ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has decreased by -0.17% to close at 4496.32 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has lost AED 1.21 billion attaining AED 729.36 billion. A total of 0.95 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED 1.04 billion during the trading session of 11-04-2016 through 10346 transactions. The number of companies which ...

Bloomberg Dubai’s projects market is back with positive growth after recording its second-best performing quarter since 2008 in the first quarter of this year. The emirate saw $6.6bn of new contract awards made in the period. The best total since 2008 was in the first quarter of 2014, shortly after Dubai won the rights to host the 2020 World Expo, ...

Bloomberg Chinese appetite for property in Australia shows no sign of waning after buyers doubled investment in the nation’s homes and offices for a second straight year. Spending on Australian residential and commercial real estate rose to A$24.3 billion ($18.4 billion) in the 12 months through June 2015, up from A$12.4 billion a year earlier and A$5.9 billion in 2013, ...