Abu Dhabi’s USD 239 bn International Holding Company (IHC) has set up a new finance-focused holding company named 2PointZero expected to hold more than USD 27 bn worth of assets including Chimera, Lunate, and Beltone Financial, according to an IHC statement (pdf).

2PointZero will also hold crypto mining player Citadel Technologies, Middle-East focused Sagasse Investments, private-markets focused firm Lunate, as well as Abu Dhabi’s International Resources Holding.

The company is “committed to having a transformative impact globally,” IHC Chairman Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan said.

TASI

11,928.89

-1.6 % (YTD: -0.3%)

MSCI Tadawul 30

1,545.86

-1.9% (YTD: -0.3%)

USD : SAR (SAMA)

3.75

3.75

Interest rates

6% repo

5.5% reverse repo

EGX30

25,409

-0.4% (YTD: +2.1%)

ADX

9,715.51

+1.3% (YTD: +1.4%)

DFM

4,077.58

-0.3% (YTD: +0.4%)

S&P 500

4,704.81

-0.8% (YTD: -1.4%)

FTSE 100

7,682.33

-0.5% (YTD: -0.7%)

Euro Stoxx 50

4,448.13

-1.4% (YTD: -1.6%)

Brent crude

USD 78.25

+3.1%

Natural gas (Nymex)

USD 2.69

+0.8%

Gold

USD 2,049.70

+0.3%

BTC

USD 42,769.25

-4.9% (YTD: +154.2%)

THE CLOSING BELL-

The TASI fell 1.6% yesterday on turnover of SAR 11 bn. The index is down -0.3% YTD.

In the green: Anaam Holding (+9.4%), Alkhaleej Trng (+8.1%) and Al Baha (+7.7%).

In the red: Acwa Power (-5.4%), Catrion (-5.2%) and Nadec (-4.6%).

Asian shares are solidly in the red this morning, with Japan leading sentiment down as trading resumed after a prolonged New Year’s holiday that saw an earthquake and the burning of a Japan Airlines jet at Tokyo’s Haneda airport after it struck another airplane on landing. Futures suggest benchmark indexes in Europe (excluding the CAC40) will open in the green. It’s also looking good for Wall Street and Bay Street as we head into dispatch time.

CORPORATE ACTIONS-

Development Works Food Co. BoD is proposing increasing the company’s capital by SAR 90 mn through a rights issue, it said in a disclosure to Tadawul yesterday.

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