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Platinum Jumps 3.67 Percent as Corn Drops 3.95 Percent
The metals complex led the commodity panel on Friday as energy gave back part of Thursday's surge. Platinum rose 3.67 percent to 1,702.30 dollars an ounce by the 19:14 GMT reading, the strongest climb of…
Read more →Brent Settles 4.07 Percent Higher as Sugar Drops 3.07 Percent
Energy led the commodity complex on Thursday as attacks on shipping and a hurricane aimed at the US Gulf Coast lifted the…
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FTSE Russell Keeps Egypt Secondary Emerging as Oman Joins Watch List
On 7 October, the Egyptian Exchange welcomed Egypt's removal from FTSE Russell's Watch List, announced the previous evening, after the index provider…
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Seven of Eight Markets Fall as Doha Drops 2.21 Percent
Seven of the eight Middle Eastern markets that traded on Thursday closed lower, with Doha's QE Index down 2.21 percent in the…
Read more →Metals and Softs Slide as Palladium Drops 4.25 Percent
Palladium led the commodity complex lower on Wednesday, down 4.25 percent at 1,124.50 dollars an ounce on the December contract by the…
Read more →Seven of Nine Markets Fall as Doha Drops 0.54 Percent
Seven of the nine Middle East markets we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Doha's 0.54 percent decline and Riyadh's 0.45.…
Read more →Coffee Leads Commodities at 3.64 Percent as Grains Rally
Coffee led the commodity complex on Tuesday, up 3.64 percent at 303.20 cents a pound on the December contract by the 19:05…
Read more →Riyadh Rises 1.05 Percent as Kuwait Ends a Five-Session Slide
Riyadh's Tadawul All Share rose 1.05 percent to 10,589.95 on Tuesday, the board's strongest move on a day that split four rising…
Read more →Sugar Jumps 4.26 Percent Again as Brent Slips Below 100
Sugar jumped 4.26 percent on Monday to lead our commodities board for a second straight session, and the crude rows told the…
Read more →Doha Snaps a Six-Session Slide as Five of Nine Boards Rise
Doha's QE Index jumped 1.08 percent on Monday to 9,285.05, ending a six-session slide with the region's strongest move on a board…
Read more →EGX 30 Gains 1.61 Percent as Riyadh Adds 1.09 Percent
Cairo led the region's first session of the week on Sunday, the EGX 30 rising 1.61 percent to 53,911.10, while Riyadh's Tadawul…
Read more →Sugar Jumps 5.12 Percent as Fuels Fall and the VIX Slides
The soft complex set the pace on Friday. Sugar jumped 5.12 percent to 19.91 cents a pound on its March 2027 contract,…
Read more →Brent Jumps 4.40 Percent as December Takes the Front Month
The barrel changed series and surged on Thursday. Brent crude jumped 4.40 percent to 102.34 dollars a barrel in its first session…
Read more →Cairo Surges 2.24 Percent to Snap Four Straight Declines
The EGX 30 surged 2.24 percent to 53,055.03 on Thursday, snapping four straight declines on our records as gainers outnumbered decliners 198…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gasoline Jumps 5.21 Percent, Corn Falls 3.98 Percent
The fuels complex led from the top of the board on Wednesday. RBOB gasoline jumped 5.21 percent to 3.449 dollars a gallon…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Cairo Leads Seven Declines as Amman and Manama Gain
Seven of the nine boards we track closed lower on Wednesday with every decline inside eight tenths of a percent: Cairo's EGX…
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GCC Stock Markets Worth About 4 Trillion Dollars, Fitch Says
GCC stock markets had a combined market capitalisation of about 4 trillion dollars in September 2026, Fitch Ratings said on 29 September.…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: WTI Falls 3.48 Percent, Gold Back Above 4,200 Dollars
The barrel finished the round trip on Tuesday: Brent traded at 102.69 dollars after the settlement window, 2.46 percent below Monday's written…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Amman and Manama Gain as Riyadh and Doha Retreat
Seven of the nine boards we track closed lower on Tuesday with Riyadh and Doha recording the two largest declines: Riyadh's Tadawul…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gold Falls 3.45 Percent, Crude Keeps Part of Its Jump
The board split around the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and the metals paid for it: gold fell 3.45 percent to 4,172.30…
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Qatar Draws 7.7 Billion Dollars of Orders for a 3 Billion Dollar Bond
Qatar has completed a 3 billion dollar bond issue in 2 tranches, drawing a peak order book of 7.7 billion dollars that…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Muscat Leads Monday Gains
The region put all nine boards back on the screen together on Monday and most of them marked lower: Riyadh's Tadawul All…
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