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Trading scarceness with the ongoing circumstances and increase in anticipation

2026-03-12

Sahem weekly trading report (08-12)-03-2026

In the second week of March, Al-Quds Index maintained a relatively narrow price range, to increase slightly and close in the green zone compared to the previous week. Whereby, Palestine Stock Exchange PEX is still under the control of several circumstances and anticipations; the war in Palestine, the Holy month of Ramdan, the anticipation of the financial data disclosures for Q1 2026 and the dividends distribution for 2025 anticipation. While the normal trading was characterized with scarcity and weak price movements, in addition to the absence of the institutional transactions that may raise the trading value in the PEX from time to time.

Regarding continuing to propose the dividends distribution for the shareholders for the year 2025, the board of directors of Jerusalem Pharmaceutical Company JPH proposed to the general assembly, which will be holding a meeting on 15/04/2026, distributing 15% cash dividends for the year 2025. On the other hand, the general assembly of the Arab Paints Products APC approved on its meeting on 08/03/2026, distributing 60% cash dividends for the year 2025, to record dividends yield of 8.57% based on the price on the entitlement date.

Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS, the overall Consumer Price Index CPI for Palestine during February 2026 recorded an increase by 12.02% compared with January 2026 (37.92% in Gaza Strip, by 0.39% in Jerusalem, and with a slight increase by 0.02% in the West Bank).  Where, the changes in the Palestinian CPI during February 2026 were traced back to the increase in the prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month: imported cigarettes by 161.75%, fresh chicken by 9.51%, eggs by 7.59%, fresh meat by 4.13%, and rice by 4.01%. On the other hand, the Palestinian CPI during February 2026 increased by 11.61% compared with February 2025 (31.32% in Gaza Strip, by 2.84% in Jerusalem, and by 1.71% in the West Bank).