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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…
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Commodities Wrap 12 August: Corn Jumps 4.5 Percent While Oil Slips and Volatility Sinks Near 5 Percent
The grains took the session on Wednesday, breaking a two-day run in which energy had led, with corn jumping 4.45 percent to…
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 →Commodities Wrap 11 August: US Oil Tops 83 on Hormuz While Cocoa Sinks 5 Percent
Energy led the commodities complex for a second straight session on Tuesday, extending the surge covered in our Monday commodities wrap, with…
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 →Commodities Wrap 10 August: Oil Surges 5 Percent on Hormuz Doubts While Silver Shines
Energy led commodities sharply higher on Monday, with crude and refined products surging around 5 percent as doubts grew that the United…
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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IMF Board Completes Egypt’s Seventh Review, Unlocking About $1.8 Billion
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund completed Egypt's seventh review under the Extended Fund Facility and the second review under…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 30 July: Palladium Jumps 4.7 Percent as Metals Rally and Oil Slips
The metals complex led commodities higher on Thursday while crude oil slipped, as a sharply weaker US dollar lifted precious and industrial…
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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 →Commodities Wrap 29 July: Oil Surges 8 Percent as US-Iran Strikes Resume
Oil ripped higher and dragged the security premium back into the commodities complex on Wednesday. Brent crude settled 8.07 percent higher at…
Read more →Market Wrap MENA-Asia 29 July: Oil Surges 8 Percent and Asian Chips Slide Again
The security premium rushed back into oil on Wednesday, and the region's markets split around it. Brent crude surged nearly 8 percent…
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