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The Middle East region is going through substantial turmoil which has marked Arab Stock Markets as of late.

The most important markets in the region are:

Saudi Stock Exchange

Dubai Financial Market

Abu Dhabi Securities Market

Muscat Securities Market

Kuwait Stock Exchange

Doha Securities Market

Bahrain Stock Exchange

In addition to the Amman Stock Exchange, the Beirut Stock Exchange and the Egyptian Exchange.
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Here is how Arab Stock Markets (indices) started last week:

Saudi: 8740.74 (Saturday)

Dubai: 5404.55 (Sunday)

Abu Dhabi: 4976.15 (Sunday)

Muscat: 10770.01 (Sunday)

Kuwait: 14963.7 (Sunday)

Doha: 11633.42 (Sunday)

Bahrain: 2793.96 (Sunday)
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And here is how those markets ended last week:

Saudi: 8451.06 (-289.68 / -3.31%)

Dubai: 5250.31 (-154.24 / -2.85%)

Abu Dhabi: 4773.98 (-202.17 / -4.06%)

Muscat: 10264.62 (-505.39 / -4.69%)

Kuwait: 14963.7 (-135.8 / -0.91%)

Doha: 11633.42 (-127.2 / -1.09%)

Bahrain: 2753.51 (-40.45 / -1.45%)
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This week's market closures:

Saudi: 8188.3 (-262.76 / -3.11%)

Dubai: 5017.56 (-232.75 / -4.43%)

Abu Dhabi: 4534.53 (-239.45 / -5.02%)

Muscat: 10298.00 (+33.38 / +0.33%)

Kuwait: 14616 (-347.7 / -2.32%)

Doha: 11019.17 (-614.35 / -5.28%)

Bahrain: 2753.51 (-4.03 / -0.15%)
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Gulf bourses slump by $60bn in two weeks


16 August 2008
A decline in key shares triggered by post profit-taking sell-offs and other factors drained the pockets of equity investors in the oil-rich Gulf by nearly $60 billion (Dh220.2bn) in the first two weeks of August, official figures showed yesterday.

Despite some gains over the past three days, the UAE and Saudi Arabian stock exchanges emerged as the main victims of the fall, the biggest combined half-monthly loss in more than a year.

The figures by the Abu Dhabi-based Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), which tracks regional bourses through its common Arab Stocks Data Base, showed all other bourses in the six-nation Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) declined between July 31 and August 14 after making modest gains in previous weeks.

From around $1.116 trillion on July 31, the combined market capitalisation of the seven bourses, including two in the UAE, plummeted to nearly $1.056trn on August 14, a loss of around $60bn in two weeks and an average $4.2bn a day, said the AMF, the Arab League's main financial institution.

Saudi Arabia's TadawulTadawul , the largest and most speculative market in the Middle East, accounted for nearly half the total losses, with its market capitalisation diving by around $30bn from $454.37bn to $423.85bn.

The UAE's Dubai and Abu Dhabi exchanges declined by around $16bn from $260.72bn to $244.79bn in the same period. Abu Dhabi suffered more, with its losses standing at nearly $11bn.

Kuwait, the third largest stock market in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia and the UAE, dipped by around $7bn from $206.12bn to $199.66bn, while Qatar lost around $4bn. Oman and Bahrain, which are relatively small and less speculative exchanges in the Gulf, also recorded declines.

Despite the losses, some GCC markets have remained gainers so far this year, mainly Qatar, whose market capitalisation jumped by nearly $37bn on August 14 from around $95bn on January 1.

The AMF report showed the GCC's combined turnover, or the value of traded shares, totalled around $18.2bn during the first two weeks of August.

Saudi Arabia's turnover of around $10bn accounted for 55 per cent of the total while the UAE had the second largest turnover, with the combined value of shares traded in Dubai and Abu Dhabi standing at $3.8bn. The value stood at nearly $2.8bn in Kuwait, $1.16bn in Qatar, and around $282 million and $45m in Oman and Bahrain respectively.

The total turnover in the first two weeks of August is dwarfed by the value in previous months, when it stood at around $62bn in July and $90bn in June. It was as high as $98bn in January.
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excuse me but the Beirut Stock Exchange is not an important market at all.
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excuse me but the Beirut Stock Exchange is not an important market at all.
consider it mentioned as courtesy
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محللون يتحدثون عن نتائج كارثية مؤقتة
الأسهم الخليجية تخشى الحرب لكنها لن تنكسر


دبي – محمد عايش

رغم المخاوف المتزايدة من قيام الولايات المتحدة بعملٍ عسكري ضد إيران، وما يمكن أن يترتب على ذلك من آثار اقتصادية في المنطقة، فإن محللين ماليين وخبراء بورصات لا يبدون مخاوف كبيرة إزاء أسواق المال الخليجية في حال نشوب نزاعٍ مسلح في المنطقة.

وفيما يردد الخبراء الماليون جميعًا عبارة "لا قدر الله" عندما يشيرون إلى الحرب المحتملة ضد إيران، إلا أنهم قالوا لـ"الأسواق.نت" إن الانعكاسات السلبية التي ستلقي بظلالها على أسواق المال ستكون مؤقتة، ولن تطول كثيرًا، لكن هذا لا ينفي في الوقت ذاته أن تكون للحرب آثار كارثية كبيرة على كافة القطاعات الاقتصادية.


نتائج كارثية

وقال المدير العام لشركة "الجزيرة" للخدمات المالية عميد كنعان إن أحدًا لا يمكن أن يتنبأ بحجم الحرب أو مدتها إذا نشبت -لا قدر الله-، ولذلك فإن نتائجها وانعكاساتها على الاقتصاد لا يمكن أيضًا التنبؤ بها، لكنه يستدرك: "الشيء الوحيد الذي نستطيع تأكيده هو أن نتائج الحرب ستكون كارثية وسلبية مهما كان شكلها".

ويضيف كنعان متحدثًا لـ"الأسواق.نت" "إذا نشبت الحرب فإن اقتصادات المنطقة كلها ستصاب بالشلل التام، وليس فقط أسواق المال، التي سنشهد فيها عروضًا دون طلبات"، لكن الخبير المالي في أسواق الإمارات كنعان يرى أن الدولة عادة ما تتخذ تدابير كافية لحماية أموال المستثمرين في مثل هذه الطوارئ، إذ يتم وضع حدود عليا ودنيا لارتفاع وانخفاض الأسهم.

ولا يرى المحلل والوسيط في سوق دبي المالية أن للمحافظ الاستثمارية الأجنبية الدور الكبير في انخفاض أو ارتفاع البورصات الخليجية، إذ يؤكد أن بيوعات الأجانب غير قادرة على إحداث تأثير حقيقي في السوق، ويستدل على ذلك رقميًا بأن "إجمالي بيوعات الأجانب في شركة إعمار مثلاً لم تتجاوز 2% منذ مطلع العام، وهذه نسبة متدنية جدًا وغير قادرة على إحداث الانخفاض الذي شهده السهم في الأيام الأخيرة".

ويؤكد كنعان أن هناك من يستفيد من تضخيم حجم التأثير الناتج عن بيوعات الأجانب، ليدفع المستثمرين المحليين إلى البيع فتنخفض السوق، بمعنى أن الانخفاضات التي تحدث ناتجة عن الحالة النفسية للمستثمرين وليس عن بيع الأجانب أو تسييل محافظهم.

ويستبعد كنعان، من حيث المبدأ أن تنشب حرب عسكرية ضد إيران أصلاً، خاصة وأن ولاية الرئيس الأمريكي جورج بوش تشارف على الانتهاء، والوقت يضيق أمام الإدارة الأمريكية للقيام بمثل هذه المغامرة العسكرية.


الأسواق ستتعافى سريعًا

ويتفق الخبير الاقتصادي السعودي الدكتور عبد العزيز الغدير مع المحلل كنعان في استبعاد نشوب حرب على إيران، لكنه يرى أن نشوبها "لن يؤثر على أسواق المال لمدة طويلة، وسبب ذلك أن منطقة الخليج شهدت عدة حروب سابقة ولم تؤدِ إلى انهيار في البورصات، بل أعقبها انتعاشات اقتصادية".

وأضاف الغدير لـ"الأسواق.نت" "لستُ متشائما بشكلٍ كبير، وإن كانت الأيام الأولى للحرب ستشهد بيوعات من مستثمرين خائفين، وستشهد عروضًا بلا طلبات، لكن هذه الحالة لن تستمر طويلاً".

وينظر الغدير إلى مستقبل جيد للبورصات الخليجية خلال الفترة المقبلة، معتبرًا أنها وصلت "مرحلة القاع" حاليًا، وستشهد ارتدادًا قويًا خلال الأيام القليلة المقبلة، وهو ما يتفق فيه تمامًا المحلل كنعان الذي قال "إن الأسابيع القادمة ستشهد ارتدادات قوية جدًا في أسواق الإمارات، إذ ستزول الحالة النفسية التي تسيطر على المستثمرين وستجتذب الأسعار الحالية مع الأداء الجيد للشركات المتداولين".


مؤثرات خارجية

ويقرُّ المحلل المالي الكويتي خالد الحربي بأن الحروب تشكل مؤثرات خارجية سلبية على البورصات، مؤكدًا أن أي عمل عسكري ضد إيران سيكون له نتائج سلبية على أسواق المال الخليجية، لكنه يشير إلى أن النتائج المالية للشركات والتوزيعات النقدية للأرباح ستظل العوامل الرئيسة وطويلة الأجل في التأثير على أية سوق مالية.

ويرى الحربي أن ضعف التداولات التي تشهدها البورصات الخليجية منذ فترة "يعكس حالة الترقب والقلق من التوترات السياسية في المنطقة"، وفيما يرى أن انخفاض بورصة الكويت حاليًا يشكل تصحيحًا سعريًا جيدًا فإنه يرى أن انخفاضات الأسواق الخليجية الأخرى استجابت للتوترات والعوامل السياسية بصورة مبالغ فيها.

وحول ما يمكن أن تتكبده الشركات من خسائر أو تعاني من ركود، يقول الحربي لـ"الأسواق.نت" إن شركات الاستثمار التي تعتمد على التداولات في البورصات ذاتها هي التي ستكون الأكثر تأثرًا في حال نشوب أية حرب أو عمل عسكري، لكنه لا ينفي كون القطاعات الاقتصادية في الخليج كافة ستتأثر سلبًا في هذه الحالة.


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Arab equity investors lose $49bn

Arab equity investors are about to bid farewell to August with a loss of nearly $49 billion (Dh179.8bn) but with the hope the forfeiture will soon be compensated in the next months.

The bourses of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar and Egypt emerged as the main victims of the decline in market capitalisation this month, while Saudi Arabia's stock exchangewas a gainer following a three-week steep fall.

From around $1.34 trillion at the end of July, the combined Arab market capitalisation shrank to $1.291trn on August 24, a loss of around $49bn, according to the Arab Stocks Data Base at the Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) in Abu Dhabi.

The markets had sharply fluctuated through August and in the previous months because of a wave of foreign sell-offs in some bourses, profit-taking trading activities, regional tensions and other factors. By August 24, all but the bourses of Saudi Arabia and Tunisia ended the day with higher capitalisation compared with the start of the month.

Saudi Arabia's Tadawul exchange, by far the largest and most speculative market in the Middle East, rebounded only this week after a steady decline in the previous three weeks following a decision by the Kingdom's market regulators to unveil the names of major shareholders on its web and screen.

"This is not the end of the year and we still have four months to go," said Hammam Al Shamaa, a stocks expert at the Al Fajr Securities.

"The markets in the regional had remained relatively unstable this year for some reasons but could end the year with gains... market fundamentals say so and don't forget that investors have gained so far this year."

The AMF figures showed the UAE bourses were the biggest losers in August, with Abu Dhabi capitalisation diving by around $12bn from $126.8bn at the end of July to $114.8 bn on August 24.

Dubai's bourse plunged by nearly $9bn from around $136.1bn to $127.2bn. Egypt was another main victim, with its bourse tumbling by nearly $13bn to $120.8bn from $133.5bn.

Qatar's Doha Securities Market, which had sharply grown since the start of 2008, plummeted by around $9bn from $136.1bn to nearly $127.2bn during the same period. The decline was milder in Kuwait, which receded by nearly $6bn from $207.5bn to $201.3bn.

There were also slight declines in the other Gulf bourses of Bahrain and Oman. In Saudi Arabia, the market appeared to be maintaining its recovery from a sharp decline in the preceding few weeks and experts believe it will continue to improve following the market's decision this week to admit foreign investors.

AMF figures showed Tadawul's market capitalisation increased by nearly $8bn to $462.1bn on August 24 from around $454.3bn at the end of July.

As for the general performance of the Arab bourses so far this year, the report showed they gained around $22bn since January 1, when their market capitalisation stood at around $1.269trn.

In terms of turnover, August was the quietest month this year, with, with the total value of traded shares in the Arab markets standing at around $39bn.

The level is far lower than the July turnover of $74bn and the value of $107bn in June. In August, Saudi Arabia accounted for more than half the total Arab turnover, with its value of traded share standing at $20 bn.

Saudi IPO boost
A surge in domestic liquidity has allied with reforms and an economic upswing to boost initial public offering (IPOs) value to more than SAR33 billion (Dh32.3bn) since the beginning of 2008, a leading Saudi bank said yesterday. The value was almost double the total IPO activity through the whole of 2007 and is projected to swell further by the end of 2008, the National Commercial Bank said.

"IPO activity is likely to be strong in 2008 given the soaring domestic liquidity, ongoing market liberalisation reforms and domestic demand taking the lead in economic growth," the report said.

"Since the start of 2008, around SAR33.5bn has been raised via IPOs, compared with SAR18bn for the whole of 2007."

According to the report, IPO activity has been dominated by the industrial investment sector. "The growing appetite for industrial-type IPOs, especially for companies involved in the production of metals and minerals, is no surprise given the strong growth in the non-oil economy," it said.

"Interestingly, the number of petrochemical IPOs has increased this year, but the total capital raised so far, around SAR3.6bn, is lower than the SAR6.75bn attained in 2007.
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