Search Results for: Gulf stock markets
Oil extends gains after big U.S. crude stock draw
September 8th, 2016
Oil prices rose more than 1.5 percent on Thursday after U.S. industry data showed a large drawdown in crude stocks, reflecting the temporary impact of an Atlantic storm. U.S. crude stocks fell 12.1 million barrels last week, data from ...
Risk On/Risk Off: What Schizophrenic Markets Are Telling Us
July 11th, 2016
These trends cannot be reversed with yet another rate cut or another “whatever it takes” announcement. In the conventional investment perspective, risk-on assets (i.e. investments with higher risks and higher potential returns) such as stocks are on a see-saw ...
The Financial Apocalypse Accelerates As Middle East Stocks Crash To Begin The Week
January 18th, 2016
It looks like it is going to be another chaotic week for global financial markets. On Sunday, news that Iran plans to dramatically ramp up oil production sent stocks plunging all across the Middle East. Stocks in Kuwait were ...
Saudi Arabia: Could This Spark a Stock Market Crash in 2016?
January 4th, 2016
Saudi Arabia’s Budget Woes Could Trigger Economic Collapse in 2016 The collapse of oil prices to below $37.00 per barrel, compared to $56.00 last January, has sunk Saudi Arabia’s accounts and hurt its budget expectations. According to the 2015 ...
Chinese markets halt trading for day after shares plunge
January 4th, 2016
Chinese stocks plunged Monday, spurring a trading halt for the rest of the session, and leading stock markets in Asia Pacific lower after feeble manufacturing surveys revived concerns over the slowdown of the mainland’s economy. The Shanghai Composite tumbled 6.85 percent ...
Kuwait stock market shrinks as its economy underperforms more dynamic economies in the Gulf
September 21st, 2015
Kuwait stock delistings threaten market’s status Kuwait market shrinks as others expand Some firms complain about low valuations, liquidity Others cite costs of maintaining listing Regulator says oil companies could be listed Effort to upgrade Kuwait to emerging market ...
Middle Eastern Stocks Rally Led by Oman After Oil-Price Rebound
August 31st, 2015
Muscat’s MSM30 Index advanced the most since January Brent crude capped the best week since 2009 on Friday Omani stocks led a rally in most equity markets across the Middle East after oil prices had the biggest-weekly jump in ...
Mideast Stocks Fall as Saudi Arabia Mulls Budget Cut on Oil Drop
August 26th, 2015
Dubai’s benchmark gauge is biggest decliner in region Brent crude has dropped almost 60 percent in 12 months Most Middle Eastern stock markets declined amid mounting concern the region’s largest economy will cut spending after oil prices slumped to the ...
UAE stocks get off lightly as global rout persists
August 25th, 2015
UAE investors helped local equities escape relatively unscathed yesterday, even as plummeting Chinese stocks and additional pressure on oil prices provoked a further global sell-off of shares. China’s Shanghai Composite plunged 8.4 per cent yesterday, despite a move by ...
Arabian Gulf markets lose $58 billion as weak oil and global equity rout spark sell-off
August 24th, 2015
Billions of dirhams were wiped off the value of Dubai shares yesterday, as stock markets across the Arabian Gulf lost US$58 billion on a day of calamitous trading. The sharp sell-offs came in the wake of sliding oil prices ...
