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FTSE Russell Keeps Egypt Secondary Emerging as Oman Joins Watch List
On 7 October, the Egyptian Exchange welcomed Egypt's removal from FTSE Russell's Watch List, announced the previous evening, after the index provider…
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Saudi Arabia Takes a Third of Bahrain's National Non-Oil Exports
Saudi Arabia took 50 million dinars, or 33 percent, of Bahrain's 153 million dinars of non-oil exports of national origin in August,…
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Saudi Industry Confidence Rises to a 7-Month High of 56.3
Saudi Arabia's Business Confidence Index stood at 56.6 points in September, above the neutral level of 50, the General Authority for Statistics…
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Emerging Markets See 26.3 Billion Dollars of September Outflows
Nonresident investors withdrew 26.3 billion dollars from emerging market stocks and bonds in September, the first net outflow since June, after an…
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Egypt and South Korea Launch Economic Partnership Talks in Seoul
Egypt and South Korea declared the launch of negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on 8 October, during President Abdel Fattah…
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Seven of Eight Markets Fall as Doha Drops 2.21 Percent
Seven of the eight Middle Eastern markets that traded on Thursday closed lower, with Doha's QE Index down 2.21 percent in the…
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Samsung Guides Q3 Operating Profit to 107.4 Trillion Won
Samsung Electronics estimates its operating profit for the third quarter of 2026 at approximately 107.40 trillion won, equivalent to 80.1 billion dollars,…
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UAE, Thailand Conclude CEPA Talks as Non-Oil Trade Climbs 75.4 Percent
The United Arab Emirates and Thailand announced on 8 October that they had concluded negotiations on a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, the…
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Kuwait's Annual Inflation Steady at 2.19 Percent in July
Kuwait's consumer prices rose 2.19 percent in July from a year earlier, the same annual rate as in June, according to figures…
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All Ten Indices Fall as Singapore Drops 3.49 Percent
All ten Asian indices on our panel closed lower on Thursday, the first session with Shanghai and Shenzhen back from the National…
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South Korea's Current Account Surplus Reaches 46.11 Billion Dollars
South Korea posted a current account surplus of 46.11 billion dollars in August, up from 9.85 billion dollars a year earlier, the…
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Japan's Current Account Surplus Widens to 4.06 Trillion Yen
Japan's current account surplus widened to 4,062.0 billion yen in August, equivalent to 25.6 billion dollars, from 3,628.1 billion yen a year…
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Jordan's Foreign Reserves Rise to 28.5 Billion Dollars
The Central Bank of Jordan's foreign reserves rose about 3 billion dollars, or 11.7 percent, from the end of 2025 to reach…
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Taiwan's Inflation Rises to 2.73 Percent in September
Taiwan's consumer price index rose 2.73 percent in September from a year earlier, up from 2.05 percent in August, the Directorate General…
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IEA Members Back a Faster Release of the March Oil Stocks
International Energy Agency member governments backed speeding up the oil stock releases agreed in March so they can be completed as soon…
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Morgan Stanley Sees Gold Averaging 5,050 Dollars by 2027
Gold is the top commodity investment pick of a Morgan Stanley analyst, who expects it to average 5,050 dollars an ounce by…
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Fed Minutes: Most See Another Rise as Likely Appropriate by Year End
Most Federal Reserve policymakers judged that another increase in the federal funds rate would likely be appropriate by year end, according to…
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All Five Indices Fall as the Dow Drops 0.66 Percent
All five of the US indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.66 percent as…
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Egypt's Reserves Rise for a 27th Month to 57.35 Billion Dollars
Egypt's net international reserves rose to 57,348.2 million dollars at the end of September from 57,214.5 million in August, the Central Bank…
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China Adds Gold for a 23rd Month as FX Reserves Dip
China's foreign exchange reserves fell 38.1 billion dollars, or 1.11 percent, to 3,400.3 billion at the end of September, the State Administration…
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Metals and Softs Slide as Palladium Drops 4.25 Percent
Palladium led the commodity complex lower on Wednesday, down 4.25 percent at 1,124.50 dollars an ounce on the December contract by the…
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Egypt's Exports to Korea Rise 9.4 Percent in 8 Months
Egypt's exports to South Korea rose 9.4 percent to 58 million dollars in the first 8 months of 2026, from 53 million…
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India Raises Its Repo Rate 25 Basis Points to 5.50 Percent
The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously on 7 October to raise the policy repo rate by 25 basis…
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Eight of Nine Markets Fall as Milan Drops 2.51 Percent
Eight of the nine European indices we track closed lower on Wednesday, led by Milan's 2.51 percent drop, as a global bond…
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