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Page 1 of 5 QE Intra-Day Movement Qatar Commentary The QE index rose 0.5% to close at 9,667.6. Gains were led by the Insurance and Transportation indices, gaining 1.7% and 1.1% respectively. Top gainers were Qatar Cinema & Film Dist. Co. and Qatar General Ins. & Rein. Co., rising 7.9% and 2.9% respectively. Among the top losers, Aamal Co. fell 1.4%, while Qatar Fuel Co. declined 1.3%. GCC Commentary Saudi Arabia: The TASI index rose 1.4% to close at 7,878.7. Gains were led by the Hotel & Tourism and Real Estate Dev. indices, rising 3.6% each. WAFA Insurance and Buruj Cooperative Insurance Co. rose 9.9% each. Dubai: The DFM index gained 3.0% to close at 2,599.4. The Services index rose 5.9%, while the Real Estate & Construction index was up 4.5%. Arab Insurance Group surged 15.0%, while Deyaar Development gained 12.5%. Abu Dhabi: The ADX benchmark index rose 1.8% to close at 3,802.2. The Real Estate index gained 6.8%, while the Energy index was up 3.1%. Ras Al Khaimah Cement Co. rose 9.1%, while Aldar Properties was up 6.9%. Kuwait: The KSE index declined 0.1% to close at 7,623.1. The Telecommunication index fell 1.1%, while Technology index was down 0.9%. Boubyan Int. Ind. Holding Co. declined 8.3%, while Manafae Inv. Co. fell 7.5%. Oman: The MSM index rose 0.7% to close at 6,735.6. Gains were led by the Banking & Investment and Industrial indices, gaining 1.3% each. Majan Glass Co. rose 6.8%, while Al Anwar Holdings was up 6.3%. Bahrain: The BHB index declined marginally to close at 1,188.1. The Commercial Banking index fell 0.1%. Khaleeji Commercial Bank declined 2.0%, while Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait was down 1.0%. Qatar Exchange Top Gainers Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD% Qatar Cinema & Film Dist. Co. 53.00 7.9 0.2 (6.9) Qatar General Ins. & Rein. Co. 52.80 2.9 0.2 14.8 Qatar Navigation 80.00 2.6 210.1 26.8 Qatar German Co. for Med. Dev. 14.70 2.1 31.4 (0.5) Qatar Islamic Insurance 58.50 1.9 0.3 (5.6) Qatar Exchange Top Vol. Trades Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD% Qatar Gas Transport Co. 19.30 0.1 1,378.5 26.5 United Development Co. 21.40 0.0 1,182.1 20.2 Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Dev. 11.52 1.7 767.4 4.7 Masraf Al Rayan 29.00 0.3 479.3 17.0 Vodafone Qatar 9.00 (0.2) 472.9 7.8 Market Indicators 01 Sep 13 29 Aug 13 %Chg. Value Traded (QR mn) 313.4 400.4 (21.7) Exch. Market Cap. (QR mn) 529,020.8 526,501.3 0.5 Volume (mn) 8.3 11.4 (27.4) Number of Transactions 4,189 6,008 (30.3) Companies Traded 38 40 (5.0) Market Breadth 25:9 32:6 Market Indices Close 1D% WTD% YTD% TTM P/E Total Return 13,812.75 0.5 0.5 22.1 N/A All Share Index 2,435.62 0.5 0.5 20.9 12.9 Banks 2,359.14 0.5 0.5 21.0 12.5 Industrials 3,101.72 0.6 0.6 18.1 11.4 Transportation 1,781.40 1.1 1.1 32.9 12.2 Real Estate 1,720.84 0.2 0.2 6.8 13.0 Insurance 2,272.17 1.7 1.7 15.7 9.4 Telecoms 1,436.33 (0.0) (0.0) 34.9 15.1 Consumer 5,820.34 (0.9) (0.9) 24.6 24.4 Al Rayan Islamic Index 2,760.42 0.5 0.5 10.9 14.3 GCC Top Gainers ## Exchange Close # 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD% Deyaar Development Dubai 0.54 12.5 135,076.6 53.4 Aldar Properties Abu Dhabi 2.63 6.9 103,819.3 107.1 Arabtec Holding Co. Dubai 2.43 6.6 77,597.2 30.6 Taiba Holding Co. Saudi Arabia 37.30 6.6 644.9 50.1 Investbank Abu Dhabi 2.60 6.1 44.8 60.5 GCC Top Losers ## Exchange Close # 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD% Mobile Telecomm. Co. Kuwait 0.66 (2.9) 504.9 (15.4) Oman Telecomm. Co. Oman 1.64 (2.0) 84.2 11.4 Mabanee Co. Kuwait 1.10 (1.8) 143.3 2.5 Comm. Facilities Co. Kuwait 0.28 (1.7) 0.1 (17.4) Boubyan Bank Kuwait 0.62 (1.6) 229.0 1.7 Source: Bloomberg ( # in Local Currency) ( ## GCC Top gainers/losers derived from the Bloomberg GCC 200 Index comprising of the top 200 regional equities based on market capitalization and liquidity) Qatar Exchange Top Losers Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD% Aamal Co. 14.40 (1.4) 22.1 5.8 Qatar Fuel Co. 279.10 (1.3) 25.6 26.9 Medicare Group 47.50 (0.9) 302.9 33.1 Salam International Investment 12.38 (0.8) 252.1 (2.2) Gulf International Services 47.75 (0.5) 126.1 59.2 Qatar Exchange Top Val. Trades Close* 1D% Val. ‘000 YTD% Industries Qatar 155.00 1.0 54,524.3 9.9 Qatar Gas Transport Co. 19.30 0.1 27,005.8 26.5 United Development Co. 21.40 0.0 25,736.7 20.2 QNB Group 168.90 0.8 24,638.6 29.0 Qatar Navigation 80.00 2.6 16,815.9 26.8 Source: Bloomberg (* in QR) Regional Indices Close 1D% WTD% MTD% YTD% Exch. Val. Traded ($ mn) Exchange Mkt. Cap. ($ mn) P/E** P/B** Dividend Yield Qatar* 9,667.58 0.5 0.5 0.5 15.7 86.07 145,269.1 12.2 1.7 4.8 Dubai 2,599.35 3.0 3.0 3.0 60.2 246.32 64,452.0 15.1 1.0 3.4 Abu Dhabi 3,802.22 1.8 1.8 1.8 44.5 110.22 109,774.6 10.8 1.4 4.7 Saudi Arabia 7,878.74 1.4 1.4 1.4 15.8 1,454.59 416,727.9 16.4 2.1 3.7 Kuwait 7,623.06 (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) 28.5 74.85 107,846.3 18.2 1.2 3.7 Oman 6,735.64 0.7 0.7 0.7 16.9 37.60 23,404.9 11.1 1.7 4.1 Bahrain 1,188.05 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) 11.5 0.15 21,764.4 8.3 0.9 4.0 Source: Bloomberg, Qatar Exchange, Tadawul, Muscat Securities Exchange, Dubai Financial Market and Zawya (** TTM; * Value traded ($ mn) do not include special trades, if any) 9,600 9,650 9,700 9,750 9,800 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 13:00

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QE Intra-Day Movement

Qatar Commentary

The QE index rose 0.5% to close at 9,667.6. Gains were led by the Insurance

and Transportation indices, gaining 1.7% and 1.1% respectively. Top gainers

were Qatar Cinema & Film Dist. Co. and Qatar General Ins. & Rein. Co., rising

7.9% and 2.9% respectively. Among the top losers, Aamal Co. fell 1.4%, while

Qatar Fuel Co. declined 1.3%.

GCC Commentary

Saudi Arabia: The TASI index rose 1.4% to close at 7,878.7. Gains were led by the Hotel & Tourism and Real Estate Dev. indices, rising 3.6% each. WAFA Insurance and Buruj Cooperative Insurance Co. rose 9.9% each.

Dubai: The DFM index gained 3.0% to close at 2,599.4. The Services index rose 5.9%, while the Real Estate & Construction index was up 4.5%. Arab Insurance Group surged 15.0%, while Deyaar Development gained 12.5%.

Abu Dhabi: The ADX benchmark index rose 1.8% to close at 3,802.2. The Real Estate index gained 6.8%, while the Energy index was up 3.1%. Ras Al Khaimah Cement Co. rose 9.1%, while Aldar Properties was up 6.9%.

Kuwait: The KSE index declined 0.1% to close at 7,623.1. The Telecommunication index fell 1.1%, while Technology index was down 0.9%. Boubyan Int. Ind. Holding Co. declined 8.3%, while Manafae Inv. Co. fell 7.5%.

Oman: The MSM index rose 0.7% to close at 6,735.6. Gains were led by the Banking & Investment and Industrial indices, gaining 1.3% each. Majan Glass Co. rose 6.8%, while Al Anwar Holdings was up 6.3%.

Bahrain: The BHB index declined marginally to close at 1,188.1. The Commercial Banking index fell 0.1%. Khaleeji Commercial Bank declined 2.0%, while Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait was down 1.0%.

Qatar Exchange Top Gainers Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD%

Qatar Cinema & Film Dist. Co. 53.00 7.9 0.2 (6.9)

Qatar General Ins. & Rein. Co. 52.80 2.9 0.2 14.8

Qatar Navigation 80.00 2.6 210.1 26.8

Qatar German Co. for Med. Dev. 14.70 2.1 31.4 (0.5)

Qatar Islamic Insurance 58.50 1.9 0.3 (5.6)

Qatar Exchange Top Vol. Trades Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD%

Qatar Gas Transport Co. 19.30 0.1 1,378.5 26.5

United Development Co. 21.40 0.0 1,182.1 20.2

Mazaya Qatar Real Estate Dev. 11.52 1.7 767.4 4.7

Masraf Al Rayan 29.00 0.3 479.3 17.0

Vodafone Qatar 9.00 (0.2) 472.9 7.8

Market Indicators 01 Sep 13 29 Aug 13 %Chg.

Value Traded (QR mn) 313.4 400.4 (21.7)

Exch. Market Cap. (QR mn) 529,020.8 526,501.3 0.5

Volume (mn) 8.3 11.4 (27.4)

Number of Transactions 4,189 6,008 (30.3)

Companies Traded 38 40 (5.0)

Market Breadth 25:9 32:6 –

Market Indices Close 1D% WTD% YTD% TTM P/E

Total Return 13,812.75 0.5 0.5 22.1 N/A

All Share Index 2,435.62 0.5 0.5 20.9 12.9

Banks 2,359.14 0.5 0.5 21.0 12.5

Industrials 3,101.72 0.6 0.6 18.1 11.4

Transportation 1,781.40 1.1 1.1 32.9 12.2

Real Estate 1,720.84 0.2 0.2 6.8 13.0

Insurance 2,272.17 1.7 1.7 15.7 9.4

Telecoms 1,436.33 (0.0) (0.0) 34.9 15.1

Consumer 5,820.34 (0.9) (0.9) 24.6 24.4

Al Rayan Islamic Index 2,760.42 0.5 0.5 10.9 14.3

GCC Top Gainers## Exchange Close# 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD%

Deyaar Development Dubai 0.54 12.5 135,076.6 53.4

Aldar Properties Abu Dhabi 2.63 6.9 103,819.3 107.1

Arabtec Holding Co. Dubai 2.43 6.6 77,597.2 30.6

Taiba Holding Co. Saudi Arabia 37.30 6.6 644.9 50.1

Investbank Abu Dhabi 2.60 6.1 44.8 60.5

GCC Top Losers## Exchange Close# 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD%

Mobile Telecomm. Co. Kuwait 0.66 (2.9) 504.9 (15.4)

Oman Telecomm. Co. Oman 1.64 (2.0) 84.2 11.4

Mabanee Co. Kuwait 1.10 (1.8) 143.3 2.5

Comm. Facilities Co. Kuwait 0.28 (1.7) 0.1 (17.4)

Boubyan Bank Kuwait 0.62 (1.6) 229.0 1.7

Source: Bloomberg (# in Local Currency) (

## GCC Top gainers/losers derived from the Bloomberg GCC

200 Index comprising of the top 200 regional equities based on market capitalization and liquidity)

Qatar Exchange Top Losers Close* 1D% Vol. ‘000 YTD%

Aamal Co. 14.40 (1.4) 22.1 5.8

Qatar Fuel Co. 279.10 (1.3) 25.6 26.9

Medicare Group 47.50 (0.9) 302.9 33.1

Salam International Investment 12.38 (0.8) 252.1 (2.2)

Gulf International Services 47.75 (0.5) 126.1 59.2

Qatar Exchange Top Val. Trades Close* 1D% Val. ‘000 YTD%

Industries Qatar 155.00 1.0 54,524.3 9.9

Qatar Gas Transport Co. 19.30 0.1 27,005.8 26.5

United Development Co. 21.40 0.0 25,736.7 20.2

QNB Group 168.90 0.8 24,638.6 29.0

Qatar Navigation 80.00 2.6 16,815.9 26.8

Source: Bloomberg (* in QR)

Regional Indices Close 1D% WTD% MTD% YTD% Exch. Val. Traded

($ mn) Exchange Mkt.

Cap. ($ mn) P/E** P/B**

Dividend Yield

Qatar* 9,667.58 0.5 0.5 0.5 15.7 86.07 145,269.1 12.2 1.7 4.8

Dubai 2,599.35 3.0 3.0 3.0 60.2 246.32 64,452.0 15.1 1.0 3.4

Abu Dhabi 3,802.22 1.8 1.8 1.8 44.5 110.22 109,774.6 10.8 1.4 4.7

Saudi Arabia 7,878.74 1.4 1.4 1.4 15.8 1,454.59 416,727.9 16.4 2.1 3.7

Kuwait 7,623.06 (0.1) (0.1) (0.1) 28.5 74.85 107,846.3 18.2 1.2 3.7

Oman 6,735.64 0.7 0.7 0.7 16.9 37.60 23,404.9 11.1 1.7 4.1

Bahrain 1,188.05 (0.0) (0.0) (0.0) 11.5 0.15 21,764.4 8.3 0.9 4.0

Source: Bloomberg, Qatar Exchange, Tadawul, Muscat Securities Exchange, Dubai Financial Market and Zawya (** TTM; * Value traded ($ mn) do not include special trades, if any)

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Qatar Market Commentary

The QE index rose 0.5% to close at 9,667.6. The Insurance and Transportation indices led the gains. The index rose on the back of buying support from non-Qatari shareholders despite selling pressure from Qatari shareholders.

Qatar Cinema & Film Dist. Co. and Qatar General Ins. & Rein. Co. were the top gainers, rising 7.9% and 2.9% respectively. Among the top losers, Aamal Co. fell 1.4%, while Qatar Fuel Co. declined 1.3%.

Volume of shares traded on Sunday declined by 27.4% to 8.3mn from 11.4mn on Thursday. However, as compared to the 30-day moving average of 7.8mn, volume for the day was 5.4% higher. Qatar Gas Transport Co. and United Development Co. were the most active stocks, contributing 16.7% and 14.3% to the total volume respectively.

Source: Qatar Exchange (* as a % of traded value)

News

Qatar

GWCS sign agreement with QAFAC for chemical warehousing and record management services – Gulf

Warehousing Company (GWCS) has signed an agreement with Qatar Fuel Additives Company (QAFAC), whereby GWCS is contracted to handle QAFAC's offsite storage of chemicals and general cargo. The agreement also includes scope for document storage and records management services. The term of the agreement is three years and type of agreement is a call-off agreement. The estimated value of the agreement is QR6mn during the full three-year period. (QE)

VFQS adds three more countries to Passport Service –

Vodafone Qatar (VFQS) has added three new countries - France, the US and Switzerland to its Vodafone Passport Service, a roaming plan that can be added for free to the company’s existing Postpaid Gold Plan. From now, VFQS postpaid customers can enjoy a standard roaming rate of QR0.75 per minute/SMS/MB while roaming in these countries. This is a massive reduction to the regular rates that a customer would pay while roaming. (Bloomberg)

International

Greece rejects EU plan to sell assets through overseas agency – Greece dismissed a proposal by Eurozone officials to

hand over the management of its real estate assets to a holding company based overseas, saying that the country would stay in charge of its privatization program. The Eurozone's bailout fund, the European Stability Mechanism, proposed that some Greek real estate assets can be transferred to a Greek-owned holding company located outside Greece, run by foreign experts, to accelerate the country's flagging privatization efforts. However, both the Prime Minister Antonis Samaras and the Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras dismissed the idea. (Economic Times)

Russia: BRICS agree on bank's structure, but progress difficult – Russian Deputy Finance Minister Sergei Storchak

said the BRICS bloc has agreed on the structure of a proposed development bank with $50bn in capital, but ironing out some difficult details may take months. The establishment of the development bank for providing funds to infrastructure projects has been quite slow, with prolonged disagreement over funding and management of the institution. Storchak said BRICS leaders will meet at the forthcoming Group of 20 Summit in an unofficial manner to discuss the progress on the bank and a joint reserve fund. He said the issues such as capital division, payment of the capital, the bank’s location and its management still need to be decided. (Reuters)

China’s manufacturing rebounds to 50.1 in August – China's

factory activity expanded for the first time in four months in August 2013 as domestic demand rebounded, providing another sign that policymakers may have averted a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. The final HSBC/Markit Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) climbed to 50.1 in August, up sharply from July's 47.7 and in line with last week's flash reading. (Economic Times)

Japan PM gets support for sales-tax rise – The Japanese

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got support to raise a sales tax, as the country’s capital spending data pointed toward a faster economic growth than initially estimated and government panels backed an increased levy. A majority in the seven consultative panels favored proceeding with the sales-tax increase, while urging to continue stimulus to offset the blow to consumption. (Reuters)

Regional

HSBC to cease wealth management business in some Middle East countries – HSBC Holdings is set to discontinue

its wealth management products in Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon as the lender continues to exit small or insufficiently profitable operations. HSBC has cut its retail banking business in some Middle Eastern nations, including the three nations affected in the latest move, and merged its operations in Oman with a local bank as part of a three-year global restructuring program. (Reuters)

MEED: Saudi contracts lead GCC projects market with $956bn – According to a report by the MEED GCC Projects

Index, the current value of Saudi Arabian projects stand at $956bn. The Saudi projects market was the only one to register a decline of 0.1% in August 2013 in the GCC region projects market due to the cancellation of a petrochemical project. However, the Kingdom topped the GCC region in terms of awarded projects’ value at around $600bn, followed by the UAE at $350bn and Kuwait with $150bn. The GCC Region Project Index has registered a marginal increase of 0.2% in mid-August with the value of the overall projects reaching $3.1tn. Kuwait and Bahrain have registered the highest growth rate of 0.6% in August 2013. The report also found that the Riyadh Metro Project is the biggest contract for July in the Middle East region with a value of around $22bn, which is two-thirds of the region’s overall project value of $31.6bn. Meanwhile, MEED said that the projects sector in the GCC region is predicted to witness another buoyant year with the value of awarded projects estimated to hit $1.35tn by the end of 2013, as compared to $730bn in 2012. (GulfBase.com)

Overall Activity Buy %* Sell %* Net (QR)

Qatari 66.26% 67.76% (4,722,292.74)

Non-Qatari 33.74% 32.23% 4,722,292.74

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Saudi Health Ministry to sign SR3bn project contracts – The

Saudi Arabian Health Minister Dr. Abdullah Al Rabeeah is planning to sign contracts worth SR3bn with local establishments for implementing various health projects in the Kingdom. These contracts involve building new hospitals, IT facilities and providing services such as cleaning and maintenance. (Bloomberg)

Russian Lukoil to start gas production in Kingdom from 2014 – Russia-based Lukoil’s Vice President Leonid Fedun said

the company is planning to begin natural gas production in Saudi Arabia from 2014. He said the company has made a large discovery of 400bn cubic meters, which would be its first gas-producing project in Saudi Arabia. In the last decade, Lukoil had secured a deal to extract gas from a project known as “Block A” in the Kingdom. (GulfBase.com)

Jeddah Port handles 30.6mn tons of goods in 1H2013 – The

Saudi Ports Authority’s (SPA) Director General Musaid Aldrees said that around 30.6mn tons of goods were handled at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) in 1H2013, as compared to 30.9mn tons 1H2012. This represents 33.6% of the overall import and export of goods handled at all the ports in the Kingdom. JIP handled 2.3mn twenty-foot equivalent units containers during 1H2013, representing 70% of the total containers handled in the Kingdom. Musaid Aldrees also said that the imported items include consumer goods such as foodstuffs, building materials and other items, whereas oil, petrochemical and industrial products were the major export items in 1H2013. (GulfBase.com)

Al-Khodari Sons signs deal to conduct auction of surplus equipment – Abdullah Abdul Mohsin Al-Khodari Sons Company

has signed an agreement with Abdulla Fouad Holding Company to conduct an auction of its surplus equipment during 24-26 December 2013 at Al Khodari Sons’ yard in Dammam. The company expects that this auction will have a positive impact on its 4Q2013 financials. (Tadawul)

RSH’s unit gets SR131.25mn contract in Australia to construct housing camp – The Red Sea Housing Services

Company (RSH) has announced that its Australian subsidiary, the Red Sea Housing Services Company Proprietary has entered into a contract worth SR131.25mn with the Australian Government’s Department of Immigration & Citizenship. This contract involves the construction of a housing camp that can accommodate up to 430 tenants, and provide for accommodation, amenities and other associated infrastructure and services. This project shall be finalized within 70 days from the contract signing date and its financial impact will be reflected in the results starting from 3Q2013. (Tadawul)

WALA’A signs agency agreement with Tamkeen Ar'raeda Insurance – Saudi United Cooperative Insurance Company

(WALA'A) has signed an agency agreement with Tamkeen Ar'raeda Insurance Agency to market and sell its insurance products to corporate firms and individuals for the next three years. WALA’A expects Tamkeen Ar'raeda Insurance’s extensive branch network around the Kingdom to have a positive impact on its gross written premium. (Tadawul)

Zain Saudi appoints Kabbani as its CEO – The Mobile

Telecommunications Company (Zain Saudi) has appointed industry veteran Hassan Kabbani as its CEO with immediate effect. (Peninsula Qatar)

DSI bags AED415mn MEP contract for Louvre museum project in Abu Dhabi – Drake & Scull International PJSC (DSI)

has signed a AED415mn contract for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) works for Louvre museum project in Abu Dhabi.

The contract has been awarded by Asolouvre, which is Arabtec Construction’s venture with Constructora San Jose and Oger Abu Dhabi. DSI is set to implement this contract in coordination with Habtoor Leighton Specon and the work is scheduled to be completed in 4Q2015. (DFM)

Deyaar, DPG’s JV launches 48-storey residential tower at DIFC – Arady Developments, a JV between Deyaar

Development and Dubai Properties Group (DPG), has launched a 48-storey residential tower, as a part of the prestigious Central Park project at the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). This tower comprises of 426 apartments including plush studios, one & two bedroom apartments, as well as duplex and triplex penthouses. (DFM)

Stanford Marine plans to raise $300mn loan facility – Dubai-

based Stanford Marine Group is planning to raise a five-year loan facility worth $300mn. Standard Chartered Bank and Emirates NBD are helping it to arrange for this loan facility, which will be used to replace the company’s existing debt. (Bloomberg)

Etihad sees clearance for Jet deal, extends deadline –

Etihad Airways expects its $600mn investment in Jet Airways to be cleared by Indian authorities soon, while it further extended a deadline for regulatory approval that ended on August 31, 2013. Etihad agreed to extend a deadline for the deal to win regulatory approvals for a second time until end of September. (Reuters)

RAKBANK appoints new CEO – The National Bank of Ras Al

Khaimah (RAKBANK) has announced the appointment of its new CEO, Peter England. England will succeed Graham Honeybill. He will also oversee the bank's Islamic banking division, AMAL. Peter England joins RAKBANK from CIMB Group, where he was responsible for retail banking activities across Malaysia, Singapore and Cambodia. (AME Info)

Khalifa Port achieves 8% YoY growth in 2013 – Abu Dhabi’s

harbor, Khalifa Port has achieved an increase of 8% YoY in its productivity for January to July 2013. In July, the terminal handled 81,000 twenty-foot equivalent units’ containers. (GulfBase.com)

Kuwaiti Warba Bank to be listed on September 3 – Kuwait-

based Warba Bank is set to be listed on the country’s stock exchange on September 3 after a restriction on public trading of the stock ended. (Peninsula Qatar)

Warba Bank gets 18% profits from divestment of its investment in US – Kuwait-based Warba Bank has announced

that it has achieved 18% net profit through a successful divestment of its investment in a project to develop multi-family apartment complex in the US. (Bloomberg)

CBO issues CDs worth OMR426mn – The Central Bank of

Oman (CBO) held a tender to allot certificates of deposit worth OMR426mn. The average interest rate of these certificates was 0.13%, while the maximum accepted interest rate was also 0.13%. The tenor of these certificates is 28 days, which will mature on September 25, 2013. (GulfBase.com)

Oman LNG, Qalhat LNG merge to create integrated entity –

Oman LNG and Qalhat LNG have merged together to establish a fully integrated entity, which will capitalize on a number of existing operational efficiencies and potent synergies. These synergies include common facilities for production and export at the three train plant in Sur, a single source of gas supply in Petroleum Development Oman, same shipping provider in the Oman Shipping Company, and almost similar destinations of their LNG cargoes. (GulfBase.com)

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Power production in Oman up by 6.4% in 1H2013 –

According to the data released by the National Centre for Statistics & Information, the total electricity production in Oman rose by 6.4% YoY in 1H2013. The total power production at the end of June 2013 stood at 12,240.9 Gigawatt hours (GWh), reflecting an increase of 6.4% YoY. The data showed that Oman’s net power production has witnessed a rise of 6.4% to reach 11,802.4 GWh at the end of June 2013, as compared to 11,090.9 GWh in June 2012. (GulfBase.com)

Industrial investments in Oman reach OMR25.5bn – The

records at the Oman’s Ministry of Commerce & Industry (MCI) show registration of 109 new industries in 1H2013. The number of industrial facilities reached 2,539 by the end of August 2013 with investments worth OMR25.5bn. According to the Secretary to Industrial Registrar at MCI Ali bin Saif al-Hadi, these industrial facilities are exempted from customs duties on imports and income tax. Oman has witnessed a significant expansion in its manufacturing sector and Omani products have succeeded in attracting foreign investment into the country’s industrial sector. Industrial activities have contributed 16.5% to the GDP, which reached OMR5.0bn in 2012, as compared to OMR3.9bn in 2011, with basic chemicals and oil products attracting the bulk of fund inflows. (GulfBase.com)

Sohar Power’s BoD appoints new CEO – The Sohar Power

Company’s board of directors has appointed Guillaume Baudet as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Earlier, Baudet has been the Chief Financial Officer at Al Hidd Power Company in Bahrain since 2011. (MSM)

Mumtalakat signs $250mn revolving credit facility – Bahraini

Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) has signed an agreement for a revolving credit facility worth $250mn. The National Bank of Bahrain is the mandated lead arranger and facility agent; Gulf International Bank is mandated as lead arranger and structuring bank, while Bank of Bahrain & Kuwait, Arab Bank and Mashreq Bank are mandated as co-arrangers. The proceeds from the revolving credit facility will be utilized to repay the balance of an existing $500mn syndicated facility, which matured at the end of August 2013. (Bloomberg)

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Rebased Performance Daily Index Performance

Source: Bloomberg Source: Bloomberg

Source: Bloomberg (*July 09, 2013) Source: Bloomberg

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QE Index S&P Pan Arab S&P GCC

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Asset/Currency Performance Close ($) 1D% WTD% YTD%

Global Indices Performance Close 1D% WTD% YTD%

Gold/Ounce 1,395.15 0.0 0.0 (16.7) DJ Industrial 14,810.31 0.0 0.0 13.0

Silver/Ounce 23.53 0.0 0.0 (22.5) S&P 500 1,632.97 0.0 0.0 14.5

Crude Oil (Brent)/Barrel (FM Future)

114.01 0.0 0.0 2.6 NASDAQ 100 3,589.87 0.0 0.0 18.9

Natural Gas (Henry Hub)/MMBtu

3.57 0.0 0.0 4.1 STOXX 600 297.32 0.0 0.0 6.3

LPG Propane (Arab Gulf)/Ton* 810.00 0.0 0.0 (16.4) DAX 8,103.15 0.0 0.0 6.4

LPG Butane (Arab Gulf)/Ton* 807.00 0.0 0.0 (16.7) FTSE 100 6,412.93 0.0 0.0 8.7

Euro 1.32 0.0 0.0 0.2 CAC 40 3,933.78 0.0 0.0 8.0

Yen 98.17 0.0 0.0 13.2 Nikkei 13,388.86 0.0 0.0 28.8

GBP 1.55 0.0 0.0 (4.6) MSCI EM 929.54 0.0 0.0 (11.9)

CHF 1.08 0.0 0.0 (1.6) SHANGHAI SE Composite 2,098.38 0.0 0.0 (7.5)

AUD 0.89 0.0 0.0 (14.4) HANG SENG 21,731.37 0.0 0.0 (4.1)

USD Index 82.09 0.0 0.0 2.9 BSE SENSEX 18,619.72 0.0 0.0 (4.2)

RUB 33.29 0.0 0.0 9.1 Bovespa 50,008.38 0.0 0.0 (18.0)

BRL 0.42 0.0 0.0 (13.9) RTS 1,290.96 0.0 0.0 (15.5)

138.9

123.7

111.9