Iran and MTN Group Ltd.

: Their business, the thinking goes, would get a big lift from an opening up of the Middle East second-biggest economy, according to Business Week. Negotiators are seeking to finalise by June a deal that would check Iran nuclear program in exchange for an end to sanctions. The primary focus for many of them, though, isn’t Iranian companies themselves, but rather multinationals that are located in nearby countries as well as those that have kept ties with the Islamic republic during sanctions. The biggest beneficiaries could include banks and developers in Dubai and a Malaysian shipper that may see orders climb if Iran resumes global oil exports. Banks and real-estate companies could see a commensurate impact in terms of value of deposits or trade finance and property purchases, Malik said. * MTN Group Ltd.: South African mobile-phone operator owns 49 per cent of MTN Irancell, the second-biggest telecommunications company in Iran. Here are 16 stocks identified by analysts at firms including Exotix, Global Securities and Erste Securities Istanbul as potential winners. * Dubai developers & banks Damac Properties, Emaar Malls Group, Emaar Properties, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, Mashreqbank Dubai will get a 5 per cent boost to its economy from lifting sanctions on Iran, according to Hasnain Malik, the head of frontier-markets equity strategy at Exotix Partners LLP in Dubai. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.