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Al-Quds Index slightly declines in Mid- October

2026-10-15

 Sahem weekly trading report (11-15)-10-2026

By mid-October, Al-Quds Index stood still without any significant change in price thank the previous week, closing at the level of 696.51 points; down slightly by 0.30% than the previous week, after trading in a relatively narrow range. Where, the trading movements relatively slowed parallel to the increase in the anticipation for 9M 2026 financial and operational data disclosures. Regarding the blue-chips, they stood-still with no significant change in their prices, to be satisfied with slight increase or decrease than their previous weekly closing level. On the other hand, the coming period will witness heavy disclosures’ momentum. In all cases, the expected 9M financial data will build more on what has been established by many of the Palestine Stock Exchange PEX’s constituents’ components.

Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCBS, the overall Consumer Price Index CPI for Palestine during September 2026 recorded an increase by 4.69% compared with August 2026 (by 11.36% in Gaza Strip, by 0.53% in the West Bank, and by 0.44% in Jerusalem).  The increase in Palestinian CPI during September 2026 was traced back to the increase in prices of the following expenditure sub groups compared with previous month: imported cigarettes by 28.95% , flour of cereals – white flour by 11.96% , fresh vegetables by 8.57%, education services by 2.97%, passenger transport by road by 2.79% and eggs by 1.24%. The Palestinian CPI during September 2026 decreased by 25.18% compared with September 2025 (46.43% in Gaza Strip. While, the index increased by 3.34% in the West Bank, and by 2.83% in Jerusalem).

Regarding the economic indicators and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics PCB as well, the overall Industrial Production Index IPI in Palestine reached 84.68 during August 2026 with an increase of 1.21% compared to July 2026 (Base Year 2019). IPI for August 2026 increased due to the increase in the activities of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply by 14.12%, which had a share of 7.38% of the total industry, and the activities of water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation by 6.24%, which had a share of 1.84% of the total industry. While, the activities of manufacturing industry decreased by 0.60%, which had a share of 87.89% of the total industry, and the activities of mining and quarrying by 0.43%, which had a share of 2.89% of the total industry.