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ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.

Empower okays $119.1m H2 2025 dividend

The dividend is equivalent to 43.75% of paid-up capital.

Alujain widens 2025 loss

The increase in loss is due to impairment charges, weaker prices.

Masar 2025 net profit $262m

Higher land plot sales boost revenue and operating income.

Tasnee’s 2025 losses deepen

The petrochemicals' company's revenue also fell 17.7 percent.
  • Aramco buys Valvoline’s petro unit

    The Saudi oil giant acquired the company for $2.65bn.

    With the acquisition, Aramco deepens a bet on the long-term demand for petrochemicals

    The oil giant has been expanding its presence in the sector, known as downstream, and bought petrochemical maker Saudi Basic Industries Corp in 2020

  • e& HI profit up 2.5%

    The company’s consolidated revenues reached AED 26.3bn.

    The company’s consolidated revenues reached AED 26.3 billion, an increase of 3.8 percent over the corresponding period last year at constant exchange rates

    Consolidated EBITDA remained steady in reporting currency at AED 13.4 billion, while it increased by 4.1 percent in constant currency, resulting in an EBITDA margin of 51 percent

  • Chimera Capital unveils new ETF

    The Income Share Class B fund will be listed on ADX.

    The fund is a physical, in-kind, liquid and fully fungible exchange-traded fund (ETF), and will track the performance of Türkiye-listed, Shariah-compliant securities

    The index is provided by S&P Dow Jones Indices and tracks the performance of the most liquid Shariah-complaint stocks listed on the Borsa Istanbul

  • Swvl drops plan to buy Zeelo

    The agreement was broken off due to a market downturn.

    The $100 million acquisition plan has been terminated because of a market downturn

    Swvl has recently announced a 30 percent reduction in headcount as part of plans to achieve profitability by 2023

  • KSA and Egypt champions to inaugurate Qatar’s World Cup final stadium

    Qatar announced Monday that the club champions of Saudi Arabia and Egypt will inaugurate the Lusail stadium to be used...

    The 80,000 capacity gold coloured venue, in the Lusail new city just north of Doha, was the last of the eight World Cup stadiums to be completed

    A test event is to be staged there on August 11 when a Qatar championship match between Al-Arabi SC and Al-Rayyan is held

  • Here’s why Saudi Arabia is buying more Russian oil

    The Kingdom has for several years imported Russian oil, which helps to reduce its need to refine crude for products...

    The Kingdom’s crude imports from Russia allow it to free up its own oil for export to reap profits from the record-high prices in the global market, Pat Thaker of EIU tells TRENDS

    Saudi Arabia, the latest data suggest, imported 647,000 tonnes, or 48,000 barrels per day (bpd), of fuel oil from Russia via Russian and Estonian ports in April-June this year

  • Boeing shares surge

    The company is all set to resume 787 jet production.

    The 787's travails date to late summer 2020, when the company uncovered manufacturing flaws with some jets. Boeing subsequently identified additional issues.

    The difficulties curtailed deliveries between November 2020 and March 2021. Boeing suspended deliveries later in spring 2021 after more problems surfaced.

  • NFT cumulative trading volume exceeds $65bn in Q2 2022

    According to the data from TradingPlatforms.com, the total volume of Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) exchanged recently surpassed 20 million ether (ETH)...

    The total volume of Non-Fungible Tokens, a cryptographic asset which is unique, surpassed 20 million ether (ETH) - a cryptocurrency - in Q2 2022

    The NFT market is expected to increase at a compounded annual growth rate of 35 percent.

  • HSBC H1 pre-tax profit falls

    Pre-tax earnings sank 15 percent to $9.2 billion.

    Executives are expected to field questions about a restructuring bid from its biggest shareholder Ping An Insurance Group.

    The bank rebuffed calls to spin off its Asian activities on the eve of a shareholder meet

  • Over 20K investor accounts join DFM in first 7 months of 2022

    Brokerage companies in Dubai Financial Market added 20,552 new investor accounts in the first seven months of 2022. The market...

    Brokerage companies in Dubai Financial Market added 20,552 new investor accounts in the first seven months of 2022

    The market witnessed significant momentum since the announcement of the listing of 10 governmental and semi-governmental firms