Middle Eastern and North African equities plunged between October 10 and 16 in a regional dip that was big, widespread and not caused by anything local or even a real…
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Minimalism is back in force on the region’s security markets and minimalism thus is in order for reporting on week 33 in the bourses of the Middle East and North…
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The third trading week in Ramadan was the third week of near universal index gains in the securities markets of the Middle East and North Africa. Volumes were mixed, with…
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Investor confidence is a touchy life form that can wither from all sorts of things: to name but a few, jitters can be caused in any market by surprise board…
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A rather spectacular governance lesson came this past week from Dubai-listed construction and development group Arabtec Holding. The company, presumably driven by a mixture of its own daring ambitions and the…
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It could have been a very boring report. In the big picture of Lebanese banking, the classic performance parameters are rather well behaved this year. Assets of commercial banks stood…
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Modest gains were dominant on Arab exchanges in June’s first week. Index movements in nine of the twelve markets during the week were by less than two percent — except…
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In an inverted image from the previous week, Gulf markets roared and Egypt flopped in the 22nd week of the year. However, the factors underlying the market movements remained unchanged:…
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The Arab World’s 16 active stock markets’ combined market capitalization in the fourth quarter of 2010 amounted to substantially more than $900 billion, confirming that Middle East and North…