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China’s Central Bank Pumps Over $94 Billion into Banking System

China’s central bank conducted 676 billion yuan (USD 94.77 billion) of seven-day reverse repos at an interest rate of 1.8 percent Tuesday.

The central bank said that the move aims to offset the impacts of tax period and keep liquidity reasonable and …

QIB Profits Surge 5.6% in H1 2024

Doha: The net profits of Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) increased by 5.6 percent in the first half of 2024 to reach QR 2.065 billion, compared to QR 1.955 billion in the same period in 2023.

Basic earnings per share for the six months ending June 30, 2024,…

Dollar Rises After Comments by Fed Chair on September Rate Cut

The dollar crept off five-week lows on Tuesday, as investors weighed the case for a September rate cut after comments by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

The dollar index , which measures the US unit against six peers, was at 104.3.

The euro was at USD 1.08…

S. Korea’s ICT Exports Rise 31.1% in June

South Korea’s exports of information and communication technology (ICT) products rose for the eighth consecutive month in June, thanks to solid demand for chips, data showed Monday.

Outbound shipments of ICT products came to US$21.05 billion last mon…

QSE Index Closes Higher on Monday

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) index on Monday closed higher by 85 points, or 0.79 percent, to reach 10,801.39 points. During the session, a total of 94,844,510 shares were traded, with a value of QAR 267,735,702.449, through 20,703 transactions…

Oman Central Bank Issues Treasury Bills Worth Over OR 31 Million

The Oman Central Bank (OCB) has announced that the total value of government treasury bills allocated for this week amounted to OR 31.15 million.

In a statement on Monday, the OCB said that the value of the bills allocated for a maturity period of 28…

QSE Index Drops 20.92 Points at Start of Trading

Doha: The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) dropped 20.92 points, or 0.21 percent, at the beginning of trading on Monday, reaching 10,151 points, compared to yesterday’s closing.

QSE general index was weighed down by a decline in five secto…

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