“An analysis of 25 countries in the MSCI Emerging Market Index put Saudi Arabia, home to the Tadawul stock exchange in Riyadh, at the top of the list with a near 27 percent rise in market value since the start of 2020, when COVID-19 began to impact the global economy.”

–Frank Kane, business journalist for Arab News, discussing how Saudi Arabia has been the best performing of all the emerging markets since the onset of the pandemic. [Arab News]