Gold Eases but Lingers Near One-Month High

Gold prices eased on Monday but hovered near a more than one-month high scaled in the previous session, after softer US data boosted prospects of an interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve in September.

Spot gold was down 0.2% at $2,386.58 per ounce…

QSE Index Rises 0.22 Points at Start of Trading

Doha: The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) opened Monday’s trading stable at the level of 10,123 points, or 0.00%, rising slightly by 0.22 points compared to yesterday’s closing.

Figures from Qatar Stock Exchange showed a positive performa…

QNB Profits Surge 7 Percent in H1 of 2024

Doha: The net profits of Qatar National Bank Group (QNB) increased in the first half of 2024 by 7 percent to reach QR 8.2 billion, compared to QR 7.6 billion for the same period in 2023, supported by operating income, which rose by 9 percent, reaching…

QSE Index Closes 0.33 Percent Higher

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) closed Monday’s trading session with an increase of 33.81 points, or 0.33 percent, bringing the index to 10,156.86 points.

During the session, a total of 153,032,469 shares were traded, amounting to a value of QR …

QU Launches Bilingual Argumentative Writing Corpus

Doha: Qatar University, in partnership with the University of Exeter (UoE) in the UK and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) in Qatar, announced the launch of the Qatari Corpus of Argumentative Writing.

This innovative research project is a part of Q…

Ukraine, Poland Sign Security Cooperation Agreement

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk signed, in Warsaw on Monday, a cooperation agreement in the security field between the two countries, a day before the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in th…

Two People Killed in Armed Attack in Central Iraq

Two people were killed after being attacked by a group of armed men in Salah al-Din Governorate, central Iraq.

A security source said in a statement that the armed group that attacked in the Hawi al-Laban area near Lake Amerli is believed to belong t…