DUBAI / Reuters Dubai’s stock index rose above technical resistance on Monday, suggesting a long period of underperformance compared with the region and other emerging markets might be ending, while a bank going ex-dividend helped to pull down Saudi Arabia’s market. The Dubai index gained 0.8 percent to 3,602 points, eclipsing its April peak of 3,573 points. The next, strong ...

Bloomberg Asian equities ex-Japan rose to their highest in two years as better-than expected economic data in China and receding bets on rate hike by US boosted the growth outlook for the region. China small-cap shares fell amid regulatory concerns. The MSCI Asia Pacific Index ex-Japan rose for a sixth straight session, adding 0.3 percent to 519.85 as of 4:30 ...

Bloomberg As global bonds reel under hawkish rhetoric by major central bankers, AllianceBernstein and Amundi Asset Management say emerging-market currencies will weather the storm better than 2013. Improvements in external balances, higher reserves and subdued inflation are among factors making developing-nation economies from India to Mexico appear less vulnerable to the risk of outflows when their advanced peers begin to ...