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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

BLOOMBERG The dollar is on its longest winning streak in a month as speculation builds that the Federal Reserve is moving closer to raising interest rates — and that’s weighing on oil, gold and emerging markets. The U.S. currency strengthened for a fourth day after Chicago Fed President Charles Evans joined officials who’ve said this week they expect to raise ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.12% to close at 4503.58 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 0.88 billion attaining AED 730.54 billion. A total of 378.09 Million Shares were traded with a total value of AED 0.55 billion during the trading session of 23-03-2016 through 6353 transactions. The number of companies which ...

BLOOMBERG European stocks fell, while German government bonds rose with gold and the yen after explosions rocked a Brussels airport departure hall and a downtown subway station. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell the most in a week as the attacks caused deaths and injuries and spurred fears of imminent follow-up attacks in the capital of the European Union. Travel ...