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Sugar Jumps 5.12 Percent as Fuels Fall and the VIX Slides
The soft complex set the pace on Friday. Sugar jumped 5.12 percent to 19.91 cents a pound on its March 2027 contract,…
Read more →Brent Jumps 4.40 Percent as December Takes the Front Month
The barrel changed series and surged on Thursday. Brent crude jumped 4.40 percent to 102.34 dollars a barrel in its first session…
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Cairo Surges 2.24 Percent to Snap Four Straight Declines
The EGX 30 surged 2.24 percent to 53,055.03 on Thursday, snapping four straight declines on our records as gainers outnumbered decliners 198…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gasoline Jumps 5.21 Percent, Corn Falls 3.98 Percent
The fuels complex led from the top of the board on Wednesday. RBOB gasoline jumped 5.21 percent to 3.449 dollars a gallon…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Cairo Leads Seven Declines as Amman and Manama Gain
Seven of the nine boards we track closed lower on Wednesday with every decline inside eight tenths of a percent: Cairo's EGX…
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GCC Stock Markets Worth About 4 Trillion Dollars, Fitch Says
GCC stock markets had a combined market capitalisation of about 4 trillion dollars in September 2026, Fitch Ratings said on 29 September.…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: WTI Falls 3.48 Percent, Gold Back Above 4,200 Dollars
The barrel finished the round trip on Tuesday: Brent traded at 102.69 dollars after the settlement window, 2.46 percent below Monday's written…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Amman and Manama Gain as Riyadh and Doha Retreat
Seven of the nine boards we track closed lower on Tuesday with Riyadh and Doha recording the two largest declines: Riyadh's Tadawul…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gold Falls 3.45 Percent, Crude Keeps Part of Its Jump
The board split around the Strait of Hormuz on Monday and the metals paid for it: gold fell 3.45 percent to 4,172.30…
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Qatar Draws 7.7 Billion Dollars of Orders for a 3 Billion Dollar Bond
Qatar has completed a 3 billion dollar bond issue in 2 tranches, drawing a peak order book of 7.7 billion dollars that…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Muscat Leads Monday Gains
The region put all nine boards back on the screen together on Monday and most of them marked lower: Riyadh's Tadawul All…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Amman Leads Sunday Gains
The new trading week opened split, and the two largest moves sat at opposite ends of the board. Amman's ASE Index led…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gasoline Leads Energy Lower as Platinum Rallies
The fuels complex sold off from the top of the board on Friday. RBOB gasoline fell 4.84 percent to 3.3919 dollars a…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Natural Gas Jumps 8 Percent as Brent Pulls Back
The gas market outran the war trade on Thursday. Natural gas jumped 8.17 percent to 3.27 dollars a million Btu at 18:52…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Kuwait Extends Its Gain as Brent Holds Above 105
The region's revenue tape set the tone on Thursday. Brent traded 1.92 percent above Wednesday's written settlement at 105.06 dollars a barrel…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Brent Surges Past 103 as Tehran Digs In
The barrel snapped five days of losses in one afternoon and the rest of the board paid for it. Brent rose 3.9…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Kuwait Rebounds 0.86 Percent
The Gulf leaned higher on Wednesday with its biggest board dark. Kuwait's All Share led the region, 0.86 percent higher at 8,830.61,…
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UAE Sets a 5.06 Percent Profit Rate on Its Second Retail Treasury Sukuk
The UAE Ministry of Finance set the annual profit rate on the second issuance of its sovereign retail Treasury Sukuk at 5.06…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Gas Jumps and Metals Rise as Trump Talks an Iran Deal
Crude barely moved on Tuesday while the rest of the board did. Brent traded 69 cents lower at 99.65 dollars a barrel…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Abu Dhabi Rebounds 1.25 Percent
The Gulf split down the middle on Tuesday, and both halves traded oil. Abu Dhabi's FTSE ADX General led the region at…
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QIA Signs an MoU for a 20 Billion Dollar J.P. Morgan Partnership
The Qatar Investment Authority and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a 20 billion dollar strategic…
Read more →Commodities Wrap: Crude Settles at a Fourth Straight Loss
Crude settled at a fourth consecutive loss on Monday, with WTI falling through the 100 dollar line: WTI closed 4.5 percent lower…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Egypt's Pound Firms Below 52
7 of the 9 indices on our Middle East board fell on Monday: Abu Dhabi's FTSE ADX General lost 1.61 percent on…
Read more →Middle East Wrap: Every Index on the Board Closes Lower
Every index on the Middle East board closed lower on Sunday, the first Sunday on which every index on the board has…
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