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Saudi-French Investment Roundtable Targets New Deals as Bilateral Trade Reaches 44.2 Billion Riyals
Saudi Arabia and France convened senior officials, business leaders and company executives in Paris on Monday for a new investment roundtable, with…
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Middle East Market Wrap 24 August: Saudi Arabia Leads the Gulf Higher as Egypt Slips
Middle East markets closed higher on Monday, with Saudi Arabia leading and Egypt the notable exception. The Tadawul All Share Index rose…
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IEA Says a Second Oil Stock Release Is Not Under Discussion as 80 Percent of Reserves Remain
The International Energy Agency is not discussing a second coordinated release of emergency oil stocks for now, Executive Director Fatih Birol said…
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China’s Upstream Price Breadth Reverses as 33 of 50 Key Inputs Rise in Mid-August
China's high-frequency production-input prices turned broadly higher in mid-August, with 33 of 50 major commodities and industrial inputs rising, against only 12…
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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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Kuwait’s PIC Reported Among Suitors for Shell US Chemicals Assets Valued at Up to 8 Billion Dollars
Kuwait's Petrochemical Industries Company, the petrochemical arm of Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, has been reported among the parties interested in Shell's US chemicals…
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South Korean Banks Earn Record 32.2 Trillion Won in Interest as Securities Losses Cut First-Half Profit 6.4 Percent
South Korea's domestic banks generated a record 32.2 trillion won in interest income in the first half of 2026, yet stronger core…
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Egypt Allows Surplus Sugar Exports Through the End of 2026
Egypt has extended its controlled sugar-export framework to the end of 2026, keeping in place a system under which sugar may leave…
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Kuwait Banks’ Paid-Up Import Financing Falls 17.6 Percent in First Half as Second-Quarter Activity Drops
Paid-up financing and settlement of Kuwaiti imports through local banks fell to 3,593.9 million dinars in the first half of 2026, down…
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Oman Nearly Erases Its First-Half Deficit as Gas Revenue Grows Faster Than Oil
Oman closed the first half of 2026 with a budget deficit of 17 million rials, down from 259 million a year earlier,…
Read more →Middle East Market Wrap 23 August: Saudi Arabia and Egypt Jump 1.1 Percent on Reopening
The Middle East reopened higher on Sunday, giving the region its first session to price a weekend of sanctions headlines, Thursday's Wall…
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China Expands Fiscal Support After 20 Trillion Yuan of New Credit as Domestic Demand Remains Soft
China is widening fiscal support for households and private businesses after six fiscal and financial policy tools helped facilitate more than 20…
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