GCC Monthly Market Review Report - March 2017

GCC Monthly Market Review Report - March 2017
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- Monthly Market Review Report‐Mar 2017 GBCM Research Index declines on dividend adjustment and tax law revision… April 10, 2017 Index Performance End Mar 17 End Feb 17 MTD (%) YTD (%) 5,550.6 5,780.0 ‐4.0% ‐4.0% 7,834.3 8,164.6 ‐4.0% 2.1% included increase in corporate tax (to 15%), introduction of withholding tax (10%) on dividend and 7,800.9 7,907.3 ‐1.3% 5.3% interest payment to foreigners, which lead to sell‐off among the foreign investors. The benchmark 2,885.5 3,007.8 ‐4.1% ‐5.7% 843.5 853.9 ‐1.2% ‐2.9% The month of Mar 2017 saw a considerable decline in the MSM as it adjusted for dividends coupled MSM30 Index with volatility in the crude prices which fell to 50$ levels as rising US crude oil production and inventories kept sentiments weak. Added, Oman Government amended its Income tax law which Financial Index Industrial Index Services Index Index closed lower by 4.0% at 5,550.6 levels towards end of the quarter. While for Q1 2017, the MSM index closed on a negative note at 4.0%. The sectoral indices such as Financial, Services, Shariah Index Industrial and Shariah closed lower during the month by ‐4.0%, ‐1.3%, ‐4.1% and ‐1.2% respectively. MSM 30 Index‐ Mar 2017 For Mar 2017, Kuwait has emerged as star performer with the region gaining 3.5% followed by Bahrain and Saudi which also closed in the positive territory. Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Abu Dhabi 5,850 5,800 5,750 5,700 5,650 5,600 5,550 5,500 5,450 5,400 Market activity for Mar 2017: Overall traded volumes for the month stood at 427 million, while the total market turnover stood at RO 107.3 million, as against the previous month turnover of RO 116 million. Average daily MSM turnover for Mar 2017 decreased to RO 4.9 million as compared RO 5.8 3/29/2017 3/27/2017 3/25/2017 3/23/2017 3/21/2017 3/19/2017 3/17/2017 3/15/2017 3/13/2017 3/11/2017 3/9/2017 3/7/2017 3/5/2017 3/3/2017 million in previous month. On the participation front, Omani and GCC investors remained as net 3/1/2017 closed the month declining by 4.1%, 4.0%, 2.9% and 2.4% respectively. buyers to an extent of RO 8.124 million and RO 1.421 million for the month. Foreign investors continued to remain as net sellers to an extent of RO 9.486 million. MSM Trading – Monthly Turnover – RO 107.315 million (USD 277.9 million) Apr 2017 Outlook‐ Market to take directions from upcoming Q1 earnings… Within the GCC region, we anticipate the markets to take direction from the upcoming Q1 corporate Fig. In RO Omanis GCC Buy Sell Net Buy / (Sell) earnings season and expected dividend re‐investments. In the short term, we expect the market to 90,363,459 82,239,518 8,123,940 trade range bound, while dividend reinvestments to support institutional buying. Overall we believe 9,526,204 8,104,447 1,421,757 buying to emerge in select frontline counters, as these stocks look attractive post dividend 704,234 763,953 (59,720) 6,721,381 16,207,358 (9,485,977) Arabs Others Source: MSM, GBCM Research 1 | P a g e adjustments. End Mar 2017, MSM30 Index is trading at PE (Ann.) of 11.0X, PBV of 1.1X and Div. Yield at 5.4%. On the other hand, the geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have scaled up with the US launching cruise missile attacks on the Syrian airbase. In addition the escalation of US‐ North Korea conflict is likely to weigh on the global and the regional markets during the month.
- Monthly Market Review Report‐Mar 2017 Volume Leaders for the Month 16.0% 70,000 14.3% 30.0% 60,000 12.0% 8.3% 28.2% 25.0% 20.0% 7.8% 7.5% 8.0% 40,000 7.0% 15.0% 30,000 6.0% 9.9% 10.0% 20,000 4.0% 2.0% 0.0% Bank Sohar Sembcorp Salalah Oman Fisheries Bank Muscat 8.3% 5.8% 10,000 5.0% 0 0.0% Oman Textile Al Anwar Holding Oman Fisheries Acwa Power 5.7% Alizz Islamic Bank Al Anwar Holding Value Leaders for the Month Losers for the Month 0.0% 16,000 14.0% 12.4% 14,000 12.0% ‐10.0% 10.5% 12,000 10.0% GBCM Research 50,000 10.0% Gainers for the Month 14.0% 9.1% 8.7% 8.0% ‐20.0% 10,000 ‐16.0% ‐15.6% ‐15.0% Al Madina Takaful Bank Muscat Oman & Emi Inv. Hol 8.0% 8,000 6.0% ‐24.2% ‐30.0% 6,000 ‐40.0% 4.0% 4,000 2.0% 2,000 0.0% 0 Bank Muscat Omantel Source: MSM, GBCM Research 2 | P a g e Bank Sohar Ooredoo ‐50.0% ‐49.0% ‐60.0% Sembcorp Salalah National Securities Source: MSM, GBCM Research Port Services
- Monthly Market Review Report‐Mar 2017 Markets Performance ‐ Heat Map GCC Markets Oman Saudi GBCM Research MTD (%) YTD (%) NYMEX WTI Crude ‐7.0% ‐9.7% ICE Brent Crude ‐5.8% ‐8.4% ‐2.3% Crude Oil, Oman ‐6.2% ‐6.0% 3.6% 22.3% NYMEX Natural Gas 11.1% ‐10.0% ‐2.9% ‐0.4% 0.5% 11.1% NYMEX Gasoline ‐3.0% ‐8.9% MTD (%) YTD (%) YTD (%) ‐4.0% ‐4.0% 0.4% ‐2.9% UAE (DFM) ‐4.1% ‐1.4% UAE (ADX) ‐2.4% Kuwait Energy Source: Bloomberg, GBCM Research Global Markets Commodities Performance ‐ Heat Map MTD (%) Qatar Bahrain Source: Bloomberg, GBCM Research Precious/ Base Metals MTD (%) YTD (%) S&P 500 0.0% 5.5% Gold Spot 0.1% 8.4% Dow Jones ‐0.7% 4.6% Silver Spot ‐0.3% 14.7% Nasdaq 1.5% 9.8% Platinum Spot ‐7.2% 5.2% FTSE 100 CAC 40 DAX 0.8% 2.5% LME Aluminium (Spot) 1.7% 14.6% 5.4% 5.4% 4.0% 7.2% LME Copper (Spot) ‐2.5% 5.3% Nikkei ‐1.1% ‐1.1% LME Zinc (Spot) ‐2.4% 7.5% Hang Seng 1.6% 9.6% LME Lead (Spot) 3.4% 16.6% 3.1% 11.2% LME Nickel (Spot) ‐8.8% 0.0% ‐0.6% 3.8% Sensex Shanghai Source: Bloomberg, GBCM Research Source: Bloomberg, GBCM Research 3 | P a g e
- Monthly Market Review Report‐Mar 2017 GBCM Research | Institutional Sales ‐ Hunaina Banatwala, (+968) 2235 0717 |Institutional Brokerage ‐ Talal Al Balushi, (+968) 2235 0725| | Equity Research ‐ Kanaga Sundar, (+968) 2235 0727| Vijay Sridharan, (+968) 2235 0728| Disclaimer: This document has been prepared and issued by GULF BAADER CAPITAL MARKETS SAOC ("the Company") on the basis of publicly available information, internally developed data and other sources believed to be reliable. While all care has been taken to ensure that the facts stated are accurate and the opinions given are reasonable, neither GULF BAADER CAPITAL MARKETS SAOC nor any employee shall be in anyway responsible for the contents of this report. The Company may have a position and may perform buying/selling for itself or its clients in any security mentioned in this report. This is not an offer to buy or sell the investments referred therein. 4 | P a g e
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