Gulf Stocks

  DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets closed down on Monday with volumes low as geopolitical risk kept institutional funds away, but Abu Dhabi’s energy company TAQA kept rising after the government increased its stake in the company last week. Abu Dhabi’s index fell 0.4 percent, with shares of the recently merged lender First Abu Dhabi Bank down 0.9 percent, ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM Continuing the profit reaping spree in Thursday’s session, UAE financial markets continued to perform favourably high, spearheaded by the leading shares which rose remarkably over the past three days, driving the general indexes of Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and Dubai Financial Market to reach all-time-highs in more than two months. The transactions conducted over five ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Gulf shares were marginally lower on Thursday amid caution from investors ahead of companies reporting first quarter results. Dubai insurance companies made strong gains by the close, lifted by investor bets on good results from the sector and market speculation on consolidation. Dar Al Takaful Insurance jumped 14.84 percent at the closing bell, while Dubai Islamic ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM UAE stock markets continued their gaining streak on April 5, with the share of the new First Abu Dhabi Bank, (Ticker NBAD), maintaining its upward rise up to AED 11.35, supported by a buying spree by foreign and local investors. Transactions over the new share hit AED 375 million, an-all-time high in years, ahead of ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Stock markets in the Middle East firmed on Wednesday with Abu Dhabi outperforming its peers for a second day as institutional investors targeted blue chips, while crude oil near a one month high boosted Saudi Arabia. Abu Dhabi’s index climbed 2.0 percent on the back of a 4.1 percent jump in shares of newly merged lender ...

  Bloomberg Stock markets in the Middle East rose on Tuesday with Abu Dhabi gaining the most, buoyed by heavy trade in the shares of a newly merged bank while buying from foreign funds boosted Egypt. Shares of recently merged First Abu Dhabi Bank jumped 4.8 percent in very heavy trade, helping lift Abu Dhabi’s index 1.8 percent. Shares of ...

  Bloomberg Shares in Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., the oil company known as Taqa, extended gains that drove them to a two-month high even after announcing a record earnings loss. The stock rose 7.7 percent to 0.56 dirham as of 10:32 a.m. in Abu Dhabi, adding to the previous day’s 13 percent advance. Trading volume was about 30 times ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Stock markets in the Gulf moved sideways in thin volumes on Sunday, while shares of the newly-formed lender in Abu Dhabi, First Abu Dhabi Bank, outperformed a day after the legal completion of the merger. Shares of First Abu Dhabi Bank – the new name of the newly merged National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets in the Gulf ended the week on a slightly positive footing on Thursday with Kuwait’s index managing to rebound from heavy losses earlier in the session. The Kuwaiti index swung 0.3 percent in a volatile session, after dropping as much as 2.0 percent earlier in the day as some shares which had pulled ...

  DUBAI / Reuters A small rebound in the Brent crude oil price towards $52 a barrel helped lift Saudi Arabia’s stock index on Wednesday, in an otherwise sluggish trading session in the region. The Saudi index rose 1.1 percent to 6,949 points as almost three-quarters of traded stocks advanced. Petrochemical shares were particularly strong with all but one of ...