Business / Stock Market

Qatari bourse index loses 65.82 points 23 Dec 2013 - 04:00 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 65.82 points, or 0.63 percent, yesterday to 10,402.77 points from the previous closing of 10,468.59 points, on the...

Key European stocks soar on Fed tapering 20 Dec 2013 - 01:14 am

LONDON: European markets soared yesterday after the US Federal Reserve boosted confidence in the economic recovery by announcing plans to scale back its...

Indian shares hit high, rupee firms 10 Dec 2013 - 10:57 am

MUMBAI: Indian shares closed at a new high and the rupee firmed yesterday after the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, widely seen as...

European markets rise; gold shines 07 Dec 2013 - 07:33 am

LONDON: European stock markets posted solid gains yesterday following unexpectedly strong US jobs data, despite this raising the odds that the Federal Reserve...

European stocks slide 05 Dec 2013 - 11:19 am

A businessman uses his smartphone before a share prices board in Tokyo yesterday. Japan’s share prices dropped 341.72 points to close at 15,407.94...

Qatar bourse index rises by 0.2 percent 02 Dec 2013 - 08:58 am

DUBAI: Egypt’s bourse posted the biggest gain in the region, rising 1.4 percent in thin trading as the country was readying a draft...

Qatar Exchange adds 72.40 points 25 Nov 2013 - 09:50 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 72.40 points, or 0.42 percent, to reach 10,325.72 points yesterday from the previous closing of 10,283.00 points on...

Bull run continues at QE 19 Nov 2013 - 07:13 am

Doha/DUBAI: Bourses across the Gulf gained yesterday along with global markets, with the exception of Kuwait, where property stocks dropped after a local...

Qatar bourse index rises by 72.40 points 18 Nov 2013 - 02:06 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange ended in the green rising 72.40 points or 0.71 percent to 10,284.80 points from the previous closing of 10,072.05 on...

Qatar bourse index rises by 0.23pc 08 Nov 2013 - 06:57 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange ended in green yesterday adding 23.34 points or 0.23 percent to reach 9,976.21 points from the previous closing of 9,952.87...

European stock markets waver on ECB rate cut 08 Nov 2013 - 06:56 am

LONDON: Europe’s major stock markets wavered and the euro tumbled against the dollar yesterday after a surprise decision by the ECB to cut...

Retail investors excited over likely cut in stock par value 08 Nov 2013 - 05:24 am

DOHA: Small investors are quite excited about the possibility of the face value of Qatari stocks being slashed by 10 times, to QR1...

Qatari bourse reaches 10-week high 06 Nov 2013 - 06:16 am

DUBAI/Doha: Foreign institutional investors helped lift Qatar’s index to a 10-week high yesterday. It rose 0.8 percent to 9,915 points, its highest close...

Wall Street abuzz over Twitter IPO 04 Nov 2013 - 08:33 am

A worker tends to the lawn on the roof of Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. NEW YORK: Wall Street is aflutter over...

Qatari bourse index adds 23.92 points 31 Oct 2013 - 12:05 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange added yesterday 23.92 points or 0.25 percent to reach 9,757.11 points from the previous closing of 9,733.19 points on Tuesday. ...

Qatar Exchange expects to obtain full membership in world federation 30 Oct 2013 - 12:56 am

A man reads a newspaper near a display screen showing stock information at the Qatar Exchange in Doha yesterday. Doha: Qatar Exchange (QE)...

European stock markets wobble 29 Oct 2013 - 04:34 am

LONDON: European stock markets wobbled yesterday as traders marked time ahead of a key policy meeting of the US Federal Reserve due this...

Qatari bourse index slips by 7.92 points 23 Oct 2013 - 12:41 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index slipped 7.92 points, or 0.08 percent, yesterday to 9,723.64 points from the previous closing of 9,731.56 points. The volume...