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DUBAI: Yields on Dubai's non-rated 6.396 per cent sukuk maturing in November 2014 surged 84 basis points last month to 6 per cent in Dubai, poised for the second-biggest monthly jump since state-owned holding company Dubai World sought to delay payments on $25 billion of debt in November 2009.

ABU DHABI: Dubai's Majid Al Futtaim Holding, sole franchisee of hypermarket chain Carrefour in the Gulf, is to set up a sukuk programme as market volatility continues to thwart its plans for a conventional issue, an executive told reporters today.

DUBAI: Islamic mortgage lender Tamweel, whose shares resumed trading in May, will issue a $300-$500 million sukuk, or Islamic bond, in the fourth quarter, the acting chief executive of the Dubai-based company said on Tuesday.

DUBAI: Trade creditors holding the recently issued first tranche of troubled developer Nakheel's five-year Islamic bonds, or sukuk, are inviting bids for the paper, but buyers are so far limited, traders said.