Investment Strategy & Research

Boursa Monthly Review October-2020

GCC index posts first drop in seven months as virus growth catches-up... GCC equity market declined for the first time in seven months as the number of Covid-19 cases once again surged globally, leading to lockdowns in several cities in the absence of a successful vaccine. The MSCI GCC Index closed at a 10-week low level by the end of October-2020 to report a monthly decline of 2.1%. Abu Dhabi was the only market in the region that showed a noticeable gain of 3.1% during the month. In addition, the sentiments of GCC investors, who had defied growth in Covid-19 numbers during the previous months, was also affected by the initial cues from the Q3-2020 earnings. Trading trends during the month clearly showed a second half weakness as companies started reporting Q3- 2020 numbers. In terms of YTD-2020 returns, the decline during October-2020 once again pushed all the GCC equity markets back in the red with DFM showing the biggest drop of 20.9% while TASI showed the smallest decline of 5.7%. The sector performance chart also showed a broad-based decline, as only defensive sectors showed gains during the month while the rest of the sectoral indices were in the red. The GCC Utilities index showed the biggest monthly gain of 4.6% followed by Food & Drug Retailing and Telecom indices with monthly returns of 1.2% and 0.2%, respectively. On the other hand, declines were topped by Consumer Durables index that posted a decline of 16.4% followed by Pharma & Biotech and Hotel and Restaurants indices with declines of 10.6% and 8.7%, respectively.

On the global front, the MSCI World Index posted a decline of 3.1% during the month and, as a consequence, was back in the red in terms of YTD-2020 performance with a decline of 2.8%. Almost all the key global indices closed the month with a decline with European Markets posting the biggest decline of 5.3%.

Index MTD YTD M-Cap Monthly Val P/E (x) P/B (x) GCC Equity Markets Div. Yield Closing Chg% Chg% (USD Bn) Traded (USD M n) TTM TTM Kuwait - Premier Market Index 6,004.0 (0.3%) (13.9%) 107.2 3,791.7 27.4 1.4 3.6% Kuwait - Main Market Index 4,331.9 0.7% (11.8%) Kuwait - All Share Index 5,443.0 (0.0%) (13.4%) Saudi Arabia 7,907.7 (4.7%) (5.7%) 2,302.5 59,010.3 28.3 1.9 2.5% Abu Dhabi 4,660.0 3.1% (8.2%) 193.4 2,646.1 17.5 1.3 5.3% Dubai 2,187.9 (3.8%) (20.9%) 83.5 878.4 9.0 0.8 4.4% Qatar 9,691.0 (3.0%) (7.0%) 155.2 2,830.4 16.5 1.4 4.1% Bahrain 1,427.2 (0.5%) (11.4%) 23.8 53.0 13.9 0.9 4.7% Oman 3,557.8 (1.6%) (10.6%) 16.1 77.7 10.4 0.7 7.0% Total GCC 2,881.6 69,287.6 24.5 1.7 2.9% GCC Market-Cap (USD Bn) GCC Markets - Value Traded (USD Bn) 3,100 8.0% 120 328.3% 350.0% 7.3% 300.0% 6.0% 3,000 100 250.0% 3.3% 4.0% 2.9% 2,900 80 200.0%

1.4% 2.0% 150.0% 2,800 60 -0.3% 72.6% 100.0% 0.0% 33.7% 2,700 40 50.0% -2.0% -17.7% -21.1% 0.0% 2,600 -4.3% 20 -4.0% -66.5% -50.0% 2,700 2,691 2,768 2,969 3,010 2,882 25.4 108.9 36.5 48.8 84.2 69.3 2,500 -6.0% 0 -100.0%

May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20

GCC Stock Markets Performance 105

Junaid Ansari 95 Vice President +(965) 2233 6912 85 [email protected] 75

Thomas Mathew 65 Assistant Vice President +(965) 2233 6914 Boursa Kuwait ADX DFM QE MSM BHB 55 [email protected] 31-Dec-19 31-Jan-20 29-Feb-20 31-Mar-20 30-Apr-20 31-May-20 30-Jun-20 31-Jul-20 31-Aug-20 30-Sep-20 31-Oct-20 Source: GCC Stock Exchanges, Kamco Invest Research

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Monthly Indicators Nov-19 Dec-19 Jan-20 Feb-20 Mar-20 Apr-20 May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20

Premier Market Index 6,519.4 6,976.0 7,033.5 6,730.2 5,198.7 5,356.3 5,424.3 5,607.1 5,415.3 5,854.6 6,020.8 6,004.0 Monthly % Change 5.0% 7.0% 0.8% (4.3%) (22.8%) 3.0% 1.3% 3.4% (3.4%) 8.1% 2.8% (0.3%) Main Market Index 4,767.0 4,910.7 4,922.3 4,769.3 4,083.1 4,226.4 4,150.4 4,190.1 4,086.0 4,184.8 4,303.5 4,331.9 Monthly % Change 0.2% 3.0% 0.2% (3.1%) (14.4%) 3.5% (1.8%) 1.0% (2.5%) 2.4% 2.8% 0.7% All Share Market Index 5,928.3 6,282.5 6,325.0 6,072.1 4,822.7 4,975.4 4,995.6 5,130.7 4,968.2 5,294.3 5,445.2 5,443.0 Monthly % Change 3.7% 6.0% 0.7% (4.0%) (20.6%) 3.2% 0.4% 2.7% (3.2%) 6.6% 2.9% (0.0%) Thomson Reuters Kuwait TRI 262.0 276.7 279.4 266.9 213.9 227.5 231.8 240.2 234.9 244.8 252.3 253.2 Monthly % Change 4.2% 5.6% 1.0% (4.5%) (19.8%) 6.4% 1.9% 3.6% (2.2%) 4.2% 3.1% 0.4%

Market Cap (KWD Mn) 34,285 36,345 36,613 35,156 27,754 28,778 29,169 29,961 29,021 31,338 32,467 32,386 P/E (X) - TTM 16.10 16.80 16.90 16.20 12.80 13.30 14.27 14.60 14.20 15.20 27.51 27.40 P/BV (X) - TTM 1.44 1.49 1.50 1.44 1.14 1.18 1.14 1.21 1.17 1.26 1.41 1.41 Dividend Yield (%) 3.55% 3.35% 3.46% 3.06% 3.90% 4.56% 4.16% 3.51% 4.24% 4.02% 3.56% 3.57% Volume (Mn Shares) 2,981.0 4,099.3 4,217.4 3,713.5 4,035.2 3,174.1 2,133.3 3,567.4 2,572.7 3,772.5 8,286.7 6,225.1 Value (KD Mn) 514.1 853.5 869.5 522.3 986.8 747.4 441.0 649.4 528.7 690.8 1,076.2 1,145.5 Trades ('000) 122.4 176.1 160.8 139.4 239.3 175.6 112.0 158.0 135.0 163.4 277.6 258.7 Source: Boursa Kuwait, Kamco Invest Research Kuwaiti equity market was flattish during the month as gains at the start of the month was almost completed wiped-off during the second half of the month. Also, the performance of indices were mixed with positive performance once again focused on liquid stocks in the Main market, whereas Premier market stocks showed marginal declines. The Main 50 Index showed gains of 1.5% during the month that led to a 0.7% gains for the Main Market index. On the other hand, the Premier Market index declined by 0.3%, resulting in flat monthly performance for the All Share Market Index. Stocks performance in the Premier Market index was swayed by decline in heavy weight stocks within the index although the bulk of the stocks in the index were in the green. In terms of YTD-2020 performance, the Main Market index showed the smallest decline of 11.8% followed by the Main 50 Index at -12.1% whereas the Premier Market index decline stood at 13.9%. Trading activity during the month showed higher trading in large-cap stocks and as a result the monthly volume and value traded showed diverging trends. Volume traded during the month declined by a quarter to reach 6.2 Bn traded shares as compared to 8.3 Bn shares traded during September-2020. The aggregate value of shares changing hands during the month increased by 6.5% to reach the highest since January-2017 at KWD 1.15 Bn as compared to KWD 1.1 Bn during the previous month. KFH once again topped the monthly value traded chart with shares worth KWD 211.5 Mn traded during the month followed by NBK and AUB-Bahrain with KWD 191.4 Mn and KWD 88.9 Mn in trades, respectively. The sector performance chart for the month showed mixed trends and was almost equally split between gainers and losers. The Industrial and Oil & Gas indices topped the monthly performance chart with similar gains of 2.4% for the two sectors followed by Telecom and Basic Materials indices with gains of 2.2% and 1.1%, respectively. The performance of Industrial index was supported by gain in large-cap stocks in the index including Kuwait Cement (+15.5%), Humansoft (+12.2%) and Agility (+1.4%). In the Oil & Gas index, all the share showed gains during the month barring Burgan Drilling that showed a decline of 9.4%. On the decliners side, the Real Estate index witnessed the biggest monthly decline of 4.8% followed by Insurance and Consumer Services indices with declines of 2.5% and 1.4%, respectively. In the Real Estate sector, the bulk of the stocks were in the green, but the 11.2% decline in shares of Mabanee in addition to decline in shares of other large cap stocks in the sector dragged down the overall sector performance. Shares of Mabanee showed consistent declines after the company warned against the negative impact of rent waivers on its 3Q results. The banking index also showed marginal declines during the month mainly due to a 2.9% drop in shares of NBK and 4.4% decline in shares of Warba Bank whereas the rest of the sector showed gains. Shares of NBK declined after the bank reported a 38% y-o-y drop in Q3-2020 net profits.

Boursa Kuwait Monthly Sector Performance Monthly Value Traded (KWD Mn)

-6.0% -5.0% -4.0% -3.0% -2.0% -1.0% 0.0% 1.0% 2.0% 3.0% 1,400 80.0% Industrials 2.4% 55.8% Oil & Gas 2.4% 1,200 60.0% 47.3% Telecommunications 2.2% 1,000 40.0% Basic Materials 1.1%

Financial Services 1.0% 30.7% 800 20.0% Utilities 0.9%

Health Care 0.1% 600 6.4% 0.0% Boursa Kuwait 0.0% -18.6%

Banks -0.4% 400 -20.0%

Consumer Goods -0.5% -41.0% 200 -40.0% Consumer Services -1.4%

Insurance -2.5% 0 -60.0% Real Estate -4.8% May-20 Jun-20 Jul-20 Aug-20 Sep-20 Oct-20 Source: Kuwait , Kamco Invest Research GCC Equity Markets Monthly 2 Disclaimer & Important Disclosures

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