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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open flat on Wednesday, if it follows Tuesday's local trend and after only a 20 point rise on the US market overnight. At 0719 AEST on Wednesday, the September share price index futures contract was down 14 points ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2011
The Australian market looks set to open higher, after wall overnight closed up two per cent as upbeat US consumer spending figures lifted hopes that economic growth will pick up and Hurricane Irene caused less damage than feared. At 0714 AEST on Tuesday ...

No change to Korea, Taiwan status: MSCI

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2011
... have rigidity issues, hampering international investors, MSCI said. MSCI has also deferred its decision on reclassifying Qatar and the United Arab Emirates from frontier markets to emerging markets until December. The Egyptian equity market has now returned ...

Korea and Taiwan may move to developed status

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... "If they come out, the other emerging market countries will increase in weight, with the biggest beneficiary being China." Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have also been flagged for a potential reclassification to emerging markets.

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2009
... the market dragged down by car maker Volkswagen. Volkswagen shares fell more than eight per cent as the Gulf emirate of Qatar sold preferential shares in the group. PARIS - The CAC 40 was flat, rising a slender 0.1 point to end the session at 3,785.39 ...

Shariah-compliant hedge funds hit the spot

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2009
... investments industry and developments in the Gulf Cooperative Countries namely the Persian Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "Although the economic slowdown across the world does not portray a very ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2008
... higher after unveiling a 4.5 billion pound share issue and the London Stock Exchange gaining on talk of a partnership with Qatar's sovereign wealth fund. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,666.1 points, up 31.4 or 0.56 per cent. FRANKFURT - The DAX index ended ...

Energy field nationalism to impact investors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... foreign mining company licenses. The trend also seems to be spreading with Kuwait, Algeria, Dubai, Angola, Ecuador, Sudan, Qatar, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan threatening similar moves. Roger Donnelly, EFIC chief economist, said, "None of these developments ...
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