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MENA equities continue to struggle

Equity markets across most of the emerging world have risen over the past month but those in the Middle East and North Africa have fallen back, continuing their underperformance this year. Stocks in the Gulf have struggled against the backdrop of persistently low oil prices, as well as the diplomatic crisis in Qatar, while the appetite of foreign investors for Egyptian assets has started to fade.

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