Since talks on the UK’s exit from the European Union kicked off in June, there have been five negotiating rounds backed by speeches, press conferences and shuttle diplomacy. And yet the UK and Europe are no closer to agreeing about what their future relationship should be, or even settling the divorce bill. Now the question is whether there will be ...

Bloomberg The euro weakened as investors watched and waited for the next big development in Spain, where Catalan separatists are planning their response after Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy moved to stamp his authority on the region. Candidates for the Fed chief and the odds of US tax reform remain in focus as the dollar rose a second day. The common ...

Reuters National Commercial Bank and telecom stocks dragged down Saudi Arabia’s main index while Emaar Properties weighed on Dubai’s stock market for the second day in a row. The Saudi index fell 1.3 percent to 6,886 points on the back of the banking and insurance sectors, as NCB reported an 8.4 percent rise in third-quarter net profit, or around 5 ...