Gulf Stocks

  Reuters A slump in shares of Dubai’s Arabtec dragged Dubai’s stock market lower on Monday after the builder reported a larger fourth-quarter net loss, while other markets were mixed. Dubai’s index dropped 1.8 percent, its largest single-day decline since October 2015, after Arabtec plummeted by its 10 percent daily limit having reported a net loss of 2.95 billion dirhams ...

  Bloomberg Petrochemical and banking shares boosted Saudi Arabia’s bourse on Sunday after oil prices firmed at the end of last week, while small and mid-sized stocks were the main movers on other Gulf markets. Saudi Arabia’s index added 0.8 percent with nearly three-quarters of the 14 listed Saudi petrochemical shares advancing, after Brent oil futures closed 1.9 percent higher ...

  Bloomberg Poor fourth-quarter earnings from two United Arab Emirates companies weighed on stock markets there on Thursday while Kuwait pulled back in another day of volatile trade. Dubai’s index fell 1.2 percent to 3,683 points, retreating from major technical resistance at 3,737-38 points, the peaks in January. Air Arabia slumped 8.6 percent in unusually heavy trade after it made ...

  Bloomberg A fresh pull-back in oil prices and waning risk appetite towards equity markets in general may drag Gulf stock markets lower on Wednesday. Brent oil futures lost 1.2 percent on Tuesday and have continued to fall in Asian trade on Wednesday; they were at $54.66 a barrel at 0524 GMT. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Strong corporate earnings in Egypt and Dubai buoyed those markets on Tuesday, while Kuwait continued pulling back on profit-taking after a bullish run last month. Cairo’s Palm Hills Development soared 9.2 percent to 3.08 Egyptian pounds after it reported fourth-quarter consolidated net profit after minority interests of 235 million pounds ($12.7 million) versus 169 million pounds ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets in the Gulf moved little on Monday but United Arab Emirates bourses outperformed with mid-to-large sized companies boosting Dubai, while Egypt’s index slipped in thin volume. Dubai’s main index added 1.2 percent as Emaar Properties gained 2.7 percent after saying it would recover 1.22 billion dirhams ($332 million) from an insurance claim for ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabia’s stock market fell in a broad-based decline on Sunday and political tensions helped to pull down Kuwait, while United Arab Emirates bourses rose. The Saudi index closed 0.7 percent lower with decliners outnumbering advancers by 121 to 29. Atheeb Telecom , which jumped last week on news of a deal to sell part of ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Most Gulf stock markets were weak on Thursday but Egypt’s bourse rebounded after sliding for three days partly on concern that U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies could hurt the economy. The Saudi index edged down 0.03 percent as loss-making Nama Chemicals, which had soared 37 percent in the four days through on Tuesday after it announced ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Shares in two of Abu Dhabi’s top banks fell on Wednesday after fourth-quarter earnings, while other Middle East markets hardly moved as global equities and oil prices offered little positive impetus. National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) slid 5.0 percent after posting a fourth-quarter net profit of 1.33 billion dirhams ($362 million), up 28 percent from ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Middle East fund managers are strongly positive toward fixed income in the region because of expanding international bond issuance and they also plan to increase their equity holdings, a monthly Reuters poll found. The poll of 13 leading fund managers, conducted over the past week, found 46 percent expect to raise their investment in fixed income ...