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• Deyaar names board29 June 2007

  Deyaar PJSC held its founding general assembly on 21 June 2007 resulting in the confirmation of its nine-member board of directors and the appointment of Ernst & Young as the company's auditors.

• DFM Sharia board to set standards24 June 2007

  Dubai Financial Market's Sharia board will classify companies in terms of compliance.

• Emirates bourse merger ruled out11 June 2007

  Sheikha Lubna, UAE economy minister, says that the Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock markets will remain separate.

• UAE bourses may combine investor IDs4 June 2007

  The stock market regulator looks at using same investor numbers on DFM and ADSM.

• Foreign investments hit $660mn27 May 2007

  The value of shares from non-UAE nationals comprised 34% of all traded stocks last week.

• Glitch leads DFM to postpone trading20 May 2007

  Sunday's trading session at the Dubai Financial Market extended until 2pm.

• Gulf market report - 16 May 200716 May 2007

  Emaar's delay in announcing the land deal with Dubai Holding hits its share price.

• Gulf market report - 2 May 20072 May 2007

  DFM takes a fall while Qatar's index closes at its highest in more than three months.

• Gulf market report - 1 May 20071 May 2007

  The Kuwait index is at its highest in more than a year; the DFM also closed up.

• Gulf market report - 30 April 200730 April 2007

  Speculative investors are behind the DFM's yo-yo performance; Kuwait hits a 2007 high.

• Gulf market report - 29 April 200729 April 2007

  Any hope of a recovery on the DFM was dashed by Emaar's fall, say analysts.

• Gulf market report - 26 April 200726 April 2007

  Analysts deny claims that today's DFM losses are a result of lack of liquidity.

• DFM set for London roadshow25 April 2007

  Marketing phase begins.

• Gulf market report - 25 April 200725 April 2007

  The DFM closes down for third day running; Kuwait is up as, once again, MTC shares rocket.

• DFM reports record profits24 April 2007

  The majority of the DFM Company's $153m first-quarter net profit is from its IPO profits.

• Gulf market report - 24 April 200724 April 2007

  Losses on the DFM are expected to continue; MTC steers gains in Kuwait.

• Gulf market report - 23 April 200723 April 2007

  'Profit taking and nothing more' saw losses on Dubai's market; Kuwait's index is also down today.

• Gulf market report - 22 April 200722 April 2007

  Cheap share prices on the DFM contributed to the index closing up, say experts.

• Gulf market report - 19 April 200719 April 2007

  DFM closes up again, spurred on by heavy trading volumes on the exchange.

• High trading volumes on DFM19 April 2007

  DFM closes up again, spurred on by heavy trading volumes on the exchange.

• Gulf market report - 18 April 200718 April 2007

  The DFM closes up as trading volumes treble compared with yesterday.

• Gulf Market Report - 17 April 200717 April 2007

  Large trading volumes pushed the DFM to close up for the second time this week.

• Gulf market report - 16 April 200716 April 2007

  DFM recovers - but experts say this does nothing to reverse the market's downward trend.

• Gulf market report - 15 April 200715 April 2007

  What a difference a week makes - especially for investors on the UAE stock markets.

• Foreigners buy $600m DFM shares15 April 2007

  The Dubai exchange says that 40% of last week's transactions involved foreign investors.