Arab stock markets improved by 8.3% and Gulf Cooperation Council equity markets increased by 9% in the first eight months of 2018, relative to increases of 1.8% and 0.9%, respectively, in the same period of 2017. In comparison, global equities grew by 1.7%, while emerging market equities regressed by 10.2% in the covered period. Activity on the Khartoum Stock Exchange jumped by 190.5% in the first eight months of 2018, the Tunis Bourse surged by 34.8%, the Qatar Stock Exchange grew by 16%, the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange expanded by 13.4%, the Saudi Stock Exchange increased by 10%, the Egyptian Exchange rose by 6.6%, the Boursa Kuwait grew by 1.4%, the Damascus Securities Exchange improved by 1.3%, and the Bahrain Bourse expanded by 0.5%. In contrast, activity on the Beirut Stock Exchange declined by 22.3% in the first eight months of 2018, the Dubai Financial Market dropped by 15.7%, the Muscat Securities Market regressed by 13.3%, the Casablanca Stock Exchange decreased by 6.8%, the Palestine Exchange and the Amman Stock Exchange declined by 6.6% each, and the Iraq Stock Exchange retreated by 3.3% in the covered period. In parallel, activity on the Tehran Stock Exchange increased by 44% in the first eight months of 2018. Source: Local stock markets, Dow Jones Indices, Byblos Research
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