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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 17 August: Shenzhen Jumps 2.4 Percent, Gulf Slips, Egypt Fades
Gulf equities slipped broadly on Monday while China rallied, as the 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired with no…
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ECB Blog Authors See a US Equity Correction as Likely, With Euro Area Household Tech Exposure at 440 Billion Euros
Five European Central Bank economists published a post on The ECB Blog on 17 August arguing that a correction in US technology…
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China’s Arctic Route to Europe Advertises 20 Days and Its Only Completed Voyage Took 26
The China to Europe Arctic container express route entered regular weekly operation on Saturday 15 August, Xinhua reported. The vessel Dubai Tower,…
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Stripe Reportedly Agrees to Pay More Than 7 Billion Dollars for a Company Valued at 1.3 Billion in May
Stripe has agreed to acquire OpenRouter for more than 7 billion dollars, Bloomberg reported on 16 August. Neither company has confirmed the…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 16 August: Egypt Adds 1.09 Percent and Saudi Arabia 0.89 as Asia Holds Friday Gains
Egyptian and Saudi equities led a broadly firm Sunday session across the Middle East and North Africa, with the EGX 30 climbing…
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Four Fifths of the UAE’s June Credit Growth Went Abroad
UAE banks added AED 24.7 billion to gross credit in June 2026, roughly double May’s AED 12.3 billion increase. Almost all of…
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Egypt Is Selling Stakes to Its Own Lenders: EBRD and IFC Line Up for 10 Percent of Two State Offerings
Two Egyptian state offerings are converging on the same structure and the same buyers, and the institutions involved are not new arrivals.…
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Who Owns SpaceX: Four Holders, $229 Billion, and One Man’s 84.8% of the Votes
SpaceX's first quarterly report as a public company, together with a cluster of ownership filings lodged in the past week, provides the…
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Gold Rises for a Second Week and Is Still 18.8 Percent Below Its January PM Fixing High
Gold fixed at 4,390.70 dollars on 14 August after a second consecutive weekly gain, leaving it 0.52 percent higher for 2026 and…
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Pony.ai and Uber Plan More Than 2,000 Robotaxis Across Five European Cities
Pony.ai and Uber announced plans for more than 2,000 robotaxis across five European cities on 13 August 2026, with the expanded partnership…
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Taiwan Grows 12.93 Percent and Raises Its Full-Year Forecast to 11.05 Percent
Taiwan grew 12.93 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2026 and raised its full-year forecast by 1.41 points to…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 14 August: Consumer Sentiment Falls to 51.0 as Longer Treasury Yields Rise
Wall Street ended the week lower in a narrow session, with all three major US indices closing down less than a third…
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Commodities Wrap 14 August: Wheat Jumps 3.1 Percent as Brent Adds 1.5 Percent
Commodities ended the week broadly higher, with agriculture producing the largest moves and crude rebounding. Wheat gained 3.11 percent to 689.00 cents…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 14 August: Kospi Adds 2.4 Percent for a Fifth Straight Gain as Abu Dhabi Holds and Dubai Slips
South Korea's Kospi led Asia for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, closing 2.42 percent higher, while the region split and the…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 13 August: Nasdaq Climbs 0.8 Percent as Core Producer Prices Rise and Europe Slips
Wall Street rallied on Thursday after headline producer prices came in flat, with the Nasdaq Composite climbing 0.81 percent, while European bourses…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 13 August: Palladium Drops 3.9 Percent While Sugar Is the Only Gainer
Commodities were broadly weaker on Thursday, with sixteen of the seventeen contracts tracked here quoted below their previous settlements, our calculation. Palladium…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 13 August: Kospi Adds Another 3.6 Percent as Gulf Slips and Egypt Advances
South Korea's Kospi surged for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, adding 3.56 percent, while North Asia broadly advanced, mainland China fell…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 12 August: Nasdaq Climbs 0.5 Percent as US Inflation Eases to 3.4 Percent
Wall Street rose on Wednesday after a softer than expected inflation report, with the Nasdaq Composite up 0.54 percent at 26,588.49 and…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 12 August: Corn Jumps 4.5 Percent While Oil Slips and Volatility Sinks Near 5 Percent
The grains took the session on Wednesday, breaking a two-day run in which energy had led, with corn jumping 4.45 percent to…
Read more →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 →Commodities Wrap 11 August: US Oil Tops 83 on Hormuz While Cocoa Sinks 5 Percent
Energy led the commodities complex for a second straight session on Tuesday, extending the surge covered in our Monday commodities wrap, with…
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…
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