Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index ended Wednesday’s session down 78.45 points, or 0.77%, at 10,176.15 points. A total of 153,171,423 shares were traded, with a total value of QR 348,786,204.959, through 22,392 transactions across all sectors….
Doha: Oil prices gained more than 3% on Wednesday amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. Brent crude futures increased by $2.40, or 3.2%, reaching $76.56 a barrel. Similarly, US West Texas Intermediate crude climbed $2.26, or 3.2%, to settle at …
Washington: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday downgraded its global growth forecast for 2026 to 3%, warning of persistent risks posed by the war in the Middle East and potential corrections in market expectations regarding artificial …
Washington: European stock markets declined on Wednesday amid renewed tensions in the Middle East, which pushed up oil prices and government bond yields. Among the major markets, Germany’s DAX index in Frankfurt fell 0.88%, Britain’s FTSE 100 index in…
Beijing: China’s foreign exchange reserves stood at 3.4163 trillion US dollars at the end of last month, marking a decrease of 26 billion US dollars, or 0.75%, from the level recorded at the end of May, as revealed by official data on Tuesday.
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Doha: Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) has announced its participation in SambaNova’s $1 billion Series E financing round alongside General Atlantic, Seligman Ventures, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., Capital Group, and other new and existing investor…
Japan: Japan’s stocks closed sharply lower on Wednesday, dragged down by heavyweight technology and semiconductor-related shares, with the benchmark Nikkei posting its weakest close in nearly a month.
According to Qatar News Agency, the Nikkei 225 …
Qatar: Qatar National Bank (QNB) Group’s net profit rose by 3.2 percent in the first half of 2026 to reach QR 8.670 billion, compared to QR 8.4 billion in the same period of 2025.
According to Qatar News Agency, data released by the group and publis…
Syrian sources announced that the sound of explosions in Deir Ezzor is caused by US artillery shelling of the Conoco gas field towards the positions of militants in the area.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency