Bloomberg The pound headed for its first quarterly gain versus the dollar since mid-2015 as data showed the currency’s Brexit decline delivered a double boost for the UK economy. A bumper contribution from trade saw the nation’s gross domestic product grow an unrevised 0.7 percent in the fourth quarter, its fastest pace in a year, data showed. In the …

  DUBAI / Reuters Stock markets in the Gulf moved sideways in thin volumes on Sunday, while shares of the newly-formed lender in Abu Dhabi, First Abu Dhabi Bank, outperformed a day after the legal completion of the merger. Shares of First Abu Dhabi Bank – the new name of the newly merged National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First …

  Bloomberg Its last day may have been a washout, but the first quarter just took its place among the best of the lengthening bull run for US stocks. Even with a 0.2 percent decline, the S&P 500 Index surged 5.5 percent in the three months ended March 31, the biggest advance since shares jumped 6.5 percent at the end …