UAE Stock Markets Top Performers in H1 of 2013
In the first six months of 2013, the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) and Abu Dhabi's Emirates Securities Market (ADX) advanced the most among...
DGCX to List SENSEX Futures for Trading on July 5
The Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange (DGCX) announced today that it will launch a futures contract based on SENSEX, the blue-chip stock index of...
Middle East Finance Professionals Most Stressed Worldwide
Despite relatively steady economic growth, many financial professionals working in the Middle East still experience work-related stress. According to a survey conducted by eFinancialCareers,...
UAE To Join The Emerging Markets
MSCI Announces the Results of the 2013 Annual Market Classification Review
MSCI Inc., a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, including indices, portfolio...
DGCX Monthly Volumes Rise 70% in May
The Region's Leading Derivatives Marketplace
Exchange registers monthly volume record of 1.4 million contracts, valued at $ 48.47 billion
Year to Date Volumes rise by 107...
Frontier Markets ETFs Soared in May
The iShares MSCI Frontier 100 ETF is proving Thursday's massive volume spike was not a fluke. Along with some other frontier markets ETFs ,...
Nasdaq Dubai to launch bond trading platform
NASDAQ Dubai, the Middle East's international financial exchange, is preparing to open a platform on which investors can trade Sukuk (Islamic bonds) and conventional...
SCA to issue new regulations to enhance stock markets
The 5th Annual Conference of the UAE Securities and Commodities Authority (ESCA) was held here in Dubai under the auspices of Engineer Sultan bin...
UAE Equity Markets Advance on Foreign Investments Comeback
The UAE equity markets have been shown interesting activities recently. The prior market expectations were quite bearish. Projections pointed to a corrective index wave...
GCC Markets Performance in March 2013
· All GCC markets, except the UAE, ended in the green
· Kuwait led the rally, with a 4.0%MoM gain, followed by Saudi Arabia
· Trading...
DGCX First Quarter Volumes Up 112%
Exchange trades 3,281,234 contracts in the first quarter
March volumes total 1,072,052, a 95% rise from 2012
Indian Rupee futures grows 104% year-on-year
March volumes on the...
DFM to implement buyer cash compensation for settlement
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) announced that it will implement the new procedures of Buyer Cash Settlement for trades as of May 5th 2013 onwards,...
UAE bourse emerges star Arab performer
The UAE bourses emerged as the star performers in the Arab world in the first few weeks of 2013, with the markets of Abu...
GCC Markets Performance in February 2013
GCC were unstable in February; TASI consolidated under 7,000
Highest MoM gains belongs to Abu Dhabi and Kuwait
Trading activity withdraws on MoM basis
Activity of IPO...
Dubai Financial Market Performance in February 2013
The Dubai Financial Market General Index rose 2.1% to 1927.1 points at the end of February compared to 1887.6 points at the end of...
Abu Dhabi Stock Exchange to List Private Firms
The Abu Dhabi stock exchange is looking to list some of the emirate’s large private companies to help boost liquidity on the bourse and...
UAE Stock Markets on a Bullish Run
Since the beginning of 2013 most of the stocks listed on the both UAE stock markets rose. In respect, investors confidence has grown. Now,...
Dubai Financial Market Returns to Profit in 2012
Dubai Financial Market (DFM) returned to the black in 2012 due to the constant improvement in the performance of the banking sector and recovery...