Search Results for: Arab markets
Saudi Arabia to hold out bond mandate prospect to banks
March 8th, 2016
Banks were briefed that the largest lenders on the loan, which may be as much as $10 billion, will also probably be appointed to arrange the bond Dubai: Saudi Arabia is holding out the prospect of a role in ...
Shale Oil Isn’t Saudi Arabia’s Only Nemesis
March 2nd, 2016
Even when glut stops growing, market might shrug: SocGen History shows oil rebound will hinge on stockpiles: Goldman Even if Saudi Arabia wins its struggle with U.S. shale producers over market share, it will face a new billion-barrel adversary. ...
Asia markets mostly higher; Sharp drops 15% on takeover deal
February 26th, 2016
Asian markets were mostly higher Friday, with Japan extending gains from the previous session and Australia closing flat. Market watchers will be focused on a two-day gathering of G20 finance ministers and central bankers in Shanghai that kicked off ...
Asia loses steam as major markets trade lower
February 23rd, 2016
Asian stocks lost momentum Tuesday, trading mostly lower as the improved market sentiment which spurred a global rally Monday appeared to fade. Chinese markets, which started trading at 9.30 a.m. HK/SIN time, stayed in negative territory in afternoon trade, ...
Asia markets close mixed; Hong Kong shares tumble
February 11th, 2016
Asian markets closed mixed on Thursday as investors digested remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and oil remained volatile. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index, which resumed trading today after being shut from Monday through Wednesday for the Lunar New ...
No Agreement on OPEC Meeting After Venezuela Meets With Saudi Arabia
February 9th, 2016
The prospects for an emergency OPEC meeting to initiate coordinated production cuts took a hit this weekend. Venezuela’s oil minister Eulogio del Pino flew to Riyadh to meet with Saudi officials, which followed a recent trip to Moscow to ...
Russia is now China’s biggest oil partner — and it’s a huge problem for Saudi Arabia
February 4th, 2016
Saudi Arabia has long trumped Russia in the Chinese oil market. The Saudi share of Chinese crude imports at the beginning of the decade was about 20%, while Russia’s was below 7%, according to data cited by RBC Capital ...
Lower oil prices hit UAE and Saudi Arabia economies, latest PMI survey shows
February 4th, 2016
The economies of the UAE and Saudi Arabia slowed further last month, according to monthly trackers of business activity published yesterday, as falling oil prices and a stumbling global economy hit the region. The UAE purchasing managers’ index, which ...
Asia markets take another tumble as rout persists
January 21st, 2016
Markets in Asia lost early gains and tumbled into negative territory in afternoon trade, following another selloff on Wall Street overnight on global growth concerns, uncertainty in China and fresh lows in oil prices. The Shanghai composite touched its ...
War Between Saudi Arabia And Iran Could Send Oil Prices To $250
January 14th, 2016
The rift between Saudi Arabia and Iran has quickly ballooned into the worst conflict in decades between the two countries. The back-and-forth escalation quickly turned the simmering tension into an overt struggle for power in the Middle East. First, ...
