Tadawul approved Saudi National Bank Capital Company as market maker for MT30 index futures and single-stock futures.

MIIT said it will accelerate development over the next five years of emerging pillar industries such as aviation and aerospace and intelligent robotics.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the 26th President Putin has been briefed on the results of contacts between Russian intelligence services and US CIA director Ratcliffe. Peskov gave no details on topics; he called the contacts a positive, routine development during sensitive bilateral ties but said it is too early to say whether they will pull relations out of their current deepest crisis.