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Holiday Wales (EUNN) London - The Dow Jones Dubai Financial Market (DFM) is set to launch in October, Eisa Kazim, director general of DFM said. With it will come a new benchmark that will help reduce volatility and attract global funds.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales Dubai's stock exchange, the second most active in the Arab world, signed an agreement Friday to launch the Dow Jones DFM Index. The news came at a press conference attended by Kazim and Rushdi Seddiqi, director, Dow Jones Indexes.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales Kazim said the Dow Jones DFM Index will serve as a reference for new investment products such as mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, Gulf News reports.

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Accommodation Holiday Wales Dubai's Dow Jones Index is expected supply stability to the market, having been weighed against other Middle Eastern Dow Jones indices. But it may be that its underlying goal, as far as DFM officials consider, is to attract foreign cash without directly opening its stock market to foreign investors.

Holiday Last Minute Wales Many in the global investment community see the measure as a first step across the Middle East's stock exchanges in broadening their markets to foreign participation. Islamic law has barred foreignors as well as restricting the types of companies Middle Eastern investors can buy shares in or which those markets can trade.

Catering Holiday Self Wales Governments there are concerned with too much foreign influence while at the same time trying to attract foreign investment to expand their economies. Dow Jones' indices are seen as a way to help breach the barriers.

Holiday Wales Walking "The kind of investors that we attract now are more the speculative type. This new index will improve investor confidence in the market and help us attract institutions from around the world," Kazim said.

Family Holiday Wales The new index will include leading Dubai stocks ranked by free-float market capitalisation, sales revenue and net income. It will be reviewed quarterly and its components, including weights and values, will be unveiled prior to implementation.

Holiday Riding Wales The new DFM index will also eventually become part of Dow Jones' Asian index and will provide international investors exposure to the DFM.

Adventure Holiday Wales The DFM index, which includes all of the market's 35 listed stocks, jumped 172 per cent in 2004, by 132 per cent in 2005 but is down 54 per cent this year. The Dubai market clocked a turnover of $110 billion in 2005, as much as the Singapore stock exchange but twice that in Kuala Lumpur. Its average daily trades of $444 million in the first five months of 2006 has already exceeded last year's average daily trade of $380 million, Gulf News reports.

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