Designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-cap segments of the UAE market, it has usually included finance, real estate and the oil industry in the past
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Capital Markets
Morgan Stanley puts buoyant Saudi stocks back on the buy list
Financials and materials stocks have been the best performers on the MSCI Saudi Arabia index this year
DFM
Dubai bourse on course for best monthly performance in two years
Investors are returning to Dubai Financial Market looking for bargains after recent stock value declines
BlackRock
London beats New York in attracting Saudi ETF investor billions
Saudi stocks have outperformed as index compilers including MSCI promote the biggest market in the Middle East and Africa to their major emerging-market benchmarks
Boursa Kuwait
Boursa Kuwait chairman hails MSCI decision as ‘game changer’
Hamad Al-Humaidhi says reclassification is an ‘important milestone’ which will bolster the country’s standing on the global investment map
MSCI
Kuwait wins MSCI upgrade to emerging market starting in 2020
Kuwait will now have to compete for the attention of money managers that invest in much bigger markets such as China, India, Brazil, Russia and neighbouring Saudi Arabia
FTSE Russell
Saudi Arabia on track to outpace India at top of ETF ranking
Saudi Arabia is climbing quickly in a ranking that tracks flows into exchange-traded funds of developing countries this year
Emerging Markets
Saudi stock euphoria is unwinding as the end of catalyst nears
As index compiler MSCI starts adding Saudi stocks to its EM benchmark as of the close of May 28, passive flows are expected to flock to Riyadh
Bloomberg
How Dubai’s bourse completed a remarkable turnaround in one day
Dubai Financial Market advances 3.5%, gaining more than any other major market tracked by Bloomberg, after 4% loss on Monday
BlackRock
Saudi shares overtake Turkey as destination for US funds
The amount of money that US-based investors are pouring into Saudi Arabian equities has overtaken flows into Turkish stocks
emerging market
Record foreign buying of Saudi stocks in January
Investors from outside the country and the Gulf were net buyers of $1.17bn of Saudi-listed stocks in January
Damac Properties
Major Dubai stocks ‘at risk’ amid MSCI review
Damac Properties, Emaar Malls and Emaar Development have all seen significant slumps in stock value over the past year
Dubai
Nasdaq Dubai expands futures trading with MSCI UAE launch
Index comprises some of the largest firms in the UAE including DP World, Emaar Properties and First Abu Dhabi Bank
Dubai
Nasdaq Dubai set to launch futures trading in January
Nasdaq Dubai announces that it will launch trading in futures on the MSCI United Arab Emirates equity index on January 15
emerging market
Kuwait emerging as Gulf region’s best performing stock market
Kuwaiti stocks have outperformed most of their Arabian Gulf peers since MSCI said in June that it might announce the upgrade of the nation to emerging-market status next year
emerging market
MSCI, Tadawul to launch joint tradeable index in Q4
The new index is expected to pave the way for the development of exchange-traded products
ADX
First Abu Dhabi Bank seen extending rally as index review nears
The state-controlled lender alone represents 43 percent of Abu Dhabi’s ADX General Index, which is up 11 percent this year