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Saudi markets drop with oil

  DUBAI / Reuters Saudi Arabian stocks fell on Wednesday after oil prices slipped, while an interview by the top economic policy official, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, did little to boost sentiment. Other regional bourses were mixed in quiet trade. Advanced Petrochemical drop-ped 2.5 percent after the polypr-opylene maker posted first-quarter net income of 124 million riyals ($33.1 ...

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Stocks sag on Apple miss, dollar climbs before Fed

  Bloomberg US stock futures pointed to a downbeat opening after European shares fell from a 20-month high as investors digested poor overnight news on Apple Inc. earnings. The dollar strengthened before a Federal Reserve meeting where policy makers will need to mull over another soft patch in the US economy. Apple Inc. fell 1.2 percent in pre-market New York ...

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Saudi to control oil reserves, output after Aramco IPO

  Bloomberg Saudi Arabia’s giant oil and gas reserves and any decisions about producing from them will remain solely in government hands after Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said on state television. The world’s largest oil exporter known formally as Saudi Arabian Oil Co. holds a concession to pump the kingdom’s oil and gas, ...

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