DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets in the Gulf rose on Sunday as investors cheered a rally in crude oil prices, while foreign buyers continued to support Egypt’s index. Brent crude futures ended their best week in at least five years on Friday, settling at $54.46 a barrel following OPEC’s agreement to cut output to prop up prices. Saudi …

  Bloomberg Bond investors are weighing rising risks that smaller Chinese banks will fail against growing signs the government will do anything to avoid a financial meltdown. A lender called Guiyang Rural Commercial Bank Co. in the southwestern province of Guizhou sparked concern that risks among smaller lenders are spreading after its rating outlook was cut last month following a …

  Bloomberg European Union lawmakers plan to soften draft rules on asset-backed securities after concerns that an earlier proposal would hinder a market-revival drive. Negotiators for the main political parties in the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee agreed to give ground on risk-retention levels, the most contentious aspect of their initial plan. The risk-retention requirement is intended to …