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Kuwait Adds Government Sukuk as Its Domestic Debt Book Grows
Kuwait has added a sharia compliant instrument to its sovereign funding toolkit. Law 90 of 2026 on government sukuk was issued on…
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Kuwait's Holdings of US Debt Reach a Record 69.23 Billion Dollars
Kuwait held 69.23 billion dollars of US government debt at the end of July, the highest monthly figure in the published record…
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Commodities Wrap: A Third Lower Oil Settlement as Cocoa Falls Again
Oil settled lower for a third straight session and went out close to where the week began. Brent settled 0.91 percent lower…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 17 September: Crude Eases on the Hormuz Workaround as Cocoa Breaks and the VIX Unwinds
Crude eased for a second session on Thursday, with Brent down 1.07 percent at 104.70 dollars a barrel and WTI down 0.61…
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Middle East Market Wrap 17 September: Cairo Rises 1.23 Percent as the Gulf Trades Its New Rates
Egypt led the region’s first session after Wednesday night’s rate moves, the EGX 30 rising 1.23 percent to 55,498.72, while four of…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 16 September: Crude Backs Off on Pipeline Reassurance as the Fed Lifts the Dollar
Crude gave back part of its war premium on Wednesday, with WTI down 3.35 percent at 102.28 dollars a barrel and Brent…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 16 September: Doha Leads the Fallers Into the Fed and Cairo’s Fixing Passes 52
6 of the 9 indices on our Middle East board fell on Wednesday, in a session of small moves everywhere but Doha…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 15 September: Diesel Jumps 6 Percent as Saudi Loadings Halt and WTI Outruns Brent
The petroleum complex led everything we track on Tuesday, with ULSD heating oil up 6.07 percent at 5.2626 dollars a gallon at…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 15 September: Riyadh Leads the Gulf Lower While Cairo and Amman Buck the Board
6 of the 9 indices on our Middle East board fell on Tuesday, with Saudi Arabia's Tadawul All Share the worst at…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 14 September: Brent Settles 1 Percent Higher After a Near 5 Percent Spike Fades
Brent crude settled at 105.68 dollars a barrel on Monday, up 1.07 dollars or 1.0 percent, and West Texas Intermediate at 101.39…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 14 September: Egypt Slides 1.56 Percent as the Pound Weakens and Saudi Recovers
Egypt fell hardest in the Middle East on Monday while most of the Gulf steadied. The EGX 30 dropped 868.24 points, or…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 13 September: Saudi Slides 1.30 Percent and Egypt 1.09 Percent Before the Fed
Saudi Arabia led the Middle East lower on the region's first session after crude's Friday retreat. The Tadawul All Share closed down…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 11 September: Brent Settles 2.81 Percent Lower on Hormuz Talks Report
Brent crude settled at 104.61 dollars a barrel on Friday, down 3.02 dollars or 2.81 percent, and West Texas Intermediate finished at…
Read more →Brent Surges Past 107 Dollars a Barrel as the Metals Are Routed
Brent crude jumped more than 6 percent to 107.74 dollars a barrel after Thursday’s settlement window, and West Texas Intermediate rose 6.8…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 10 September: Kuwait Leads a Split Gulf as Brent Tops 104 Dollars
Middle East equity markets were mixed on Thursday even as crude oil pushed higher, with Brent above 104 dollars a barrel, 8…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 9 September: Brent Settles at 101 Dollars, Highest Since May, as Gulf Fighting Escalates
Brent crude settled at 101.21 dollars a barrel on Wednesday, up 3.4 percent and its highest close since 22 May, and United…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 9 September: Gulf Mixed as Brent Tops 100 Dollars, Abu Dhabi Leads and Egypt Rebounds
Middle East equity markets were mixed on Wednesday even as crude oil pushed above 100 dollars a barrel, with Abu Dhabi’s FTSE…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 8 September: Attacks on Saudi Energy Sites Lift Brent to a Six Week High Near 100 Dollars
Crude oil climbed to a six week high on Tuesday after attacks on energy facilities in Saudi Arabia threatened Gulf supply, with…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 8 September: Gulf Mostly Higher as Saudi Energy Sites Are Hit, Egypt Falls 0.80 Percent
Most of the Gulf rose on the day its largest economy's energy facilities were attacked. Abu Dhabi's FTSE ADX General closed back…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 7 September: Brent Settles at 97.31 Dollars as the US and Iran Trade Strikes
Brent crude settled at 97.31 dollars a barrel on Monday, up 1.03 dollars or 1.1 percent, after the United States and Iran…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 7 September: Kuwait Erases Its Losses Since 1 September as Saudi Slips and Egypt’s 4 Day Run Ends
The Gulf split for a second session, and this time Kuwait led it. Boursa Kuwait's All Share Index rose 94.55 points, or…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 6 September: Egypt Extends Its Run to a Fourth Gain as the Gulf Splits After the US Jobs Surprise
The region's first session after Friday's United States payrolls surprise produced no verdict, only a split. Of the 7 headline market benchmarks…
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Report: Kuwait’s New Debt Era: How Sovereign Borrowing Is Reshaping Fiscal Policy, Banking Liquidity and Kuwait’s Capital Market
Kuwait closed fiscal year 2025/26 with an actual deficit of 7.14 billion dinars as oil revenue fell 29.8 percent to 13.589 billion,…
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Kuwait caps brokerage commission discounts at 25 percent from January 2027
Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority issued Circular No. 16 of 2026 on 3 September, permitting licensed persons acting as qualified registered brokers on…
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