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Most Gulf bourses recover, Egypt rebounds as foreign funds buy

  DUBAI / Reuters Most stock markets in the Gulf made small gains on Thursday, recovering some of the week’s losses, but trading volumes remained very low. Egypt rebounded as foreign funds bought shares there. The Saudi stock index climbed 0.7 percent as the petrochemical sector regained some of the previous session’s heavy losses, after Brent oil bounced from a ...

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European stocks rise, Asia bounces back

  Bloomberg European stocks climbed, led by mining and bank shares, as lenders borrowed more than double what was forecast under the European Central Bank’s TLTRO program. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index advanced 0.3 percent to 375.21 as of 11:31 a.m. London time, set to end three days of losses. European miners extended their gains to 0.9 percent, following metals ...

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US treasuries gain as health vote looms

  Bloomberg Markets struck a cautious tone, with US stocks fluctuating and Treasuries gaining a fifth day, as investors watched developments in Washington for clues on the prospects for the Trump administration’s pro-growth policies. The S&P 500 Index was little changed, as futures erased gains after House Republicans postponed a planned meeting on the health-care bill. The measure’s outcome is ...

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