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MENA Weekly Markets Overview

The political turmoil is Egypt has escalated despite measures being taken by the President. Global Investment House of Kuwait expects regional markets to react...

Positive Global Sentiment, Strengthening Oil Prices to Support Trading Activity

Global equity markets closed on a positive note during the week as sign of constructive development on the US-China trade front coupled with upbeat...

Gulf markets expected to advance during the week

Analysts expect positive week for the Gulf markets, after the Ministerial Council of the Gulf Cooperation Council for the Arab Gulf States decided at...

Markets advance on renewed optimism, crude price

Saudi Arabia’s benchmark stock index gained the most in three weeks after crude oil climbed above $80 a barrel. The Tadawul market index closed...

UAE Stock Markets on a Bullish Run

Since the beginning of 2013 most of the stocks listed on the both UAE stock markets rose. In respect, investors confidence has grown. Now,...

GCC equity markets benefit from increased global investment inflows

Frontier markets outperforms emerging markets over the past 2 years

Investors To Look For Signs Of Stabilization To Regain Confidence Amid...

Global equity markets continued to maintain the positive momentum as the Middle East tensions receded during the week after de-escalation by the US and...

UAE quits Single Currency

And then there were four. As we reported on last week's programme, the UAE has pulled out of plans for a Gulf Single Currency....

Dubai Investments Announces 10% Cash Dividend

Dubai Investments, the leading Middle East investment and a public joint stock company listed on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM), has announced distribution of...

Trading activity expected to be largely driven by developments in global...

Global equity markets closed the week on a positive note on the back of growing optimism over a possible trade deal between the US...

Foreign investors purchase AED 728.7 million worth of shares on DFM...

Value of shares bought by institutional investors reaches AED 354.5 million during last week, and value of shares sold reached AED 455.1...

Dubai Financial Market secures two thirds of Nasdaq Dubai purchase

Dubai Financial Market PJSC paid two thirds of its acquisition of Nasdaq Dubai and transferred 80 million of its shares to NASDAQ OMX Group...

Dubai Holding drops Standard & Poor’s as its rating agency

Dubai Holding Commercial Operations Group LLC on Monday dropped Standard & Poor's as its rating company because of a "lack of understanding of the...

Oil prices whipsaw as regional markets weigh macroeconomic conditions

Oil declines to $50 a barrel after news on Russia’s no deal with OPEC After the major OPEC news last week, oil reacted positively and...

Foreign and institutional trading in Etisalat Group to start September 15

Emirates Telecommunications Group Company has announced that foreign and institutional trading of its shares on Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange will start on September 15th. In...

Foreign investors purchase AED 1.117 billion worth of shares on DFM...

Dubai Financial Market announced today that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (17 August- 21...

Foreign investors purchase AED 699.3 mn worth of shares on DFM...

Dubai Financial Market announced that the value of shares bought by foreign investors, or non-UAE nationals, during last week (July 5 - July 7)...

Regional Trading to Follow Trends in Global Markets

Global equity markets continued the positive trajectory as investors got more clarity on three events that have mostly dominated the trading activity for majority...