Arab stock markets improved by 2.9% and Gulf Cooperation Council equity markets rose by 2.5% in the first two of months 2018, relative to increases of 1.8% and 0.6%, respectively, in the same period of 2017. In comparison, global equities increased by 0.9%, while emerging market equities improved by 2.3% in the covered period. Activity on the Khartoum Stock Exchange jumped by 11.1% in the first two months of 2018, the Iraq Stock Exchange grew by 9.4%, the Tunis Bourse rose by 7.1%, the Casablanca Stock Exchange expanded by 6%, the Boursa Kuwait improved by 5.7%, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange and the Damascus Securities Exchange increased by 4.5% each, the Amman Stock Exchange grew by 4.4%, the Beirut Stock Exchange rose by 3.5%, the Egyptian Exchange expanded by 3%, the Bahrain Bourse improved by 2.9%, the Saudi Stock Exchange expanded by 2.7%, the Palestine Exchange increased by 1.7% and the Qatar Stock Exchange grew by 1.5%. In contrast, activity on the Dubai Financial Market dropped by 1.9% and that on the Muscat Securities Market regressed by 1.9% in the covered period. In parallel, activity on the Tehran Stock Exchange increased by 2.5% in the first two months of 2018.
Source: Local stock markets, Dow Jones Indices, Byblos Research
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