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Europe Market Wrap 25 August: German Data Beat Lifts the DAX as Sector Leadership Turns Over
The Stoxx Europe 600 rose 0.35 percent to 656.48 on Tuesday, but the benchmark's modest gain is the least interesting number of…
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Strait of Hormuz Oil Traffic Sinks About 90 Percent as Iran Blacklists 45 Tankers and the U.S. Tightens Sanctions
Oil moving through the Strait of Hormuz ran at about 5 million barrels a day on Monday, down from more than 20…
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Middle East Market Wrap 25 August: Saudi Arabia Leads as Oil Falls More Than 3 Percent
Most Middle East benchmarks advanced on Tuesday, led by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, with Dubai the clear exception, while the region's dominant…
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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…
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Egypt Advances 3,000 Megawatt Power Links to Saudi Arabia and Greece as the Saudi Line Nears Operation
Egypt is advancing two cross-border electricity interconnections, each with a capacity of 3,000 megawatts, one with Saudi Arabia now in final testing…
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Germany’s Economy Grows 0.3 Percent in the Second Quarter as the Half-Year Deficit Reaches 71.3 Billion Euros
Germany's gross domestic product grew 0.3 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from the previous quarter, in price, seasonally and calendar…
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Saudi Trade Surplus Narrows to 17.3 Billion Riyals in June as Exports Fall 4.5 Percent
Saudi Arabia's merchandise trade surplus narrowed to 17.3 billion riyals in June 2026, down 10.0 percent from a year earlier, as exports…
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US Market Wrap 24 August: Eight of Eleven Sectors Rise Yet the S&P 500 Falls 0.3 Percent
The S&P 500 fell 0.28 percent to 7,652.86 on Monday even though eight of its eleven sectors finished higher, an outcome that…
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Commodities Wrap 24 August: Coffee Jumps 5.9 Percent While Diesel Slides 4.8 Percent
Commodities split hard on Monday. Coffee rose 5.94 percent to 341.80 cents a pound, the largest single move in the complex, while…
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The Stoxx Europe 600 closed unchanged at 654.21 on Monday, up 0.03 of a point from Friday's 654.18, a headline that conceals…
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OECD Growth Edges Up to 0.5 Percent as Europe Rebounds and G7 Slows
Economic growth across the OECD area edged up to 0.5 percent in the second quarter of 2026 from 0.4 percent in the…
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US Treasury Reportedly Weighs Its 950 Billion Dollar Cash Account to Fund Expanded Bond Buybacks
The US Treasury is considering drawing on the cash in its Treasury General Account, which stood near 950 billion dollars in mid-August,…
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