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 U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday after the first intra-Korean talks in over two GBP 1.3479 years that the United States was willing to speak to North Korea “under the right circumstanc- es,” although it was far from clear whether this would pay dividends. South Korea said Trump JPY 111.71 had also said in a phone call with its President Moon Jae-in that there would be no military action while North-South talks were going on and that a Wall Street Journal article saying he CHF 0.98 was contemplating a military strike against North Korea was “completely wrong.” (Reuters) AUD 0.7866  The United States is deeply concerned by reports that Iran has imprisoned thousands of its citizens and tortured or killed some of them in detention, the White House said on Wednesday. NZD 0.7207 “We will not remain silent as the Iranian dictatorship represses the basic rights of its citizens and will hold Iran’s leaders accountable for any violations,” White House press secretary Sa- CAD 1.2571 rah Sanders said in a statement. (Reuters)

World Markets Global News Major Commodities Oil (Brent) 69.2 Index Value % Change The New Year rally in Asian shares petered out on Thursday due to concerns about rising U.S. protec- Gold 1316.91 DOW 25369 -0.07 tionism, while bonds rebounded after China’s regula- tor called a report about Beijing slowing or halting of Silver 16.99 NASDAQ 7153.6 -0.44 its U.S. bond buying possibly wrong. Bitcoin fell more than 11 percent after South Korea said it was prepar- Platinum 975.8 S&P 500 2748.2 -0.111 ing a bill to ban trade in the cryptocurrency. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside CAC 40 5504.7 -0.4 shed 0.5 percent, slipping further from Tuesday’s 10- year peak. Japan’s Nikkei also lost 0.5 percent. 13281 -0.8 DAX (Reuters) Three Month LIBOR FTSE 100 7748.5 0.23 Canada is increasingly convinced that President Don- ald Trump will soon announce the United States in- USD 1.70911 BOVESPA 78201 -0.84 tends to pull out of NAFTA, two government sources said on Wednesday, sending the Canadian and Mexi- EUR -0.38086 MXX (IPC) 48785 -1.84 can currencies lower and hurting stocks. The com- ments cast further doubt on prospects for talks to JPY -0.02617 NIKKEI 225 23788 -0.26 modernize the trilateral North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which Trump has repeatedly CHF -0.7356 SHANGHAI 3422.1 0.24 threatened to abandon unless major changes are made. (Reuters) GBP 0.52269 S&P/ASX 200 6096.7 -0.64

Index Value % Change Regional News Abu Dhabi 4579.7 -0.15 's annual inflation rates dropped in December to Helpful Hints Dubai 3499.4 -0.32 their lowest levels since the country floated its pound currency in November 2016, sending prices shooting 7300.4 0.15 up. Bringing down inflation is key for President Abdel Metrics Fattah al-Sisi who has yet to announce his intention to 6525.2 0.11 Kuwait run for a March election, but is expected to win himself Metrics are parameters or another term. (Zawya) 1317.8 0.11 measures of quantitative as- Bahrain sessment used for measure- The cabinet of the United Arab Emirates on Thurs- ment, comparison or to track Qatar 9055.4 0.08 day issued two laws detailing how the new five percent performance or production. value-added tax (VAT) will be applied to free zones, Analysts use metrics to compare Oman 5099.5 -0.17 the performance of different medical drugs and equipment. Cabinet decree num- companies, despite the many Egypt 1467.7 0.5 ber 56 said that medications and medical equipment variations between firms. that are registered with the Ministry of Health and are Palestine 574.8 -0.14 either produced locally or imported will be subject to VAT at a zero percent rate, which means that the con- Lebanon 1154.2 -0.07 sumer will not pay the five percent VAT and the com- panies and institutions working in the business of med- Tunisia 6265 0.26 ical drugs or equipment will be allowed to reclaim the VAT they paid on their business expenses. (Zawya) Morocco 12538 0.6 DATE: Jan . 11 . 2018

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Foreign Minister and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu on Wednesday highlighted the importance of continued coordination and consultation on means to address the repercussions of the US decision recognising Top 3 most active traded stocks in terms of JOD Jerusalem as the capital of . During a telephone call Symbol Closing Price Change % Volume JOD made by Safadi, both ministers agreed that ending the Israeli occupation and establishing an independent Palestinian state WOOL 1.97 0.00% 470,410 with East Jerusalem as its capital within the pre-1967 lines is a catalyst for regional security and stability. Safadi acquainted UINV 1.16 -0.85% 429,634 Çavusoglu with the outcomes of the meeting hosted JNTH 0.32 3.23% 293,235 Saturday of the Arab League’s ministerial working group to discuss means to counter the US decision. ( Times)

The higher ministerial committee of agricultural census, headed by Minister of Planning and International Cooperation Top 3 most active traded stocks Imad Fakhoury, on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of the agriculture sector. The meeting aimed Symbol Closing Price Change % Volume to outline the initial results and progress of the census, a JNTH 0.32 3.23% 916,360 Planning Ministry statement said. The census is among the government’s efforts to provide up-to-date data that would SURA 0.57 3.64% 449,241 help studying the situation of the sector and facilitate support UINV 1.16 -0.85% 371,028 to it, the statement said. During the meeting, Fakhoury stressed the importance of the agriculture and the food industry as interconnected sectors, which are part of the development clusters included in the Jordan Document 2025 that aim to realise the goals of food security. (Jordan Times) 3 Biggest Gainers Symbol Closing Price Change % Volume JOD Prime Minister Hani Mulki on Wednesday visited the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (TRC). During JIJC 0.53 6.00% 3,886 the visit, Mulki was briefed on TRC’s achievements, duties and services it provides to citizens. Meeting with TRC AQAR 1.2 5.26% 120 President Ghazi Jbour and members of the commission in the RUMI 1.55 4.73% 5,011 presence of ICT Minister Majd Shweikeh, Mulki commended the “advanced” performance of the commission and the efforts it exerts to regulate the sector and provide better services to people. The premier commended the ICT as one of the main sectors that contribute to supporting the public budget and the 3 Biggest Decliners GDP. (Jordan Times) Symbol Closing Price Change % Volume JOD Trading value for Wednesday 10/01/2018 reached JD(3.3) FOOD 0.45 -8.16% 11 million. (3.9) million shares were traded through (1,956). The shares price index closed at (2121.02) point, an increase of WIVA 0.12 -7.69% 49 (0.01%). (ASE) JOMA 0.14 -6.67% 980

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