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☆ Our confidence level in the Indian market is 'very high': SABIC CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailOur confidence level in the Indian market is 'very high': SABIC CEOAbdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp, shares his view on India.

Persons: Abdulrahman Al Organizations: Saudi Basic Industries Corp Locations: India

☆ We prefer to see stronger demand growth in China: SABIC CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe prefer to see stronger demand growth in China: SABIC CEOAbdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp, says that business remained resilient during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Persons: Abdulrahman Al Organizations: Saudi Basic Industries Corp Locations: China

☆ We see business growth opportunities in emerging markets and the Global South: SABIC CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe see business growth opportunities in emerging markets and the Global South: SABIC CEOAbdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO of Saudi Basic Industries Corp says Global North is facing some difficulties, but he sees great opportunities in Global South.

Persons: Abdulrahman Al Organizations: Saudi Basic Industries Corp Locations: Global

☆ Saudi's SABIC to sell steel unit Hadeed to PIF for $3.3 billion
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (2010.SE) said on Sunday it had agreed to sell subsidiary Saudi Iron and Steel Company (Hadeed) to the Public Investment Fund (PIF) for an enterprise value of 12.5 billion riyals ($3.33 billion). SABIC, one of the world's biggest petrochemical companies, reported a massive slump in its second-quarter net profit on lower average sales prices and weaker demand. The fair valuation of Hadeed's net assets is expected to result in a non-cash loss of between 2 to 2.5 billion riyals in Q3 earnings, SABIC said. Separately on Sunday, it was announced the PIF had sold its 10.9% stake in National Gas and Industrialization Company through a private share sale for 491.2 million riyals ($130.96 million). ($1 = 3.7508 riyals)Reporting by Rachna Uppal; editing by David EvansOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: SABIC, Hadeed, Rachna, David Evans Organizations: Saudi Basic Industries Corp, Saudi Iron and Steel Company, Public Investment Fund, National Gas and Industrialization Company, Jadwa Investment, Thomson Locations: DUBAI, Saudi

☆ More room for relationship between Saudi Arabia and India to improve: Saudi Basic Industries Corp
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailMore room for relationship between Saudi Arabia and India to improve: Saudi Basic Industries CorpAbdulrahman Al-Fageeh, CEO of the chemical manufacturing firm, says Saudi Arabia and India share many common objectives and values that need to be capitalized.

Organizations: Saudi Basic Industries Corp Abdulrahman Al Locations: Saudi Arabia, India

☆ Most Middle Eastern bourses in black on US inflation data
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-02 | by ( Ateeq Shariff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Most Gulf currencies are pegged to the U.S. dollar, and Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates usually mirror any monetary policy change in the United States. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index (.TASI) gained 0.4%, with Retal Urban Development Co (4322.SE) rising 0.5% and petrochemical maker Saudi Basic Industries Corp (2010.SE) closing 1.7% higher. Oil prices - a key catalyst for the Gulf's financial markets - rose by more than a dollar per barrel on Friday, on tightening supplies and cooling U.S. inflation. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) raised its overnight interest rate by 200 basis points (bps) on Thursday following a meeting of its Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), saying it aimed to bring high inflation into check. In Qatar the index (.QSI) dropped 1.2% as natural gas prices remained under pressure.

RIYADH/DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) (2010.SE), one of the world's biggest petrochemical companies, said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter net profit slumped 94% on lower average sales prices. The company posted a net income of 290 million riyals ($77.28 million) in the three-month period ended Dec. 31, down from 4.97 billion a year earlier. SABIC's shares fell 4% to 88 riyals in early trade in Riyadh following the results. Demand from China, which ended its strict pandemic-related controls in early December, could return in the second quarter or second half of 2023, SABIC's acting Chief Executive Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh said. Net income attributable to shareholders for the year 2022 was 16.53 billion riyals, down 28% from the previous year.

☆ SABIC's quarterly net profit slumps 94% on lower sales prices
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Hadeel Al Sayegh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Feb 28 (Reuters) - Petrochemicals firm Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) (2010.SE) said on Tuesday its fourth-quarter net profit slumped 94% on lower average sales prices. SABIC posted a net income of 0.29 billion riyals ($77.28 million) in the three-month period ended Dec. 31, down from 4.97 billion riyals in the year-ago period. Prices across the main petrochemicals segments, chemicals, polyethylene and performance polymers came in lower in the fourth quarter, SABIC said, adding that margins are expected to continue being under pressure in the first half of 2023, partly due to slow demand. Net income attributable to shareholders for the year 2022 came in at 16.53 billion riyals, down 28% from the previous year. ($1 = 3.7527 riyals)Reporting by Hadeel Al Sayegh; Editing by Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Sherry Jacob-PhillipsOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Gulf bourses wobble; Egypt edges up
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-15 | by ( Ateeq Shariff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Jan 15 (Reuters) - Stock markets in the Gulf wobbled on Sunday with the Qatari index extending losses for a third session. Most Gulf currencies are pegged to the dollar and Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates usually mirror any monetary policy change in the United States. Elsewhere, Saudi Arabian Mining Co (Ma'aden) (1211.SE), the Gulf's largest miner, retreated 1.2%, ending two sessions of gains. However, Qatar National Bank (QNB) (QNBK.QA), the Gulf's biggest bank by assets, gained 0.7%, ending three sessions of losses. Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index (.EGX30) added 0.1%, helped by a 5.3% jump in El Sewedy Electric (SWDY.CA).

☆ Saudi index falls on economic worries, Egypt extends losses
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Ateeq Shariff | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's stock market ended lower on Sunday, ending three sessions of gains, in response to Friday's fall in oil prices and global shares. Saudi Arabia's benchmark index (.TASI) dropped 0.4%, snapping a three-day winning streak, hit by a 2.5% fall in Riyad Bank (1010.SE). Elsewhere, oil giant Saudi Aramco (2222.SE) retreated 0.6%. On Friday, MSCI's world stock index (.MIWD00000PUS) lost 1.1% and touched its lowest level in over a month, as a hawkish tone from central bankers and weak data stoked recession fears. Outside the Gulf, Egypt's blue-chip index (.EGX30) declined 2$, extending losses from the previous session when it retreated from over four-year highs.

FRANKFURT, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International has finalised negotiations to purchase Saudi Basic Industries Corporation's (2010.SE) (SABIC) polycarbonate sheets business, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters. The transaction is an add-on acquisition for Advent's existing portfolio business Roehm, with which it plans to develop a multi-polymer business, one of the sources said. An official announcement regarding the sale of the SABIC business, known as 'functional forms', is expected later on Wednesday, the same source added. Polycarbonate sheets are transparent thermoplastics that absorb minimal moisture, making them resistant to impact damage as well as water damage, flames and chemicals. DSM sold its engineering materials for 3.85 billion euros to Advent and German chemicals company Lanxess, announced late in May.

☆ SABIC posts 67% fall in Q3 profit on higher costs, impairment
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Petrochemicals firm Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) (2010.SE) said on Sunday it expected margins to be under pressure in the fourth quarter as its third quarter net profit fell 67% year-on-year on higher costs and an impairment charge. SABIC's net profit fell to 1.84 billion riyals ($489.62 million) from 5.59 billion riyals in the third quarter of 2021. Average sales prices in the third quarter fell 15% from the second quarter, while sales volumes also dropped 1% in the same period, SABIC said in a statement. SABIC said its "value capture associated" with Aramco since it took the stake in June 2020 was 3.64 billion riyals, including 2.09 billion riyals in the first nine months of 2022. Fageeh was named CEO on Sept. 28 after former CEO Yousef Abdullah al-Benyan resigned following his appointment as Saudi minsiter of education.

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