From Emirates247.com: The value of bonds and sukuk issued by Gulf oil producers plunged by nearly 32 per cent in the first half of this year but conventional bonds continued to dominate the market, according to a Kuwait financial company.
From around $35 billion in the first half of 2009, the total value of bonds and sukuk (Islamic financial instruments) slumped to nearly $24.2 billion in the first half of 2010, Markaz financial centre said in a study……………………………………….Full Article: Source