Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,179.80	+109.67	0.73%
S&P 500	1,639.04	+12.31	0.76%
Nasdaq	3,452.13	+28.58	0.83%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,179.80

+109.67

0.73%

S&P 500

1,639.04

+12.31

0.76%

Nasdaq

3,452.13

+28.58

0.83%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,702.69	+35.37	1.33%
FTSE 100	6,330.49	+22.23	0.35%
DAX	8,215.73	+87.77	1.08%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,702.69

+35.37

1.33%

FTSE 100

6,330.49

+22.23

0.35%

DAX

8,215.73

+87.77

1.08%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	13,007.30	-25.84	-0.20%
Hang Seng	21,174.90	-51.01	-0.24%
S&P/ASX 200	4,814.35	-11.53	-0.24%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

13,007.30

-25.84

-0.20%

Hang Seng

21,174.90

-51.01

-0.24%

S&P/ASX 200

4,814.35

-11.53

-0.24%

Aldar, Sorouh Said to Appoint Advisers for Potential Merger

By Stefania Bianchi, Zahra Hankir & Alaa Shahine - 2012-05-21T13:53:31Z

Aldar Properties PJSC (ALDAR) and Sorouh Real Estate Co. (SOROUH), Abu Dhabi’s biggest developers, may appoint Credit Suisse Group AG and Morgan Stanley (MS) to advise on their potential merger, a person familiar with the matter said.

Aldar, the biggest developer in the United Arab Emirates capital, may appoint Credit Suisse, the second-biggest Swiss bank, while Sorouh may give the advisory mandate to Morgan Stanley, owner of the world’s largest retail brokerage, the person said, declining to be identified because the matter is private. An agreement for the advisery mandate may be signed this week, the person said.

Spokesmen for Aldar and Morgan Stanley said the companies don’t comment on market speculation, while spokesmen for Sorouh and Credit Suisse (CSGN) declined to comment.

To contact the reporters on this story: Stefania Bianchi in Dubai at sbianchi10@bloomberg.net; Zahra Hankir in Dubai at zhankir@bloomberg.net; Alaa Shahine in Dubai at asalha@bloomberg.net

To contact the editors responsible for this story: Edward Evans at eevans3@bloomberg.net; Claudia Maedler at cmaedler@bloomberg.net

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