Qatar's biggest bank expects Gulf detente to boost companies, lenders

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Qatari companies including banks are forecast to get a boost from a deal to end a more than three-year row between Doha and some Gulf states, which was announced by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Tuesday.

QNB Financial Services Research, part of Qatar’s biggest bank, said in a note that Qatari banks are set to benefit from the GCC resolution agreed at a Gulf summit on Tuesday “based on general investor optimism as domestic banks had immaterial exposure to the blockading countries”.

“Qatar Airways and consequently Qatar Fuel could benefit from increased air traffic between KSA and Qatar,” QNB said in the research note, adding that real estate firms will also benefit from demand longer term. Qatari banks also had a total of 6% exposure to regional lenders, which fell to 3% after the embargo, the note said, adding that Qatari companies have largely eliminated its impact by diversifying supply channels, as well as their customers.

 

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