elections will be called, and are looking to see how far France can be dragged into the turmoil as its bond yields rise.
There are a number of regional Fed speakers, but key Board members are absent from the calendar.
Focus early in the euro zone week will once again be on wider political developments in the periphery. The new Greek government formed under Loukas Papademos looked like being given a short honeymoon period by the markets - if Friday's relative stabilisation in the markets is anything to go by. The same applies to the government which is expected to be formed around former European Commissioner Mario Monti.
Worry for euro zone leaders is that attention now starts to shift to France. This had already been in the air Thursday, with a move by Moody's or Standard & Poor's expected any day now to move the country off stable outlook and into Review or Ratings Watch mode.
That said, it is also an important data week next week for the zone, with flash Q3 GDP due for EMU as well as France and Germany on Tuesday. Analysts seem to be expecting a kind of technical bounce back for the core from the impact of the Japan tsunami on supply chains at the start of the year. But recent PMIs have pointed to underlying weakness in the EZ economies and ECB President Mario Draghi's comment at his first press conference that the zone is already maybe in a mild recession is echoing in markets' minds. A flat Q4 is expected and hence a further easing of policy further out by the ECB is also expected.
ECB officials have full speaking agendas next week, with Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann due to speak during the week and ECB President Mario Draghi slated for a keynote address on Friday next week. Chief Economist Juergen Stark is also due to speak on Tuesday. Now that Italian Board Member Lorenzo Bini Smaghi has announced his departure, we should start to hear some names of likely contenders emerge from France, given that this major euro zone country does not have a member of the ECB board at present.
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Source: Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange (DGCX)
Undecided Qatari investors leave local bourse flat
November 10, 2011--The QE Index in Doha saved the year-to-date gain of 0.25% it has achieved yesterday but did not advance further on Thursday, despite gains among the top banks.
Qatar National Bank (up half a per cent at QR149.00), Qatar Islamic Bank (gaining a quarter per cent at QR81.70) and Commercial Bank of Qatar (0.36% higher at QR83.50) failed to lift the market sentiment due to low trading volumes. Bellwether share Insustries Qatar dipped 0.15% to QR135.80).
Source: AME Info
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