Bloomberg Donald Trump’s got the stock market on a string, but investors are less sure of the game he’s playing. The Republican president’s renewed ramblings on trade dominated US equity markets this week, with a tweet-induced swoon on April 6 leaving the S&P 500 Index 1.4 percent lower than where it started on Monday. The gauge swung wildly, notching four ...

Reuters The Saudi Arabian stock market remained in positive territory on Sunday after rebounding late last week from several days of profit-taking, while a pullback by two blue chips dragged down Abu Dhabi. The Saudi stock index closed up 0.2 percent. Food and beverage company Almarai added 3.5 percent after announcing first-quarter net profit of 344 million riyals ($91.7 million) ...

Bloomberg Saudi Basic Industries Corp plans to boost production capacity 70 percent by 2025 as the Middle East’s dominant chemical maker works with new joint-venture partners and expands its footprint in the heart of the US shale boom. Increasing chemical production is crucial to Saudi Arabia’s “Vision 2030” blueprint, which envisions creating higher-value products and jobs, Yousef al Benyan, chief ...