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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…
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Egypt Adds 2.8 Trillion Cubic Feet of Gas Reserves and Targets 330 Million Cubic Feet a Day
Egypt is working to add about 330 million cubic feet of gas a day before the end of this year, CNBC Arabia…
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Bahrain Pays 21 Basis Points More for 12 Month Money in 26 Days
The Central Bank of Bahrain sold 100 million dinars of 12 month Treasury bills at a weighted average rate of 5.69 percent…
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Asia Market Wrap 16 September: Kospi Leads a Broad Rebound With the Fed Decision Hours Away
Every index on our Asia board except one rose on Wednesday, with Korea's Kospi the day's best at 1.37 percent higher and…
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Japan Cut Middle East Petroleum Volumes 30.9 Percent and Paid 3.7 Percent More
Japan imported 30.9 percent less petroleum by volume from the Middle East in August than a year earlier and paid 3.7 percent…
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Jordan’s Re-exports Rose 44 Percent and Supplied Most of Its Export Growth
Jordan's total exports grew by more than 14 percent in the first half of 2026, Industry, Trade and Supply Minister Yarub Qudah…
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British Inflation Rises to 3.1 Percent With Motor Fuels Up 23 Percent
British consumer prices rose 3.1 percent in the year to August, up from 2.9 percent in July, the Office for National Statistics…
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Qatar and the UAE Lost 43 Billion Cubic Metres of LNG Exports in 5 Months
LNG exports from Qatar and the United Arab Emirates fell by 43 billion cubic metres year on year between March and July,…
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WTO Scenarios Split Global Exports by 44.8 Points by 2050
A strengthened multilateral trading system would raise global GDP by 2.9 percent and global exports by 17.9 percent by 2050 against the…
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US Senate Rejects Cloture 49 to 50 on Digital Asset Market Bill as Coinbase Drops 10.1 Percent
The United States Senate rejected cloture on the motion to proceed to the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on 15 September, 49…
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US Market Wrap 15 September: All 5 Indices Fall as the 10 Year Reaches 5 Percent Before the Fed
Every index on our board fell on Tuesday with the benchmark 10 year Treasury yield at 5 percent on the eve of…
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El-Sisi Receives the Saudi Crown Prince in Cairo as Bilateral Trade Reaches 18.1 Billion Dollars
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Cairo on Tuesday, and the two leaders held a bilateral meeting…
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