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Zawya
27-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Qatar: QSE sees 60% stocks gain, but index edges down; M-cap flat
Qatar - The foreign institutions were increasingly net profit takers as the 20-stock Qatar Index was down mere four points or 0.04% to 10,731.92 points, although it touched an intraday high of 10,769 points. The Qatar Stock Exchange on Monday witnessed more than 60% of the traded constituents return gains but overall it settled marginally lower, even as its market capitalisation was rather flat. The foreign institutions were increasingly net profit takers as the 20-stock Qatar Index was down mere four points or 0.04% to 10,731.92 points, although it touched an intraday high of 10,769 points. The foreign retail investors turned net sellers in the main market, whose year-to-date gains narrowed to 1.52%. The telecom and banks witnessed higher than average selling pressure in the main bourse, whose capitalisation was rather flat at QR633.91bn amidst gains in midcap segments. The local retail investors continued to be bearish but with lesser vigour in the main market, which saw no trading of exchange traded funds. The Gulf and domestic institutions were seen increasingly net buyers in the main bourse, whose trade turnover fell amidst higher volumes. The Islamic index was seen declining faster than the main barometer of the main market, which saw no trading of treasury bills. The Arab individuals were increasingly net buyers in the main bourse, which saw no trading of sovereign bonds. The Total Return Index was down 0.04% and the All Islamic Index by 0.09%; while the All Share Index was up 0.01% in the main market. The telecom sector declined 0.55% and banks and financial services (0.23%); whereas insurance gained 1.15%, real estate (0.92%), consumer goods and services (0.64%), industrials (0.19%) and transport (0.15%). Major shakers in the main market include Medicare Group, Ooredoo, Milaha, Qatar German Medical Devices, QIIB, Medicare Group and Qamco. In the junior bourse, Techno Q saw its shares depreciate in value. Nevertheless, Qatar General Insurance and Reinsurance, Alijarah Holding, Vodafone Qatar, Mazaya Qatar, Barwa, Commercial Bank, Dlala, Inma Holding, Woqod, Estithmar Holding and Nakilat were among the movers in the main market. The foreign institutions' net buying increased substantially to QR14.66mn compared to QR3.54mn the previous day. The foreign individuals turned net sellers to the tune of QR1.46mn against net buyers of QR3.81mn on May 25. The Gulf retail investors' net profit booking strengthened marginally to QR0.88mn compared to QR0.15mn on Sunday. However, the Gulf institutions' net buying expanded perceptibly to QR11.02mn against QR8.34mn the previous day. The domestic institutions' net buying increased noticeably to QR10.35mn compared to QR5.46mn on May 25. The Arab individual investors' net buying shot up perceptibly to QR7.82mn against QR3.47mn on Sunday. The local retail investors' net profit booking eased markedly to QR12.18mn compared to QR17.39mn the previous day. The Arab institutions had no major net exposure. The main market witnessed a 40% surge in trade volumes to 224.41mn shares, 71% in value to QR468.58mn and 75% in deals to 22,343. In the venture market, as many as 31,906 equities valued at QR0.09mn changed hands across nine transactions. © Gulf Times Newspaper 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
20-05-2025
- Business
- Zawya
Qatar: QSE crosses 10,700 mark as Gulf funds up buying support; M-cap adds $1.43bln
The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) on Monday crossed the 10,700 mark, having gained more than 69 points, propelled notably by the industrials, banking and telecom sectors. The Gulf institutions were increasingly net buyers as the 20-stock Qatar Index rose 0.65% to 10,710.09 points, although it touched an intraday high of 10,737 points. The Arab individuals were also increasingly bullish in the main market, whose year-to-date gains widened further to 1.31%. About 64% of the traded constituents extended gains to investors in the main bourse, whose capitalisation added QR5.23bn or 0.83% to QR633.26bn on the back of midcap segments. The foreign funds continued to be net buyers but with lesser intensity in the main market, which saw as many as 0.02mn exchange traded funds (sponsored by AlRayan Bank) valued at QR0.05mn trade across six deals. The local retail investors' net profit booking was seen strengthening marginally in the main bourse, whose trade turnover and volumes were on the increase. The Islamic index was seen gaining slower than the other indices of the main market, which saw no trading of treasury bills. The domestic institutions were seen increasingly net sellers in the main bourse, which saw no trading of sovereign bonds. The Total Return Index gained 0.65%, the All Islamic Index by 0.55% and the All Share Index by 0.7% in the main market. The industrials sector index rose 0.94%, banks and financial services (0.88%), telecom (0.86%), consumer goods and services (0.56%) and real estate (0.05%); while insurance and transport declined 0.47% and 0.27% respectively. Major gainers in the main market included Industries Qatar, Ooredoo, QIIB, Estithmar Holding, Qatar Cinema and Film Distribution, Medicare Group, Qatari Investors Group, Mannai Corporation, Qatar Islamic Bank, Dukhan Bank, Baladna, Al Faleh Educational Holding, QLM and Mazaya Qatar. In the junior bourse, Techno Q saw its shares appreciate in value. Nevertheless, Doha Bank, Milaha, Qatar Insurance, Al Mahhar Holding, AlRayan Bank, United Development Company and Vodafone Qatar were among the shakers in the main market. The Gulf institutions' net buying increased substantially to QR31.42mn compared to QR5.8mn the previous day. The Arab individual investors' net buying strengthened noticeably to QR10.13mn against QR3.78mn on May 18. However, the Qatari individuals' net selling expanded marginally to QR37.71mn compared to QR36.24mn on Sunday. The domestic institutions' net profit booking grew significantly to QR24.4mn against QR1.93mn the previous day. The foreign institutions' net buying decreased perceptibly to QR18.57mn compared to QR25.8mn on May 18. The foreign individual investors' net profit booking eased marginally to QR2.32mn against QR2.5mn on Sunday. The Arab institutions' net buying weakened markedly to QR0.37mn compared to QR1mn the previous day. The Gulf retail investors' net profit booking was rather flat at QR0.71mn. The main market witnessed a 36% surge in trade volumes to 292.09mn shares and 75% in value to QR732.05mn on more than doubled deals to 32,431. In the venture market, a total of 94,413 equities valued at QR0.26mn changed hands across 16 transactions. © Gulf Times Newspaper 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Free Malaysia Today
14-05-2025
- Business
- Free Malaysia Today
Foreign investors extend buying streak on Bursa with RM423mil inflows
The three sectors with the highest net foreign inflows were utilities, telecommunications and media, and financial services. (Envato Elements pic) KUALA LUMPUR : Foreign investors extended their streak of net inflows on Bursa Malaysia for the third week, recording a net inflow of RM422.6 million last week, though lower than the previous week of RM853.3 million. According to MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd's fund flow report for the week ended May 9, foreign investors were net buyers on every trading day, except Monday and Thursday, which saw outflows of RM92.4 million and RM42.4 million, respectively. It said the highest net inflow was recorded on Wednesday at RM364.8 million, followed by Friday with RM135.1 million. 'The three sectors that recorded the highest net foreign inflows were utilities (RM253.3 million), telecommunications and media (RM53.3 million), and financial services (RM51.1 million). 'The only two sectors that recorded net foreign outflows were energy (RM57.5 million) and technology (RM56 million),' it said. Meanwhile, MIDF stated that the local institutions extended their streak of net selling to three consecutive weeks, with outflows amounting to RM397.8 million. It said the local retail investors extended their trend of net selling to the fourth week, though the outflow eased to RM24.8 million compared to RM161.2 million the week before. 'The average daily trading volume saw a broad-based increase last week, with local institutions and local retailers seeing an increase of 8.6% and 2.9%, respectively, while foreign investors saw an increase of 6.1%,' it said.
Bloomberg
09-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Zimbabweans Are Rushing Into Property as a Safe Haven Against a Volatile Economy
Zimbabweans are snapping up properties as a safe-haven against currency uncertainty and the frequent economic policy u-turns that have scared off investors, at a time when a popular hedge — the country's stock market — is underperfoming. The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange's all-share index is down 21% since Sept. 27, when the central bank devalued the ZiG after a bout of persistent weakness against the dollar and began tightening monetary policy to stabilize the local gold-backed currency. Its stance has led to a liquidity crunch that's impacted the bourse and forced local investors to look elsewhere.
