Category: Business

Oil at 8-Month Low on Recession Fears

Oil prices hovered at an eight-month low on Tuesday, as concerns over a US recession and the impact of conditions in the Middle East on supplies persist.

Brent crude futures fell 4 cents, or 0.1 percent, to USD76.77 a barrel, while West Texas Interme…

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Gold Rises Amid US Recession Fears

Gold prices drifted higher on Monday, aided by worries that the US could be headed for a recession and rising bets that the Federal Reserve will likely need to start cutting interest rates aggressively.

Spot gold rose 0.14 percent to USD 2,446.83 per…

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Non-Energy Private Sector Continues to Expand in July

Doha: Qatar’s non-energy private sector continued to expand at the start of the second half of 2024, according to the latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI ) survey data from Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) compiled by S and P Global.

Output and new or…

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QIMC Profits Drop 25.75 Percent in H1 2024

Doha: Qatar Industrial Manufacturing Company (QIMC) net profits fell by 25.75 percent in the first half of 2024 to QR 79.592 million compared to QR 107.205 million in the same period of 2023.

Data issued by the company and published on the Qatar Stoc…

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