Markets

Kuwait City: Kuwait is seeking to follow its Gulf neighbours in its bid to gain emerging-market status. The nation’s Capital Markets Authority plans to...

MUSCAT: Trading in Bank Muscat’s ex-dividend stock weighed on the MSM30 Index, which closed at 5,670.70 points, down by 0.17 per cent. The MSM Sharia...

Muscat: Driven by buying in index heavyweights, the MSM30 Index gained 0.22 per cent to end at 5,680.55 points. The MSM Sharia Index ended at 847.80 points...

Amsterdam: French and Italian bonds jumped as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s Liberals easily beat off an election challenge from the Freedom Party of...

Muscat: Pressured by sustained foreign selling, the MSM30 Index closed at 5,697.61 points, down by 0.32 per cent. The MSM Sharia Index declined by 0.15 per...

Muscat: Omani business group – Golden Group – plans to tap the market with a OMR200 million sukuk, or Islamic bond programme, according to a top-level...

Muscat: Weak sentiment prevailed on the Muscat bourse on Tuesday. The MSM30 index ended on a flat note to close at 5,795.71 points, down by 0.07 per cent....

London: Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest aluminium producer in the Middle East, is preparing to sell shares amid a comeback in commodities prices,...

Beijing/Singapore: Asian equities have overcome uneven earnings, a resilient yen and Donald Trump to outpace global markets this year -- and top investors...

Dar es Salaam: Vodacom Group Ltd.’s Tanzanian unit plans to raise 476 billion shillings ($213 million) in a share sale, the first of a series of initial...