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Commodities Wrap 31 August: Palladium Falls 4.64 Percent as Energy Remains Broadly Higher After the Larak Island Strike
Palladium fell 4.64 percent to lead a broad decline across precious metals on Monday, even as the US dollar eased, while energy…
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Europe Market Wrap 31 August: DAX falls 1.17 percent as 10 of 11 indices decline with London shut
The London Stock Exchange did not open on Monday, closed for the Summer Bank Holiday, and of the 11 European indices that…
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Middle East Market Wrap 31 August: 8 of 9 regional benchmarks fall as WTI jumps more than 3 percent
The full regional board traded together for the first time since Thursday, with Abu Dhabi and Dubai back after Friday's holiday and…
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Asia Market Wrap 31 August: Oil Jumps Almost 4 Percent as Iran Fires at US Bases in Jordan After Larak Strike, Asian Benchmarks Split Evenly
Oil prices extended their weekend surge into the Asian session on Monday, with West Texas Intermediate up 3.74 percent, on our calculation,…
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Qatar GDP Contracts 7 Percent in Q1 as a 25.8 Percent Hydrocarbon Slump Overwhelms 3.5 Percent Non Hydrocarbon Growth
Qatar's real economy contracted 7 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2026 as hydrocarbon activity fell 25.8 percent, overwhelming…
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AMAK’s Jabal Qaran Estimate Reaches 14 Million Tonnes, With 11.3 Million Tonnes JORC Classified
Saudi Arabia's Almasane Alkobra Mining Company, known as AMAK, has reported approximately 14 million tonnes of mineralised material at its Jabal Qaran…
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Nvidia Reportedly Agrees to Acquire Hugging Face for 12.9 Billion Dollars, Nearly Triple Its 2023 Valuation
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to acquire open source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for 12.9 billion dollars, a transaction that would extend…
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Syria’s H1 2026 Deficit Reaches 1 Billion Dollars as Spending Already Exceeds All of 2025
Syria recorded public revenues of about 2.7 billion dollars in the first half of 2026 against expenditure of about 3.7 billion dollars,…
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Oil Jumps More Than 2% as US Strike on Iran’s Larak Island Lifts Brent Back Above $90
Oil prices jumped more than 2 percent on Monday, with Brent crude back above 90 dollars a barrel, after United States forces…
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Apple CEO Handover From Tim Cook to John Ternus Takes Effect September 1
Tim Cook steps down as Apple's chief executive on September 1, 2026, handing the role to John Ternus, the company's senior vice…
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GCC Anti-Dumping Duties on Chinese and Iranian Glass Take Effect September 5
Final anti-dumping duties on glass imported from China and Iran into the Gulf Cooperation Council take effect on September 5, 2026, for…
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Jordan’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 16.1 Percent in Second Quarter
Jordan's unemployment rate for the total population fell to 16.1 percent in the second quarter of 2026, down 0.4 percentage points from…
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