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Credit Suisse: possible DFM-ADX merger priced already in Dubai market DFM shares
November 9, 2010--The DFM General Index surged 1.32% to close at 1,715.68. Construction giant Arabtec recovered from its recent heavy losses, ending 4.21% higher at Dhs1.98. Shares of the DFM, the only Arab market which has listed securities (as yet), gained 2.61%, finishing at Dhs1.57. Credit Suisse research today commented on a possible merger between the DFM and the exchange ADX in Abu Dhabi:
"While we await confirmation and price consideration of any such merger, we believe that the market has already priced in some sort of synergies effect of the consolidation given the strong stock performance during the quarter (up c.22% despite dismal trading volumes)." Consequently, the Swiss bank's research remains neutral on DFM shares.
Source: AME Info
Methaq Takaful shares fall on third quarter results
November 9, 2010--The Abu Dhabi bourse ADX added 0.16% to finish at 2,755.30. Islamic insurer Methaq Takaful plummeted 4.21% to finish at Dhs2.64. Earlier in the day,
Methaq reported a loss attributable to shareholders for the third quarter 2010 of Dhs5.28m compared to a profit of Dhs6.26m for the corresponding period in 2009.
Source: AME Info
Kuwait bourse declines the fourth consecutive trading day
November 9, 2010--The KSE Price Index ended 0.97% lower to close at 6,982.20. Low-fare carrier Jazeera Airways extended its surge from Monday, reaching KD0.124 (up 8.772%). Jazeera Airways has said that its Q3 net profit has jumped almost six-fold to KD4.4m ($15.7m) from KD762,745 in the year-earlier period, marking the carrier's best quarter in its five years in operation.
Most insurance firms declined, such as Kuwait Insurance Company (off 7.353 at KD0.315). The banking sector index added half a percentage point with Al-Ahli Bank of Kuwait gained 1.53% to finish at KD0.660.
Source: AME Info
Kuwait-based Jazeera Airways shares jump 9.61%
November 8, 2010--The KSE Market Index declined for the second consecutive day, ending 0.94% lower at 7,050.3 points. Investment and industrial firms underperformed in particular. Al-Tamdeen Investment Co. declined 7.5% to finish at KD0.305. The country's second airline Jazeera Airways posted the largest gain, climbing 9.6% higher to reach KD0.114. On Sunday, Jazeera Airways, under its German CEO Stefan Pichler, said it crossed the one-million passenger mark, Gulf News reported.
The Kuwait market KSE witnessed substantial growth on Trading activity for the month of October 2010. According to Global Investment House, "over the previous month, the KSE observed a significant increase of 26% in trading value to reach KD1.22bn ($4.34bn) while witnessing a large increase of 53% in the number of traded shares to reach 7.0bn shares."
Source: AME Info
Qatar National Bank shares recover, close near 22-month high
November 8, 2010--In Doha, the Qatar Exchange added 0.11% to close at 7,967.56, extending its year-to-date gain to 14.54%. The gulf state's largest financial institution Qatar National Bank (QNB) recovered form its slight setback, ending 0.72% higher at QR169.
Its 22-month high stands at QR171.2 (as of the close of trading on January 4, 2009. Credit Suisse analyst Mohamad Hawa, who favours Qatari banks over its peers in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, upgraded the price target for QNB on October 6, 2010 to QR182.
Source: AME Info
Tadawul market dips 0.08% in lackluster trading session
November 8, 2010--Due to lack of impulses, the Saudi Stock Exchange ended 0.08% lower at 6,431.18 points. Dar Al Arkan Real Estate extended its decline it started end of May, closing at a new 2010-low of SR8.70 (off 2.25%). The insurance sector index gained 0.23%.
. Allied Cooperative Insurance Group jumped 4.66%, closing as a top gainer at SR35.90. Islamic insurance firm Solidarity Saudi Takaful Co. ended 2.19% higher at SR14.00.
Source: AME Info
Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange Weekly Views-November 7, 2010
November 7, 2010-- Economic Data Overview
After the barrage of events and data announcements this week, the November 8-12 week has little economic data of more than passing interest. The presence of Veterans Day on Thursday shortens the working week as stock and bond markets will be closed on Thursday and there will be an early close for the bond market on Wednesday.
The G20 leadership will meet in Seoul, South Korea on November 11 and 12. However, these top level summits are generally of less interest to markets than the sessions of the finance ministers and central bankers.
Quite possibly the most interesting data of the week is not on official calendars. The Fed's Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey for October should be released on Monday at 14:00 ET. In the last few reports credit conditions had begun to return to pre-recession readings and this edition should continue the trend. There was a hint in the FOMC statement of November 3 that bank lending has ceased to contract.
Source: Dubai Gold And Commodities Exchange
Nasdaq Dubai up 30% in October
Outsourcing of trading to DFM boosts deals
November 4, 2010--The value of equities traded on Nasdaq Dubai increased by 30 per cent to $155 million in October 2010, from $119m in October 2009.
The increase comes after Nasdaq Dubai's outsourcing of its trading, settlement, clearing and custody functions for equities to Dubai Financial Market (DFM) in July 2010, as part of a strategy to increase trading of its equities by individual investors and merge them in one liquidity pool with institutional investors.
DP World, Nasdaq Dubai's largest listed company, was in the top five traded companies of all DFM and Nasdaq Dubai stocks by value on 71 per cent of trading days in October 2010. It was the most highly traded on 14 per cent of days.
Source: Emirates 24/7
Qatar Exchange extends year-to-date gains
November 4, 2010--The QE Index in Doha added 1.33% Thursday, closing at 7,903.32 points. Over the week the Doha-based bourse added 1.25%. Year-to-date, the QE Index surged 13.61%, the highest gain among all GCC markets.
After a successful road-show in London, the QE management plans to do more investor gathering in Europe, the Far East and the US, Gulf Times reported.
Source: AME Info
National Bank of Kuwait shares weigh on Kuwait market
November 4, 2010--The KSE Market Index, the benchmark composite at the local stock market based in Kuwait City, added 0.09% to close at 7,124.7 points.
The country's largest lender by assets National Bank of Kuwait (NBK) plummeted 4.28% to finish at KD1.340 as investors booked profits after a month-long surge in NBK shares. Zain Telecom shares, on the other hand, extend their rally and jumped 2.85% to close at KD1.440.
Source: AME Info
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