BLOOMBERG The March rebound that had the MSCI All-Country World Index on the brink of erasing its losses for 2016 faltered as base metals retreated. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell for the first time in three days, dropping with shares in Tokyo and Hong Kong. U.S. crude recovered, after falling on data showing an increase in American stockpiles. The …
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ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.46% to close at 4503.17 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 3.32 billion attaining AED 730.47 billion. A total of 0.53 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.69 billion during the trading session of 2016-03-31 through 7108 transactions. The number of companies which …
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BLOOMBERG Stocks jumped around the world after Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reasserted the central bank’s gradual approach to raising interest rates. Commodities climbed as the dollar extended its worst month in more than five years. Yellen’s signal that weakening world growth calls for a slow approach to tightening policy ignited gains for shares from Shanghai to Frankfurt after U.S. …
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ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 1.30% to close at 4482.71 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 9.31 billion attaining AED 727.15 billion. A total of 0.54 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.74 billion during the trading session of 2016-03-30 through 6705 transactions. The number of companies which …
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BLOOMBERG Oil led commodities lower, pulling down the currencies of raw-material producing nations and helping lift government bonds. Futures on the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated as crude slipped through $39 a barrel in New York in a fourth day of losses. Euro-area sovereign securities climbed as lower energy prices dimmed the outlook for inflation and the European Central …
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ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.72% to close at 4425.32 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 5.12 billion attaining AED 717.84 billion. A total of 217.7 Million Shares were traded with a total value of AED 320.86 million during the trading session of 29-03-2016 through 3663 transactions. The number of companies which …
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BLOOMBERG U.S. stock-index futures advanced and the dollar headed for the longest rally since October against the yen as speculation grew the world’s largest economy is strong enough to withstand another interest-rate increase. Oil rose for the first time in three days, sending Russia’s ruble toward the biggest gain in more than a week. Contracts on the Standard & Poor’s …
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BLOOMBERG Saudi stocks led Middle Eastern markets lower as oil languished near $40 a barrel and the Easter weekend holiday in Europe sapped volumes. Equities in Dubai extended the longest losing streak in more than two months. The Tadawul All Share Index sank for a fourth day, losing 1.7 percent to 6,244.60 as of 3:17 p.m. in Riyadh. Jabal Omar …
Read More »BLOOMBERG As starts go for Japan’s initial public offering market, this year’s has been pretty bad. When Willplus Holdings Co., a car dealer, opened below its offer price on its debut last week, it became the sixth of 21 IPOs to do so this year. In the rush of initial share sales in 2015 that saw 98 companies go public, …
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BLOOMBERG Stocks dropped around the world as the dollar extended gains into a fifth day, with the potential for higher U.S. interest rates again roiling financial markets as the Easter vacation looms. European shares have fallen every day this week, with raw-materials producers sliding as the Bloomberg Commodity Index declined. U.S. stock-index futures also dropped. Oil was poised for the …
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