LONDON – Europe’s main share and currency markets started the week modestly higher while oil and bond prices dipped, as investors kept Middle East concerns in check after Iran’s weekend attacks on Israel.

World oil prices sank Monday as traders bet on de-escalation in the Middle East despite a strike on Israel by key crude producer Iran.

The deficit is estimated at 170.940 million m3. The fill rate reached on this same date 36.3% with dams of the north feeding water at a rate of 43.7%

The Egyptian pound has slumped against the US dollar, recording EGP 48.68 for buying and EGP 48.78 for selling in trading at the Commercial International Bank (CIB) of Egypt, as per the bank’s latest update on April 15th.

Muscat – Foreign Minister Sayyid Badr al Busaidi met with Bakhtiyor Saidov, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, as part his visit to the Uzbek capital Tashkent to take part in the second ministerial meeting of the strategic dialogue between the Gulf Cooperation Council and the countries of Central Asia.

Notably, housing rents spiked by 10.50% YoY, primarily due to a 9.70% increase in villa rents, significantly impacting the annual inflation rate