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UAE Retail Treasury Sukuk Draws 445 Million Dirhams at 4.30 Percent
The UAE listed its first sovereign retail Treasury Sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai on 2 July, drawing 445 million dirhams at 4.30 percent,…
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Commodities Wrap 28 July: Brent Settles 5.1 Percent Lower as US-Iran Pause Holds While Coffee Jumps
The geopolitical risk premium kept draining out of oil on Tuesday. Brent crude settled 5.06 percent lower at 83.89 dollars a barrel…
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Market Wrap MENA and Asia 28 July: Kospi Sinks Almost 11 Percent as Chip Rout Deepens While the Gulf Holds Firmer
Asian equities suffered a heavy session on Tuesday as a deepening sell-off in semiconductor and artificial-intelligence-linked shares swept the region, with South…
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Blackstone to Open Kuwait Office With 1.3 Trillion Dollars Under Management
Blackstone will open a Kuwait office in the third quarter of 2026 through KDIPA, extending a regional relationship of nearly four decades…
Read more →Market Wrap US-Europe 27 July: Europe Advances and the Dow Gains 0.5 Percent While Chip Stocks Drag the Nasdaq
US and European markets diverged on Monday as another steep session of oil declines rippled across assets, with Europe closing broadly higher,…
Read more →Commodities Wrap 27 July: Brent Settles 8.6 Percent Lower as War Premium Unwinds
Commodities fell broadly on Monday, led by a steep drop in oil, as a pause in US-Iran hostilities pulled the war-risk premium…
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London House Prices Fell 3.7 Percent, the Only English Region Down
Reports of a Middle East led surge in London’s luxury housing market and the official price data are measuring two different things,…
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Kuwait Signs a Record 16 Billion Dollar Pipeline Partnership Under Project Peregrine
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation has announced the largest foreign direct investment in the country's history, after its subsidiary Kuwait Oil Company signed a…
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S&P Says Government Spending Is Keeping Gulf Construction Resilient as the Property Market Cools in 2026
Government spending and a large pipeline of megaprojects are keeping the construction sector across the Gulf resilient even as parts of the…
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Saudi Public Investment Fund Signs Three Financing Framework Agreements Worth Up to 24.5 Billion Dollars With the World Bank Group and the US Export Import Bank
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund said on 24 July 2026 that it had signed three memoranda of understanding worth a combined up…
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Kuwait Raises 6 Billion Dollars in a Three Tranche Bond in July 2026, With Orders Topping 18 Billion Dollars
Kuwait raised 6 billion dollars from a three tranche international bond sale, the Ministry of Finance said on 23 July 2026, in…
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Report: All Ten Saudi Banks Grew Profit in the Second Quarter of 2026, With Combined Net Profit Up 8.2 Percent to 24.87 Billion Riyals
The Edge for Economic Consultancy has published a special report, "The Clean Sweep: All Ten Saudi Banks Grew Profit in the Second…
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- Commodities Wrap 1 July: Precious Metals Rebound as Oil Drops Below US$70
- Market Wrap US-Europe 2 July: Dow Hits a Record and Europe Rallies as Soft US Jobs Data Reset Rate Expectations
- Market Wrap US-Europe 30 June: Wall Street Extends Gains and Europe Rises to Close the First Half
- Market Wrap US-Europe 1 July: Wall Street and Europe Slip to Start the Second Half as Warsh Keeps a Firm Line on Inflation