UAE markets 28 Nov 2007

UAE market news & discussions for 28 November 2007 The DFM went up and the ADSM went down with moderate trading volumes and Deyaar taking top stock spot today on turnover and price increase. DP World shares on the DIFX were unchanged at $1.29 with lower turnover of 150m shares ($191m, AED 700m). There were a handful of trades in Kingdom Hotels (unchanged) and Gold Fields (down 0.6%). Taqa announced the closing of the Pioneer deal in Canada, Taqa shares were unchanged today. Etisalat missed out on a 26% stake in Kuwait's third mobile operator, with its bid of AED 2.4 billion almost 30% below the winning bid from Saudi Telecom. Etisalat shares fell 1.9% today. The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) will hand over $7.5 billion to Citigroup in return for Equity Units that will convert to shares between 2010 and 2011, and return 11% in the meantime. Not enough to bail Citigroup out of a big hole according to some analysts.

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best stock rises symbol price change OIC 10.40 +0.48 +4.8% DEYAAR 2.81 +0.12 +4.5% ALFIRDOUS 2.40 +0.10 +4.3% DU 5.07 +0.19 +3.9% IAIC 3.22 +0.11 +3.5%

worst stock falls symbol price change ASMAK 5.70 -0.61 -9.7% SALAM 22.20 -2.15 -8.8% ASCANA 2.81 -0.14 -4.7% INVESTB 3.51 -0.13 -3.6% AKIC 1.53 -0.05 -3.2%

top volume symbol value (AED) price DEYAAR 614,500,277 2.81 DFM 394,270,802 6.33 EMAAR 358,543,980 12.00 AIRARABIA 202,120,315 1.86 ALDAR 188,229,318 9.17

Dubai Financial Market

The DFMGI had a hesitant gain of 0.5% to 5270 after falling to 5170 points early in the session. Trading volume was a reasonable AED 2.2 billion.

DEYAAR had a solid 4.5% gain to 2.81 from top turnover of 615m dhs. Other rises Du Telecom (DU) up 3.9% to 5.07, Islamic Arab Insurance (IAIC) up 3.5% to 3.22 and possibly buying back their own shares today, GULFNAV up 3.3% to 1.58, Aramex (ARMX) up 3.2% to 2.90. DFM, AIRARABIA and Arabtec (ARTC) all rose between 2% and 3%; Amlak Finance (AMLAK), Shuaa Capital (SHUAA), DIB, Tamweel (TAMWEEL) all rose 1%-2%.

Of the 8 losers, the top three were from a total of just 4 small trades. Tabreed (TABREED) was the worst of the more active shares, falling 2% to 2.94. Emirates NBD (ENBD) was down 1.9% to 13.00, Emaar Properties (EMAAR) fell 1.2% to 12.00, and Dubai Investments (DIC) and Union Properties (UPP) fell less than 1%.

Abu Dhabi Securities Market

The ADSMI did the opposite to the DFMGI, rising in early trading and then falling back to level off at 4057 points by the closing bell, down 1.1% with turnover a modest 540m dhs.

There were no standout rises today with only 3 of the 8 gainers trading more than AED 1m - Union National Bank (UNB), ARKAN, and Sudan Telecom (SUDATEL), all up by less than 1% each.

The top 3 losers had 1 small traded each. Dana Gas (DANA) was the most notable with a 2.5% fall to 1.95, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB), NBS, and Sorouh Real Estate (SOROUH) each fell about 2.3%, and Etisalat (ETISALAT) fell 1.9% to 20.90. AGTHIA, Aabar Petroleum (AABAR), Aldar Properties (ALDAR), RAK Properties (RAKPROP), and First Gulf Bank (FGB) all fell 1%-2% and the remainder fell less than 1%.

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