<?xml version="1.0"?><?xml-stylesheet title="XSL_formatting" type="text/xsl" href="/rss/rss.xsl"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Zawya.com - Saudi SE News</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/equities/sa</link><description></description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2009 ABQ Zawya Ltd. All rights reserved.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:02:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>16</ttl><image><title>Zawya.com | Middle East Business News and Company Directory</title><width>144</width><height>76</height><link>http://www.zawya.com/equities/sa</link><url>http://www.zawya.com/images/newsletter_zawya_logo.gif</url></image><item><title>NCB Capital: 3Q09 Earnings Were Good Enough, a Strong Q4 Expected (08-Nov-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_081109090351</link><description>&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet style=&quot;MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; TEXT-INDENT: 0in; mso-list: none&quot;&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;3Q09 Earnings Were Good Enough, a Strong Q4 Expected&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;8 of 15 sectors in the Saudi market reported YoY aggregate earnings growth in 3Q09 versus just 3 sectors over the past few quarters.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;57 companies reported YoY earnings growth in 3Q09, up from 37 in 2Q09.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;64 companies reported YoY earnings declines in 3Q09, however this was an improvement from the 79 in 2Q09.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;&quot;&gt;The overall YoY decline in market ea</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">NCB Capital </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_081109090351</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>EFG: Regional Monthly (05-Nov-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_061109051535</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:13:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">EFG Hermes </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_061109051535</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Markaz: GCC Quants (Nov-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_051109091255</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Kuwait Financial Centre </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_051109091255</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>NCB Capital: Investor Tracker (Nov-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_041109091028</link><description>&lt;P style=&quot;MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; mso-margin-top-alt: 5.0pt; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-bottom: 1.0gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in&quot; class=StyleStyleFrontpageBodytextBefore004Before0ptLine1&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;KEY TAKEAWAYS &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%&quot; class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;Notable buyers in October ?09 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;The General Organization for Social Insurance (GOSI), Public Pension Authority (PPA), and Public Investment Fund (PIF) made no increases in holdings during the month making it the first time in the last 12 months.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times New Roman&apos;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN dir=ltr&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Arial&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;Makkah Construction &amp;amp; Development Co. increased its stake in &lt;B&gt;Jabal Omar &lt;/B&gt;by SR25.3mn, taking its total holdings in the stock to 8.8%.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: justify; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-TOP: 5pt&quot; class=Bodytextbullet&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 9pt&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;mso-list: Ignore&quot;&gt;&#xb7;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT: 7pt &apos;Times Ne</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:08:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">NCB Capital </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_041109091028</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Sabic, Sinopec Mark 3.2m-ton Petrochem Complex</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091104043838</link><description>Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (Sabic) and China Petroleum &amp; Chemical Corporation (Sinopec)  celebrated partnership in their new petrochemical complex at Tianjin, China.</description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:55:46 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">The Saudi Gazette </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091104043838</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Activity declines in ME IPO market in Q3 of 2009: E&amp;Y</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091102102029</link><description>The initial public offering (IPO) market in the Middle East has declined according to the figures in the Ernst &amp; Young Middle East IPO Update for the third quarter (Q3) of 2009.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:51:18 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091102102029</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Global: MENA, Oil &amp; International Markets Monthly Technical Analysis Report (Nov-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_051109120638</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:04:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Global Investment House </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_051109120638</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>EFG-Hermes: MENA Focus List (29-Oct-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_291009144017</link><description>&lt;P style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr&quot; dir=ltr class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Trebuchet MS&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold&quot; lang=EN-GB&gt;Performance YTD:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Trebuchet MS&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt&quot; lang=EN-GB&gt; Year-to-date, the MENA Focus List has risen 44.7% versus 27.1% for the MSCI Arabian Markets Index and 18.5% for the MSCI Arabian Markets ex Saudi Arabia Index. The Focus List continues to lag the continued strength of emerging markets, with the MSCI Emerging Markets benchmark having risen 61.7% year-to-date. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot; /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr&quot; dir=ltr class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Trebuchet MS&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt&quot; lang=EN-GB&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;P style=&quot;TEXT-ALIGN: left; unicode-bidi: embed; DIRECTION: ltr&quot; dir=ltr class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Trebuchet MS&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold&quot; lang=EN-GB&gt;Increasing High-Beta Names:&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;FONT size=2 face=&quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;&gt;&lt;SPAN style=&quot;FONT-FAMILY: &apos;Trebuchet MS&apos;; FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt&quot; lang=EN-GB&gt; We see growing institutional interest in MENA markets, which have lagged larger emerging markets in the 2009 rally. We believe that the ongoing resolution of &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = &quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot; /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:City w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Dubai&lt;/st1:City&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;?s debt should support performance in the UAE and our economists see strong growth underpinned by a fiscal stimulus across much of the region. Fund flows into EMEA and MENA-related funds are positive, and the global monetary environment favours continuing strength in risk assets. We therefore take profits on a number of lower </description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:37:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">EFG Hermes </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_291009144017</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>JLL: Pulse - MENA House View (Oct-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_291009081134</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:07:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Jones Lang LaSalle </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_291009081134</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>KMEFIC: GCC Economic Digest (Q3-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_281009110432</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Kuwait and Middle East Financial Investment Company </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_281009110432</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>Riyad Capital raised target price for Mobily</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091027135533</link><description>Riyad Capital raised its target price for Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) to SAR 55 from SAR 46.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:02:38 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091027135533</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Shuaa Capital Issues GCC Investor Sentiment Report</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20091026100743</link><description>Shuaa Capital, the region&apos;s leading financial services institution, today issued its October GCC Investor Sentiment Report, the only report of its kind for the Gulf markets.</description><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:51:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Press Release </source><guid isPermaLink="false">ZAWYA20091026100743</guid><category>Open</category></item><item><title>Bayan: Monthly Summary of GCC Stock Markets (Oct-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_031109112121</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">Bayan Investment Company </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_031109112121</guid><category>Subscription</category></item><item><title>TresVista: MENA Monthly News (Oct-09)</title><link>http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidpdf_031109111301</link><description>This is a PDF report. </description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zawya.com">TresVista Financial Services </source><guid isPermaLink="false">pdf_031109111301</guid><category>Subscription</category></item></channel></rss>