The Saudi Stock Exchange withdraws to the eighth session under the pressure of the global markets

The Saudi Stock Exchange for the eighth consecutive session, which coincides with a general decline in global markets, has decreased in the light of trades characterized by poor liquidity, but according to analysts amid positive expectations about future performance. The most important Saudi stock market index closed ‘Tassi’ today, Wednesday, a decrease of 0.4% to 10619 points, influenced by the decline in the shares of leadership companies, led by Al -Rajhi Bank, Aramco Saudi Arabia and the National Bank. Despite the high values ​​of the contemporary session during the auction period by approximately 300 million Riyals, it did not affect the closure of the general index. The value of the session Ambags has reached more than 3.3 billion Riyals, which is 23% less compared to the average trading values ​​last month, and a low 55% compared to September 2024. Significant investment opportunities in the Saudi Market, Ahmed Al -Rashid, the first financial analyst in the newspaper “Al -iqtisadiah”, said in an interview. Sessions, from 2012 to today. He added that the number of companies whose shares have increased today exceeds the number of businesses that have declined, indicating some kind of improvement, even in technical indicators, in addition to the presence of saturation. Iyad Ghulam, head of equity research at Al -Ahly Financial Company, said: “47% of fund managers, according to a poll conducted by Al -Aahly’s Financial, believe that the market is less than its fair value, suggesting that there is great investment opportunities. Ghulam explained in an interview with “Al -Sharq” that one of the most prominent potential for market rise, oil prices and interest rates of interest, where expectations indicate two reduction in interest in 2025, and two others’ reduction in 2026. A negative view of the petrochemical sector. The abundance of offer and the height of customs duties. Although there are some positive indicators at the end of 2026 and the beginning of 2027, the negative performance will continue in terms of profits after the end of 2025, and after the beginning of 2026 there is expected between $ 60 and 65 per barrel for the year 2026, while the other half is expected to be between 65 and 70 dollars, which is the level of the current level. The geopolitical conditions and poor liquidity affect Mohamed Al -Maimouni, the financial advisor in the ‘Arab trader’, in a meeting with ‘Al -Sharq’ explained that the Saudi market is going through a falling wave due to negative factors that reflect on the morale of investors. He pointed out that the index moved in a disadvantage of the daily and weekly framework, as the decline accelerated after breaking the 10800 points level, and then broke the level of 10700 points to make about 10582 points. He indicated that geopolitical fear and poor liquidity played a role in the pressure on the index, as well as reports of ‘trading’ which showed an intensive sale of financial institutions, which contributed to breaking important technical levels for a number of shares such as ‘Cooperative’ and ‘Buba’ in the insurance sector, as well as ‘Sabic’ have. What the stimuli expect to rise in the market, he pointed out that interest rates represent the most important factor, as any expected reduction in it will reflect positively on the performance. He added that the banking sector index, which is second in the market influence, has a fair price value, as the average profits of the profits for the sector are 11.7 times, which is an attractive level for investors. He explained that there are several banks traded at repeated repetitions as the average sector, and with low interest rates, banks with a large part of the individual customers, especially in real estate financing, will be active, in addition to the benefit of companies that will refresh their debt. Al -Maimouni concluded its optimism about the performance of the banking sector during the fourth quarter of 2025. Optimistic about the performance of the market during the upcoming period, said Thamer Al -Seaed, CEO of “BLME Capital KSA”, said in a meeting with “Al -Sharq” that there is reluctance to investors from the Saudi stock market, and it is in the decline in the values ​​of trading and riyals, which lost the market. Al -SAEED is of the opinion that low interest rates will move to the market during the coming period of the safest investment options, which will motivate a positive step, especially with the availability of good financial data and the decrease in debt costs on companies. He expressed optimism about the performance of the market during the third and fourth quarters, and expected part of its losses to be compensated in the light of the decline in the prices of many companies and sectors, which, according to his position, will carry a larger opponent than needed, which made the investment returns high.