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Ads spending in KSA grows by 11%
Marketing consultant Dr. Abdullah Ali Bankhar, professor of communication and media economics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, discusses the PARC’s findings. (SG photo) JEDDAH: The Saudi Arabian advertising market has recorded a remarkable 11 percent growth in advertising expenditure in the first quarter of 2011. This was disclosed by Tony Proudian, Managing Director of Pan Arab Research Center for Marketing Consultancy (PARC) at a press conference recently. Dr. Abdullah Ali Bankhar, a well-known marketing consultant, professor of communication and media economics at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, led the discussion on the PARC findings. The PARC report said advertising spending in Arab countries during the first quarter of the current year dropped by one percent compared to the first quarter of last year. A number of reasons, including unrest in various countries in the region, were cited for this decline in ad spending. However, the PARC report says ad spending has increased in some countries, keeping a balance in the total advertising spending in the Middle East. Proudian said the countries that recorded a sharp decline were Egypt (51 percent) and Bahrain and Jordan (21 percent each). The size of advertising spending in the Saudi market reached $1.17 billion in 2010, a six percent increase compared with $1.1 billion in 2009. "The ad spending in different Arab countries has fluctuated, with Kuwait showing 11 percent growth; Lebanon and Qatar at 16 percent; Oman 17 percent; Jordan one percent; while Bahrain showed the highest spending rate of 37 percent growth in 2010," said Proudian. "The ad spending growth in the Arab region in 2010 was up 24 percent to $13.7 billion. Bankhar indicated that the Saudi market should achieve the target of more than $10 billion in the next three years. This projected increase depends on Saudi economic growth as well as stability in other Arab countries. The Saudi market is unique since it does not count on local media only although the Saudi local market is 75 percent less than it should be, he added. "The Saudi market attracts almost 90 percent of the Pan Arab media ad spending," said Bankhar. Bankhar confirmed that all the economic indications project a very promising performance in 2011 and in the next three years. Before the end of this year, the Saudi market will witness the growth of both real estate businesses and investment companies including banks, as soon as the mortgage law is introduced in the Kingdom. "Needless to say the most recent decrees issued by King Abdullah, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, will have a great impact on sustained development in Saudi Arabia over the next five years." "There are indications that the Saudi Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to reach double digits in 2011 and other macro-economic variables will also positively affect the flourishing Saudi economy in the next three years." Source: Saudi Gazette
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New airport and metro transport are needed, says official
RIYADH: Vice Chairman of Riyadh Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sa'ad Bin Ibrahim Al-Mi'jel said Tuesday that some problems related to air travel will limit tourism in Riyadh for at least the next 10 years. He called for building a new airport as a long-term solution to travel woes like overcrowding and for opening four new terminals at the Riyadh airport as a shorter-term solution to address the problems for the next decade. Al-Mi'jel spoke at a press conference organized by the Chamber to announce the opening date of the Riyadh Shopping and Entertainment Festival 2011 on June 29 to July 28. The event is organized and sponsored by the Riyadh Chamber of Commerce. Majed Al-Hukair, chairman of the Chamber's Tourism Committee, expects the Festival to attract larger numbers of people than in the past years because of its promotional offers - entertainment, cultural events and huge array of prizes to be distributed. Al-Mi'jel called for opening the airport to more national airlines, with the support of government funds such as the Saudi Investment Fund, for quality of air service, he said. Transportation in Riyadh is a problem for residents and visitors, he said. Heavy traffic affects visitors' travel to and from the events, he said. Citing the "very successful experience" of the Dubai Metro, Al-Mi'jel called on relevant bodies to implement a similar transport system in Riyadh. He attributed the success of the annual Riyadh Summer Festival to the coordinated efforts among those concerned and the support of Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, Emir of Riyadh, Prince Sattam Bin Abdul Aziz, Deputy Emir, and Prince Abdulaziz Bin Muhammad Bin Aiyaf, mayor of Riyadh. Al-Mi'jel, who also cited the support of the private sector, malls, and recreation and amusement centers, said he values the efforts of the Saudi Commission for Tourism and Antiquities and its president, Prince Sultan Bin Salman. Source: Saudi Gazette
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Saudi equity market cap reaches SR 1.35 trillion
JEDDAH: The Saudi stock market declined as most Gulf markets gave back gains on Tuesday. Petrochemical stocks headed losses on the Saudi bourse, with Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) and Saudi Arabian Fertilizers Co. (SAFCO) falling 0.89 percent to SR111 and 0.56 percent to SR178, respectively. The Tadawul All-Share Index fell 0.38 percent to close at 6,694.14 points on Tuesday. The petrochemicals index ended down 0.72 percent to 6,999.89 points, but analysts said it was likely to bounce back on the back of strong first-quarter earnings and high oil prices, Reuters reported. John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi, said: "The fall in the market is expected given that the market has seen some upside prior and during the quarterly announcements season. The market should consolidate around current levels but a further upside shouldn't be eliminated given that oil prices, good results from petrochemical companies as well as banks should give confidence to the market." The stock market turnover on Tuesday reached SR4.57 billion. According to Tadawul's Monthly Statistical Report for April, the TASI closed at 6,710.56 points at the end of April, gained 147.71 points (2.25 percent) over the close of the previous month. On an YTD basis, TASI registered a positive return of 1.36 percent (89.81 points). Highest close level for the index during the month was 6,724.26 points as on April 24, the Tadawul report said. Total equity market capitalization at the end of April reached SR1.35 trillion ($358.93 billion), increased by 2.04 percent over the close of the previous month. The total value of shares traded in April reached SR112.12 billion ($29.90 billion), up by 3.00 percent over the previous month. The report added total number of shares traded reached 5.01 billion shares during April compared to 5.59 billion shares traded for the previous month, decreasing by 10.30 percent. The total number of transactions executed during April reached 2.45 million compared to 2.36 million trades for the month of March 2011, increasing by 3.87 percent. The trading days at Tadawul during April totaled 21. "The performance of Tadawul, as indeed that of other regional indexes, suggests that the situation in the equity markets has broadly normalized. Encouragingly, two IPOs (initial public offerings) are currently under way in the region, one in Abu Dhabi (the real estate company Eshraq) and one in Saudi Arabia (Saudi Integrated Telecom Company). This is a welcome development after a quarter that saw only one small mandatory IPO by insurance house in Abu Dhabi. In addition to the recovery in the benchmark indexes, regional bourses have seen sharp rises in trading volumes to levels last seen in the first half of 2010," Jarmo T. Kotilaine, chief economist at the National Commercial Bank, said. He said the positive momentum of Tadawul has benefited significantly from the positive economic momentum created by the substantial increase in government spending which has prompted analysts to substantially upgrade their growth forecasts for this year to historically high levels of 5.5 percent and more. This should support valuations almost across the spectrum and additional support will likely continue to come from robust oil prices. "In the near term, the reaction to the Osama Bin Laden killing has led to an oil price correction and boosted the value of the dollar. This, however, is likely to be a relatively short-term effect of an unusual event and the combination of unconventional monetary policy and emerging market growth still provides support for the commodity story," Kotilaine said. Source: Arab News
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Saudi Aramco awarded engineering deal to Lavalin
Saudi Aramco has awarded Canada-based SNC-Lavalin and a Saudi partner Zuhair Fayez an engineering and project management contract as part of plans to develop the engineering sector in the kingdom, Reuters has reported. The deal was awarded under general engineering services plus (GES+), which aims for joint ventures between Saudi and international firms to help develop the local engineering sector. Source: Ame info
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Nas Air posts Q1 loss, may face closure
Saudi low-cost carrier Nas Air has posted a loss in the first quarter due to higher oil prices and escalating Middle East unrest, Bloomberg has reported. Accumulated losses may cause its closure, or a halt to its operations, or a cut of as many as 1,000 jobs, Suleiman Al Hamdan, CEO of the airline's parent company, National Air Services, said in a statement. Source: Ame info
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Rising food prices biting customers
JEDDAH: Prices of food, especially restaurant and fast-food meals, have been rising without any effective action being taken by the authorities to rein them in. Consumers are accusing vendors of raising prices in order to exploit the recently announced two-month pay bonus and minimum wage for all government employees. Consumers also blame the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for not taking any action against unreasonable price increases. Arab News found in a tour of the marketplace that a food company famed for its grilled chicken and barbecue hiked the price of a dish from SR19 to SR21. The company has no justification for its higher prices; it has its own poultry farms in the Kingdom and no need to depend on imported chicken. "I bought a chicken dish for SR19 shortly before the government issued the order for the continuation of the cost-of-living allowance, and when I went there again on April 30 the price was hiked to SR21," Mutlaq Al-Muwarreqi, a regular customer at that company's food outlet, told Arab News. Arab News discovered that the price of 900 grams of imported baby formula was hiked by SR3 while a 400-gram packet of baby formula was raised by SR1 at a pharmacy. However, the pharmacist said the increase in the price had nothing to do with the salary increase. Some restaurants have resorted to another ploy to justify increasing prices: They offer meals with different names claiming that the ingredients in the new meals are more expensive and of better quality than the old dishes. A plate of chicken kabsa is now SR30 while its was SR26 a few months ago. Mutton kabsa is now SR48 in the place of SR45. Restaurant officials attributed the price hike to the quality of rice they use to prepare the dish. The price of mandi has been hiked from SR30 to SR45 over the past four years. Fahd Al-Malki, a Saudi shopper, said he feared the prices will go up again unless authorities monitor the marketplace and take tough action against greedy restaurant owners. The explanation given by shop owners is that importers are demanding higher prices for newly imported goods. The director of a commercial center in north Jeddah said importers and agents of well-known food brands control the pricing system and impose their prices on retailers, who then pass these increases on to customers. Some restaurants reduce the quantity of food and keep the old price in order to mislead customers. Restaurant accountant Fouzy Al-Halabi said one reason for the hiked prices of meals is the rise in the price of sheep, besides higher house rents and workers' wages. The common man wonders why the Ministry of Commerce and Industry does not do anything to check pricing at restaurants and eateries. Khaled Al-Otaiby, a Saudi customer, said the ministry did not heed the complaints of the public about the unjustifiable price hikes in restaurants. "When we call the ministry to register our complaints about it, the officials there direct us to the municipality. Now we are confused as to whom we should turn to," he said. He also demanded the authorities to make it clear to whom the people should complain when they have problems with food prices. Source: Arab News
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TASI drops to two-week low due to fall in oil price
JEDDAH: Saudi shares dropped to a two-week low Saturday, dragged by the petrochemicals sector following record drops in oil prices. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) fell 1.57 percent to 6,577.74 points, its lowest level since April 20. Over SR6.56 billion worth of shares changed hands on Saturday. The falling oil prices put tremendous pressure on petrochemical stocks. The petrochemical index plunged 2.95 percent to 6,779.83. The bellwether Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) declined 2.93 percent to SR107.50. All other petrochemical stocks were in the red on Saturday. Commenting on the stock fall, Faisal Alsayrafi, managing director and CEO of Financial Transaction House (FTH), said: "The drop in global oil and gas prices and lingering uncertainty in the Middle East shook the confidence of investors. The Tadawul index fell as the fall in oil prices put pressure on petrochemical stocks." Oil fell on Friday to cap a frenzied trading week that sliced prices by a record of more than $16 a barrel on demand worries and a move by investors to slash commodities exposures. Brent crude fell $1.67 to settle $109.13 a barrel in heavy trade, with volumes twice the 30-day moving average. The contract tumbled $16.76 a barrel for the week, marking the largest weekly decline ever in dollar terms. US crude futures settled down $2.62 to $97.18 a barrel, after trading as high as $102.38 following supportive US jobs data. US crude ended down $16.75 for the week, the biggest weekly drop since the contract began trading in 1983, Reuters reported. "The global financial markets once again find themselves at a potential inflection point as the recent rally fueled by easy money gives way to greater doubt and concern about the persistence of the structural drivers of the crisis. Worries are mounting in three areas in particular: The potential impact of the end of QE2, the growing recognition of the inevitability of defaults or debt restructurings in some of the more vulnerable euro zone member states, and worries about further tightening in China and other emerging markets," Jarmo T. Kotilaine, chief economist at the National Commercial Bank, said. He added: "Even the US jobs report, in spite of positive surprises, highlighted the persistence of unemployment. All of this has tested the mood of the commodity markets and the oil price correction explains much of the pessimism in Saudi Arabia. The likely corollary of the current trends is a period of market volatility which will test the optimism of recent months." John Sfakianakis, chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi, said the drop in Saudi Arabia's stock index was expected given that oil fell dramatically last week as the dollar strengthened and dollar traded commodities fell as well. Oil is at more reasonable levels albeit still exaggerated. Petrochemicals which witnessed a good rally over the last few weeks fell as their performance is well correlated to oil prices. Also, other blue chips saw a sell-off given that market sentiment was moderately down as a result of petchem stocks and the general sell-off climate which dominated. However whenever there is a sell off there is always an opportunity for others which the market will take notice in the short term. "Going forward there are those who expect oil prices and dollar-based commodities as well as the dollar to continue their rally given that the US economy faces structural impediments and those that argue that the rally is based on fundamentals and more on speculation and could be coming to a close. What is true is that high oil prices have an impact on growth and asset prices and that will be further tested in the coming weeks," Sfakianakis said. The regional unrest had a pronounced adverse impact on investor sentiment in the region. The Tadawul index closed the quarter at 6562.85, 0.87 percent lower than the end of 2010 and 3.5 percent below its level at the end of Q1, 2010. However, the regional unrest caused TASI to test depths not seen since January 2009. It reached its lowest point of 5,323.27 at the beginning of March, the National Commercial Bank said in its latest report. Source: Arab News
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Big response for Saudi Intergrated Telecom Company IPO
RIYADH: AlBilad Investment Company, the financial adviser, IPO lead manager and lead underwriter of the IPO for Saudi Integrated Telecom Company (SITC), has revealed the results of the fifth day of the subscription for SITC’s shares and its process, showing the company has received 92,700 requests for 424,600 subscribers on 35,700,000 shares worth SR357,000,000, with a coverage of 119 percent until 5 p.m. on Friday (May 6). It was noted that 98 percent of the subscriptions’ requests were received through the banks’ e-services. The subscription period ends on Sunday (May 8). AlBilad Investment Company praised the participating banks (AlBilad Bank, National Commercial Bank, Samba, Arab National Bank, Banque Saudi Fransi, Riyad Bank, Al-Rajhi Bank and SABB) for their help and support on the IPO process, and also for their positive cooperation and remarkable participation to ease the subscription process for all the subscribers. Source: Arab News
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Saudi Grp To Auction 202 Plots of Land In Dammam May 18-Report
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)--A consortium of the two Saudi property developers Sumou Real EstateSumou Real EstateSumou Real Estate Company Sumou Saudi Arabia | Real Estate News | Profile | Officers , and Asas and Arbah Development Co., or AADC, said it plans to sell, in an auction, 202 plots of land in the eastern part of the kingdom on May 18, pan-Arab Asharq Al Awsat daily reports Saturday. The plots of land, which are planned for residential and investment uses, are part of the 500,000-square-meter Rofan development in western Dammam city, the paper reports. The project's infrastructure works, consisting of the construction of water, electricity, telecom, and road networks, have been completed, Essam Al Moammar, AADC's president, said according to the daily. Source: Zawya
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Tabuk Agriculture announce the date and the way of distribution profits for 2010
Tabuk Agriculture company is pleased to announce to the shareholders the commencement of distribution of dividend for 2010, through the branches of Riyadh Ban, on Wednesday, 08/06/1432H, corresponding to May 11, 2011 at the rate of SR 0.5 riyals per share. The dividend will be credited to the personal account of the shareholder linked to their portfolio. Those shareholders who are still holding share certificates may quickly open portfolio account in order to receive their entitlements. it may be noted that the eligibility of dividend shall be for the shareholders registered in the official records of the Saudi shares company (TADAWUL) at the end of TADAWUL day on the Annual General Body Meeting of the Company held on Tuesday, 08/06/1432 H, corresponding to to 12/04/2011 Source: Tadawul
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