Gulf markets trade in narrow range, lagging global markets and oil

Sun, 04 Mar 2018 - 09:32 GMT

The Abu Dhabi index was up 0.1 percent.

Banks still weak in Saudi, ex-dividends drag down Qatar

Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 09:06 GMT

The Saudi index fell 0.7 percent in the first hour with all 12 banking stocks declining. Al Rajhi Bank slipped 1.3 percent.

Saudi rises in early trade, most of Gulf sluggish

Thu, 15 Feb 2018 - 09:16 GMT

Saudi Arabia’s stock market rose in early trade on Thursday, encouraged by strong global bourses and a slight rebound in oil prices, but most of the Gulf was sluggish because of mediocre corporate earnings.

Region braced for losses in global downtrend

Tue, 06 Feb 2018 - 07:45 GMT

Middle Eastern stock markets look set for further losses on Tuesday as the global bull market in equities appears to have gone into reverse.