Bahraini Stocks Lead Middle Eastern Markets Lower: Inside EM

(Bloomberg) -- Bahrain’s main stock gauge declined the most in the Middle East after Aluminium Bahrain posted its first loss in 12 quarters.

The Bahrain Bourse All Share Index fell 0.6 percent, the most since Jan. 28, dragged down by Aluminium Bahrain’s 9.5 percent loss. The company, which accounts for almost 10 percent of the index, was one of just five stocks on the 39 member gauge to move in either direction.

MIDDLE EASTERN MARKETS:

• Dubai Investments declines as much as 6.4%, before paring loss to 4.8% as of 12:12m local time. The company’s 651.4 million dirhams profit for 2018 was 35% lower than the previous year, mainly due to fair valuation loss on investment properties and financial instruments, which were impacted by market conditions
• The DFM Real Estate & Construction Index drops 0.4%. It retreated 6.7% last week
  • The gauge is down 8% this year, versus an increase of 10% for peers in emerging markets
• Saudi British Bank rises as much as 2.5% in Riyadh after announcing full-year profit beat estimates
  • Saudi Arabia’s main equities index slips 0.1%
• Kuwait’s main equities gauge is little changed
  • NOTE: MSCI quarterly review report due Feb. 11 may see change in the weightings of Kuwaiti banks in its frontier-markets index
• Indexes in Oman, Israel and Egypt rise at least 0.2%

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