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Tadawul market even, Mobily plummets
June 2, 2014--The Saudi Arabian Tadawul All-Share Index ended unchanged at 9,864.61 points on Monday, June 2.
Market bellwether SABIC slipped by 0.10 per cent to SAR116. The shares of telecom operator Etihad Etisalat or Mobily plummeted by 4.34 per cent to SAR88.75. Earlier in the day, Mobily revealed, with reference to the announcement by Etihad Atheeb
Emaar gains on $1.5 billion loan clarification
June 2, 2014--The Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI) rebounded by 1.88 per cent to close at 5,151.21 points on Monday, June 2.
Emaar surged 3.50 per cent to hit AED10.40. Earlier in the day, the UAE's first developer revealed that it has raised Shari'a-compliant financing through local UAE banks worth $1.5 billion for a period of
Bahrain bank shares keep market index at bay
June 2, 2014--The Bahrain All-Share Index closed 0.15 per cent lower at 1,458.04 points on Monday,June 2.
Aluminum Bahrain edged up by 0.45 per to hit BHD0.446. Islamic Bank Al Salam Bahrain and Ahli United Bank fell by 0.87 per cent and 0.58 per cent, respectively.
Bourse sheds EGP 15.99bn; capital gain tax takes the blame
Responding to losses, Egyptian Exchange suspends trading for 30 minutes
June 1, 2014--The Egyptian stock market witnessed a 4.22% plummet in its benchmark index, the EGX-30, dropping from Thursday's 8242.94 points to 7894.73, and shedding EGP 15.99bn Sunday.
Last Thursday, the market loss registered over EGP 12bn.
Small and medium enterprises Index EGX-70 dropped by 4.88% and reached 560.73 points, compared to 589.50 points registered at the end of last week's trading.
Market surges 5.27% to near 13,700 mark on MSCI index inclusion
May 31, 2014--Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) witnessed an unprecedented upward rally and volumes on the last day of the week, coinciding with its inclusion in the global index compiler MSCI emerging market (EM) index.
Foreign institutions' net buying witnessed an almost seven-fold jump, which helped the market surge 5.27% to near the 13,700 mark during the week that saw QSE being formally inducted into the emerging market index.
Financials lift Kuwait Stock Exchange
May 29, 2014--The KSE market index added 0.45 per cent, closing at 7,291.09 points on Thursday, May 29.
The biggest lender in the northern Gulf state National Bank of Kuwait added one percent to reach KD1.00. Investors Holding Group was the most liquid share, edging up by 6.25 per cent to hit KD0.17.
Green Crescent shareholders okay alliance with AXA
May 29, 2014-=Like the Dubai market, the stock exchange in Abu Dhabi finished May on a high note, ending 3.55 per cent higher at 5,154. 24 points on Thursday, May 29.
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, the biggest lender in the UAE capital, surged 12.67 per cent to hit AED16.90. National Takaful Company or Watania dived 10...
Egypt approves new 10% capital gains tax on stock market profits
May 29, 2014--Egypt has approved the introduction of a 10 per cent capital gains tax on profits made on the stock market, the country's Finance Minister Hany Dimian told Reuters on Thursday.
The tax is part of the first phase of income tax reforms in the country expected to bring in 10 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.40 billion), Dimian said. He said the tax will not be retroactive and will be implemented once a law is issued.
Dubai bourse finishes May on a bullish note
May 29, 2014--Investors needed nerves during this volatile last week of May, as the Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFMGI)-after plummeting 3.26 per cent yesterday-surged 4.10 per cent to hit to hit 5,043.80 points on Thursday, May 29.
Positive input from Asian markets which surged on general optimism on lower interest rates in...
Mobily pulls out of interest purchase discussions with Go
May 29, 2014--The Saudi Arabian Tadawul All-Share Index failed to join the bull's run in other GCC countries and closed slightly higher at 9,823.4 points or up 0.25 per cent on Thursday, May 29.
SABIC, the world's biggest producer of petrochemicals, fell by 1.10 per cent to SAR115.50. Etihad Etisalat Company, better known as Mobily, advanced by