Bloomberg Most Middle Eastern equity markets gained at the start of the week, with investors focusing on earnings across the region. Dubai’s benchmark index rose for a seventh consecutive session as banks and real estate companies climbed. Stock gauges in Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Egypt also advanced. Saudi retailer United Electronics Company, or Extra, finished at a record high after …

DUBAI / WAM The growth pace of the regional logistics industry is set to intensify in the year 2020 on the back of boosted UAE growth expectations. The UAE is hosting the region’s first Expo, in 2020, a mega event which is poised to start in October and for which preparations are in full swing. The growth driven by the …

ABU DHABI / WAM Recent statistics issued by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), highlighted a decrease in its production by 6.3 percent or some 2 million barrels per day in 2019, compared to 2018. This decrease is in line with the organisation’s recent decisions, in coordination with major independent producers, to maintain the balance in the global …