The Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) and Bloomberg Finance L.P. have signed an agreement under which Bloomberg Finance L.P. becomes the third international index provider. Dow Jones Indexes and Standard and Poor’s have already been offering indexes on the Saudi market.
Under the new agreement, Bloomberg Finance L.P. is authorised to use real-time Tadawul price and other data to create indices, which may measure the performance of the Saudi stock market. They are also may serve as the underlying for third-party investment products such as mutual funds, ETFs and other financial products that enable investors to participate in the performance of the Saudi stock market.