Mideast Stocks: Gulf bourses subdued, Saudi closed for public holiday

Commercial International Bank Egypt CIB

23/02/2025 13:13

By Ateeq Shariff
       Feb 23 (Reuters) - Stock markets in the Gulf were mixed
on Sunday, with the Saudi bourse closed for a public holiday. 
    In Qatar, the index  .QSI  nudged 0.1% lower, hit by a 1%
fall in Qatar Gas Transport Nakilat  QGTS.QA .
    Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index  .EGX30  added
0.3%, helped by a 0.9% rise in Commercial International Bank
 COMI.CA .
    Egypt's central bank kept its key overnight interest rates
unchanged on Thursday, as expected, citing the impact on
inflation of uncertainty around U.S. protectionism and
geopolitics.

       
 QATAR          .QSI  dropped 0.1% to 10,641
 EGYPT          .EGX30  up 0.3% to 31,010
 BAHRAIN        .BAX  added 0.1% to 1,943
 OMAN           .MSX30  was up 0.2% to 4,455
 KUWAIT         .BKP  eased 0.2% to 8,690
    

 (Reporting by Ateeq Shariff in Bengaluru; Editing by Susan
Fenton)
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