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Saudi stock index rises in dull trading
November 5, 2013--Saudi stock benchmark Tadawul All Share Index ticked up 0.2 percent in dull trading.
Investors were cautious as the government began a crackdown on illegal immigrant after amnesty expiration.
Qatar Index gains 0.46% on foreign institutions' buying support
November 5, 2013--Industrials, banking and transport equities yesterday infused the bullish momentum to the Qatar Exchange.
Foreign institutions' robust buying support led the 20-stock Qatar Index (based on price data) to gain 0.46% to 9,841.3 points.
However, local retail investors were less inclined towards buying in the market, which is up 17.73% year-to-date.
Tadawul: Transport companies stay in limelight
November 5, 2013--The Saudi stock market continued its upward march and managed a fourth straight rise Monday, showing a balmy gain of 0.17 percent.
Saudi Arabia's benchmark Tadawul All-Share Index (TASI) wavering along the break-even line within a low range of 24.4 points ended nearly 13.8 points higher to 8,073.97.
On year-to-date basis, it showed a yield of 18.71 percent.
The market cap indices closed the day in mixed territories.
Most of the sector indices ended positively, with nine sectors showing a collection over 980 points.
Tadawul share value plunges 26.8% in Oct
November 4, 2013--The value of shares traded on Tadawul stock market reached SR83.75 billion 1.50 million transactions executed during October 2013.
At the end of October 2013, Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) closed at a level of 8,044.47, gained 79.56 points (1 percent) over the close of the previous month.
On an YTD basis, TASI registered a positive increase of 18.28 percent (1,243.25 points). Highest close level for the index during the month was 8,170.75 as on Oct. 24.
Share of petchem sector falls 30%
November 4, 2013--Share of petrochemical sector dropped to 30 percent of the overall profits achieved by the listed firms in Q3, 2013, according to a financial report.
Profits of the listed companies grew by 11 percent to hit SR30 billion in Q3 compared to SR27 billion in the same period last year.
According to the report, prepared by Al-Eqtisadiah daily, the share of petrochemical sector stood at 34 percent of SR26.9 billion profits achieved by the listed companies in Q3, 2012.
Positive global equities inspire MSM
November 3, 2013--US and Asian markets closed on a positive note last week following better-than-expected US and Chinese manufacturing data.
And the Muscat Securities Market general index traced the global equity market strength and edged higher by 0.26 per cent before closing at 6,691.63 on Sunday.
Trading activity improved from last week's closing as a total of 2,077 trades were executed, generating a turnover of RO9.33mn, while 34.92mn shares were exchanged over the counters. Market breadth stood in favour of advancers as of the 46 securities traded for the day 22 advanced while four declined and 20 stocks remained unchanged.
Qatar Exchange Roundup: QE rebounds, index back to pre-Eid vacation levels
November 3, 2013--Supported by blue chip stocks, Qatar Exchange's ( QE ) market capitalisation increased by QR10.6bn to QR533.1bn last week.
Total trade dropped by 3.3 percent to QR1.45bn, with the presence of special deals between more than one company.
The benchmark index rose by 185 points, up1.92 percent to reach 9837.5 points. The all-share indexes rose by 43.7 points or 1.80 percent to 2466.7
TASE Opens Supersectors
October 30, 2013--In recent years the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) has endeavored to realize its high tech vision of developing TASE as an international center for the listing and trading of tech and "biomed" companies.
Some 135 high tech companies currently trade on TASE. As part of the implementation of this strategic vision, TASE industrial classifications have been adjusted to those accepted by index vendors and data disseminators worldwide, facilitating the comparison between markets. In addition, four supersectors have been defined: High Tech; Finance, Real and Financial Instruments. Based on their sectoral classification, TASE-listed companies will be classified according to these supersectors as well.
MSM stays range bound on cautious trading
October 30, 2013--Regional markets ended mixed while limited participation from cautious investors saw another day of range bound trading on the Muscat Securities Market, as the general index inched up 0.11 per cent before closing at 6,663.72.
Trading activity fell below Tuesday's levels as a total of 1,900 trades were executed for the day, generating a turnover of RO9.72mn, while 33.58mn shares were exchanged over the counters. Market breadth stood in favour of advancers as of the 52 securities traded for the day 19 advanced while nine declined and 24 stocks remained unchanged.
KSE index gains, inches closer to 8,000 mark
October 30, 2013--Kuwait Stocks closed up Tuesday inching closer to the 8,000 mark with a 0.2% change.
The index climbed to 7,954.9 points. A total of 318.4 million shares changed hands. The market began with a dip Tuesday, as profit bookings continued from previous days' selling sentiments.
