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Qatari bourse index adds 22.48 points 06 Feb 2013 - 07:13 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index continued its upswing trend yesterday adding 22.48 points or 0.26 percent to advance to 8,747.51 points from 8,725.03 on...

Qatari bourse index loses 1.29 points 05 Feb 2013 - 05:23 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange was slightly down yesterday losing 1.29 points or 0.01 percent to reach 8,725.03 points from the previous closing of 8,726.32. ...

Foreign buyers snap up most of Asiacell shares 04 Feb 2013 - 12:35 am

Investors monitor stock information on an electronic board at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, yesterday. BAGHDAD: Foreign investors bought more than two-thirds...

Qatar Exchange index adds 1.55 points; Emaar drags down Dubai 04 Feb 2013 - 12:34 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index added 1.55 points (0.02 percent) yesterday to reach 8,726.32 points from 8,724.77 on Thursday. The volume of shares traded...

Qatari bourse index adds 24.5 points 30 Jan 2013 - 01:37 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 24.50 points or 0.28 percent to advance to 8,689.69 points from 8,665.19 on...

Qatari bourse index rises by 0.34 percent 24 Jan 2013 - 03:31 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 29.71 points (or 0.34 percent) to advance to 8,652.86 points from 8,623.15 on Tuesday....

Saudi crude oil exports fell to 7.15 million bpd in Nov 21 Jan 2013 - 06:17 am

DUBAI: Saudi crude oil exports fell by 124,000 barrels a day (bpd) to 7.154 million bpd in November, according to official data published...

Dubai bourse hits 32-month closing high 21 Jan 2013 - 06:13 am

DUBAI: Dubai’s bourse rose to a 32-month closing high in heavy trade yesterday as it tested, but failed to break, long-term technical resistance....

Qatar Exchange’s losing streak ends 17 Jan 2013 - 03:56 am

Doha/DUBAI: Most Middle East bourses rose yesterday as bargain hunters bought banking stocks following early-week declines. Banks results in Saudi Arabia and Qatar...

Qatari bourse index dips by 1.1 percent 14 Jan 2013 - 01:04 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange was down 96.98 points or 1.10 percent to 8,684.72 points yesterday from the previous closing of 8,781.70 points. Among the...

Global stocks near 20-month high 12 Jan 2013 - 12:46 am

NEW YORK: An improving economic outlook held world shares near a 20-month high yesterday, while the euro rose to its highest against the...

Qatar Exchange continues rally 08 Jan 2013 - 12:41 am

An investor monitors share prices on an electronic board at the Iraq Stock Exchange in Baghdad, yesterday. Doha/DUBAI: Qatar Exchange (QE) pursued its...

Global stock markets rally on US fiscal cliff deal 03 Jan 2013 - 01:26 am

LONDON: World stock markets surged yesterday for a roaring start to 2013 after US lawmakers clinched a deal to avert a feared “fiscal...

Qatari bourse index rises by 1.08 percent 03 Jan 2013 - 01:20 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index pursued its upswing trend yesterday, adding 90.32 points (or 1.08 percent) to advance to 8,449.26 points. Among the top...

Qatari bourse index loses 10.85 points 30 Dec 2012 - 11:34 pm

Doha: Qatar Exchange slipped 10.85 points or 0.13 percent yesterday to 8,300.37 points from the previous closing of 8,311.22 points. The volume of...

European stock markets rise 28 Dec 2012 - 04:28 am

A passer-by watching Tokyo stock average closing information on a display at a securities office in Tokyo yesterday, after Liberal Democratic Party’s president...

Qatari bourse index down 0.19 percent 28 Dec 2012 - 04:19 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index was down 16.16 points or 0.19 percent to 8,311.22 points yesterday from the previous closing of 8,327.38 points. Among...

Qatari bourse index loses 53.77 points 27 Dec 2012 - 09:34 am

Doha: Qatar Exchange index continued its losing streak yesterday dropping 53.77 points or 0.64 percent to 8,327.38 points from the previous closing of...