Bloomberg Saudi Arabian stocks rose the most among Gulf equities, extending their longest winning streak in more than two years on investor optimism the outlook for the kingdom’s banks is improving. Three of the five biggest contributors to an increase in the Tadawul All Share Index were lenders, as the main gauge added 0.7 percent at the close in ...

  Bloomberg OPEC’s internal disagreements over how to implement oil-supply cuts agreed to last month prevented a deal to secure the cooperation of other major suppliers. More than 18 hours of talks over two days in Vienna yielded little more than a promise that the world’s largest oil producers would keep on talking. Discussions will continue in late November, just ...

  Reuters Container shipping firm Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) expects to have regained by the middle of next year the business lost while Iran was subject to international sanctions, its chairman said. International sanctions were lifted in January following an agreement with world powers on Tehran’s disputed nuclear programme. “Step by step the problems have been resolved ...