Crude prices spiked more than four percent before ebbing somewhat after the allies launched deadly strikes following weeks of disruptive rebel attacks on Red Sea shipping. An analyst at SEB bank said if the US-UK attacks were unsuccessful in destroying Houthi weapons, and oil tankers need to go around Africa,...

Wall Street indices enjoyed solid gains, including the Dow, which mustered a 0.6 percent advance in spite of an eight percent dive in Boeing shares after an emergency landing on an Alaska Airlines aircraft revived safety worries. "We basically are having a little bit of a bargain hunting today," economist...

Nike promised up to $2 billion in cost savings Thursday.

Traders tracked a rally on Wall Street that was helped by a strong set of earnings from big-name firms including Coca-Cola, Verizon and 3M that fuelled optimism for the reporting season. Still, geopolitical crises continue to cast a shadow, with a broader war still possible, and many fearing it could...

Equities enjoyed a strong run-up last week, partly on the back of hopes that Beijing would unveil a raft of economic stimulus to go with two interest rate cuts. Expectations have been high that officials would provide help for the struggling property sector and introduce measures to kickstart consumer activity.

The countervailing movements, according to analysts, were evidence of a rotation away from the tech-dominated winners from the earliest part of 2023, and towards manufacturing companies like Caterpillar and Honeywell. "Money is flowing from one sector to another sector," said Adam Sarhan of 50 Park Investments. This dynamic "keeps the...

Shares in UAE state oil company ADNOC's logistics unit soared 50 percent as they hit the market in a $769 million initial public offering on Thursday. The listing comes just weeks after ADNOC floated its gas unit in a $2.5 billion IPO in March.

Analysts polled by the Swiss financial newswire AWP expected UBS's first quarter net profit to tick in at around $1.7 billion, down from $2.1 billion a year ago. Though it managed to rack up a $1.0 billion net profit for the first three months of 2023, UBS said it had...

Saeed Mohammed Al Ghamdi, who had been serving as CEO, will replace AlKhudairy as chair, Monday's statement said. Talal Ahmed Al Khereiji has been appointed acting CEO, it said.

Wednesday's much-anticipated minutes showed most US central bank chiefs felt smaller increases would "likely soon be appropriate" as the economy shows signs of weakness following almost a year of monetary tightening.

Wall Street stocks rallied Friday following signs of moderating inflation, finishing with weekly gains for the first time in about two months.

DEWA shares soared 19% in the first minutes of trading on Tuesday.

The two bourses have been adhering to the Monday-to-Friday workweek — the norm across most of the world — since the beginning of the current calendar year.

The ruble-dominated Moex index opened down 13.97 percent, while the dollar-dominated RTS was down 20.16 percent.

Here is a comparison between the top equity markets in the Middle East, and how they stack up against a couple of their global counterparts.

Firms linked to travel were among the worst affected as investors fretted over the possibility of more government-mandated restrictions.