GCC Stock Watch
Gulf markets anxiously await developments in Iraq
- As the US led coalition inched closer and closer to military conflict in Iraq, only the Kuwait Stock Exchange showed any sign of life.
- Saturday, January 25 - 2003 at 12:02
War and real estate keep GCC stocks down
- Any stock market investor knows that certain factors depress markets, but what happens if they are removed?
- Saturday, January 18 - 2003 at 10:26
Why are GCC stock markets rising as war looms?
- GCC investors are piling into local stocks in the belief that a short war will be followed by an economic boom. They could be right.
- Sunday, January 12 - 2003 at 11:19
Saudi positive, UAE negative
- The New Year began with investor confidence heading in opposite directions in the region's two largest bourses.
- Saturday, January 04 - 2003 at 14:01
Kuwait's vigour may be a marker for 2003
- Have Kuwait investors found a reason to be cheerful while others are worried about the future? The six-year high for the KSE suggests a difference of opinion at the very least.
- Sunday, December 22 - 2002 at 16:03
GCC stocks lack direction
- Real estate developments and not shares have become the focus of investment interest in the region. Yet surely this sentiment should at least be reflected in real estate stocks, but it is not.
- Sunday, December 15 - 2002 at 09:52
GCC investors' Eid pause for thought
- GCC investors are sitting back waiting to see what happens in Iraq. But there is a chance that they are missing the right moment to buy.
- Sunday, December 08 - 2002 at 14:20
Is the UAE stock market about to boom?
- The sudden uptick in volumes during the usually quiet holy month of Ramadan suggests an earthquake could be rumbling under the UAE stock market.
- Saturday, November 30 - 2002 at 10:35
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