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Dubai market ends the week in the red
January 13, 2011--The DFM General Market opened Thursday slightly up but eventually dipped 0.18% to close at 1,624.94 points. Even Emaar's advance of 0.58% (at Dhs3.47) could not support the market which saw 64.2m shares worth Dhs112.9m being (off 13.5%) traded. Gulf General Investment Company, known as GGICO, posted the largest loss (down 5.58% at Dhs0.491).
NASDAQ Dubai-listed DP World shares extended their rally, finishing 1.05% higher at $0.673. Earlier in the day, the maritime port operator announced that Chief Operating Officer Anil Wats sold 199,864 shares at a price of $0.64 on 9 January 2011. "Following this sale Anil Wats does not own any DP World shares", the statement to the NASDAQ Dubai says. Over the week the DFMGI dived 2.62%.
Source: AME
Saudi Arabia could soon allow foreign investors direct access to stock market
January 12, 2011-- Foreign investors could soon have direct market access to Saudi Arabia's stock market, Reuters has reported. Tadawul officials asked representatives from regional banks and brokerages at a December 21 meeting to check capabilities for handling foreign accounts,
according to a document seen by the news service. "We might see the markets opening up in the first half of 2011 or probably in the second quarter," a source familiar with discussions said. "It's not a question of if it will happen but when it will happen."
Source: AME Info
Abu Dhabi bourse closes unchanged
January 12, 2011--The ADX General Market closed at 2,739.84 points (off 0.01%). Dana Gas posted the largest decline, ending 2.30% lower at Dhs0.76. But energy bellwether TAQA gained 1.36% to reach Dhs1.48, offsetting losses in the real estate sector.
Aldar Properties finished 1.31% lower at Dhs2.27. Seven shares gained in Abu Dhabi, nine closed flat and eight declined.
Source: AME Info
Kuwait Insurance Company hits 10-week high
January 12, 2011--Kuwait's KSE Market or Price Index eased 0.03% to end at 6,948.4 points as shares performed mixed. Kuwait Remal Real Estate Co. surged 10% to reach KD0.275,
, bucking the overall weak trend in the real estate segement. Kuwait Insurance Co. gained 6.9%, closing at KD0.385, the highest price level since November 3 2010. Gulf Investment House was the main loser on Wednesday, finishing off 8% at KD0.057.
Source: AME Info
Saudi Hollandi Bank gains on 820% rise in profits
January 12. 2011--The Tadawul market in Riyadh added a quarter percent, reaching 6,717.18 points. Shares of Saudi Hollandi Bank added 0.33% to reach SR30.10. Earlier in the day, Saudi Hollandi reported 2010 net profits of SR790.4m compared to SR85.9m last year, an increase of 820%.
Since September 2009 Saudi Hollandi shares have been trading in a range between SR30 and SR35. Banque Saudi Fransi, on the other hand, ended even at SR44.90 after the bank reported a net income for the last 12 months of SR2,801m against SR2,471m for the corresponding period of 2009, an increase of 13.35%. The Mediterranean & Gulf Insurance & Reinsurance Co. was the main loser, dipping 1.82% to finish at SR27.00. Sixty-six shares gained, 51 lost value and 28 closed unchanged in Riyadh.
Source: AME Info
Dubai Mercantile Exchange Records 35% Increase in Trading
January 11, 2011--The Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME) today released its annual review for 2010, reporting a 35% year-on-year increase in trading volumes and record levels of open interest.
Average daily volumes (ADV) for the DME Oman Crude Oil Futures Contract (DME Oman) reached 2,898 contracts traded (equivalent to 2.9 million barrels of oil per day), with a high of more than 3,000 ADV during the fourth quarter. The DME also set a new record for physical delivery in September 2010, with 15.1 million barrels delivered through the exchange during the month. The DME remains the world’s largest physically delivered crude oil futures contract, providing investors and traders with a transparent mechanism to identify and track the link between supply, demand and price for physical barrels.
Source: Dubai Mercantile Exchange Limited (DME)
Dubai bourse dives 1.43%
January 11, 2011--While exchanges in Kuwait and Qatar recovered slightly, UAE markets continued to decline. The DFM General Index closed down 1.43% at 1,633.53 points. Emirates Integrate Telecommunications Company, better known as du, was the only gaining share on Tuesday, gaining 0.34% to reach Dhs2.97. Twenty-three shares lost and three remained flat. Arabtec (off three percent) lost the most in relation to values traded, closing at Dhs1.94.
Earlier in the day, real estate service provider Asteco Property Management said in a statement, that the decline in prices for villas and apartments in Dubai slowed down in the fourth quarter 2010. "Residential rental rates started to stabilise in the last quarter of 2010, with minimal drops of 3% for apartments and 1% for villas", the report says. Asteco-CEO Elaine Jones added, that "the real estate market is characterized by a large supply of high-quality stock at affordable rates, leading to the flight-to-quality". Turnover surged 88% to 90.15m stocks traded worth Dhs150.72m (up 136%).
Source: AME Info
Kuwait exchange adds 0.05%
January 11, 2011--The KSE Market Index ended insignificantly higher on Tuesday, closing at 6,950.6. Shares of Global Investment House, known as Global, posted the largest gain, ending nine percent higher at KD0.060.
Ealier in the day, Global said in a media statement that the Global GCC Large Cap Fund recorded a strong performance of 23.1%.in the year 2010 becoming the best performing fund investing in the GCC as per Zawya's database that monitors regional funds. Only the insurance sector index declined on Tuesday in Kuwait.
Source: AME
Qatar market gains 1.60%
January 11, 2011--The local market in Doha recovered by 1.60%, closing at 9,137.89. Shares of the country's second bank Commercial Bank of Qatar gained 1.52%
to reach QRQR93.50. Shares added value across all sectors. Doha Insurance failed to benefit from the market's rebound and declined 1.90%, finishing at QR31.00.
Source: AME Info
Petrochems push Tadawul market higher
January 11, 2011--The Saudi Stock Exchange Tadawul climbed half a percent to reach 6,701.28 on Tuesday as oil prices stabilised at around $89 per barrel. Petrochemical giant SABIC added 1.65%, closing at SR107.50.
Since December 18 2010, SABIC has been trading in a range between SR105 and SR108. Bank and financial services firms weighed on the market. Saudi Fransi Bank (off 2.39% at SR44.90) posted the second largest loss. Ninety-seven shares gained, 26 lost value and 22 ended unchanged.
Source: AME
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