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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…
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Tokyo Rallies 3.30 Percent as China Begins Golden Week
The Nikkei 225 rose 3.30 percent, or 2,203.00 points, to 68,956.72 on Thursday, the board's strongest row by a wide margin, with…
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US Wrap: Dow Falls 444 Points as the S&P 500 Fades
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 443.87 points, or 0.86 percent, to 50,906.05 on Wednesday, the S&P 500 lost 0.25 percent to…
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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…
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Europe Wrap: All Nine Boards Fall in the Quarter's Final Session
Every one of the nine rows we track closed lower on Wednesday, the quarter's final European session: Paris's CAC 40 fell 0.89…
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…
Read more →Asia Wrap: Nikkei Jumps 1.94 Percent as China's Factory Gauge Grows
Tokyo led Asia's board higher on the final session of September. The Nikkei 225 closed 1.94 percent higher at 66,753.72 and the…
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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 →US Wrap: Nasdaq 100 Alone Higher as the 10 Year Closes at 5.26 Percent
The Nasdaq 100 was the only index on our US board to close higher on Tuesday, up 0.21 percent at 30,339.33, as…
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 →Europe Wrap: Technology Jumps 2.49 Percent as the Boards Split
Europe split down the middle on Tuesday: technology was the only one of the eight Stoxx supersectors we track to rise, jumping…
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 →Asia Wrap: The Topix Falls 1.72 Percent as Mainland and Sydney Gain
Asia split on Tuesday with the selling concentrated in Tokyo's broader benchmark: the Topix fell 1.72 percent to 4,041.13 against the Nikkei…
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BoE's Ramsden Details the Path to Unwind 368 Billion Pounds of Gilts
The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee judges that the remaining 368 billion pounds of gilts in its Asset Purchase Facility should…
Read more →US Wrap: All Five Index Rows Fall as the 10 Year Closes at 5.24 Percent
Every index on our US board closed lower on Monday as the official 10 year Treasury par yield set a fresh highest…
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…
Read more →Europe Wrap: The Stoxx 600 Closes Flat as Sectors Offset Each Other
Europe closed its first session after the weekend's Hormuz rejection flat at the index level and split underneath: the Stoxx Europe 600…
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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…
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The Bond Market Nears Its Recession Signal at a 17 Basis Point Spread
The extra yield investors demand to hold ten year US Treasuries over two year notes shrank to as little as 17 basis…
Read more →Asia Wrap: Shenzhen Falls 3.44 Percent as Brent Tops 108 Dollars
Asia opened the week lower after Washington rejected Tehran's conditional offer to reopen the Strait of Hormuz: Shenzhen's component index fell 3.44…
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…
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Sterling Futures Net Short Jumps 41 Percent Ahead of the UK Budget
Speculative traders raised their net short position in sterling futures by 23,853 contracts to 82,568 contracts in the week to 22 September,…
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US 10 Year Yield Ends the Week at 5.17 Percent After a 2007 High
The US 10 year Treasury par yield closed at 5.17 percent on 25 September, up 16 basis points on the week and…
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- Asia Market Wrap 7 October: All Eight Indices Fall as Seoul Drops 1.98 Percent
- The Week Ahead: The Federal Reserve Decides on 29 July, US Growth and Inflation Data Land, and the Megacap Technology Earnings Peak
- Asia Market Wrap 8 October: All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
- Asia Market Wrap 6 October: Nikkei Posts First Close Above 70,000 Since July as Kospi Falls
- Europe Market Wrap 9 October: All Nine Indices Rise as Basic Resources Jump 2.99 Percent