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Global markets witnessed broad-based sell-off and while some markets like the US recovered to some extent, others like Japan and Germany were hit hard. A slew of economic data from CPI numbers to employment figures which released over the month...

Kuwait, in line with the broader GCC market, ended the month in red, fuelled by sharp fall in oil prices. The growing fears over a new COVID-19 variant also led to profit taking at the end of the month. Market...

Saudi Arabia and Bahrain saw outlook upgrades in November. Moody’s has revised Saudi Arabia’s outlook from negative to stable on expectation that country would reverse most of its 2020 debt increase while maintaining fiscal buffers. S&P has revised Bahrain's outlook...

Oil prices declined steeply in November, marking its largest monthly decline since March 2020. The fall follows the multi-year high prices posted by the commodity in October. Concerns over lower demand on account of new COVID-19 variant, Omicron, and expectation...

The GCC Equity markets like the rest of the major world markets have been having a stellar run in 2021. Until November 21st the S & P GCC Composite Index has generated Year-to-Date (YTD) return of 35.6%, which has not...

October marked a record-breaking month for cryptocurrencies with Bitcoin touching its all-time high in October. With bitcoin price soaring, the market cap for bitcoin also breached the 1 trillion threshold. The second largest cryptocurrency – Ethereum, also touched its all-time...

ESG is no longer driven by altruism. As we can see from the table, ESG index has mostly outperformed its parent index in countries like US, Japan and Canada. These attractive returns are luring investors towards instruments and institutions having...

Oil prices in October hovered over their highest since 2014, with demand pressures exceeding supply. Expectation of higher natural gas prices encouraging a switch to oil and continued relaxation of travel restrictions supported prices. Supply is also expected to be...

UAE federal government has raised USD 4 billion in its debt capital market debut with orders over USD 22.5 billion, an oversubscription of 5.6x. This is the first time that UAE raises funds at a federal level. The bonds were...

GCC markets were positive for the month of October strengthened by strong earnings and sustained increase in oil prices. S&P GCC composite index rose by 2.3%, with Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi leading the gainers. Saudi Arabia’s main index rose...