Business / Qatar Business

Qatar listed firms’ profits beat forecast 25 Aug 2014 - 10:14 pm

Satish Kanady DOHA: Qatar’s listed companies recorded better-than-expected profits during the second quarter of 2014 (Q2, 14), but saw a nince percent year-on-year...

Mena IPOs raise $2.4bn in first half of this year 24 Aug 2014 - 10:50 pm

DOHA: The Mena IPO market performed robustly in the first half of 2014 (H1, 2014) raising $2.4bn from 16 IPOs. This has been...

Qatar Producer Price Index rises 4.1 percent 24 Aug 2014 - 10:46 pm

DOHA: The Monthly Producer Price Index (PPI) of the Industrial sector for June 2014 increased 4.1 percent to 171.3 compared to June last...

Qatar Exchange index drops 22.68 points 24 Aug 2014 - 10:45 pm

Doha/Dubai: Qatar Exchange index dropped slightly yesterday, down 22.68 points, or 0.16 percent, as it closed trading at 13,753.51 points. The trading value...

Aysha named CEO of QBIC 24 Aug 2014 - 12:02 am

Aysha Al Mudahka DOHA: Qatar Business Incubation Center (QBIC), the largest mixed-use business incubator in the Middle East, yesterday announced Aysha Al Mudahka...

Falling food prices offset Qatar inflation 23 Aug 2014 - 10:52 pm

DOHA: Qatar’s rising domestic inflation is partly offset by falling food prices. Food inflation in Qatar peaked at an annual increase of 5.9...

Qatari banks’ loan book declines in July 20 Aug 2014 - 09:55 pm

DOHA: The loan book of banks in Qatar fell by one percent month-on-month (MoM) while deposits declined by 2.7 percent in the month...

Qatar Exchange index remains flat 20 Aug 2014 - 09:52 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange index remained unchanged yesterday closing fractionally higher at 13,682.57 points compared to the previous day’s 13,682.04. The trading value reached...

Nakilat Damen launches mooring boats for Ras Laffan 19 Aug 2014 - 09:55 pm

One of the mooring boats launched by Nakilat Damen. DOHA: Nakilat, Qatar’s premier marine company, has celebrated the delivery of two 16-metre mooring...

Qatar Exchange index adds 37.4 points 19 Aug 2014 - 09:54 pm

Doha/Dubai: Qatar Exchange index went up marginally by 37.4 points when trading closed yesterday at 13,682.04 points, up 0.27 percent on previous day’s...

Blue chips lift QE index to 13,600 levels 18 Aug 2014 - 10:21 pm

DOHA: Despite Qatar bourse’s Sunday announcement showed the listed companies collectively delivered a lack-lustre net profit for the first half, Qatar stocks made...

Qatargas delivers first cargo to Hainan LNG terminal 18 Aug 2014 - 10:18 pm

Rasheeda docked at Hainan LNG terminal in China. DOHA: Qatargas delivered the first cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to China National Oil...

Toyota names new Mena chief representative 18 Aug 2014 - 09:59 pm

Doha: Toyota has announced the appointment of Takayuki Yoshitsugu (pictured)as the Chief Representative of its Middle East & North Africa Representative Office (Menaro),...

MSCI lifts weights of Qatar stocks 17 Aug 2014 - 10:59 pm

DUBAI: Global index compiler MSCI has increased the weightings of three Qatari companies in its emerging market index, citing changes in the way...

MPHC shares dip; profit of listed firms at QR21.35bn 17 Aug 2014 - 10:57 pm

DOHA: Mesaieed Petrochemical (MPHC) shares tumbled 7.8 percent on Qatar bourse yesterday, after the company confirmed on Saturday that it has no contractual...

Arab investors to pump huge funds to Europe 17 Aug 2014 - 10:45 pm

DOHA: Arab investors are increasingly looking to the UK and continental Europe’s commercial real estate markets to pump their huge funds. Europe is...

Qatar needs to judge economic merits of World Cup 16 Aug 2014 - 10:18 pm

DOHA: Qatar needs to judge the economic merits of hosting a major sport event like World Cup in a longer-term perspective. As a...

No contractual relations with MSCI, says MPHC 16 Aug 2014 - 10:15 pm

DOHA: Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Company (“MPHC” or “the group”; QE: MPHC), a subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum, and one of the region’s premier diversified...