Dubai Shares Drop Most Since February on Global Growth Concern

Middle East shares tumbled, sending Dubai’s index down the most since February, after Standard & Poor’s cut the credit rating of the U.S. for the first time and amid rising concern the global economy is faltering.

Emaar Properties PJSC, developer of the world’s tallest tower, slumped 5.3 percent. Arabtec Holding Co. dropped the most since March after it said second-quarter profit fell 74 percent. The DFM General Index lost 3.7 percent, the most since Feb. 28, to 1,484.31 at the 2 p.m. close in Dubai. The measure has plunged 12 percent from this year’s high in April, entering a so-called correction. Israel’s TA-25 Index slumped 6 percent, the most since November 2008, at 3:51 p.m. in Tel Aviv.