By Ateeq Shariff
Aug 30 (Reuters) – Most stock markets within the Gulf ended greater on Sunday, with Saudi Arabian shares rising on the again of features in financials.
The dominion’s benchmark index .TASI rose 0.6%, with Riyad Bank 1010.SE rising 2.1% and Samba Monetary Group 1090.SE climbing 1.5%.
The Saudi Stock Alternate (TADAWUL) launched the nation’s first exchange-traded derivatives market and clearing home on Sunday, as a part of its technique to make its fairness markets extra engaging to overseas buyers.
In 2019, the Saudi market joined the FTSE Rising All Cap Index and the MSCI Rising Markets Index, triggering extra overseas fund inflows.
Elsewhere, oil big Saudi Aramco 2222.SE added 0.3%.
Aramco has found two new oil and fuel fields within the northern area of Abraq al-Toloul and al-Jof, the dominion’s power minister mentioned on Sunday, state information company SPA reported.
Dubai’s predominant share index .DFMGI eased 0.3%, damage by a 3.9% slide in Emirates Built-in Telecommunications (du) DU.DU and a 0.9% fall in Emirates NBD Bank ENBD.DU.
In Abu Dhabi, the index .ADI edged up 0.1%, helped by a 1.1% rise within the nation’s largest lender First Abu Dhabi Bank FAB.AD.
The Qatari index .QSI rose 0.4%, pushed by a 2.1% acquire in petrochemical agency Industries Qatar IQCD.QA and a 0.7% enhance in Industrial Bank COMB.QA.
In the meantime, the Gulf state on Sunday set a fundamental month-to-month minimal wage of 1,000 Qatari riyals ($274.6) and scrapped a rule requiring employers to consent to workers altering jobs.
Outdoors the Gulf, Egypt’s blue-chip index .EGX30 slipped 0.2%, with Industrial Worldwide Bank COMI.CA falling 0.5%.
** Bahrain was closed for a public vacation.
SAUDI ARABIA
.TASI rose 0.6% to 7,984 factors
ABU DHABI
.ADI added 0.1% to 4,538 factors
DUBAI
.DFMGI fell 0.3% to 2,261 factors
QATAR
.QSI added 0.4% to 9,923 factors
EGYPT
.EGX30 down 0.2% to 11,435 factors
OMAN
.MSI gained 0.4% to three,752 factors
KUWAIT
.BKP was up 0.4% at 5,875 factors
(Reporting by Ateeq Shariff in Bengaluru; modifying by David Evans)
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