Gulf markets advance on bargain-hunting; Egypt shares upbeat
21 May 2012, 5:40 pm
Egypt’s bourse and most Gulf markets rose yesterday as investors bought stocks oversold in recent days on eurozone fears, while a rise in oil prices helped improve local sentiment.

KL bourse higher in cautious trading
21 May 2012, 1:50 pm
SHARE prices on Bursa Malaysia ended firmer tracking the steadier trend on regional markets, dealers said.

Yehey revives plan to join stock market
21 May 2012, 7:11 am
Yehey! Corp. has revived a plan to list by way of introduction in the local bourse.

Heavy selling sends bourse under 7,200
18 May 2012, 11:20 am
The local bourse took a hit Friday as selling focused on market heavyweights, with the index pushed to below the 7,200-point mark amid increasing uncertainty in Europe.

H.K. Should End bourse Monopoly If LME Won, Says Rival
17 May 2012, 7:14 am
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd., one of three remaining bidders for the London Metal Exchange, should lose government protections against competition if it begins trading commodities, said William Barkshire, chief operating officer of Hong Kong Mercantile Exchange.

Local bourse set to open lower again
16 May 2012, 6:39 pm
The Australian market looks set to open lower following falls on US markets overnight and continued political uncertainty in Europe.

Local bourse opens slightly higher
16 May 2012, 6:39 pm
Australian stocks have opened higher, with gains among the big miners helping defy a weak lead from offshore markets.

Nigeria bourse bought Rolexes, yacht: regulator
8 May 2012, 1:35 pm
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's stock exchange was at the heart of a web of fraudulent accounting that saw share-price manipulation, insider trading and millions of dollars misspent on a yacht and Rolex watches, the regulator said. In a report filed to a parliamentary hearing on the capital markets on Monday, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Director General Arunma Oteh said abuses leading ...

Tel-Aviv bourse seeks move to Europe
8 May 2012, 1:01 am
The Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange is seeking to move to the MSCI Europe Index to boost trading volumes that tumbled almost 50 percent since Israel was upgraded to developed from emerging-market status in 2010.

Former MTR Chief Replaces Arculli at Hong Kong bourse
23 April 2012, 10:50 pm
Chow Chung-Kong, former chief executive officer of subway operator MTR Corp., was named chairman of Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd. (388) and declared he would capture opportunities for Asia ’s biggest bourse.