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According to the Equity Markets October 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as measured by the MSCI GCC IMI Index declined by -2.7% MTD. UAE’s DFM Index was the top performing regional index, followed by Abu Dhabi’s ADSM Index. Kuwait’s Weighted Index fell by -2.5% with negative performance coming from Consumer goods -9.2%, Telecom -7.9% and positive gains came from Oil & Gas +1.4%.
According to the new cooperation agreement, NBK will issue prepaid card holders to customers who have undertaken a loan from KFIC.
Kuwait was upgraded by FTSE Russell to an emerging market status, which will become effective by September 2018. The upgrade could prompt cash inflows of approximately USD 700mn from foreign investors, according to NBK Capital.
According to the Equity Markets August 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index increased by 0.83%. Kuwait’s Weighted Index was the top performing regional index and Qatar’s QE index was the worst performing index.
According to the Equity Markets June 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), MSCI decided to include Saudi Arabia on its watch-list for potential addition to Emerging Market Index as The Kingdom showed significant willingness to improve stock market regulations and easing conditions for foreign investors. In the UAE, The Emirates NBD UAE Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), a key indicator of the health of the UAE’s non-oil private sector, fell to 54.3.
According to the Equity Markets May 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), Saudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with US companies during President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh. Estimates of the total deal value vary from USD300bn to USD400bn. Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh has affirmed the importance of economic reforms made in Arab oil-exporting countries against the sharp drop in global oil prices.
According to the Equity Markets April 2017 Review by Kuwait Finance and Investment Company (KFIC), GCC equities, as indicated by the MSCI GCC IMI Index, fell by -1.2%. Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index was the top performing regional index and Qatar’s QE Index was the worst performing.
“The Kuwaiti culture has had entrepreneurs for hundreds of years. My grandfather, great grandfather, and father were all entrepreneurs,” says Mohammed Jaffar, Deputy Chairman & CEO of Faith Capital Holding, Board Member in Kuwait London Company.
“At this point the lowering of the oil prices and the deficit that we are going through has had a marginal effect on the real estate sector. As we all know, the real estate sector here in Kuwait has been the backbone for the non-oil revenue here in the country. I have personally been seeing a good demand over the past two years in the commercial properties throughout Kuwait,” says Mohammed Al Matook, Acting GM of Al Hamra Real Estate Company.
