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WTO expects less severe global trade slump in 2020

Bloomberg The World Trade Organisation (WTO) offered a less gloomy projection for this year’s decline in global trade while noting that downside risks remain if resurging outbreaks of Covid-19 stall the economic recovery. The WTO said it expects global merchandise trade to fall by 9.2% this year from 2019, compared with the 12.9% drop projected in April, according to revised ...

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Oil advances after biggest surge since May on stimulus optimism

Bloomberg Oil rises further after the biggest gain since May on growing optimism for more US fiscal stimulus and as President Donald Trump left hospital following treatment for Covid-19. Futures added 1.2%, following Monday’s surge above $39 a barrel. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will resume talks on another round of pandemic relief funding, but there’s ...

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Emirates Islamic marks listing of $500m sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai

DUBAI / WAM Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Chairman of Emirates Islamic and Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Emirates NBD Group, rang the market-opening bell on Tuesday to celebrate the listing by Emirates Islamic of a $500 million sukuk on Nasdaq Dubai. The bank achieved a profit rate of 1.827%, the lowest for a sukuk issued by a UAE bank ...

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