Month: September 2024

Saudi Arabias overall unemployment rate fell 3.3% in the second quarter of 2024, a 0.2-percentage point drop compared to the previous quarter.

According to data from the Saudi General Authority for Statistics, the unemployment rate also declined by 0…

QatarEnergy announced on Monday the fuel prices for October 2024, decreasing the prices of diesel, Super Gasoline 95, and Premium Gasoline 91.

QatarEnergy has set the price of diesel at QR 2.00 per liter, Super Gasoline 95 at QR 2.05 per liter, and P…

The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) rose 5.65 points, or 0.05%, at the beginning of Mondays trading, to reach a level of 10,590 points, compared to yesterday’s closing.

QSE was supported by a rise in five sectors: Consumer Goods and Servi…

HE Minister of Finance Ali bin Ahmed Al Kuwari met today with Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Henry Fernandez.

During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations and aspects of joint…

Japan’s Nikkei stock index sank more than 4% on Monday, as the yen strengthened after Shigeru Ishiba won the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership elections late last week.

The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 1,849.22 points, or 4.64%, fro…

South Korea’s industrial output increased for the first time in four months last month on the rising production in the auto and semiconductor sectors, data showed Monday.

Retail sales, a gauge of private spending, also rose by the most in 18 months i…

Oil prices rose slightly on Monday amid growing concerns about potential supply disruptions from the oil-producing Middle East.

Brent crude futures for November delivery increased by 16 cents, or 0.22%, reaching $72.14 a barrel.

US West Texas Interm…

Gold prices eased on Monday but hovered near the record peak hit last week, setting bullion on track for its best quarter in over eight years following a jumbo US rate cut decision and expectations of another outsize reduction in November.

Spot gold …

United Development Company (UDC), the master developer of The Pearl and Gewan Islands, has successfully concluded its participation in the VIII International Business Property Forum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

This prestigious event brought together l…

Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) closed its trading session on Monday, up by 28.790 points, or 0.27 percent, to reach 10,614.09 points.

During the session, a total of 225,802,455 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 597,055,874.051, resulting from the e…

The Oman Central Bank (OCB) has announced that the total value of government treasury bills allocated for this week amounted to OR 45 million.

The OCB said, in a statement Monday, that the value of the bills allocated for a maturity period of 28 days…

As part of its ongoing commitment to raising tax awareness and addressing the tax and legal aspects of sweetened beverage production and marketing, the General Tax Authority (GTA), in partnership with the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI), orga…