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2025-12-31
Sahem weekly trading report (28-31)-12-2025
Palestine Stock Exchange PEX’s closing for the year 2025 was the highest since 2023, to close at the level of 619.65 points at the end of the year 2025; up significantly by 24.35% compared to its 2024 closing, and by 0.04% compared to its previous weekly closing level. Whereby, the performance of the PEX varied over the past 10 years, to record the highest closing of the Index at 639.71 points in this year 2022, and the lowest at 471.26 points by the end of 2020; with a compound annual growth rate CAGR of 1.38% since the year 2015. While the trading in the PEX witnessed, in the last trading session of this year, price movements not only for the blue-chips, but for the other listed companies’ stocks as well. And if we exclude the last trading session of the year that is full of active trading, the PEX trading was characterized with relative quietness and lack of normal liquidity. However, in another context and despite the varied behavior of investors in building their portfolios based on their investment strategies, the anticipation increases among all investors’ segments towards the disclosed annual financial statements of the listed companies, to predict the financial returns from the distributed dividends from one hand and the capital gains from another hand.
Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS and Palestine Monetary Authority PMA, although the Palestinian economy recorded a statistical increase of 4% in 2025 compared to 2024, the GDP continues to show prolonged recession, where it declined by 24% compared to 2023. This decline reflects the scale of the cumulative damage inflicted on the economy since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which led to the deterioration of productive capacity and the persistence of bottlenecks in economic activities.
During 2025, GDP recorded a sharp decline in Gaza Strip, reaching 84% compared to 2023, while it declined by 13% in the West Bank during the same period. Even though GDP in the West Bank recorded a slight increase of 4.4% in 2025 compared to 2024, GDP in Gaza Strip continued to contract, where if further declined by 8.7% during the same period. The growth rate recorded in 2025 is mainly attributed to a relative improvement in some productive sectors and the partial return of commercial activity compared to 2024. However, the level of GDP in Palestine remains far below its pre-Israeli aggression levels, confirming that the Palestinian economy has not yet regained its productive capacity and that the road to recovery remains fragile and constrained by the repercussions of the Israeli aggression and the ongoing restrictions.
Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS and Palestine Monetary Authority PMA as well, in light of some assumptions, forecasts estimate that the Palestinian economy will record growth ranging between 4.1% and 4.5% in 2026. This growth reflects the continuation of the gradual recovery path that began after the sharp contraction recorded in 2024, without indicating a broad-based recovery or a genuine restoration of productive capacity. The growth is attributed mainly to a limited improvement in the components of aggregate demand, particularly final consumption, supported by the continued flow of humanitarian aid and private transfers, in addition to a partial positive contribution from investment spending.
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