Arab News, Wednesday, Jan 05, 2022 | Jamada Al-Aakhirah 02, 1443
All you need to know before the opening bell of Tadawul on Jan. 5
Saudi Arabia:
Saudi bourse’s main index, TASI, ended the prior
trading day slightly higher, buoyed by higher oil prices despite another spike
in COVID-19 cases.
TASI edged
up by 0.3 to 11,357 points, and the parallel market Nomu lost
1 percent to reach 25,778 points.
The Kingdom saw 2,585 COVID-19 newly confirmed
cases on Tuesday, a report by the Saudi Health Ministry revealed.
In line with Saudi, all fellow GCC indexes showed
solid performance on Monday, except for Abu Dhabi’s ADI which
was down 0.7 percent.
Dubai led as its main index, DFMGI,
rose by 0.8 percent. Next were TASI and the Qatari index QSI.
The latter added 0.4 percent.
Bourses of Bahrain, Oman, and Kuwait were all up
by nearly 0.2 percent.Elsewhere in the Middle East, the Egyptian index EGX30 gained
0.7 percent.
In energy trading, oil prices are still on the
high side even as
rent crude
oil remained flat $79.97 a barrel while US WTI crude
traded at $76.93 per barrel, as of 8:41 a.m. Saudi time.
Stock news
Kingdom Holding Co. has collected SR8.29
billion ($2.21 billion) from selling a 23.8-percent stake – half of its stake –
in Four Seasons Holding to FS Washington Acquisition Corp.
Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co. is to receive
SR17.3 million from one of its buyers, as a Saudi court ruled in its favor
following a fraud case in 2017
Alujain Holding Corp. has appointed Khalid
Aldawood as chief executive officer effective Jan. 9, 2022
Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group
has been awarded a 50-year lease contract worth SR32.5 million from Tabuk
Municipality to set up a hospital
Saudia Dairy and Foodstuff Co.’s, or SADAFCO,
board has proposed cash dividends at SR3 per share for the first half of the
fiscal year ended Mar. 31, 2022