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Oil Prices Drop 2% as Brent Crude Falls Below $108 Gold Prices Surge 24 Dollars Amid Oil Decline and Fed Rate Hike Expectations Consumer Finance Assets Hit 100 Billion EGP in 2025 Jordan Launches Tender to Expand Oil Storage Amid Supply Risks Nadec Net Profit Drops 72.5% Amid Rising Feed and Shipping Costs Kuwait LNG Imports Drop 13% in Q3 2026 as Qatar Remains Sole Supplier Qatar LNG to Flow to Lebanon for 20 Years Amid Energy Cooperation
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Oil Prices Drop 2% as Brent Crude Falls Below $108

Crude oil prices fell nearly 2% on Monday, October 19, 2026, shedding recent gains as investors anticipated increased fuel supplies from Russia following President Trump's decision…

Gold Prices Surge 24 Dollars Amid Oil Decline and Fed Rate Hike Expectations

Consumer Finance Assets Hit 100 Billion EGP in 2025

Jordan Launches Tender to Expand Oil Storage Amid Supply Risks

Nadec Net Profit Drops 72.5% Amid Rising Feed and Shipping Costs
Gold4,139▼ 0.07%
Silver57.06▼ 0.28%
Platinum1,643▼ 0.12%
Copper6.60
EUR/USD1.1225
GBP/USD1.3328
Brent fund67.12▼ 0.10%
Saudi fund35.14▲ 0.11%
UAE fund19.61▲ 0.46%
S&P 500 fund766.48▲ 0.42%

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Kuwait LNG Imports Drop 13% in Q3 2026 as Qatar Remains Sole Supplier

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Metals & commoditiesGold, silver and copper

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GoldPrice per gram in USD
24K132.95−0.07%
22K121.99−0.07%
21K116.44−0.07%
18K99.81−0.07%

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Goldounce
4,139.20
−0.07%
Silverounce
57.065
−0.28%
Platinumounce
1,643.00
−0.12%
Copperpound
6.601

Exchange ratesGulf currencies, dollar and sterling

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Unit value in US dollars
SARSaudi riyal
0.2667
Pegged
AEDUAE dirham
0.2723
Pegged
QARQatari riyal
0.2747
Pegged
KWDKuwaiti dinar
3.2284
BHDBahraini dinar
2.6596
Pegged
OMROmani rial
2.6008
Pegged
GBPPound sterling
1.3328
EUREuro
1.1225

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Traded fundsTracking oil and Gulf markets

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Traded funds Tracking oil and Gulf markets
BNOBrent fund
67.12
−0.10%
KSASaudi fund
35.14
+0.11%
UAEUAE fund
19.61
+0.46%
SPYS&P 500 fund
766.48
+0.42%

NYSE-listed funds that track these markets — the prices are the funds’, not the indices’.

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