Saudi Arabia will ease restrictions on foreign investment in its securities markets next month, sooner than previously indicated, in an effort to attract more institutional money into its bourse, the regulator said.
The Qatari index climbed 0.6% to 10,649 points in a broad-based rise, with nine of the 10 most heavily traded stocks gaining. Trading volume fell from Monday's high level but remained active.
Qatar's largest local supplier of bottled water, Rayyan Water, plans a stock market flotation by the end of 2016, helping to diversify a bourse dominated by banks, real estate and insurance firms.
