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FAB Leads on Reported Profit, QNB on Assets and Lending: MENA’s Two Largest Banks by Assets Compared in the First Half of 2026
First Abu Dhabi Bank and Qatar National Bank have both reported for the first six months of 2026, and the results present…
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Abu Dhabi Launches the 100 Billion Dirham Marsa Al Saadiyat Waterfront Development on Saadiyat Island
Abu Dhabi has launched Marsa Al Saadiyat, a waterfront development with an investment value of 100 billion dirhams, about 27 billion dollars…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 22 July: Brent Jumps Above 94 Dollars and Gold Reaches a Two-Week High on Hormuz Supply Risk as Saudi Leads a Split Gulf Board
Wednesday belonged to oil. Brent jumped 3.83 percent to 94.50 dollars, touching 95.47 in a near six-week high, after an eleventh consecutive…
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Saudi Arabia Extends Its Debt Maturities With About 17 Billion Riyals of New Sukuk and a Matching Buyback on 21 July 2026
Saudi Arabia completed a domestic sukuk transaction of about 17.2 billion riyals on 21 July 2026, using the deal to extend the…
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Egypt Brings New Western Desert Gas Discovery Onstream at 40 Million Cubic Feet a Day
Egypt has started production from a new natural gas discovery in the Western Desert at an initial rate of 40 million cubic…
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Kuwait Raises KD 150 Million in Three-Year Bonds and Tawarruq as Demand Reaches 3.61 Times
Kuwait raised KD 150 million through a new three-year domestic public-debt issuance on Wednesday, with investor bids reaching more than three and…
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The IEA Warns of Renewed Oil Supply Risk as Gulf Exports Stay Below Pre-War Levels and Brent Trades Above 91 Dollars
The International Energy Agency has warned that the security of oil supply has come under renewed strain, saying that an escalation in…
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Qatar Property Sales Broaden to 541 Deals in June 2026 Even as Mortgage Lending Falls From May
The value of real-estate sales in Qatar was about 1.69 billion riyals across 541 deals in June 2026, according to the monthly…
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ADNOC Approves a 6.2 Billion Dollar Investment to Develop the Umm Shaif Gas Cap Offshore Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company has taken a final investment decision worth about 6.2 billion dollars, roughly 22.6 billion dirhams, to develop…
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Saudi Real Estate Prices Rise 3.0 Percent in the Second Quarter of 2026 as Residential Land Leads the Rebound
Saudi Arabia's real-estate prices returned to growth in the second quarter of 2026, led by a sharp rise in residential land values,…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 20 July: Qatar Reclaims 10,000 and Cairo Closes Above 53,000 While Muscat Drops 3.44 Percent and Seoul Returns to the Chip Rout Down 4.46 Percent
The escalation's second Monday sorted the region into winners and casualties with unusual clarity. The Qatar Stock Exchange's second session back took…
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From a 450 Dollar Patch of Grass to a 32,970 Dollar Seat: How the 2026 World Cup Final Became a Complete Revenue Platform
Spain are world champions. They beat Argentina 1-0 after extra time, through a Ferran Torres goal, in Sunday's 2026 World Cup final…
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- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
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