DUBAI / Reuters Share prices in Kuwait jumped in very heavy trade on Sunday, the top performing market in a strong Gulf region, while tax fears continued to weigh on prices in Egypt. The Kuwaiti market index surged 3.2 percent, its biggest rise in more than two years, to a 23-month high, while trading volume was the biggest since ...

  Bloomberg US stocks rose as an increase in crude oil spurred gains in energy companies. The benchmark index pared earlier gains as President Donald Trump delivered his inauguration address. Consumer staples shares climbed as Procter & Gamble Co. reported quarterly earnings that topped estimates. The S&P 500 Index added 0.3 percent to 2,271.29 at 4 p.m. in New York ...

  Bloomberg European stocks closed little changed as investors turned their focus to the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president, and whether he can continue to fuel investor expectations of stronger economic growth boosted by more deficit spending and tax cuts. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fell less than 0.1 percent at the close. The index has lost momentum ...