Business / Stock Market

Qatar bourse index down 0.21 percent 22 Oct 2013 - 01:59 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange was down 20.33 points or 0.21 percent to 9,731.56 points yesterday from the previous closing of 9,751.89. Among the top...

Qatar bourse index adds 28.37 points 21 Oct 2013 - 08:32 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange ended in the green yesterday adding 28.37 points or 0.19 percent to 9,751.89 points from the previous closing of 9,723.52....

Qatar Exchange index loses 14.15 points 10 Oct 2013 - 01:02 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 14.15 points, or 0.15 percent, to 9,743.68 points from the previous closing of 9,757.83 points. The volume of...

Bullish Qatari index adds 70.06 points 03 Oct 2013 - 12:23 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its gaining streak yesterday adding 70.06 points, or 0.73 percent to advance to 9,698.36 points from 9,628.30 on Tuesday....

Qatari bourse index slumps by 17.98 points 01 Oct 2013 - 12:58 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index lost 17.98 points, or 0.19 percent, to 9,608.32 points from the previous closing of 9,626.30 points. The volume of...

Commodity prices rally over Syria fears 08 Sep 2013 - 12:58 am

LONDON: Oil prices won support this week from fears of a US-led military strike against Syria, while commodity market traders reacted also to...

BRICS group to commit $100bn to forex fund 06 Sep 2013 - 03:49 am

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia: The BRICS group of emerging economies will contribute $100bn to a fighting fund to steady currency markets destabilised by an...

European stocks rise; gold falls 05 Sep 2013 - 01:23 am

LONDON: European stocks rose yesterday despite the airlines sector flying into turbulence after Irish no-frills carrier Ryanair issued a shock profits warning. Stocks...

European stocks fall 04 Sep 2013 - 12:17 am

LONDON: European stocks fell in choppy trade yesterday as a US-Israeli missile test rattled nerves and raised expectations of Western military action in...

European stocks jump; gold dips 03 Sep 2013 - 01:46 am

LONDON: Upbeat Chinese and eurozone economic data, combined with receding investor concerns over a US intervention in Syria, sent European equities climbing yesterday,...

Qatari bourse index adds 48.54 points 01 Sep 2013 - 11:41 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange index kept up its gaining momentum yesterday adding 48.54 points, or 0.50 percent, to advance to 9,667.58 points from 9,619.04...

Atlas Copco takes over UK’s Edwards for $1.6bn 19 Aug 2013 - 11:48 pm

STOCKHOLM: Swedish industrial group Atlas Copco announced yesterday it was acquiring British pump and vacuum engineering specialist Edwards for $1.6bn (¤1.2bn). Atlas Copco...

Egypt bourse tumbles 3.9 percent 19 Aug 2013 - 12:39 am

A general view of the Egyptian stock exchange in Cairo yesterday. DUBAI: Egypt’s bourse suffered its largest one-day drop in four months yesterday...

QE continues bull run 14 Aug 2013 - 12:49 am

DOHA: Qatar Exchange continued its bull run when the bourse resumed trading after the Eid holidays yesterday. The benchmark index climbed 66.2 points...

European stocks rise as rates on hold 02 Aug 2013 - 03:30 am

LONDON: European stock markets climbed but the euro slid against the dollar yesterday as both the European Central Bank and the Bank of...

QE hits fresh 52-week high, bourse adds 1.52pc 26 Jul 2013 - 02:19 am

DOHA: Qatar Exchange index added 0.46 percent after a one-session decline to hit another 52-week high yesterday. The index rose 44.58 points to...

US stocks mostly lower 25 Jul 2013 - 01:30 am

NEW YORK CITY: US stocks Wednesday closed mostly lower, with weak earnings and a gloomy outlook from Caterpillar weighing down the Dow. The...

Stocks rise on China economic signal 24 Jul 2013 - 03:41 am

NEW YORK: World stock markets rose to near five-year highs on Tuesday, boosted by views that China was moving to support its cooling...