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DGCX Gold Futures Trading Volumes Increase

As the COVID-19 pandemic causes volatile swings in markets across the globe, investors are making increasing use of the Dubai Gold & Commodities Exchange...

Regional Traders Look To Oil Prices; Coronavirus Containment

Global equity markets observed positive sentiments as investors seem to be encouraged by aggressive monetary policy actions by Central Banks, especially the USD 2...
Abu Dhabi Securities Market

Abu Dhabi Securities Market To Become Public Joint Shares Company

President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, in his capacity as Ruler of Abu Dhabi, issued a law regulating the legal status...

Bitcoin 2x Better at Withstanding COVID-19 than S&P 500 and Oil

Bitcoin has been caught up in the Coronavirus market crisis with the asset’s price dropping by almost half as the global economy comes to...

Global Financial Markets To Use China’s Recovery As Critical Gauge

Global financial markets will use China’s recovery as a sentiment tracker, affirms Nigel Green as European and Asian-Pacific markets and U.S. futures fell after...

Market Volatility To Continue In Global Equities

Global equity markets are observing unprecedented times as the coronavirus pandemic has caused significant worldwide economic disruption. The downward pressure continued during the week...

UAE Stocks To Have 5% Decline Limit Effective Wednesday

The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) has imposed a 5 percent daily lower fluctuation limit for shares effective Wednesday, March 18th, and until further...

Abu Dhabi, Dubai Financial Markets Ban Insider Trading

Abu Dhabi and Dubai Financial Markets announced the prohibition period for insider trading at public shareholding companies listed in the UAE capital markets, which...

Coronavirus & Economic Crisis: 3 Possible Paths Forward

Volatility looks like a mainstay for the coming months. Analysts at the private investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co. outline three paths forward from...

UBS Investors Note: How To Respond To COVID-19 + Oil Crash

Markets sold off and the S&P 500 halted trading for 15 minutes after a 7% fall. Here's what investors should do. What's happened? Risk assets slumped...

Global Markets Volatility To Remain Elevated

The global equity markets witnessed mixed sentiments during the week, and were dominated by elevated levels of volatility on the back of unpredictable impact...

Investors Eye Opportunities As Central Banks Discuss Coronavirus Action

Global investors are taking advantage of buying opportunities ahead of policymakers looking to take more coordinated action on propping up economies due to the...

Regional Trading To Be Dominated By Global Market Sentiment

Global equity markets recorded one of the worst weekly losses in over a decade amid growing concerns that the coronavirus outbreak in China is...

DIFC New Leasing Law To Protect Property Owners, Tenants

New leasing regulation enhances the current real property regime at the world’s 8th ranked international financial centre Clear robust regulations at the DIFC...

Coronavirus-triggered Market Correction Could Hit Complacent Investors

Investors remain complacent about an imminent Coronavirus-triggered market correction of up to 10 percent, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent...

FAB Shareholders Approve Distribution of 74% Cash Dividends

All agenda items approved by shareholders, including distribution of cash dividend of 74 fils per share  New elected FAB board expands from 9...

Regional Trading Negative despite Global Markets Positive Sentiments

Global equity markets continued the positive trajectory for the second consecutive week as investors turned positive on containment hopes of the new coronavirus. However,...

Regional Markets Remain under Pressure due to Weak Oil Prices

Global equity markets performed positively during the week on the back of encouraging economic data and measures such as slashing tariffs on USD 75...