Economy

Dubai market rises again led by “Emaar” and “Emirates NBD”.

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3 months ago

July 7, 2023

Dubai market rises again led by “Emaar” and “Emirates NBD”.

Abu Dhabi: Muhannat Dagar

The Dubai Financial Market Index rose 0.97% to 3962.42 points yesterday, Thursday, led by Emirates NBD and Emaar Properties shares, while the Abu Dhabi bourse fell 0.15% to 9604.41 points.

Shares of Emirates NBD rose 3.85% to close at 16.15 dirhams (an all-time high), topping Dubai market trade with a value of 84 million dirhams.

Shares of “Emaar Properties” rose 2.26% to 6.79 dirhams, bolstered by cash flow of 67.8 million dirhams.

“Subscription” rose to a high of 0.288 dirhams with a turnover of 28.3 million dirhams, and “Itmar” rose 11.7% to 0.305 dirhams with 33.3 million dirhams of transactions.

Among other gains on the Dubai market, “GFH”, rose 3.77% to 1.1 dirhams, with liquidity of 84 million dirhams.

In the Abu Dhabi market, “IPEX Investment” continued its strong rise, which exceeded 13% during trading, and ended the session up 7.08% at a price of 2.27 dirhams, satisfied by a liquidity of 56.6 million. Dirhams.

“Manasil Real Estate” was also active with a value of 31.4 million dirhams, up 8.89% to 0.453 dirhams, while “ADNOC Supply” was up 0.62%, “ADNOC Gas” was up 0.63%, “Dana Gas” was up 2.89%. “ADNOC Distribution” 0.25%. %.

The markets received total liquidity of 1.7 billion dirhams, of which 1.17 billion dirhams were in the Abu Dhabi market and 530.7 million dirhams were in the Dubai market.

The stock prices of 51 companies rose while the stock prices of 33 companies fell, and this came through 32,929 transactions.

Dubai market

Broadly, the Dubai market index rose with gains in sectoral indices of real estate, financial and industrial stocks.

In the financial sector, “Dubai Financial Market” rose 0.62%, “Mashreq Bank” rose 5% and “Shua Capital” rose 0.52%, with stability in “Amlak” and “Securities”.

In real estate, “Emaar Development” gained 2.17% and “Tecom” gained 2.81%, while “Deyaar” was down 1% and “Union Properties” was down 1.08%. Among applications, “Empower” rose 0.52%, “Deva” declined 0.74% and “Tapreet” was flat ahead.

Among industrials, “Air Arabia” was down 0.79%, “Aramex” was down 1.37%, and “Dubai Investments” was down 1.21%, “Gulf Navigation” was down 0.17% and “Salik” was down 1.56%.

Abu Dhabi Market

In turn, the Abu Dhabi market index fell as sector indices of financial and communications stocks fell, along with real estate stocks’ volatility.

Declining in funds, “Al-Alamiah Holding” and “First Abu Dhabi” gained 0.14% and “Abu Dhabi Commercial” gained 0.97%, “Multiple Play” gained 0.3% and “Abu Dhabi Islamic” gained 0.19%. %

In real estate, the share of “Al-Dar” decreased by 0.95%, compared to the increase of “Ishrak” by 1.37%. In communications, “E&” fell 0.8%, ahead of “Yahsat” which rose 1.16%. And shares of “Alfa Abu Dhabi” and “Marine Dredging” stabilized in the industrial sector, “Abu Dhabi Ports” increased by 0.62% and “Amstel” was stable. “Bayanat” rose 0.95% and “Presite” rose 0.31%, ahead of “VirtGlobe” 1.47% and “Burouj” 1.45% decline.

Cash flow orientation

The liquidity of “Al-Alamiya Holding” share in the Abu Dhabi market was 200.8 million dirhams, closing at the level of 395 dirhams, followed by “Alfa Abu Dhabi” with a liquidity of 114.7 million dirhams, which reached the level of 21.2. dirhams, then by attracting 88.26 million dirhams “Multiplay” 3.39 dirhams and “ADNOC Supply” had transactions of 80.3 million dirhams and closed at 3.27 dirhams.

In Dubai, Emirates NBD, Emaar Properties, GFH and Ithmaar topped the market by liquidity respectively.

Nationalities

In terms of trading by nationals in the Abu Dhabi market, Arab and Gulf investors tended to buy, with net investment of 57.52 million dirhams as a result of purchases, 14 million dirhams as a result of Arab purchases and 43.47 million dirhams as a result of purchases from Gulf nationals.

On the other hand, foreign investors and citizens tended towards liquidation, with a net investment of 57.52 million dirhams from sales proceeds, 24.95 million dirhams from sales by foreigners and 32.5 million dirhams from sales by citizens.

In the Dubai market, foreign investors tended to buy with a net investment of 44.1 million dirhams. The proceeds from sales include 8.85 million dirhams from the sale of Arabs, 14.98 million dirhams from the sale of Gulf nationals and 20.27 million dirhams from the sale of nationals.

Companies

The performance of investment portfolios varied towards liquidation in the Abu Dhabi market with a net investment of 6.65 million dirhams, while proceeds from sales tended to buy in the Dubai market with a net investment of 14.2 million dirhams. Purchase income.

On the other hand, individual investors tended to buy in the Abu Dhabi market with a net investment of 6.65 million dirhams, while they tended to liquidate in the Dubai market with a net investment of 14.2 million dirhams. Sales revenue.

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Economy

4 new AI tools you can use to edit photos on Instagram

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6 hours ago

September 30, 2023

Nadia Barnett

4 new AI tools you can use to edit photos on Instagram

As part of Meta’s Connect conference last Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg revealed several creative AI features that will be useful for some content creators and influencers. For example, users will be able to use Meta’s AI technology, revealed as Emu. In the Instagram app.

Zuckerberg said Meta will begin rolling out these photo-editing and generative AI tools to Instagram “in about a month,” and Meta’s Emu technology will take seconds to generate images, Zuckerberg said during the Connect conference.

In addition to photo editing tools, Meta is already releasing AI stickers that use Emu and Llama 2 technology, and advanced applications of AI will soon appear in Meta apps in the form of chatbots or AI-powered assistants. Meta will begin testing the beta feature immediately.

Here’s a full rundown of the new AI features Meta brings to Instagram:

– New photo editing tools in the Instagram app:

Like many apps and generative AI filters that are ubiquitous on TikTok, Instagram is adopting its own generative AI tools. Users can also edit photos by “re-styling”, which changes the artistic style of the photo, similar to altering the photo. A watercolor, or “background,” that allows users to replace the background of the image with an illustration.

Any image edited using these tools “represents the use of artificial intelligence,” Mitta wrote in a blog post.

– AI-generated stickers for use in direct messages:

Instead of sticking with Instagram’s existing preloaded stickers or emojis, Meta is rolling out a new tool that lets users create unique stickers using AI. Meta wrote in his blog post that the feature will be rolling out to “select English users next month.”

AI stickers are also available in Instagram features like Live Messages and Stories, and other apps like WhatsApp, Messenger and Facebook’s Stories feature.

– Interactive AI bots – or characters:

In addition to its general AI assistant called “Meta AI,” Meta is working with celebrities and influencers to develop 28 AI chatbots. The first cast uses celebrities and popular influencers like Tom Brady and Kendall Jenner. MrBeast, LaurDIY, and Charli D. Amelio and the AI characters will have their own profiles on Instagram and Facebook.

– Creators will be able to build their own robots in the future:

“We’re building a platform to build AI that can help you do things or have fun,” Zuckerberg said. “The way it works is that people can interact with these AI systems across the entire product universe. .”

Zuckerberg pitched these AI bots as a potential way for creators to “engage” with their communities. The creator of these bots should be “authorized” and “directly controlled,” Meta wrote in a blog post. Already, many startups have released AI tools. Similar applications allow creators to create AI versions such as Afterparty or Render Media.

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Economy

Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in a year

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14 hours ago

September 30, 2023

Nadia Barnett

Inflation in the euro zone fell to its lowest level in a year

Economic data released today on Friday showed that the euro zone’s core inflation rate fell to its lowest level in nearly a year this month, bolstering expectations that the European Central Bank will keep interest rates on hold at its next meeting to assess. The consequences of an unprecedented campaign to raise interest rates throughout the past.

European statistics agency Eurostat reported today that sales, excluding highly volatile items such as food and energy, fell to 4.5% this September, while analysts polled by Bloomberg News had expected a drop of 4.8%, compared with 5.3%. In the month, in the past.

At the same time, the headline inflation rate eased to 4.3% this month from 5.2% last August, the lowest level in nearly two years and well below expectations, thanks to a fall in energy prices. Accelerating rate of rise in prices of services.

The data released today is a strong indication that core inflation, a key measure for the central bank’s monetary policymakers, is on a downward path following a period of statistical deterioration over the summer months.

Despite the decline, general and core inflation rates have been more than twice the central bank’s target of 2% annually.

At the same time, there is a wide disparity in inflation rates between the euro zone’s twenty member states, with the inflation rate in Germany falling to its lowest level in two years this month, while the rate in Spain rose by more than 3. % again.

The current September consumer price inflation rate showed a new decline, reaching its lowest level in more than a year and a half, with the Italian statistics office saying the inflation rate fell to 5.3 for the current month. % y/y compared to 5.4% last month, while the core inflation rate, excluding highly volatile food and energy prices, fell to 4.6% this month, down from 4.8% last month.

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Economy

Meta unveils new artificial intelligence products

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22 hours ago

September 29, 2023

Nadia Barnett

Meta unveils new artificial intelligence products

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of MetaPlatforms, has introduced a group of new products powered by artificial intelligence, including smart glasses that can answer questions and broadcast live on Facebook, as well as “bot” programs to create images and an advanced headset for virtual reality. .

Zuckerberg described the products as bridging the virtual and real worlds, and asserted that low-cost or free artificial intelligence in what Meta offered could be integrated into daily routines.

The MetaQuest virtual reality headset is one of the most popular in the burgeoning virtual reality industry, and company executives described it as the best value in the industry, marking the imminent launch of an expensive headset from Apple.

Speaking from the central courtyard at Meta’s sprawling campus in Silicon Valley, Zuckerberg said Meta’s new generation of Ray-Ban smart glasses will launch on October 17 for $299.

The device will have a new assistant from Meta that works with artificial intelligence and will be able to live-stream what the user sees on Facebook and Instagram, a feat compared to the previous generation’s ability to take pictures.

Earlier during the presentation, Zuckerberg said that the latest mixed reality headset (Quest) will start rolling out on October 10.

Zuckerberg’s statements came at the MetaConnect conference, the social media company’s biggest event of the year and the first to be held in person since the start of the Covid pandemic.

It launched the first consumer-oriented generative artificial intelligence products, in which a chatbot (meta AI chatbot) can generate text responses and realistic images.

Zuckerberg emphasized: “It’s not just about answering inquiries. It’s about helping people do things for entertainment and interacting with the people around you.”