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KSE ends session with all indices in red (KUNA - 29/05/2012)

The trading session at Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended on Monday with all three main indices in red. The price index came to 6,216.04 points upon losing 61.17 points, and the weighted index came to 405.77 points shedding 3.69 points, while the KSX 15

Industrial, realty buy support extends Qatar bourse gains (Gulf Times - 29/05/2012)

Buying support, especially in industrials and realty stocks, helped extend the bullish run at the Qatar Exchange to the second day yesterday. Non-Qatari retail investors were seen bullish as the QE Index (based on price data) rose 0.22% to 8,508.97

Saudi shares snap 3-day losing streak; Gulf markets end mixed (Reuters - 29/05/2012)

Saudi Arabia’s bourse snapped a three-day losing streak yesterday as fears eased of a disorderly Greek exit from the euro bloc, while Egypt’s market fell ahead of the release of official presidential election results. The Saudi kingdom’s index finished

QE readies ETFs, other plans to enhance liquidity (Gulf Times - 29/05/2012)

The Qatar Exchange, which has witnessed a more than 93-fold jump in total stocks trading volume in 15 years, is gearing up to introduce exchange traded funds (ETFs) and establish a central counterparty (CCP), which will enable trading in multi

Tadawul index nudges up (Gulfbase.com - 29/05/2012)

The Saudi Stock Market bucked the prevailing 3-day negative trend yesterday and turned green with impressive gains. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) opened at 6989.45 points, which proved to be the intra-day low, subsequent trading sent the index up

Lack of catalysts leave Bahrain Bourse flat (AME Info - 28/05/2012)

The Bahrain All-Share Index closed at 1,143 points Monday. Bahrain Telecom and United Paper Industries ended likewise even, while BBK jumped 2.58% to hit BD0.398. Islamic financial institution Ithmaar Bank plummetd 6.25% to $0.15.

Greek surveys, oil price rebound pull Saudi bourse up (AME Info - 28/05/2012)

The Tadawul All-Share Index climbed 0.96% to reach 7,056.68 Monday. According to four surveys conducted in Greece, the vast majority of the voters want to vote for the conservatives and they want that their country stays in the Euro zone. This triggered

Qatar Stock Exchange Up 0.22% (QNA - 28/05/2012)

The Qatar Exchange was pursued its upswing trend Monday up 18.85 points or 0.22% to 8,508.97 points from the previous closing of 8,490.12. The volume of shares traded was up to 16,121,107 from 9,921,918 Sunday and the value of shares increased to QR

Arabtec Construction rises on new contracts awarded in Dubai (AME Info - 28/05/2012)

The Dubai benchmark index DFMGI fell 0.22% to close at 1,477.04 Monday, although bellwether Emaar gained 0.34% to hit Dhs2.91. Dubai Islamic Bank (down 2.10% at Dhs1.89) and Tabreed (off 2.44% at Dhs1.20) weighed on the gauge, while low trading volumes

Five Abu Dhabi blue chips close unchanged (AME Info - 28/05/2012)

The ADX General Index declined 0.15% to 2,456.68 points. Only four shares gained in that more than lacklustre session on Monday. Islamic insurer Methaq Takaful advanced two percent to reach Dhs1.01. The two largest developers, Aldar Properties and Sorouh

Egypt vote drags on shares (The National - 28/05/2012)

Egypt's shares tumbled yesterday after unofficial results from the country's presidential election showed that two candidates, Ahmed Shafiq, affiliated with the government of former president Hosni Mubarak, and Mohammed Morsi from the Muslim Brotherhood

Realty, telecom, industrials lift Qatar shares (Gulf Times - 28/05/2012)

The Qatar Exchange yesterday opened the week on a stronger note, mainly supported by buying interests in realty, telecom and industrials equities. Although profit-booking was strong among local retail investors; the QE Index (based on price data) rose

Saudi Arabian Airlines gets catering unit IPO approval (Gulf Times - 28/05/2012)

Saudi Arabia’s Capital Market Authority (CMA) has given approval to Saudi Arabian Airlines for an initial public offering of 30% of its catering unit, the regulator said in a bourse statement yesterday. The long-awaited share-sale in Saudi Airlines

KSE in red, loses 62.18 points (KUNA - 28/05/2012)

The boards at Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) were still mainly in red by closing Sunday with the price index ending the day at 6, 277.21 points on a drop of 62.18 points, while the weighted index dropped 0.25 points to 409.46 points, and the KSX 15 index

Egypt stocks plunge on election outcome fears (Reuters - 28/05/2012)

Egypt’s bourse made its largest one-day decline in two months on concerns over the presidential election outcome, while most Gulf markets slipped yesterday amid uncertainty over a possible Greek exit from the euro. Cairo’s index fell 3.5%, its biggest

Saudi stock market milestones in focus (Arab News - 28/05/2012)

Chief Executive Officer of Saudi Capital Market Authority (CMA) Abdullah bin Salih Al-Suwailmi says Saudi stock market recently witnessed substantial developments in regulatory and technical areas. Al-Suwailmi, who was addressing a forum organized by the

Qatari financials help to lift market in Doha (AME Info - 27/05/2012)

The QE 20 Index advanced 0.32% to reach 8,490.12 points. Sunday was the day of the financial shares, as the majority of lenders and insurers posted small profits. Commercial Bank of Qatar and Doha Bank gained 0.70%, while market bellwether Industries

Bahrain All Share Index closed down (QNA - 27/05/2012)

Bahrain All-Shares Index closed today at 1,143.43 points, marking a decrease of 1.96 points below its previous closing. This decrease is due to the fall in Services Sector and Industrial Sector, Bahrain news agency (BNA) reported. Results indicated that

Qatar Stock Exchange Slightly Up 0.32% (QNA - 27/05/2012)

The Qatar Exchange was pursued its upswing trend Sunday up 27.21 points or 0.32% to 8,490.12 points from the previous closing of 8,462.91 . The volume of shares traded was down to 9,921,918 from 14,065,080 Thursday and the value of shares decreased to QR

Taqa finds new momentum despite sluggish market sentiment (AME Info - 27/05/2012)

The Abu Dhabi measure ADXGI declined 0.18% to 2,460.36 points, as developers Aldar Properties and Sorouh Real Estate fell further (off 0.92% and down 1.93%, respectively). Sharjah Islamic Bank ended as top gainer (up 2.33%). Abu Dhabi National Energy or

Emaar stabilises Dubai market (AME Info - 27/05/2012)

On the first day of the last week of May's trading, the Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) added 0.05% to close at 1,480.35, although the number of gaining shares (5) was clearly outnumbered by losers (17). But bellwether Emaar Properties saved

Bears push the prices down at Tadawul (Gulfbase.com - 27/05/2012)

The Saudi stocks took another dip at Tadawul on its first trading day of the week. Bears were able to push the prices down as the market logged an intra-day decrease of 0.67 percent. The Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) gained nearly 20 points earlier

Optimism deserts investors amid crisis (The National - 27/05/2012)

Investors have lost that lovin' feeling when it comes to shares. Hopes for a recovery have dissipated, wiping out half of the gains made in January and February, and analysts are not yet seeing a bottom. Regional stock markets are likely to remain

Oman's bank Nizwa attracts $1.77 billion in IPO (Reuters - 27/05/2012)

Omani lender Bank Nizwa, the sultanate's first Islamic bank, attracted 681 million Omani rials (1.77 billion US dollars) of bids in its initial public offer of shares, 11 times the sum which it was raising, the lead manager for the initial public offer

KSE drops 1.40% at close of week, KSX-15 jumps 0.63% (Al Watan - 27/05/2012)

Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) ended last week with two of its indices in the green zone. The price index ended last week with a decrease amounted to 1.40 percent, while the weighted index increased by 0.06 percent compared to the closings of the week

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