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Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

Business An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)

Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

Saudi stocks closed higher on Monday, recovering some of the losses sustained in the previous session as heavyweight shares strengthened and the banking sector…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's…

Business A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a…

Business United Nations Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell. (UN)

UN to Asharq Al-Awsat ahead of COP31: Climate Change and Energy Security Are Two Integrated Paths

On the eve of the opening of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31) on Monday in the Turkish city of Antalya, attention is focused on the…

Abeer Hommadi (Riyadh)
Business The People's Bank of China's gold holdings increased by 830,000 ounces in October (Reuters)

Gold Rises over 1% as Softer Oil Prices Ease Inflation Worries

Gold rose more than 1% on Monday as softer oil prices eased inflation concerns, while investors awaited key US inflation data and fresh signals from the…

Asharq Al Awsat

Business Kuwait’s New Oil Minister Affirms Commitment to Reduce Production, Stabilize Market

Kuwait’s New Oil Minister Affirms Commitment to Reduce Production, Stabilize Market

Kuwait’s newly appointed oil minister Khaled al-Fadhel has reiterated his commitment to OPEC's output reduction agreement with non-OPEC members to curb oil…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Kuwait)
Business Saudi Arabia Starts First Privatization Program in ‘Rabigh 3’

Saudi Arabia Starts First Privatization Program in ‘Rabigh 3’

The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture signed on Monday an agreement to implement the first privatization program in Saudi Arabia. The…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Saudi Arabia Becomes China’s Largest Oil Supplier in November

Saudi Arabia Becomes China’s Largest Oil Supplier in November

Saudi Arabia overtook Russia as China's largest crude oil supplier in November, breaking Russia's 19-month streak, data from China’s General Administration of…

Asharq Al Awsat (London)
Business Iran's Economic Woes Go beyond Sanctions, Say Analysts

Iran's Economic Woes Go beyond Sanctions, Say Analysts

Iran's government faces acute economic challenges as it announces its annual budget, expected on Tuesday, and not all of its problems are the result of US…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia’s NCB in Preliminary Merger Talks with Riyad Bank

Saudi Arabia’s NCB in Preliminary Merger Talks with Riyad Bank

Saudi Arabia’s National Commercial Bank (NCB) and Riyad Bank have begun preliminary discussions to study the possibility of a merger, an important step in the…

Shujaa al-Baqmi (Riyadh)
Business Sudan Bids to Import Flour, Wheat

Sudan Bids to Import Flour, Wheat

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning launched Sunday an open tender on the supply of 500,000 tons of wheat and flour, in response to a wave of…

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business Oil Producers Review Output Cuts Mechanism

Oil Producers Review Output Cuts Mechanism

OPEC and allied oil producers are ready to hold an extraordinary meeting and will do what is needed if the current cut in oil output by 1.2 million barrels per…

Merza al-Khuwaldi (Kuwait)
Business Kuwait Appoints 4 New Ministers

Kuwait Appoints 4 New Ministers

Kuwait appointed Monday Khaled al-Fadhel as oil minister as part of a reshuffle that saw three new ministers take up their posts, reported the KUNA news agency…

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia: Number of Women in Labor Force Rises to 20%

Saudi Arabia: Number of Women in Labor Force Rises to 20%

Saudi Arabia stressed that it was granting women their civil and humanitarian rights, without any discrimination, and working on removing challenges to empower…

Fatehelrahman Yousif (Riyadh)
Business Turkey Attracts $8.1 Bn in Foreign Investment in Nine Months

Turkey Attracts $8.1 Bn in Foreign Investment in Nine Months

Turkey received $8.1 billion in net international direct investment in the past 9 months. The sum of net foreign direct investment (FDI) was $7.76 billion…

Saeed Abdulrazek (Ankara)
Business vendor

Sudan’s 2019 Budget Keeps Subsidies, Fights Corruption

Sudan’s government has adopted its 2019 state budget as the country reeled from fresh protests over the rising cost of bread. The new budget kept subsidies…

Saif al-Yazal Ba Baker (Khartoum)
Business Egypt: Rise of Interest Rates Limits Expansion of Private Sector Activities

Egypt: Rise of Interest Rates Limits Expansion of Private Sector Activities

The expansion of the Egyptian private sector’s activities will continue to be constrained by rising interest rates, which are expected to maintain this trend…

Mohammed Jad (Cairo)
Business power

Tunis Approves Islamic Development Bank’s Electricity Loan

The Tunisian parliament has approved an agreement with the Islamic Development Bank to provide the country with a 121 million euro loan for its electricity…

Al Mongi Al Saidani (Tunis)
Business US Grants Iraq Extension to Iran Gas Sanctions Waiver

US Grants Iraq Extension to Iran Gas Sanctions Waiver

The United States has reached an agreement in principle with Iraq to extend for 90 days an exemption to sanctions against Iran, allowing Baghdad to keep…

Asharq Al Awsat (Baghdad)
Business Jordan to Import Iraqi Oil at Incentive Pricing

Jordan to Import Iraqi Oil at Incentive Pricing

Jordan and Iraq on Wednesday stressed their keenness to enhance economic relations and discussed the possibility of Iraq importing 30,000 barrels per day of…

Mohamed Al-Daameh (Amman)
Business banks

Lebanon: Relative Recovery of Stock Exchange with Concerns Over Financial Risks

The situation of financial markets has changed positively in Beirut in line with an improved political atmosphere and the imminent announcement of the new…

Ali Zeineddine (Beirut)
Business Egypt Settles Commercial Dispute with IFC

Egypt Settles Commercial Dispute with IFC

Omar Effendi, a subsidiary of Holding Co for Construction and Development (HCCD), has signed a settlement agreement with the International Finance Corporation …

Asharq Al Awsat (Cairo)
Business Ghosn Re-arrested, Hopes for Posting Bail Dashed

Ghosn Re-arrested, Hopes for Posting Bail Dashed

Japanese prosecutors re-arrested on Friday the ousted Nissan boss, Carlos Ghosn, over fresh allegations of making the company shoulder $16.6 million in…

Business Saudi Minister Unveils 19 Health Projects to be Launched in 2 Years

Saudi Minister Unveils 19 Health Projects to be Launched in 2 Years

Saudi Minister of Health Dr. Tawfiq al-Rabiah said the institutional transformation is allowing his ministry to focus its efforts on regulating and supervising…

Mosaed al-Zayani (Riyadh)
Business SAMA Warns Banks Against Deducting from Cost of Living Allowances

SAMA Warns Banks Against Deducting from Cost of Living Allowances

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority (SAMA) renewed on Wednesday its emphasis on banks not to deduct from the monthly cost of living allowance in return for…

Asharq Al Awsat (Riyadh)
Business Tokyo

Ghosn Could Win Bail as Court Decides against Extending Detention

Carlos Ghosn could soon be freed on bail after a Japanese court Thursday made an unexpected move in throwing out a bid by prosecutors to extend his detention. …

Asharq Al Awsat
Business Saudi Arabia: Non-oil Revenues Surge 150% in 5 Years

Saudi Arabia: Non-oil Revenues Surge 150% in 5 Years

Throughout five years, non-oil revenues increased by 150 percent from USD33.9 billion (SAR127 billion) in 2014 to around USD83.5 billion (SAR313 billion),…

Obeid Al-Suhaimi (Dammam)
Business Finance Minister: Faster Pace in Achieving Saudi Vision Goals in 2019

Finance Minister: Faster Pace in Achieving Saudi Vision Goals in 2019

Finance Minister Mohammed al-Jadaan has expected the Kingdom to swiftly move from the planning to the implementation phase in meeting the objectives of the…

Abdulhadi Habtor (Riyadh)
Business Iraq, US's Schlumberger Agree to Drill Wells in Majnoon Oilfield

Iraq, US's Schlumberger Agree to Drill Wells in Majnoon Oilfield

Iraq and US company Schlumberger Ltd agreed to drill 40 wells in the giant Majnoon oilfield, the Oil Ministry said on Wednesday. Iraqi Oil Minister Thamir…

Asharq Al Awsat