ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has decreased by -0.11% to close at 4569.00 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has lost AED 0.82 billion attaining AED 741.15 billion. A total of 360.74 Million Shares were traded with a total value of AED 490.42 million during the trading session of 09-03-2016 through 4783 transactions. The number of companies which ...

London / Bloomberg Three UK banks, led by HSBC Holdings Plc, will have $77 billion of new loss-absorbing debt to meet requirements of the European Union and the Bank of England, Moody’s Investors Service said. Barclays Plc, Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and HSBC will have to issue new debt to comply with the EU’s ‘minimum requirement for own ...

BLOOMBERG Citigroup Inc. joined US rivals in signalling another dismal start to the trading year, spurring a slide in Wall Street bank stocks. First-quarter revenue from fixed-income and equity trading will probably drop 15 percent, Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach said during an investor presentation. That would make 2016 the fourth straight year that the company’s revenues from those operations ...