Oil futures jumped by a dollar in early trading on Monday as markets recovered from a selloff following weaker-than-expected US jobs data on Friday.

West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose $1, or 1.48%, to $68.67 a barrel.

Brent crude

Manama, The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) announces that the monthly issue of the Sukuk Al Salam Islamic securities, has been oversubscribed by 185%.

Subscriptions worth BD 79.572 million were received for the BD 43 million issue, which carries

Gold prices remained steady on Monday and was trading slightly below the key $2,500 an ounce level, as the market awaited August inflation data for further insights into the anticipated Federal Reserve interest rate cut this month.

Spot gold

Manama, Bahrain All Share Index has closed at 1,937.96 points, marking a decrease of 11.59 points below the previous closing.

This decrease was due to the drop in the financial sector.

Bahrain Islamic Index has closed at 810.95 points,