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MENA Markets Wrap 19 July: Qatar Returns at 9,955 and TASI Holds Flat as the Gulf Prices an 88 Dollar Brent, a Global Chip Crash and the IMF’s Contraction Call
The Gulf opened the escalation's second week with three pieces of weekend homework and marked them calmly. The Qatar Stock Exchange returned…
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Report: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI Race, With 725 Billion Dollars of Spending Planned for 2026 and the Model Gap at 2.7 Percent
The Edge for Economic Consultancy has published a special report, "The 725 Billion Dollar Question: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI…
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Saudi PIF Nears EU Clearance for Its 55 Billion Dollar Electronic Arts Takeover
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and its partners are set to win European Union clearance for their 55 billion dollar acquisition of…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 16 July: Cairo Nears 53,000 and Saudi Edges Up to Close the Week as the Bank of Korea’s First Hike Since 2023 Sinks Seoul 6.4 Percent
Asia's whipsaw week found its policy trigger on Thursday and the Gulf closed its first full week of the escalation barely changed.…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 15 July: Gulf Barely Moves Through Fresh Hormuz Strikes and Cairo Adds 0.5 Percent as Seoul Surges 6.2 Percent and China Slows to 4.3 Percent
Asia set the pace on Wednesday and the Gulf answered with its calmest session since the escalation began. Seoul's Kospi surged 6.24…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 14 July: Saudi Leads Gulf Lower and Cairo Slips as Asia Rebounds and Oil Nears 87 Dollars
Asia rebounded on Tuesday while oil kept climbing and the day's hardest number landed in Beijing. Seoul's Kospi closed 0.73 percent higher…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 13 July: Seoul Crashes Nearly 9 Percent and Oil Jumps as Gulf Markets Hold Their Ground and Cairo Rises
Monday distributed the weekend's escalation unevenly. Seoul's Kospi collapsed 8.95 percent to 6,806.93, a fall Korean media reported was deep enough to…
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S&P Sees Slower Growth but Continued Resilience for Gulf Banks, With Kuwait Among the Markets Anchored by Public-Sector Liquidity
The war and ongoing geopolitical uncertainty are likely to slow growth among Gulf banks, S&P Global Ratings analysts said in the agency's…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 10 July: SK Hynix Soars 13 Percent in its Nasdaq Debut as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Cap a Turbulent Week Higher and Europe Ends Mixed
Wall Street closed higher on Friday, capping a week of sharp swings with a memory-chip milestone, as SK Hynix jumped 13 percent…
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Commodities Wrap 10 July: Oil Slips as the IEA Sees the First Demand Decline Since 2020, Capping a Week of Sharp Swings
Commodities ended a turbulent week quietly on Friday, with crude oil edging lower as a bearish demand outlook from the International Energy…
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e& Agrees to Sell Its Entire Vodafone Stake for 5.95 Billion Dollars, Unlocking a 1.3 Billion Dollar Net Cash Return
UAE technology and telecommunications group e& has signed a binding agreement to sell its entire shareholding in Vodafone Group for approximately 21.8…
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Jordan’s Housing Bank Issues the Kingdom’s First Blue Bond With 100 Million Dollars From the EBRD
The Housing Bank for Trade and Finance issued Jordan's first blue bond on Wednesday, a 100 million dollar loan note subscribed by…
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- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
- Market Wrap US-Europe 30 June: Wall Street Extends Gains and Europe Rises to Close the First Half
- Market Wrap US-Europe 1 July: Wall Street and Europe Slip to Start the Second Half as Warsh Keeps a Firm Line on Inflation