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Abu Dhbai stock market slid on Thursday on weak earnings from heavyweight companies, while the Saudi Arabian shares ended higher amid firm oil prices.

In Abu Dhabi, the index declined 1.7%, its worst day since September, dragged down by an 8% plunge in the country’s biggest lender, First Abu Dhabi Bank, that logged its lowest close in more than eight months.

The bank reported a 26% drop in fourth-quarter net profit, missing analyst estimates, though annual net profit rose 7%.

The lender also slashed yearly cash dividend by 26% to 52 fils per share compared with 2021.

Abu Dhabi’s ADX expects increased listings this year

Al Seer Marine Supplies and Equipment dropped 1.1% after it reported a fall in earnings, recording annual net profit of 1.01 billion dirhams, down from 2.52 billion dirhams a year earlier.

The benchmark index in Saudi Arabia added 0.1%, helped by gains in healthcare, financial and materials stocks with Dr Sulaiman Al-Habib Medical Services rising 2% and Saudi Arabian Mining climbing 1.4%.

The world’s largest Islamic bank by market capitalization, Al Rajhi Bank, surged 1.4%, extending its rally since last Thursday.

Dubai’s benchmark index rose marginally.

Most real estate stocks in the index dropped, with heavyweight Emaar Properties down 1%, while the utilities and finance sectors stocks rose with Emirates Central Cooling Systems adding 0.7% and lender Emirates NBD (ENBD) gaining 0.4%.

Dubai’s biggest lender, ENBD, reported a 40% jump in 2022 net profit to 13 billion dirhams ($3.5 billion) on Thursday, helped by higher interest rates and transaction volumes which boosted its overall income.

Qatari Index slipped 0.5%, ending a five-day winning streak, as most of the index constituents were in the negative territory.

Index heavyweights Qatar International Islamic Bank and Qatar Islamic Bank declined 3.5% and 0.8%, respectively.

“The Qatari stock market returned to the downside as traders moved to secure their gains after successive gains,” said Farah Mourad, Senior Market Analyst of XTB MENA.

“The main index remains under pressure from the continuously falling natural gas prices”.

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 SAUDI ARABIA     rose 0.1% to 10,822
 QATAR            fell 0.5% to 11,110
 BAHRAIN          was flat at 1928
 OMAN             added 0.1% to 4,751
 KUWAIT           fell 0.5% to 8,113
 ABU DHABI        dropped 1.7% to 10,177
 DUBAI            ended flat at 3,357
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