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Saudi traders monitoring stock prices (Asharq Al-Awsat)

GCC stock markets fluctuate as Egyptian index rises

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 1, 2013 | Business

Dubai, Asharq Al-Awsat—The performance of Gulf markets was mixed yesterday and throughout the month of June, while optimism over price rises was prevalent in the second quarter of this year. Meanwhile, the Egyptian stock market has risen to its highest level in three...

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An investor monitors an electronic board displaying stock information at the Dubai Financial Market June 13, 2013. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah

Morgan Stanley to declare UAE and Qatar “Emerging Markets”

by Sharif Yamani | Jun 13, 2013 | Business

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United Arab Emirates and Qatar have been reclassified by New York’s Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) as “Emerging Markets,” in a move experts say could boost investment in both states. The announcement resulted...

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An employee counts Syrian pound notes at the Syrian central bank in Damascus in this April 23, 2013 file photo. (REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri/Files)

Syria: Investors Flock to Damascus Bourse

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 2, 2013 | Business

Amman, Reuters—Syrian investor Khaleel Tohmeh is on a buying spree in the Damascus stock market, pinning his hopes on a long-term recovery of a bourse that has seen about two-thirds of its capitalisation wiped out by the two-year-old civil war. “I am finding...

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An investor monitors a stock exchange information screen on the trading floor at the Dubai Financial Market in this April 29, 2012 file photo. (REUTERS/Jumana El Heloueh/Files)

Dubai’s Bull Market in Stocks may Just Be Starting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 1, 2013 | Business

Dubai, Reuters—Trading volumes have doubled in the past few months, wealthy individual investors from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are in town, and lucrative stock tips are again discussed at dinner tables. But the bull run in Dubai’s share market may be only just...

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Analysis: 5 Challenges Facing New Saudi CMA Chief

by Musaid Al-Zayani | Feb 8, 2013 | Business

London, Asharq Al-Awsat-The Saudi stock market-the largest stock market in the Middle East-is expected to witness a radical shift in the forthcoming period following a royal decree appointing Mohammed bin Abdulmalik Al Al-Sheikh as the new head of the Capital Market...