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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 12 August: Kospi Surges 3.7 Percent While Gulf Firms
Asian equities carried the session on Wednesday, led by a 3.68 percent surge in South Korea's Kospi, while Gulf bourses closed mostly…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 11 August: Wall Street Slips Before CPI as Oil Climbs Past 89
Wall Street closed lower for a second straight session on Tuesday, the last before US inflation data, as a failed rebound in…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 11 August: Gulf Slips as Egypt’s Pound Crosses 50 Before US CPI
Regional and Asian markets turned cautious on Tuesday, the final session before US inflation data that will test the week's entire narrative,…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 10 August: Wall Street Stalls as Oil Jumps 5 Percent
Wall Street stalled on Monday as a 5 percent surge in oil revived the inflation question two days before US consumer price…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 10 August: Nikkei Jumps 2.1 Percent as Oil Reclaims 84 Dollars
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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Japan and US Run First Joint Yen Intervention in 28 Years and Signal More
Japan and the United States intervened jointly in the foreign exchange market to support the yen, the first yen-buying intervention by the…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 30 July: Microsoft Leads a 2.8 Percent Nasdaq Rebound
US stocks rebounded sharply on Thursday, led by Microsoft and a powerful recovery in semiconductor shares, recovering the ground lost after a…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 30 July: Gulf Firms on Oil as China and Korea Retreat
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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Bank of England Holds Rates at 3.75 Percent as Three Members Vote to Hike
The Bank of England held its benchmark interest rate at 3.75 percent on Thursday, with three of its nine policymakers voting for…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 29 July: Dow Falls 2.2 Percent as Oil Jumps, Long Yields Rise
Wall Street sold off hard into the closing bell on Wednesday, and the damage arrived after the Federal Reserve had already finished…
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Fed Chairman Warsh Rejects Pause Label and Restates the 2 Percent Target
Kevin Warsh spoke for roughly ten minutes before taking questions on 29 July, in his second news conference as Chairman of the…
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Federal Reserve Holds Rates at 3.50 to 3.75 Percent With Three Hike Votes
The Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest-rate range unchanged at 3.50 to 3.75 percent on 29 July, extending the pause to a…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 29 July: Oil Surges 8 Percent and Asian Chips Slide Again
The security premium rushed back into oil on Wednesday, and the region's markets split around it. Brent crude surged nearly 8 percent…
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United States Goods Trade Deficit Narrows to 101.5 Billion Dollars in June
Exports fell 1.8 percent and imports 2.6 percent in June, narrowing the goods gap to 101.5 billion dollars on a contraction in…
Read more →Markets Price One in Three Odds of a Fed Rate Rise This Week
The FOMC decides at 9:00 p.m. Kuwait time with the target range at 3.50 to 3.75 percent, and Citadel Securities calling for…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 28 July: Dow Rises 1.0 Percent as Semiconductors Sink
A global sell-off in semiconductors split Wall Street on Tuesday and handed the session to the market's traditional corners. The Dow Jones…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA and Asia 28 July: Kospi Sinks Almost 11 Percent as Chip Rout Deepens While the Gulf Holds Firmer
Asian equities suffered a heavy session on Tuesday as a deepening sell-off in semiconductor and artificial-intelligence-linked shares swept the region, with South…
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Apple Overtakes Nvidia as the Most Valuable US Company After Nvidia Loses 250 Billion Dollars in a Session
Apple moved ahead of Nvidia as the most valuable US company on Monday, 27 July 2026, after a sharp divergence between the…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 27 July: Europe Advances and the Dow Gains 0.5 Percent While Chip Stocks Drag the Nasdaq
US and European markets diverged on Monday as another steep session of oil declines rippled across assets, with Europe closing broadly higher,…
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London House Prices Fell 3.7 Percent, the Only English Region Down
Reports of a Middle East led surge in London’s luxury housing market and the official price data are measuring two different things,…
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US New Home Sales Edged Up to a 628,000 Annual Rate in June 2026
Sales of new single family homes in the United States rose 1.6 percent in June 2026 to a seasonally adjusted annual rate…
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UK Retail Sales Rose 1.0 Percent in June 2026, Beating Forecasts
Retail sales in Great Britain rose 1.0 percent in June 2026 from the month before, well ahead of the roughly 0.3 percent…
Read more →Japan Inflation Rose to 1.7 Percent in June 2026, Still Below the Bank of Japan Target
Consumer price inflation in Japan rose to 1.7 percent in June 2026 from a year earlier, up from 1.5 percent in May,…
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China’s Central Bank Adds 500 Billion Yuan in Medium Term Loans in July 2026
China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, stepped up its medium term liquidity support on 24 July 2026, conducting a 500…
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