Singapore: The US dollar rose to a five-month high against major peer currencies on Tuesday following hotter-than-expected US retail sales figures, raising worries of an intervention from Tokyo as the yen languished at its lowest since 1990.

Data on …

Doha: The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) dropped 8.52 points, or 0.09%, at the beginning of trading on Tuesday, reaching the level of 9912.85 points, compared to yesterday’s closing.

QSE general index was weighed down by a decline in thr…

Islamabad: Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah and his Pakistani counterpart Ishaq Dar chaired the meeting of the Special Investment Facilitation Council between the two countries.

The meeting reviewed the most prominent oppo…

Beijing, China’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew 5.3% year on year in the first quarter of 2024, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Tuesday.

The country’s GDP reached 29.63 trillion yuan (about $4.17 trillion) during this peri…

Doha: The Industrial Production index (IPI) for February 2024 reached 99.1 points, an 8.2 percent decrease compared to the previous month (January 2024), whereas increased by 0.4 percent, when compared to the corresponding month in 2023.

This indicat…

London, Britains unemployment rate rose to 4.2% in the three months through February, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said Tuesday.

It is the highest level for nearly six months and up from 3.9% in the three months to January.

Most economis…