Brent Crude: $82.47 ▲ 1.3% | Saudi Aramco: SAR 29.10 ▲ 0.6% | Tadawul Index: 12,184 ▲ 0.4% | SAR/USD: 3.7504 ▼ 0.01% | Saudi CDS 5Y: 58bp ▼ 2bp | OPEC+ Output: 9.0M bpd ▲ 0.2% | Saudi GDP Growth: 4.2% ▲ 0.3% | Defense Budget: $75.8B ▲ 5.1% | FDI Inflows: $7.9B ▲ 12% | Gold: $2,648 ▲ 0.8% | Non-Oil GDP: 5.9% ▲ 0.5% | Giga-Projects: $1.1T ▲ 3.2% | Brent Crude: $82.47 ▲ 1.3% | Saudi Aramco: SAR 29.10 ▲ 0.6% | Tadawul Index: 12,184 ▲ 0.4% | SAR/USD: 3.7504 ▼ 0.01% | Saudi CDS 5Y: 58bp ▼ 2bp | OPEC+ Output: 9.0M bpd ▲ 0.2% | Saudi GDP Growth: 4.2% ▲ 0.3% | Defense Budget: $75.8B ▲ 5.1% | FDI Inflows: $7.9B ▲ 12% | Gold: $2,648 ▲ 0.8% | Non-Oil GDP: 5.9% ▲ 0.5% | Giga-Projects: $1.1T ▲ 3.2% |

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