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Commodities Wrap 8 September: Attacks on Saudi Energy Sites Lift Brent to a Six Week High Near 100 Dollars
Crude oil climbed to a six week high on Tuesday after attacks on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia threatened Gulf supply, with…
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Bank of America’s Brent Base Case Is 83 Dollars and Its Tail Scenario Is 80 Percent Higher
Bank of America put Brent at 83 dollars a barrel for the second half of this year and 75 dollars for 2027,…
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PIF’s Al-Khafji Plan Names 16,000 Homes and 1,400 Hotel Keys but No Investment Figure
Saudi Arabia's sovereign fund launched the Gulf Coast Development Company on Monday to build a tourist and residential destination on the Al-Khafji…
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Europe Market Wrap 8 September: Healthcare Sinks Switzerland 1.55 Percent While Europe Holds Flat
A steep drop in healthcare shares pulled Switzerland’s SMI down 1.55 percent to 14,057.61 on Tuesday, by far the largest move in…
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Kuwait Sustains About 1 Million Barrels a Day of Oil Exports as Tankers Navigate Hormuz
Kuwait is exporting close to 1 million barrels of crude a day, including through ship to ship transfers outside the Strait of…
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Middle East Market Wrap 8 September: Gulf Mostly Higher as Saudi Energy Sites Are Hit, Egypt Falls 0.80 Percent
Most of the Gulf rose on the day its largest economy's energy facilities were attacked. Abu Dhabi's FTSE ADX General closed back…
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Suez Canal Revenue Jumps 42 Percent to 505 Million Dollars in July as Hormuz Reroutes Ships
Suez Canal revenue rose 42 percent from a year earlier to 505 million dollars in July, its highest monthly take since December…
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Asia Market Wrap 8 September: Tokyo Falls 1.7 Percent as Brent Nears 100 Dollars and the Yen Firms
Asia fell on Tuesday as oil moved toward 100 dollars a barrel. Japan's Nikkei 225 lost 1,130.51 points, or 1.70 percent, to…
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China’s Eight Month Surplus Narrows as Imports Rise 22 Percent, Outpacing Exports
China's goods trade grew 17.6 percent in the first eight months of the year to 34.78 trillion yuan, the customs administration said…
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Germany’s Exports to the US Are Down 1.5 Percent This Year Despite a 19.1 Percent July Jump
German exports to the United States rose 19.1 percent in July to 14.4 billion euros, the largest single move in the trade…
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Korea’s Real National Income Rises 3.1 Percent as Terms of Trade Outpace 0.6 Percent Growth
South Korea's real gross national income rose 3.1 percent in the second quarter while real gross domestic product rose 0.6 percent, the…
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Information and Communication Is the Only Euro Area Service Up More Than 0.5 Percent in June
Services production in the euro area fell 0.3 percent in June and 0.2 percent across the European Union, the statistical office said…
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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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