Kuwait

April trading activity on the Muscat Securities Market supports our bullish view of Omani equities, and we see further upside potential from a technical and fundamental perspective.... 2010-04-14

BMI View: Bad news from the Kuwaiti investment sector is coming thick and fast at the moment, in line with our August 2009 call, sending sukuk yields higher. For those with risk appetite,... 2010-04-13

The Dubai Financial Market General Index (DFGMI) may have rallied over the past few days in anticipation of the US$22bn debt restructuring deal that Dubai World is expected to... 2010-03-09

BMI View: A successful restructuring of Investment Dar's defaulted US$100mn sukuk will reduce some of the uncertainty and jitters in Kuwait's lending markets, but the company has... 2010-03-08

The Saudi and Omani bourses continue to be regional favourites of ours. Here we focus on two other GCC markets that have caught our eye in recent weeks: Bahrain and Kuwait.

Kuwait's National Assembly approved in its first reading on January 21 a capital market regulator bill aimed at enhancing transparency and combating illegal trading activities. The... 2010-01-22

As 2009 comes to a close, we examine the relative performance of Middle Eastern stock markets over the year, and offer some initial thoughts on what to expect in 2010. A number of... 2009-12-31

The brief rally in the Kuwait Stock Exchange General Index (KWSE) that we flagged up two weeks ago as the possible beginnings of a reversal in trend has faltered (see Heads Up For... 2009-12-30

Abu Dhabi's bailing out of Dubai today (December 14 2009) via a US$10bn cash injection has had an immediate positive effect on all GCC markets, though we are cautious regarding their... 2009-12-14

The Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Saudi bourses are still trading above their respective technical support levels which we highlighted last week (see 'GCC Equities: Support Levels Holding',... 2009-11-12