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Middle East Exchanges Rise, Oil and Copper Up

By MT Newswires March 01, 2012, 12:06:54 PM EDT

Stock markets in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Israel continue to lead Middle East financial exchanges higher. Egypt EGX 30 is at 5369.97, up 0.38%. The Saudi TASI is up 0.80% to 7226.43. At 1091.98, the Tel Aviv TA-25 is higher by 0.98%.

In Middle East ADR action, MajicJack ( CALL ) is up 4.59% to $21.44. Over the last week of trading, MajicJack has risen 9.33%. Year to date, MajicJack is up 50.07%. Results for MajicJack recently released topped Q1 analyst estimtes. Alon Holdings ( BSI ), an Israeli grocery store chain, is also surging today, higher by 4.27 to $3.63.

*Saudi TASI is at 7226.43, up 0.80%.

*Tel Aviv TA-25 1091.98, up 0.98%.

*Dubai DFM is at 1702.01, down 1.64%.

*Abu Dhabi ADX is at 2623.87, up 0.49%.

*Kuwait KSE is at 6133.60, up 0.11%.

*Bahrain BSE is at 1147.99, down 0.06%.

*Oman MSM is at 5841.80, up 0.07%.

*Qatar QE is at 8741.64, down 0.06%.

*Lebanon LSE is at 1196.97, up 0.08%.

*Egypt EGX 30 is at 5369.97, up 0.38%.

*Jordan ASE is at 1959.99, up 0.01%.

*Tunisia TUNINDEX is at 4785.46, up 0.35%.

*Morocco CB is at 11439.20, up 0.35%.

*Palestine PSE is at 482.57, up 0.07%.

COMMODITY INDEXES

*UBS Bloomberg CMCI is at 1,649.17, after reaching a high of 1,650.74 and a low of 1,639.39.

*Standard & Poor's GSCI is at 703.50 after reaching a high of 708.52 and a low of 693.72.

*RJ/CRB Commodity Index is at 322.40 after reaching a high of 322.61 and a low of 321.65.

*Rogers International Index is at 3,926.18 after reaching a high of 3,929.20 and a low of 3,905.02.

COMMODITIES

*Gold ( GLD ) is at $1,711.20, down $0.10 and 0.01%.

*Oil ( USO )is at $107.69, up $0.62 and 0.58%.

*COPPER ( JJC ) is at $392.150, up $4.200 and 1.08%.

*Corn (KORN) is at $658.00, up $0.75 and 0.11%.

Currencies

*USD/JPY is at 80.980, down 0.20%.

*EUR/USD is at 1.3336, up 0.08%.

*GBP/USD is at 1.5971, up 0.35%.




The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.


This article appears in: Investing, Commodities

Referenced Stocks: BSI, CALL, GLD, JJC, USO



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