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Shein Targets a Valuation of Up to About 27 Billion Dollars in Its Hong Kong IPO as the Order Book Is Covered
Shein has launched its Hong Kong initial public offering at a valuation of up to about 27 billion dollars, roughly 72.5 percent…
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Asia Market Wrap 25 August: Nine of 11 Benchmarks Rise Before Nvidia Earnings
Asian equities were broadly higher on Tuesday, with nine of the 11 benchmarks we track advancing as investors positioned ahead of Nvidia's…
Read more →Asia Market Wrap 24 August: Kospi Falls 3.1 Percent as Samsung Return Terms and Alibaba Placement Hit Tech
Asian equities closed mostly lower on Monday, and the regional headline hid a wide spread beneath it. South Korea's Kospi fell 3.12…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 21 August: Hang Seng Tops 26,000 While Dubai Rises and Abu Dhabi Slips
Asia extended Thursday's rebound into the weekly close on Friday, with Hong Kong leading the region above a round-number mark, while the…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 20 August: Kospi Rebounds 5.9 Percent as Brent Tops 94 Dollars
Asia rebounded on Thursday almost as hard as it had fallen a day earlier, while most Gulf markets absorbed a sharp escalation…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 19 August: Kospi Plunges 5.8 Percent, Kuwait Rises, Egypt Slides
Asia's selloff turned into a rout on Wednesday, led by the chip complex, while the Gulf split and Kuwait advanced, per CNBC.…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 18 August: Nikkei Sinks 2.5 Percent as Gulf Steadies and Egypt Slips
Asia sold off on Tuesday while the Gulf steadied, an inversion of Monday's map, as the first full session after the 60-day…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 17 August: Shenzhen Jumps 2.4 Percent, Gulf Slips, Egypt Fades
Gulf equities slipped broadly on Monday while China rallied, as the 60-day ceasefire between the United States and Iran expired with no…
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China’s Arctic Route to Europe Advertises 20 Days and Its Only Completed Voyage Took 26
The China to Europe Arctic container express route entered regular weekly operation on Saturday 15 August, Xinhua reported. The vessel Dubai Tower,…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 16 August: Egypt Adds 1.09 Percent and Saudi Arabia 0.89 as Asia Holds Friday Gains
Egyptian and Saudi equities led a broadly firm Sunday session across the Middle East and North Africa, with the EGX 30 climbing…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 14 August: Kospi Adds 2.4 Percent for a Fifth Straight Gain as Abu Dhabi Holds and Dubai Slips
South Korea's Kospi led Asia for a fifth consecutive session on Friday, closing 2.42 percent higher, while the region split and the…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 13 August: Kospi Adds Another 3.6 Percent as Gulf Slips and Egypt Advances
South Korea's Kospi surged for a fourth consecutive session on Thursday, adding 3.56 percent, while North Asia broadly advanced, mainland China fell…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 12 August: Kospi Surges 3.7 Percent While Gulf Firms
Asian equities carried the session on Wednesday, led by a 3.68 percent surge in South Korea's Kospi, while Gulf bourses closed mostly…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 11 August: Gulf Slips as Egypt’s Pound Crosses 50 Before US CPI
Regional and Asian markets turned cautious on Tuesday, the final session before US inflation data that will test the week's entire narrative,…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 10 August: Nikkei Jumps 2.1 Percent as Oil Reclaims 84 Dollars
Asian markets opened the week sharply higher on Monday as the relief that lifted Wall Street after the US jobs shock extended…
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Japan and US Run First Joint Yen Intervention in 28 Years and Signal More
Japan and the United States intervened jointly in the foreign exchange market to support the yen, the first yen-buying intervention by the…
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Market Wrap MENA-Asia 30 July: Gulf Firms on Oil as China and Korea Retreat
Asian markets were mostly softer on Thursday as the region digested a hawkish hold from the US Federal Reserve and a sharp…
Read more →Japan Inflation Rose to 1.7 Percent in June 2026, Still Below the Bank of Japan Target
Consumer price inflation in Japan rose to 1.7 percent in June 2026 from a year earlier, up from 1.5 percent in May,…
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The Japanese Yen Falls to Its Weakest Since 1986, Near 163 to the Dollar, as Tokyo Pledges Decisive Action
The Japanese yen has fallen to its weakest level since 1986, with the dollar reaching around 163 yen, prompting the government in…
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China Holds Its Loan Prime Rates for a 14th Straight Month After Second-Quarter Growth Slowed to 4.3 Percent
China left its benchmark lending rates unchanged for a fourteenth consecutive month in July, with the one-year loan prime rate held at…
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China Is Exporting About 20 Percent Fewer Rare-Earth Magnets to the United States Despite the Trade Truce
China is exporting about 20 percent fewer rare-earth magnets to the United States despite a trade truce between the two countries, according…
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The EU Fines AliExpress 550 Million Euros in Its Biggest Digital Services Act Penalty to Date
The European Commission has fined AliExpress, the online marketplace owned by China's Alibaba Group, 550 million euros for breaching the European Union's…
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DeepSeek Seeks Fresh Funding at a Valuation Near 74 Billion Dollars as It Prepares a Shanghai Listing
The Chinese artificial-intelligence company DeepSeek is in early talks over a new funding round of up to 50 billion yuan, about 7.4…
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Report: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI Race, With 725 Billion Dollars of Spending Planned for 2026 and the Model Gap at 2.7 Percent
The Edge for Economic Consultancy has published a special report, "The 725 Billion Dollar Question: Who Is Really Winning the Global AI…
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