The Bahraini banking sector was the best profit performing one on the Bahrain Bourse last year recording a rise of 49.9 per cent, according to research by Kuwait-based Global Investment House. Overall the Bahrain Bourse saw its total listed comp
Bahrain reduced curfew hours yesterday and urged residents to return to work after a crackdown on protesters this week, Reuters has reported. The authorities cut back by four hours on Saturday a 12-hour curfew that had been imposed on large areas of t
The Bahrain Bourse gained 0.10% on Thursday, closing at 1,414.44. Islamic Bank Al Baraka Banking Group surged 7.87% to reach $1.37. Investcorp dived 10%, finishing at $1,138.5. Regarding the current unrest which is shattering Bahrain, where the rul
The bourse of Bahrain announced that it opened Thursday after the halt of activity yesterday, due to security tension in the country and the announcement of state of emergency in the Kingdom. The General Index of the bourse stood at 1.4 points at 11
Bahrain Bourse will remain closed today, a statement on its website said. "Bahrain Bourse will be closed on Wednesday 16th March due to the declaration of national safety in the kingdom," the statement said.
The Manama-based Bahrain All Share Index closed 1.56% lower at 1,395.06 as the desaster in Japan caused by a tsunami last friday took its toll at global markets and ongoing demonstrations in Manama's financial district weigh on the market. Bahrain
Bahrain's stock market dipped this morning amid continuing political tensions but investors in the UAE were more positive. The BB All Share Index dipped 0.3 per cent to 1,388.08 points as some of its banking stocks slipped at the open. Ahli United Ba
The Manama-based Bahrain stock market closed 0.28% lower at 1,393.15. Bahrain Telecom, known as Batelco, posted the largest decline, closing down 4.55% at BD0.42. Gains at banks failed to uplift the market, as Islamic bank Al Salam Bank surged 7.84% to
The Bahrain Bourse's free fall continued on Thursday as the benchmark index closed 2.30% lower at 1,377.36. The advances from September 1st 2010 until end of February 2011 have been wiped out during this week. Ahli United Bank posted the largest loss
Middle East markets slid yesterday as unrest spread across the world's top oil exporting region, and further selling is forecast, with investors cutting exposure despite a buoyant economic outlook. "These are retail driven markets and retail inv