The kingdom’s foreign minister has called for further cooperation with the economic bloc The total value of bilateral trade between Saudi Arabia and BRICS member states topped $160 billion in 2022, making the kingdom the largest Middle Eastern trade partner of the bloc, Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah said on Friday.

India has reclaimed its spot as the world’s fifth-largest stock market, Bloomberg reported earlier this week, citing calculations based on trading data. According to the report, the market capitalization of publicly traded Indian firms rose to a four-month high of $3.3 trillion last Friday, topping that of France.

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