據彭博社8月9日報道，隨著投資者重新考慮石油前景，加上沙特阿美(Saudi Aramco)在公布第二季獲利下滑后仍維持派息不變，中東股市漲跌互現。

科威特、阿曼、巴林和阿布扎比的股市上漲，沙特阿拉伯、迪拜、卡塔爾和以色列的股市下跌。沙特阿美宣布第二季度將支付187.5億美元的股息，與今年第一季度的股息相當，該公司股價隨后上漲0.5%。

這家石油巨頭公布第二季度利潤下降了73%。盡管英國石油公司(BP Plc)和荷蘭皇家殼牌(Royal Dutch Shell)等主要競爭對手在疫情顛覆了石油市場后大幅削減了派息，但沙特阿美仍堅持其派息計劃。

根據一份聯合聲明，周五，沙特阿拉伯、阿聯酋、科威特、伊拉克、阿曼和巴林的石油部長舉行了電話會議，討論了石油市場方面情況。他們重申了對歐佩克+協議的承諾，并表示，最近全球經濟好轉的跡象令他們深受鼓舞。

Allied Investment Partners PJSC管理合伙人Iyad Abu Hweij表示，投資者應將投資方向轉向有價值的股票，尤其是那些有潛力在疫情后變得更強的股票。

在中東市場方面，截至利雅得時間，上午10:43,Tadawul所有股票指數上漲0.3%。沙特阿拉伯銀行(Banque Saudi Fransi)股價上漲0.9%，麥加建設發展公司(Makkah Construction & Development)股價上漲2.1%；科威特主要市場指數上漲0.7%，科威特金融公司(Kuwait Finance House)、Ahli United Bank和科威特國民銀行(National Bank of Kuwait)分別上漲0.5%至1.6%。

王佳晶 摘譯自 彭博社

原文如下：

Mideast Markets Trade Mixed With Aramco, Oil Eyed: Inside EM

Middle Eastern equities were mixed as investors weighed the outlook for oil and after Saudi Aramco kept its dividend unchanged even after posting a slump in profit for the second quarter.

Stock benchmarks in Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi rose, while those in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Qatar and Israel declined. Aramco shares gained as much 0.5% after it said it will pay $18.75 billion in dividends for the second quarter, matching the payout for the first three months of the year.

The oil giant disclosed a 73% drop in profit for the second quarter. Still, it is sticking to its payout plans while major competitors such as BP Plc and Royal Dutch Shell slashed dividends after the coronavirus pandemic upended the oil business.

On Friday, oil ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman and Bahrain held a conference call to discuss the oil market, according to a joint statement. They reaffirmed their commitment to the OPEC+ agreement and said they are “very encouraged by the recent signs of improvement in the global economy.”

Investors should be “shifting their orientation to value stocks, especially those stocks that have the potential to emerge stronger from the pandemic,” said Iyad Abu Hweij, the managing partner at Allied Investment Partners PJSC.

MIDDLE EASTERN MARKETS:

The Tadawul All Share Index gains 0.3% as of 10:43 a.m. in Riyadh

Al Rajhi Bank +0.7%, Banque Saudi Fransi +0.9%, Makkah Construction & Development +2.1%

Kuwait’s Premier Market index gains 0.7%

Kuwait Finance House, Ahli United Bank and National Bank of Kuwait climb between 0.5% and 1.6%, respectively