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FT500 - Middle East
Top 50 Middle East companies - Section One
Published: May 11 2001 08:10GMT | Last Updated: May 15 2001 10:55GMT
Rank 2001 Rank2000 Company Country Market Cap $m Sector Rank
1 1 SABIC Saudi Arabia 15,002.8 240 1
2 4 Al-Rahji Banking (ARABIC) Saudi Arabia 8,939.0 810  
3 3 Saudi American Bank Saudi Arabia 8,889.7 810  
4 7 Teva Israel 8,572.0 480 8
5 2 Etisalat UAE 6,164.2 673 9
6 8 Bezeq Israeli Telecom Israel 4,113.0 673 5
7 6 Riyad Bank Saudi Arabia 4,095.6 810  
8 10 Saudi British Bank Saudi Arabia 3,694.5 810  
9 13 The National Bank of Kuwait Kuwait 3,579.8 810  
10 9 Bank Hapoalim Israel 3,532.0 810  
11 11 Bank Leumi Israel 3,251.0 810  
12 12 SCECO-Central Saudi Arabia 2,997.0 720 12
13 14 SCECO-Western Saudi Arabia 2,733.0 720 13
14 20 Al-Bank Al-Saudi Al-Fransi Saudi Arabia 2,678.1 810  
15 21 Mobile Telephone Kuwait 2,466.7 678 17
16 15 Arab Bank Jordan 1,970.7 810  
17 23 IBD Development Israel 1,896.0 240 3
18 5 Egyptian Mobile Phone - MobiNil Egypt 1,860.4 678 15
19 16 Discount Investments Israel 1,848.0 240  
20 25 Arab National Bank Saudi Arabia 1,805.8 810  
21 19 ONA Morocco 1,805.4 240  
22 18 National Bank of Dubai UAE 1,689.3 810  
23 27 Qatar Telecom Company Qatar 1,642.7 673 18
24 31 Emaar Properties UAE 1,594.5 862 21
25 29 Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank UAE 1,572.3 810  
26 30 SCECO-Eastern Saudi Arabia 1,549.5 720 11
27 26 Batelco - Bahrain Telecom. Co Bahrain 1,538.4 673 16
28 35 Kuwait Finance House Kuwait 1,489.6 810  
29 22 Mashreq Bank PSC UAE 1,461.8 810  
30 17 Emirates Bank International UAE 1,448.3 810  
31 38 Israel Chemicals Israel 1,445.0 118 7
32 36 SCECO-Southern Saudi Arabia 1,444.5 720 20
33 42 Orascom Telecom Egypt 1,375.3 673 14
34 48 The Gulf Bank Kuwait 1,318.4 810  
35 34 Saudi Hollandi Bank Saudi Arabia 1,317.8 810  
36 47 Saudi Arabia Fertiliser Co (Safco) Saudi Arabia 1,301.9 118 19
37 28 Qatar National Bank Qatar 1,283.4 810  
38 40 National Bank of Abu Dhabi UAE 1,281.8 810  
39   Migdal Insurance Israel 1,241.0 834  
40 41 IDB Holding Israel 1,186.0 240 2
41 39 BCM Morocco 1,100.4 810  
42 45 Israel Discount Bank Israel 1,079.0 810  
43 49 Southern Cement Saudi Arabia 1,063.9 132  
44 33 Solidere Lebanon 1,051.9 862 22
45 37 Clal Industries Israel 1,029.0 240 10
46   Saudi Investment Bank Saudi Arabia 998.6 810  
47 24 Koor Industries Israel 969.0 240 6
48 32 Investcorp Bank Bahrain 960.0 810  
49   Israel Corporation Israel 957.0 240 4
50 43 Societe Nationale d'Investissement (SNI) Morocco 938.1 240  

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