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Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange Weekly Market Commentary- July 10, 2011
July 11, 2011-- Economic Data Overview
There are very few US data items that will be of particular interest to markets in the coming week. The release of earnings reports for the second quarter will get underway in earnest on Monday with numbers from Alcoa. That company data is expected after market hours.
Second, the Fed will release the FOMC meeting minutes on Tuesday in advance of Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's scheduled semi-annual monetary policy testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, which is due on Wednesday. It is presumed, but not yet announced, that the Chairman will be before the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday.
The two main data reports likely to define the July 11 week are those for June retail sales on Thursday and the Consumer Price Index on Friday. Any hint that consumer spending has picked up will benefit the outlook for the economy overall. Further confirmation of a moderation in consumer price increases will ease uncertainty in markets about whether the Fed was correct in its assessment of increases in headline inflation being transitory. The Fed will not have this.
Source: DGCX
Qatari shares end mixed
July 7, 2011--The Doha-based QE Index closed 0.12% higher at 8,502.49 points.
All sector indices gained, except the banking and financial index. Takaful operator Islamic insurance bucked the sector trend and surged 2.36% higher to QR56.40. The country's largest lender by market value Qatar National Bank dipped one percent and closed at QR143.30.
Source: AME Info
Banks keep Kuwait bourse up by 0.07%,
July 7, 2011--The KSE Market Index closed 0.07% higher on Thursday at 6,212.9 points.
Mushrif Trading and Contracting Co. soared 8.92%, closing at KD0.122. Al Safat Real Estate Co. plummeted 12.12% to KD0.0145. Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait surged 1.5%, ending at KD0.670. The banking sector index and the food segment were the only segments which added value.
Source: AME Info
Aldar shares rebound, index ends lower
July 7, 2011--The Abu Dhabi bourse ADX fell 0.08% to 2,714.77 points. Aldar Properties added 1.56%, closing at Dhs1.31.
Shares of Green Crescent Insurance Company gained 1.52%, reaching Dhs0.67. Earlier in the day, Green Crescent said in a statement to the ADX that the recent price jump of over 16% during the week, was "purely market driven". "We know of no reason for the increase in the shares," the statement added. Some 42.27m stocks valued at Dhs73.12m were traded. Over the first trading week of July, the ADX General Index gained half a percent.
Source: AME Info
Dubai market gains 2.69% over the week
July 7, 2011-The DFM General Index added 0.37% on Thursday, closing at 1,557.85 points amid higher trading volumes. Arabtec Construction was the most active share by value and by volume, closing 2.27% higher at Dhs1.35.
Dubai Refreshments lost the most, ending down 4.55% to Dhs10.50. Around 117.4m shares valued at Dhs131.63m changed hands. Swiss private bank Sarasin earlier today issued a research paper on the third quarter, saying "we think the inflation spike and above all the supply problems will be temporary. Therefore, in view of the economic rebound, the global economy should pick up speed again in 2H11. The situation in Greece should also settle down during the course of the second half of 2011. A brighter economic outlook and a declining risk aversion suggest higher yields in the second half 2011." The first week of July indeed marked was a relief for DFM investors who saw the General Index falling by 6.97% during the first six months of 2011. Since July 1st, the DFM surged 2.69%.
Source: AME Info
Business activity slows in UAE in June
July 7, 2011--According to a survey by HSBC Holdings, the non-oil private sector business activity in the UAE slowed in June, compared with the previous month, an indication that the buoyancy the country received from the regional unrest may be on the decline, Khaleej Times has reported.
The HSBC UAE Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI), which measures the performance of the manufacturing and services sectors, fell from 56 in May to 55.2 in June (its lowest reading for three months), but the PMI remained above its long-run trend. A reading above 50 indicates economic expansion.
Source: AME Info
IFA Hotels & Resorts gains the most at Kuwait market
July 6, 2011--The KSE Market Index closed 0.08% lower at 6,208.5 points on Wednesday.
. IFA Hotels and Resorts, one of the weakest performing shares in in Kuwait in the first half of 2010, posted the largest advance, closing 7.24% higher at KD0.370.
Source: AME Info
Qatari bank shares partly resist market dip
July 6, 2011--The Doha-based QE Index closed 0.11% lower at 8,492.71 points. Qatar National Bank added half a percent and finished at QR144.70.
Only the baning and financial index added value. Doha Insurance lost the most and closed off 1.73% at QR28.40. Cinema jumped 9.27% to reach QR66.00.
Source: AME Info
Abu Dhabi bourse dips by 0.45%
July 6, 2011--Abu Dhabi-listed blue chips Aldar (off 1.54% at Dhs1.28) and Sharjah-based Dana Gas (1.59% lower at Dhs0.61) dragged the ADX Genral Index down by 0.45% to 2,717.07 points.
Recently newly listed Finance House bucked the trend bu rising 7.78% to close at Dhs3.88. Five stocks gained, 19 declind and five ended flat.
Source: AME Info
Shuaa Capital bucks fickle GCC stock markets
July 6, 2011--The DFM General Index declined 0.44% on Wednesday as investors booked small profits after the strong start into the second half of 2011. Islamic insurer Takaful Emarat lost the most, closing 9.30% lower at Dhs0.78. Investment Bank Shuaa Capital surged 2.15% to reach Dhs1.00. Emirates NBD closed even at Dhs4.47.
Earlier in the day, ENBD CIO Private Banking Gary Dugan said in his latest market commentary: "We increasingly believe that local equities could show some strong performance into the end of the year. Firstly local interest rates are very low and bonds have rallied too leaving limited yield return available in the cash or bond markets." Mr. Dugan added in regards to MSCI's decicion to grant the UAE another six months to raise the market regulatory standards: "If MSCI does decide to give the UAE emerging markets status then the cheapness of say Dubai stocks on aggregate PE multiple of 8.5 times 2011 earnings compared to 11.1 for the whole emerging market index would not be lost on international investors. In other news in recent weeks, the decision to give investors in real estate a three year visa is a marked improvement, and should spur immediate new interest in residential property in the UAE." Trading turnover declined further, as 70.36m shares valued at Dhs83.58m were traded. Eight shares went up, 14 lost value and three closed flat.
Source: AME Info
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