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Country Risk Weekly Bulletin 534

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Arab Stock markets up 9% in first four months of 2018

Arab stock markets improved by 9.1% and Gulf Cooperation Council equity markets rose by 8.8% in the first four months of 2018, relative to decreases of 1.5% and 1.9%, respectively, in the same period of 2017. In comparison, global equities declined by 0.6%, while emerging market equities regressed by 1.6% in the covered period. Activity on the Egyptian Exchange jumped by 21.8% in the first four months of 2018, the Tunis Bourse surged by 14%, the Saudi Stock Exchange improved by 13.6%, the Khartoum Stock Exchange increased by 9.1%, the Qatar Stock Exchange appreciated by 6.9%, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange expanded by 6.2%, the Casablanca Stock Exchange grew by 5.2%, the Iraq Stock Exchange increased by 4.6%, the Amman Stock Exchange improved by 3%, and the Beirut Stock Exchange expanded by 1.4%, while the Damascus Securities Exchange was nearly unchanged in the covered period. In contrast, activity on the Dubai Financial Market dropped by 9%, the Muscat Securities Market declined by 7.3%, the Palestine Exchange decreased by 6.4% and the Bahrain Bourse regressed by 5.5% in the covered period. In parallel, activity on the Tehran Stock Exchange dropped by 2.1% in the first four months of 2018. 
Source: Local stock markets, Dow Jones Indices, Byblos Research
 
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