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China · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
China has added two United States rare earth companies, MP Materials and USA Rare Earth, to its export control list, in the…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 22, 2026 · 5 min read
A rising probability of a very strong El Niño is pushing investors to reassess exposure across sectors from agriculture to insurance, as…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Libya's crude oil production has climbed to about 1.44 million barrels a day, its highest level since 2013, the National Oil Corporation…
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Bahrain · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Bahrain based Investcorp has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Smart Managed Solutions, a UK facilities management company, in a transaction…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 22, 2026 · 3 min read
Oil opened the new trading week sharply higher as renewed tension around the Strait of Hormuz and conflicting signals over the US…
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Kuwait · Jun 21, 2026 · 8 min read
The US dollar enters the second half of 2026 with a firmer tone, supported by sticky inflation, a restrictive Fed, resilient jobs,…
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Global · Jun 21, 2026 · 5 min read
The fortune of Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has climbed to a decade high of just over US$27 billion, according to…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 20, 2026 · 3 min read
The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz has set in motion an industrial event of extraordinary scale: Gulf producers are restarting thousands…
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China · Jun 20, 2026 · 4 min read
A reordering of global development finance is under way. As the United States sharply curtails its foreign-aid spending, China is moving to…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 20, 2026 · 3 min read
Commodity markets ended the week split. Gold dropped below US$4,200 an ounce on Friday — wiping out the week’s earlier gains —…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 20, 2026 · 5 min read
Gold’s 2026 outlook has become more divided after a series of June updates from major banks and market institutions. While the wider…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 19, 2026 · 4 min read
OPEC and the International Energy Agency have collided publicly over the direction of the oil market, with OPEC Secretary-General Haitham Al Ghais…
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Wall Street extended its rally on the final session of the first half, led again by technology shares, while European markets also closed higher, leaving the United States and the euro area the day’s strongest major blocks even as Gulf and Asian markets had closed mixed earlier. United States (Tuesday 30 June close) US stocks…
Silver led a stronger session for metals on Tuesday, natural gas rebounded and crude oil eased, with US West Texas Intermediate settling back below US$70 a barrel while Brent held above US$72. The session showed a clear split across the commodity complex: metals were supported by renewed interest in precious and industrial contracts, while crude…
Global reserve managers are not abandoning the US dollar, but they are increasingly questioning how much additional dollar exposure they want to hold over the next decade. That is the key message from OMFIF’s Global Public Investor 2026 survey, which shows that, for the first time since the series began recording long-term intentions in 2023,…
Egyptian stocks led a mixed regional session on Tuesday, with the EGX 30 rebounding back above the 50,000 level, while Gulf markets and Asia closed in both directions, a day after Wall Street rallied and European equities held broadly flat. Egypt and Gulf (Tuesday 30 June close) Egypt was the standout. The EGX 30 jumped…
The UK’s external deficit narrowed sharply in the first quarter of 2026 as a jump in investment income outweighed a wider trade gap, while the economy expanded by an unrevised 0.6 percent. The combination points to a firmer start to the year than late 2025, but it also underlines Britain’s continued dependence on foreign capital…
Consumer inflation in Tokyo picked up in June, the fastest pace in three months, reinforcing expectations that the Bank of Japan will continue to tighten policy gradually after its June rate increase. Tokyo core consumer prices, which exclude fresh food, rose 1.6 percent year on year in June, up from 1.3 percent in May and…
Opening the European Central Bank’s annual forum in Sintra, President Christine Lagarde defended this month’s interest rate increase as a data-driven move and signalled that policy will stay measured and decided meeting by meeting, pushing back on the idea that the hike was a one-off insurance step. In her opening remarks on Monday, Lagarde rejected…
Gold fell and natural gas dropped sharply on Monday while crude oil firmed, as an easing of risk aversion pulled safe-haven metals lower even as a lingering regional risk premium kept a bid under oil. Gold and precious metals Gold settled Monday at 4,031.10 dollars an ounce on the COMEX August contract, down 1.59 percent…
Gulf and Egyptian markets closed lower on Monday even as Wall Street and Asian equities staged a broad rally, a divergence driven by local profit-taking after recent strong runs rather than by the global risk-on mood. US stocks led the advance, with technology shares powering the Nasdaq to a 2 percent gain, while a fall…
QatarEnergy’s flagship US gas venture has moved a step closer to higher output after the Golden Pass LNG terminal in Texas received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin commissioning its second liquefaction train. The authorisation covers the start-up of key systems on Train 2, including the flare, refrigeration, inlet facilities, condensate…