The study aims to examine the nature of the relationship and the effect of oil price fluctuations on stock indices in the financial markets of exporting and importing countries. For achieving that, the price of Brent crude oil was chosen as an index from the stock markets in Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iraq as oilexporting countries. While the market index was chosen from the markets of New York, Shanghai and Nikkei as an oil importer. The study came out with a set of conclusions and recommendations. The most important is that the degree of response of stock indices to fluctuations in oil prices was greater in exporting countries than in importing countries.

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The purpose of the study is to find out the extent of the role of foreign indirect investment in achieving financial sustainability in banks and financial institutions.to achieve this, the "Trade Bank of Iraq" was chosen as a sample for the study. The data were collected from annual financial reports for a period of time (from q1 2018 to q4 2020) and the analytical approach was adopted. The results indicate that there is a statistically significant impact of the volume of indirect foreign investment that is represented by the volume of trading and the movement of shares on the indicators of financial sustainability of the study sample bank. In light of this, the study recommended the necessity of attracting foreign direct investment by developing dealing mechanisms and granting the necessary facilities to attract foreign investors.