The Market Wrap.

Middle East & Africa Reg Desk

Friday, 2026-08-28 · covering the last 24h

Gulf

No material items from Saudi CMA/Tadawul, UAE SCA/DFSA/FSRA/DFM/ADX, Qatar QFMA/QSE or Kuwait CMA/Boursa Kuwait in the last 24 hours. Fed Chair Warsh's Jackson Hole remarks today were rhetorical, not an FOMC rate move, so there is no genuine dollar-peg follow-through to report from SAMA, CBUAE, QCB or CBK.

Israel

No material ISA, TASE or Bank of Israel items in the window. The Monetary Committee's next rate decision is due 1 September; the last move was a 25bp cut to 3.50% on 6 July.

Africa

No new items from South Africa FSCA/JSE/SARB, Kenya CMA/NSE/CBK or Morocco AMMC/Bank Al-Maghrib in the last 24 hours. Both open items remain unresolved: Egypt's short-selling framework (FRA Resolution 155) still has no confirmed trading-launch date, with preparations described as "nearing completion"; Nigeria's NGX has not announced a new effective date for its postponed equity pricing-methodology relaunch.

Informational only — summaries of public regulatory and central bank sources; not advice.

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