Dubai Shares Advance on Speculation Eight-Day Drop Overdone - Dubai’s benchmark stock index rose on speculation the decline in the past eight days was overdone given higher first-quarter earnings and before Dubai Financial Market PJSC (DFM) reported results.

MSCI Reintroduces Coverage of Saudi Arabian Stock Market - MSCI Inc. (MSCI) will reintroduce coverage of Saudi Arabia’s stock market in standalone country indexes after signing a deal with the biggest Arab bourse, stoking bets the nation may get emerging-market status.

Dubai Financial Market Q1 profit up on higher trading - Firm made a first quarter net profit of US$3.3m in quarter ending March 31

Stock market investing forum set today - TO BRIEF its membership with the new trading tips, the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation Inc. (OroChamber) is holding a stock market investing forum today at its Business Development...

Dubai borrowing from ENBD ‘breaches’ new central bank guidelines - Dubai’s government has been steadily increasing its borrowing from state-controlled Emirates NBD, the largest listed bank in the Arab Gulf by assets, as the emirate seeks new sources of funding at a time when European and other international banks are curtailing lending to the region.

Arabtec Says First-Quarter Profit Beats Estimates - May 9 (Bloomberg) -- Arabtec Holding Co., the biggest builder in the United Arab Emirates by market value, said first- quarter profit climbed, beating analysts’ estimates.

Dubai shares drop on Greece, oil slump, Egypt index falls - Dubai’s stocks declined for the second time in three days after oil slumped to a six-month low on concern Greece will have to exit the euro system.

Arabtec Surges After Aabar Boosts Stake to 21%: Dubai Mover - Arabtec Holding Co. (ARTC) surged the most in three weeks after Abu Dhabi ’s state-owned Aabar Investments PJSC boosted its stake in the Dubai builder through its units to more than 20 percent.

Buoyant stock markets may fuel Gulf IPO revival - A resurgence of stock market trading in the Gulf Arab region is raising hopes for a revival of initial public offers, more than three years after the global financial crisis brought share sales to a grinding halt.

Abu Dhabi fund ups share in Dubai builder Arabtec - Arabtec Holding, the Dubai construction giant that helped build the world's tallest tower, said on Monday that Abu Dhabi's Aabar Investments has acquired more than a fifth of the builder it has long pursued.