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1 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I LOCAL MARKETS BEIRUT STOCK EXCHANGE Last Daily % YTD % Dividend % MSCI Lebanon % 0.36% Development and Reconstruction Solidere A % 7.24% Solidere B % 4.26% Banking Audi Listed % 0.00% 9.54% BLC Listed % 0.00% BOB Listed % 0.00% 3.52% Byblos Listed % -3.13% 9.05% BEMO Listed % 15.38% 3.53% BLOM Listed % -3.87% 10.04% Trading RYMCO % 1.54% Industrial Holcim % 6.02% 15.57% Ciments Blancs % 24.44% MSCI LEBANON INDEX - 30 DAYS CHART LEBANESE SOVEREIGN CURVE Bahrain's government has launched an energy fund that aims to raise $1 billion from local, regional and international investors to develop the kingdom's energy assets, Oil Minister Sheikh Mohammad bin Khalifa al-khalifa said Thursday. OPEC is in no hurry to decide whether to pump more oil to make up for an expected drop in exports from Iran after the imposition of new U.S. sanctions. Saudi Arabia is monitoring the impact of the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal on oil supplies and is ready to offset any shortage but says it will not act alone to fill in the gap. GCC EQUITY INDICES Last Price Daily % YTD % Bahrain % -4.58% Kuwait % 3.52% Oman % -8.19% Qatar % 2.65% KSA % 9.52% Dubai % % Abu Dhabi % 0.90% LOCAL/GCC FOREIGN EXCHANGE Cross Last Price Lebanese Pound Spot /LBP Bahraini Dinar Spot /BHD Kuwaiti Dinar Spot /KWD Omani Rial Spot /OMR Qatari Riyal Spot /QAR Saudi Riyal Spot /SAR UAE Dirham Spot /AED Source: Daily Star, Gulf Base MSCI GCC INDEX - 30 DAYS CHART GCC INDICES DAILY PERFORMANCE

2 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I EQUITY MARKETS UNITED STATES EQUITY MARKET INDICES Last Price Daily % YTD % 10D Vol Major Indices DowJones % 0.08% 0.58% S&P % 1.85% 0.81% Nasdaq % 7.27% 0.13% Sectors Indices Discretionary % 6.06% -0.17% Staples % % 0.02% Energy % 6.09% -2.56% Financials % 1.01% 0.37% Healthcare % -1.05% 2.03% Industrials % -1.79% 0.16% IT % 11.14% -0.77% Materials % -2.69% 0.25% Telecom % % 0.56% Utilities % -4.78% 1.11% Real Estate % -4.18% -0.93% S&P 500 INDEX - 30 DAYS CHART S&P 500 SUPPORT & RESISTANCE U.S. equities rose in early trading, with higher dividend yielding sectors such as telecom and utilities leading the way. U.S. consumer prices rose less than forecast in April, easing investor concerns about a potential acceleration in inflation. The S&P 500 rose 0.9 per cent to 2,722, giving it a two-day advance of 1.9 per cent, The techheavy Nasdaq Composite closed 0.9 per cent higher. Dax gained 0.6 percent along with the FTSE 100 rising 0.5 percent. Stoxx 600 was 0.1% lower. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS INDICES Last Price Daily % YTD % 10D Vol World % 0.81% 0.72% Developed % 0.95% 0.58% Emerging % -0.16% 0.22% Frontier % -3.66% -1.26% Europe % 0.62% 0.25% Latin America % 2.10% 5.04% Asia Pacific % 0.13% -0.64% INTERNATIONAL EQUITY INDICES Last Price Daily % YTD % 10D Vol EuroStoxx % 1.88% 0.00% FTSE % 0.17% -0.03% CAC % 4.39% -0.75% DAX % 0.81% 0.00% Swiss SMI % -4.24% 0.00% Nikkei % -0.26% -1.14% CSI % -3.59% -0.09% DEVELOPED VS EMERGING - 30 DAYS CHART EMERGING DEVELOPED INTERNATIONAL EQUITY - 30 DAYS CHART FTSE 100 CAC 40 DAX NIKKEI 225 Source: Bloomberg, Financial Times

3 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN EXCHANGE MARKET Last Price Daily % 10D Vol 25RR Major Cross Rate Index % -0.09% - EUR/ % -0.09% /JPY % -0.16% GBP/ % 0.18% /CAD % -0.06% AUD/ % -0.76% NZD/ % -0.68% /CHF % 0.04% /NOK % -0.57% /SEK % -1.42% /CNY % -0.04% Major EUR Cross Rate EUR/GBP % -0.19% EUR/CHF % -0.02% EUR/JPY % 0.12% DISTANCE FROM 52 WEEKS LOW/HIGH The dollar index was down 0.4 percent on the day having fallen immediately after the release of the US CPI data. The euro was up 0.7 per cent at $1.1928, while the greenback was down 0.3 per cent versus the yen at Sterling was down 0.2 per cent against the dollar at $ after hitting a four-month low of $ while the euro was up 0.9 per cent versus the pound at EUR/ 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE Source: Bloomberg GBP/ 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE /JPY 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE /CAD 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE

4 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I FIXED INCOME GLOBAL BOND INDICES Yield Yield (in Bps) Benchmark Indices US 10 Years Benchmark EU 10 Years Benchmark UK 10 Years Benchmark Sovereign Bonds US Treasury Bond Eurozone Sovereign Bond 0 0 Japan Sovereign Bond US TREASURIES YIELD CURVE EUR GENERIC YIELD CURVE Corporate Bonds US Corporate TR US High Yield Bond TR EUR Aggregate Corporate TR EUR High Yield TR Emerging Market IG & HY The 10-year US Treasury yield was down 3 basis points at 2.97 per cent, while the two-year yield was flat at 2.53 per cent. The 30-year US yield was down 4bp following the auction at 3.12 per cent. The 10-year German Bund yield ended steady at 0.56 per cent, while Italy s 10-year BTP yield rose 6bp to 1.93 per cent The 10-year UK gilt yield ended at 1.43 per cent, down 3bp. The Bank of England held interest rates at 0.5 per cent even as it played down recent signs of UK economic weakness. OVERNIGHT RATES - SWAPS Yield Yield (in Bps) 3M LIBOR M EUR EURIBOR M GBP LIBOR Y SWAP Y SWAP Y SWAP Y SWAP Spread (in FIXED INCOME SPREADS r Spread Bps) 3M vs 10Y Spread Spread Spread (in Bps) 2Y 3M vs vs 10Y 10Y Spread (0.0496) IG 2Y Spread vs 10Y Spread (0.0100) (0.0422) HY IG Spread Spread (0.0800) - HY Spread 3.31 (0.0100) EU vs US 10Y Spread (0.0391) EU vs US 10Y Spread EU vs US 2Y Spread (0.0601) EU vs US 2Y Spread (0.0153) EM vs Benchmark Spread (0.0140) EM vs Benchmark Spread Source: Bloomberg, Financial Times CORPORATES - 30 DAYS SPREAD EU VS US - 30 DAYS SPREAD

5 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I COMMODITIES GLOBAL COMMODITIES MARKET Last Price Daily % Commodity Index % Energy WTI Crude Future % Brent Crude Future % NYMEX Gasoline % NYMEX Heat Oil % ICE Gasoil % NYMEX Natural Gas % COMMODITY INDEX SUPPORT & RESISTANCE WTI OIL 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE Precious Metals Gold Spot $/Oz % Silver Spot $/Oz % Platinum Spot $/Oz % Palladium Spot $/Oz % Gold Future % Silver Future % Platinum Future % Palladium Future % Base Metals LME Aluminum % LME Copper % LME Zinc % LME Nickel % LME Lead % LME Tin % Agricultural Corn CBT % Wheat CBT % Soybeans CBT % Bean Meal CBT % Rough Rice CBT % MDE Palm Oil % Soybean CBT % Coffee ICE % Sugar #11 ICE % Cotton #2 ICE % Cocoa ICE % Ethanol CME % Lumber CME % Orange Juice ICE % Live Cattle CME % Feeder Cattle CME % Lean Hogs CME % Brent, the international crude benchmark, settled at $77.47 a barrel, up 0.3 per cent, after earlier hitting $78.00, its highest level since late US West Texas Intermediate was 0.4 per cent higher in late trade at $71.41, after touching $ The broadly softer dollar helped gold gain $8, or 0.7 per cent, to $1,320 an ounce. Source: Bloomberg GOLD 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE SILVER 30 DAYS SUPPORT & RESISTANCE

6 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I COMPANY NEWS S&P 500 Stocks TOP 10 WINNERS Ticker Last Price Daily % CENTURYLINK INC CTL DISCOVERY INC-C DISCK DISCOVERY INC - DISCA ENVISION HEALTHC EVHC DENTSPLY SIRONA XRAY ALLERGAN PLC AGN CARDINAL HEALTH CAH ALIGN TECHNOLOGY ALGN HOLOGIC INC HOLX FREEPORT-MCMORAN FCX S&P 500 Stocks TOP 10 LOSERS Ticker Last Price Daily % L BRANDS INC LB TECHNIPFMC PLC FTI BOOKING HOLDINGS BKNG COTY INC-CL A COTY ALBEMARLE CORP ALB MACY'S INC M INTL FLVR & FRAG IFF CONCHO RESOURCES CXO GAP INC/THE GPS KOHLS CORP KSS S&P 500 DISTRIBUTION S&P VOLATILITY INDEX LOSERS WINNERS LOW VOLATILITY HIGH VOLATILITY Dropbox reports Q1 results that beat EPS and revenue estimates with a 28% Y/Y revenue growth. Nvidia drops 1.7% aftermarket on Q1 results that beat EPS and revenue estimates with a 66% Y/Y revenue growth, but weaker than expected performance in core business. Upside Q2 guidance has revenue of $3.04B to $3.16B (consensus $2.95B) and non-gaap gross margin of 63.5%, plus or minus 50 bps. Amazon.com is building a health and wellness team inside its Alexa smart-assistant initiative, CNBC reports, in what may be a new device-centric effort to disrupt healthcare. Reportedly targeted areas include diabetes management, care for mothers and infants, and aging. Cisco Systems has closed on its $270M deal for Accompany. The all-cash deal is set to help Cisco accelerate AI-related aspects of its collaboration portfolio. Apple has joined forces with two of the world s biggest aluminium producers to develop a carbon-free metal it plans to use in its iphone and laptop computers. Head of Facebook, Inc. Messenger, David Marcus, announced on Tuesday that he will be transitioning to a new blockchain project that could potentially have major implications for Facebook investors. Sources: Seeking Alpha, Financial Times

7 DAILY MARKETS BRIEF I ECONOMIC DATA KEY ECONOMIC INDICATORS Country Event Surv (M) Actual Prior Time Canada Statcan Wheat Stocks 16564k k 15:30 Canada Unemployment Rate 5.80% % 15:30 Canada Net Change in Employment 20.0k k 15:30 Canada Statcan Durum Stocks 3684k k 15:30 Canada Statcan Canola Stocks 9000k k 15:30 Canada Statcan Barley Stocks 4019k k 15:30 Canada Full Time Employment Change :30 Canada Participation Rate :30 Canada Part Time Employment Change :30 China Money Supply M2 YoY 8.50% % China New Yuan Loans CNY b b China Money Supply M1 YoY 7.00% % China Money Supply M0 YoY 5.80% % Japan Money Stock M2 YoY 3.20% 3.30% 3.20% 2:50 Japan Money Stock M3 YoY 2.80% 2.80% 2.80% 2:50 Russia Trade Balance 12.9b b 16:00 Russia Exports 34.7b b 16:00 United States U. of Mich. Sentiment :00 United States Import Price Index MoM 0.50% % 15:30 United States Baker Hughes U.S. Rig Count :00 United States Import Price Index YoY 3.90% % 15:30 Source: Bloomberg Banque BEMO sal Head Office - Private and Corporate Banking 96 Pasteur Building, Pasteur Street, Medawar Area, P.O. Box: , Beirut - Lebanon Tel: Fax: Wealth & Investment Management research@bemobank.com Beirut Central District Riad El Solh Square, Esseily Building Bloc A, 7th Floor Beirut - Lebanon Tel: Fax: Disclaimer: This report is published for information purposes only. The information herein has been compiled from, or based upon sources considered to be reliable (Bloomberg, SeekingAlpha, DailyStar ), but we do not guarantee or assume responsibility for its completeness and accuracy. This document should not be construed as a solicitation to take part in any investment, or as constituting any representation or warranty on our part. This report is not to be relied upon in substitution for the exercise of specialists. We may not have taken any steps to ensure that the securities referred to in this report are suitable for any particular investor. The investments and services contained or referred to herein are not purported to be exhaustive, any person considering an investment should seek specialist advice on the suitability of an investment. Nothing in this report constitutes investment, legal, accounting or tax advice, or a representation that any investment or strategy is suitable or appropriate to your individual circumstances, or otherwise constitutes a personal recommendation. Clients understand that it is their responsibility to seek legal and/or tax advice regarding the legal and tax consequences of their investment transactions. The consequences of any action taken on the basis of information contained herein are solely the responsibility of the recipient. Investment instruments are subject to risk, including possible loss of principal amount invested. Past performance should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of future performance, and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made regarding future performance. The value of securities and financial instruments is subject to exchange rate fluctuation that may have a positive or adverse effect on the price or income of such securities or financial instruments. Some investments mentioned in this report may have a high level of volatility. High volatility investments may experience sudden and large falls in their value causing losses when that investment is realized. Some investments may not be readily realizable and it may be difficult to sell or realize those investments, similarly it may prove difficult to obtain reliable information about the value, or risks, to which such an investment is exposed. This report may provide the addresses of websites or references. We have not reviewed any such site and takes no responsibility for the content contained therein. Such address or reference is provided solely for convenience and information. Accessing such website through this report shall be at the recipients own risk.