Live news: BlackRock adds Saudi Aramco chief to board

  • Date: 18-Jul-2023
  • Source: Financial Times
  • Sector:Oil & Gas
  • Country:Saudi Arabia
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Live news: BlackRock adds Saudi Aramco chief to board

Thailand: Thailand’s legislature holds a second round of voting to name a prime minister. On July 13, Move Forward party leader Pita Limjaroenrat — the only nominee — fell short of the necessary 375 votes in a joint session of both houses of parliament. Pita’s coalition plans to nominate him again.

Events: Elsewhere, the G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors concludes in Gandhinagar, India, while officials from South Korea and the US meet in Seoul discuss nuclear deterrence against North Korea. Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida concludes a Middle East trip, covering Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar concludes his seven-day visit to Indonesia and Thailand.

Data: Hong Kong issues June unemployment rates. The Reserve Bank of Australia releases the minutes of its July monetary policy meeting.

Companies: Adani Enterprises and Adani Gas hold their first annual meetings since US-based short seller Hindenburg Research produced a report critical of Adani Group companies. India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises presents first-quarter earnings, while Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto offers a second-quarter operations review.