Saudi rises in early trade, most Gulf markets move little

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Sun, 26 Nov 2017 - 09:46 GMT

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Saudi Arabia’s stock market - Reuters

Saudi Arabia’s stock market - Reuters

DUBAI - 26 November 2017: Saudi Arabia’s stock market rose in a broad-based rally early on Sunday with most other major Gulf bourses moving little.

The Saudi index climbed 0.6 percent with all 10 of the most active stocks gaining. Insurer SABB Takaful surged 5.5 percent after Saudi British Bank said it had completed the purchase of all of HSBC’s stake in SABB Takaful.

Al Tayyar Travel, its founder detained in Saudi Arabia’s corruption probe, added 2.9 percent; after plunging in response to the probe, it has been edging back up in the last few days.

Saudi Airlines Catering climbed 1.8 percent after saying it had won a 501 million riyal ($136.5 million), five-year contract to supply inflight catering services to Saudi budget airline flynas.

Banque Saudi Fransi inched up 0.1 percent after the central bank said the bank faced an unspecified fine over irregularities in an employee incentive programme. The investigation into the irregularities was already well-known and official action had been anticipated by investors.

In Abu Dhabi, the index edged down 0.1 percent but Manazel Real Estate, the most heavily traded stock, gained 1.9 percent after saying plans were underway to expand into Middle East and North African markets, including Saudi Arabia, because of rising demand for middle-income housing. It gave no details.

Dubai’s index fell 0.1 percent as Emaar Properties pulled back 0.8 percent. Its unit Emaar Development , which performed weekly on its debut last week, dropped 1.0 percent.

In Kuwait, logistics firm Agility gained 2.8 percent after its 80.5 percent-owned unit Metal and Recycling Co reported quarterly profit more than doubled from a year earlier to 171,524 dinars ($570,000) as sales rose 15 percent.

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