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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 7 July: Asia Sells Off Led by Korea as the Gulf Holds Firm and Egypt Rises
Asian equity markets fell sharply on Tuesday in a renewed technology-led selloff, led by a steep drop in South Korea, while Gulf…
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Germany’s 2027 Budget Signals Fiscal Break as Borrowing Tops 203 Billion Euros
Germany's cabinet has approved the draft federal budget for 2027 and the financial plan through 2030, marking one of the clearest fiscal…
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Kuwait Restructures Boursa Kuwait Trading Commissions: One Rate of 15 Basis Points and Fixed Settlement Fees Scrapped
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority has approved a restructuring of trading commissions on Boursa Kuwait that unifies the rate across the Premier and…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 6 July: Wall Street Rises Led by the Nasdaq as Europe Slips and Volatility Eases
US equities rose on Monday as Wall Street reopened after the Independence Day holiday, led by a technology-driven advance, while the major…
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Commodities Wrap 6 July: Silver and Gold Lead a Metals Rally as Oil Eases After the OPEC+ Increase
Commodities settled broadly higher on Monday, led by a strong rally across precious and industrial metals, while crude oil eased modestly after…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 6 July: Egypt Jumps as Hong Kong Leads Asia and the Gulf Firms
MENA and Asian equity markets ended Monday mostly higher, led by a sharp rally in Egypt, a rebound in Hong Kong and…
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Goldman Sees the Yen Staying Weak Even If Tokyo Intervenes as Its Dollar Yen Forecast Moves Toward 165
Goldman Sachs has turned more bearish on the Japanese yen, arguing that any fresh intervention by Japanese authorities would probably slow the…
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Sky’s Up to £1.6 Billion ITV Deal Creates a New UK Media Giant in the Streaming Era
Comcast-owned Sky has agreed to buy ITV's Media and Entertainment business in a deal worth up to £1.6 billion, creating what is…
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Oil Forecasts Spread Wide Toward Year End as the Regional Risk Premium Fades and Gulf Break-Even Prices Come Into Focus
Oil has given back most of the premium it built up during the spring's regional tensions, and forecasters are now split over…
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ADNOC Launches a Global LNG Platform Targeting 47 Million Tonnes a Year as It Builds Trading Scale
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company on 6 July launched an integrated global platform for marketing and trading liquefied natural gas, bringing…
Read more →Markets Wrap MENA 5 July: Egypt Leads Sunday Gains as Kuwait and Qatar Rise While Saudi Slips After OPEC Plus Move
MENA equity markets ended Sunday mixed to higher across the active regional sessions, with Egypt leading gains and Kuwait and Qatar closing…
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Eurozone Private Sector Stabilises in June as the PMI Returns to the 50 Threshold
The euro area's private sector stopped shrinking in June, as growth in manufacturing offset a still weak services sector and pulled overall…
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US Jobless Claims Fall to 215,000 as Layoffs Stay Low but Hiring Cools Sharply
Filings for US unemployment benefits fell to 215,000 in the week ended 27 June, the Labor Department reported on 2 July, a…
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Gold Posts Its First Weekly Gain in Five Weeks as the Dollar Slides on Soft US Jobs Data
Gold recorded its first weekly gain in five weeks and the US dollar headed for its biggest weekly loss since April, after…
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Egypt’s Exports to Its Trading Blocs Jump 16.8 Percent to US$54.4 Billion in 2025
Egypt's exports to the economic blocs it belongs to rose 16.8 percent in 2025 to 54.4 billion dollars, from 46.6 billion the…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 2 July: Precious Metals Extend Gains on Soft US Jobs Data as Palladium Jumps
Precious metals extended their rebound on Thursday after a weak US jobs report softened the dollar and reset rate expectations, while oil…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
US stocks ended mixed while European markets rallied strongly on Thursday after a much weaker than expected US jobs report reduced expectations…
Read more →US Job Growth Slows Sharply in June as Prior Months Are Revised Down
US employers added just 57,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate changed little at 4.2 percent, down from 4.3 percent in…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 2 July: Chip Rout Hits Asia as Gulf Ends Mixed and Egypt Closes for a Holiday
Asian trading was dominated by a sharp selloff in technology and semiconductor shares on Thursday, while Gulf markets ended mixed to slightly…
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Market Wrap US-Europe 1 July: Wall Street and Europe Slip to Start the Second Half as Warsh Keeps a Firm Line on Inflation
US and European stocks began the second half of the year mostly lower, as investors adjusted to a less supportive rate signal…
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Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
Precious metals rebounded on the first trading day of the second half, led by silver and platinum, while crude oil fell sharply…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 1 July: Dubai Leads the Gulf Higher as Japan and China Advance and Hong Kong Rests for a Holiday
Gulf markets started the second half of the year mostly higher, led by Dubai and Oman, while Egypt ended little changed and…
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Gold Suffers Worst Quarter Since 2013 as Hawkish Fed Repricing Hits Bullion
Gold ended the second quarter with its sharpest quarterly loss in 13 years, as a hawkish shift in US rate expectations outweighed…
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Zain Wins a 25-Year License to Operate Syria’s Mobile Network With a US$747 Million Bid
Kuwait's Zain Group has been awarded a 25-year license to operate a mobile telecom network in Syria after winning a competitive government…
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