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BoJ faces test as yield on 10-year JGBs nears zero
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BoJ faces test as yield on 10-year JGBs nears zero

The Bank of Japan faces a defining stress-test of its “yield curve control” policy in coming days as the benchmark Japanese government bond yield nears zero and currency markets recalibrate themselves for a Donald…

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Markets volte-face on Donald Trump
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Markets volte-face on Donald Trump

Fear and loathing was the overriding sentiment of fund managers and analysts contemplating the market implications of an unlikely Donald Trump…

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Trump rhetoric must be measured by markets

Peter Thiel, the billionaire who became Donald Trump’s most prominent backer in Silicon Valley, made a critical distinction last week. He…

Stocks end dramatic week on softer note
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Stocks end dramatic week on softer note

Friday 19:30 GMT. US and European stocks gave back some of their post-US election gains, the dollar continued to rally and…

Trump delivers game-changing week for markets
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The post-election rally that has reshaped global financial markets cooled off Friday, at the end of a week in which investors…

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Gold dealer runs out of bars

London-based gold dealer Sharps Pixley Ltd. is running out of bars and coins as buying surges after Donald Trump won the…

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Emaar leads post-blaze stock slump

Emaar Properties PJSC slid the most in more than two weeks, leading a decline in Dubai stocks, on concern a fire…

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Transworld Group, Japanese firm form joint venture

|By Arabian Post Staff| Dubai headquartered global conglomerate Transworld Group and Yokohama-based Suzue Corporation of Japan announced the formation of a…

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Air Arabia results disappoint

|By TAP Staff| Air Arabia results have disappointed market consensus, due to lower margins, but analysts see the airline continuing to…

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Mediclinic to join hands with Al Noor

|By TAP Staff| Mediclinic International Ltd. is in talks with United Arab Emirates health-care provider Al Noor Hospitals Group Plc about…

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Al Noor to acquire Rochester

|By TAP Staff| Al Noor Hospitals Group of Abu Dhabi  announces that it has reached an agreement to acquire  Rochester Wellness.…

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Saudi group takes stake in Invescore

|By TAP Staff|Saudi Arabia’s Al Khafra Holding Group has acquired a substantial equity position in Invescore Ltd, a financial advisory firm…

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Shreyas adds two more large vessels

|By TAP Staff|Shreyas Shipping, leading coastal container operator and part of Transworld Group, which owns most number of container ships in…

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Goldman Sachs sees no China bubble

China’s biggest stock-market rout since 1992 has done nothing to erode the bullish outlook of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Kinger Lau,…

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Oil rally running out of steam

Crude oil prices were broadly unchanged in early trading on Tuesday, as firm demand supported and ample supply dragged, but analysts…

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Higher oil buoys Gulf markets

Most major Gulf stock markets, led by Dubai, rose on Sunday after the Brent oil price hit a 4-1/2-month high, while…

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Gulf markets tumble on oil fall

Gulf stock markets fell sharply on Tuesday as Brent crude extended losses after plunging 5 percent a day earlier and the…

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Gulf markets rise on Saudi confidence

Gulf stock markets rose on Sunday despite oil’s weakness as Saudi Arabia’s plan to maintain government spending at a high level…

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Oil free fall to further weaken markets

A fresh drop in the price of oil looks likely to put more pressure on Sunday on stock markets in the…

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Fund buying seen boosting markets

Funds tracking MSCI’s emerging markets index are likely to start buying several stocks in the United Arab Emirates and Qatar that…

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Markets resume slide in line with Wall Street

Most Middle Eastern stock markets fell on Monday as a rebound by global equities turned out to be short-lived, but Saudi…

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Asian markets regain some poise

Asian stocks clawed back some of this week’s losses on Friday after a solid set of U.S. data calmed turbulence in…

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Abraaj bids for Saudi restaurant chain

|By TAP Staff| Dubai buyout firm Abraaj is teaming up with TPG Capital, based in Fort Worth, Texas, for a deal…

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Malls IPO pressures UAE stock market

A rush by Dubai’s retail investors to take part in the initial public offer of Emaar Properties’ malls unit put pressure…

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DFM’s first IPO float in 5 years on Sept 25

Dubai retailing and restaurants group Marka  will list its shares on the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) on Sept. 25 in the…