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May 20th, 2013 - 04:40 GMT

Dubai, Abu Dhabi markets indexes continue upward trend

Dubai’s benchmark stock index rose to its highest closing level in almost four years while the Abu Dhabi market general index surged to its highest level since October 2008 on Sunday on the back of a rally in real estate and banking shares.

Dubai shares ended at a 15-week low yesterday and most other Gulf markets retreated, as slipping oil prices

May 17th, 2012 - 10:36 GMT

Bahrain profits as Gulf markets slip

The country is classified as a "frontier market", considered riskier by investors

May 1st, 2012 - 11:24 GMT

UAE: All still quiet in foreign investment front

Since the start of the year, average daily traded value on both Dubai Financial Market and Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange have averaged $16 million (Dh58.7 million)

January 30th, 2012 - 08:49 GMT

What to do to re-energise the UAE markets?

The unrest also had an impact on markets in the Gulf, which have been battered in recent months by various macro-economic issues

November 23rd, 2011 - 09:22 GMT

Egypt protests hit region’s markets

UAE, Qatar and Oman's markets are down as with a return to uncertainty with regards to euro debt crisis

October 19th, 2011 - 07:55 GMT

Gulf down as hopes fade for eurozone fix; Saudi markets upbeat

But rapid economic growth in emerging countries does not necessarily mean that their stock market returns are going to do the same

August 21st, 2011 - 01:14 GMT

Does high GDP mean good stock returns either in the Middle East or globally ?

On Wednesday, Egypt’s bourse benchmark index closed 0.7 percent lower on mounting political tension

July 28th, 2011 - 08:16 GMT