After four months of Brexit, a new chapter unfolds on Monday as British Prime Minister Theresa May meets with the first ministers from Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The meeting would be crucial as the leaders seek to lay out a roadmap for departure from the EU. The meeting of Joint Ministerial Committee (JME) would be the first since December …

  DUBAI / Reuters Major stock markets in the Gulf rose on Sunday with Saudi Arabia outperforming its peers, continuing to climb on the back of upbeat investor sentiment following the mammoth international bond sale at the end of last week. Egypt’s index slipped on profit taking. Riyadh’s index added a further 1.6 percent, taking its gains since Wednesday to …

  Bloomberg Canadian stocks extended their rally to a fifth day on Saturday, closing with the biggest weekly gain since March, energy shares continued to ride the rebound in oil and banks advanced on signs that inflation is picking up, making an interest rate hike more likely. The S&P/TSX Composite Index gained 0.6 percent to 14,939.04 at 4 p.m. in …