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S. Korea’s Auto Exports Dip 9.1% in July

South Korea’s car exports fell 9.1 percent last month from a year earlier due to a high base effect, data showed Thursday.

The combined value of car shipments came to US$5.4 billion in July, down from $5.9 billion won in the same month last year, acc…

QSE Index Closes 0.17 Percent Higher

Doha: The Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) general index closed at 10,125.470 points on Thursday, 17.270 points (0.17 percent) up from its previous closing.

A trading volume of 112,358,192 shares was registered in 12,682 transactions in all sectors, with a…

QSE Index Rises 0.18% at Start of Trading

Doha: The QSE index rose at the beginning of Thursday’s trading by 0.18%, gaining 19.29 points to reach 10,712 points, compared to the previous session’s close, backed by four sectors.

According to Qatar News Agency, market data showed gains in Bank…

China’s Power Generation Sees Rapid Surge in July

China’s power generation surged at a rapid pace in July, the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

Power generation by China’s major electricity production enterprises rose 2.5 percent year on year to 883.1 billion kilowatt-hours last …

Real Estate Trading Volume Exceeds QR 234 Million in Week

Doha: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts at the Department of Real Estate Registration at the Ministry of Justice during the period from Aug. 04 to 08, reached QR 217,052,596, while the total sales contracts for residential units in …

Gold Regains Ground on Softer US Dollar

Gold prices gained on Thursday, helped by a weaker US dollar and Treasury yields, as investors waited for more US data to gauge the outlook for interest rates after a key inflation report dampened hopes for a larger cut in September.

Spot gold was up…

UK Economy Grows by 0.6 Percent in Q2 2024

The United Kingdom’s (UK) economy grew by 0.6 percent in the second quarter (Q2) of 2024, after the recession recorded in the second half of 2023.

UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) said on Thursday that the level of gross domestic product (GD…

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