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ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 1.04% to close at 4210.71 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED7 Billion attaining AED683.03 Billion. A total of 0.84 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED0.99 Billion during the trading session of 18-02-2016 through 9380 transactions. The number of companies which has been traded ...

Hong Kong / AFP Asian stocks mostly joined a global rally on Thursday with a surge in oil prices providing some much-needed confidence as key producer Iran praised an output freeze by Saudi Arabia and Russia. Crude, which last week flirted with 13-year lows, extended a surge that began Friday as dealers grow hopeful of an easing to the overproduction ...

New York / AFP Shares of oil companies and miners surged on Wednesday behind higher commodities prices as US stocks notched gains for the third straight session. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 257.42 points (1.59 percent) to 16,453.83. The broad-based S&P 500 rose 31.24 (1.65 percent) to 1,926.82, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index gained 98.11 (2.21 percent) at ...

Our Correspondent EMIRATES BUSINESS With his strong leadership skills, Usman Khalid, Founder and CEO, Centric, has been leading the Digital Marketing company since 2011. Today, he is one of the most recognized leaders in the Middle East and has brought Centric to the forefront in the digital media landscape with an aggregate yearly growth of over 400 percent. Prior to ...

Our Correspondent / Emirates Business MumMum restaurant was established with the concept that healthy nutrition for children should be a blend of both delicious and fun. Opened in Sharjah in 2012, MumMum is an innovative, healthy fast food family restaurant that serves an array of meals specially created and prepared to be packed with as much flavour as they are ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The UAE Ministry of Economy has said that the value of the UAE’s non-oil foreign trade reached AED1.75 trillion (US$476.4 billion) in 2015, a growth of up to 10 percent from 2014, according to its report. The figures in the first half of 2015 are positive indicators for the UAE’s foreign trade, including direct trade. In ...

Tehran / AFP Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Wednesday his country supported steps taken by other major producers that could stabilise the market and lead to price hikes for crude. But after a meeting with his Iraqi, Venezuelan and Qatari counterparts in Tehran, a day after Saudi Arabia, Russia and several other big producers agreed to freeze output, ...

Dubai / WAM The future of energy, especially in the current climate of oil price volatility, begins now, and oil producing nations must focus on strengthening the efficiency of their operations and commence energy diversification measures, said experts discussing the ‘Future Energy – After the Oil Age’ at the first Commonwealth of Independent States Global Business Forum 2016 in Dubai. ...

ABU DHABI / WAM A 35-member high level business mission from the UAE government has visited the Republic of Singapore to explore strategic investment partnerships and strengthen trade exchange. The mission comprised key representatives from the government, public and private sectors. Headed by Abdullah Al Saleh, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade and Industry Affairs, the UAE ...

Alkesh Sharma Emirates Business Amid climate uncertainties and an ecosystem where soil character changes after every 100-mile, agriculture systems need to adapt to deal with the significant shifts. Here comes the role of GIS (geographic information system) technology that is contributing to enhance farming efficiency and raising yields. It is also helping agriculturists plan the right crops. GIS is integrating ...