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Japan · Aug 10, 2026 · 4 min read
Asian markets opened the week sharply higher on Monday as the relief that lifted Wall Street after the US jobs shock extended…
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South Korea · Aug 6, 2026 · 2 min read
South Korea recorded a current account surplus of 49.73 billion dollars in June 2026 on the Bank of Korea's preliminary estimate, released…
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South Korea · Aug 4, 2026 · 4 min read
South Korea's exports reached 98.89 billion dollars in July, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, with semiconductor shipments of…
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South Korea · Aug 3, 2026 · 5 min read
Gulf equities held firm on Monday even as crude oil tumbled on the OPEC+ decision to raise September output, while Asian markets…
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Global · Jul 31, 2026 · 6 min read
All industry production rose 2.3 percent on the month in June and 4.2 percent on the year, with manufacturing output up 6.8…
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Global · Jul 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Asian markets were mostly softer on Thursday as the region digested a hawkish hold from the US Federal Reserve and a sharp…
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Global · Jul 16, 2026 · 6 min read
Asia's whipsaw week found its policy trigger on Thursday and the Gulf closed its first full week of the escalation barely changed.…
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Global · Jul 16, 2026 · 2 min read
The Bank of Korea raised its benchmark base rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 percent from 2.50 percent on 16 July,…
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Global · Jul 11, 2026 · 3 min read
Bank of Korea Governor Shin Hyun-song told lawmakers on Thursday that interest rates will need to rise, the clearest signal yet that…
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Markets · Jul 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf…
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Gulf equities slipped broadly on Monday while China rallied, as the 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired with no official negotiations or deal in sight, per CNBC. Shenzhen jumped 2.44 percent to lead Asia, Qatar fell 1.52 percent and Kuwait 0.90 percent to lead the region lower, and Egypt touched a record…
Egyptian and Saudi equities led a broadly firm Sunday session across the Middle East and North Africa, with the EGX 30 climbing 1.09 percent to 55,854.74 and Saudi Arabia’s Tadawul All Share Index adding 0.89 percent to 10,919.68. Asia, the United States and Europe were closed, and their Friday closes are carried for reference throughout….
South Korea’s Kospi led Asia for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, closing 2.42 percent higher, while the region split and the Gulf was almost entirely shut. Six of the ten Asian benchmarks tracked here rose. In MENA only the United Arab Emirates traded, with Abu Dhabi holding its ground and Dubai easing. Seoul was…
South Korea’s Kospi surged for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, adding 3.56 percent, while North Asia broadly advanced, mainland China fell and most Gulf bourses closed lower. Egypt extended its run and oil dropped about 2 percent. The Kospi closed at 6,813.34, up 3.56 percent and again the largest move among the 20 benchmarks…
Asian equities carried the session on Wednesday, led by a 3.68 percent surge in South Korea’s Kospi, while Gulf bourses closed mostly firmer and Egypt extended its advance. Hong Kong was the clear laggard. The Kospi closed at 6,579.04, up 3.68 percent and the largest move among the 20 benchmarks in the table below, per…
Regional and Asian markets turned cautious on Tuesday, the final session before US inflation data that will test the week’s entire narrative, with most Gulf benchmarks slipping, China and Hong Kong giving back part of Monday’s rebound, and the Egyptian pound crossing the 50 per dollar mark for the first time in our tracking of…
Asian markets opened the week sharply higher on Monday as the relief that lifted Wall Street after the US jobs shock extended across the region, while regional markets split and oil reclaimed the mid-80s on Brent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 jumped 2.08 percent and South Korea’s small-cap Kosdaq surged 6.97 percent, per CNBC, while in the…
South Korea recorded a current account surplus of 49.73 billion dollars in June 2026 on the Bank of Korea’s preliminary estimate, released on 6 August at 08:00 Seoul time. The financial account showed a net acquisition of assets of 46.71 billion dollars in the same month. Both figures are several multiples of the year-earlier readings….
South Korea’s exports reached 98.89 billion dollars in July, according to the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, with semiconductor shipments of 41.01 billion dollars, up 178.8 percent on the same month a year earlier. Imports were 68.56 billion dollars and the trade surplus was 30.32 billion dollars. June exports were 102.25 billion dollars, an…
Gulf equities held firm on Monday even as crude oil tumbled on the OPEC+ decision to raise September output, while Asian markets were mixed as South Korea gave back part of last week’s record rally. Most Gulf benchmarks rose, led by Dubai and a broad advance across Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, and Brent crude fell…