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Egyptian pound weakens as dollar demand surges, interest rates steady
November 20, 2016--Egyptian pound weakened as banks scrambled to meet surge in demand for dollars
Pound had also weakened on the parallel market where prices were roughly in line with banks
Egypt floated the pound on November 3 and raised interest rates by 300 basis points
IEA: No OPEC cut means another oil surplus in 2017
November 10, 2016--IEA raises concerns about the increased output by OPEC members and other oil-producing countries.
Concern rising in OPEC as producers are increasing supply and demand isn’t growing
OPEC to meet at end November to discuss production cut
Dubai and Qatar bounce in line with global shares, Saudi robust
November 10, 2016--World markets initially fell after Trump's win
Dubai's stock market index rose 1.1 per cent early
Qatar index rose 0.6 per cent with gainers outnumbering losers 12 to three.
State payment plan lifts Saudi index
November 9, 2016--Government's plan to pay debts to the private sector boosted the market, lifting Saudi index
All 12 listed banks rose; they have been bullish since last month's bond sale
Long-term investors returned to buy blue chips that dropped sharply over past year.
UAE, Qatar markets update: Aldar up on earnings beat
November 8, 2016--Net profit attributable to Aldar's owners came in at AED747.8m. Emaar Properties, added 0.9 percent, helping lift Dubai's main index up 0.4 per cent.
Small and mid-sized shares were the chief gainers, with builder Arabtec advancing 2.3 percent Abu Dhabi's index rose by 0.6 percent as the largest listed developer Aldar Properties climbed 1.2 percent...
Saudi shares see fourth day of uninterrupted gains
November 8, 2016--Mainly due to positive news from the government's payment plan to the private sector Contractor Al Khodari was the top gainer after 15 minutes of trade
Petrochemical and banking shares remained robust Stock markets in the Gulf edged higher on Tuesday with Saudi Arabian shares heading for a fourth day of uninterrupted gains on positive
With dollars scarce, Egypt's newly-floated pound weakens
November 7, 2016--Egypt abandoned currency peg to dollar last week
Shortage of dollars continues to pressure pound
Government urges Egyptians to shun black market
Egypt's pound weakened on Monday, its second day as a freely trading currency, and traders said they expected further declines as a severe dollar shortage in the banking system...
Egypt's private sector sank in October, pound float may spur growth
November 6, 2016--*PMI dropped to a 39-month low of 42.0 in October, from 46.3 in September
Job creation in the private sector fell the seventeenth consecutive month
Egypt's non-oil private sector growth slowed to its weakest rate in more than three years in October on the back of weakness of the Egyptian pound against...
Gulf single currency inevitable-Oman c.bank chief quoted
October 31, 2016--The creation of a single currency in the Gulf Arab region has become inevitable and is only a matter of time, the executive president of Oman's central bank was quoted as saying.
Oman is not one of the countries pushing for a common currency, but "serious measures" are being studied to achieve it, the Saudi
Dubai Financial Market nine-month profit drops 29 per cent
October 30, 2016--Dubai Financial Market (DFM), the Gulf's only listed stock exchange, reported a 22 per cent fall in third-quarter net profit on Sunday.
It made a net profit of AED35.4 million ($9.6 million) in the three months to September 30, down from AED45.4m a year earlier, it said in a statement. During the quarter, revenue reached
