Muhammad Shaker – Mubasher: The performance of UAE financial market indices varied at the close of trading on Thursday, with the Dubai Financial Market declining, while the Abu Dhabi Securities Market rose, amid expectations of a reduction in US interest rates in 2024. According to data from the UAE financial markets, the Dubai Financial Market … Read more
Noha Makram – Live – The Bank of Japan maintained its ultra-loose monetary policy on Tuesday, in a widely expected move, with the bank preferring to wait for more evidence that wages and prices will rise enough to justify a shift away from its massive stimulus policy. The central bank fixed short-term interest rates at … Read more
Noha Makram – Live – European stocks jumped on Friday, extending the gains of a week that was filled with a range of monetary policy decisions by major central banks. The Stoxx Europe 600 index rose by 0.5% at midday trading, with mining stocks rising by 2.4% to lead the gains, with the majority of … Read more
Live: European stock indices declined at the end of Tuesday’s trading session, despite the rise in financial market confidence in the Eurozone economies, with attention turning to the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy meeting. At the end of trading, the European Stoxx 600 index fell by 0.2% to 472.7 points, with losses in the energy, mining, … Read more
Noha Makram-Live- US jobs rose faster than expected in November and unemployment fell despite signs of a weakening economy. US non-farm payrolls rose to a seasonally adjusted 199,000 during the month, which is slightly higher than the Dow Jones estimate of 190,000, and higher than the unadjusted October data of 150,000, according to the Labor … Read more
Abu Dhabi – Mubasher: Fitch, in its report entitled “Middle East Banks Outlook 2024,” gave UAE banks a stable future outlook. The agency expected that favorable business and operating conditions for UAE banks would continue in 2024, and real GDP growth would accelerate moderately to 3.9 percent in 2024 (2023: 2.3%); According to the report. … Read more
Live: US stocks rose, at the end of Tuesday’s session, with bond yields declining after Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller’s statements that the economic slowdown may return inflation to its target, indicating that there is currently no justification for further raising interest rates. At the end of trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.25%, … Read more
Muhammad Shaker – Mubasher: UAE financial market indices rose at the close of trading on Tuesday, amid weak pricing of the possibilities of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates next month.. According to data from the UAE financial markets, the gains of the Dubai Financial Market amounted to 2.273 billion dirhams, and the Abu Dhabi … Read more
Live: European stock indices declined at the end of the first session of the week, today, Monday, with the evaluation of economic data indicating that the growth in profits of industrial companies in China slowed significantly during the month of October, which raised concerns about the recovery of the second largest economy in the world. … Read more
Live: Oil futures prices closed today’s trading with a decline after the OPEC Plus meeting was postponed. Futures prices for standard Brent crude for January delivery fell by 1.7%, equivalent to $1.38, at $80.58 per barrel, ending the week almost unchanged, after a series of losses that extended over four weeks.. While the price of … Read more