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2025-05-29
Sahem weekly trading report (25-29)-05-2025
Al-Quds Index ended May in the green zone; up by 2.15% than its previous weekly closing level, to record 542.38 points. This followed an increase in the prices of some leading stocks with the heaviest weights in the Index, whereby executing several transactions on the stock of the largest investment company by market capitalization- Palestine Development and Investment Company PADICO- and Al-Safa Bank SAFABANK in the week, raised the trading value of this week to the medium level. However, with the start of June, Palestine Stock Exchange PEX witnesses new anticipations towards the semi-annual financial data disclosures of this year, especially with the data disclosures for Q1 2025, leading the observer to at least predict a stability in the annual yield.
Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS, the overall Producer Price Index (PPI) for Palestine reached 179.50 in April 2025, as it sharply increased by 12.96% compared to March 2025. In the same context, Producer Price Index for locally consumed products reached 186.02 in April 2025, which indicates a sharp increase of 13.69% compared to March 2025. Also, Producer Price Index for local exported products reached 118.60 in April 2025, which indicates an increase of 3.29% compared to March 2025.
Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS as well, the Construction Cost Index (CCI) for residential buildings in the West Bank reached 121.48 with a decrease of 0.20% during April 2025 compared with March 2025. At the level of major groups, the prices of raw material decreased by 0.35%. While, the prices of rental of equipment increased by 0.17%. At the same time, the prices of the labor costs and wages remained stable during April 2025 compared with the previous month.
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