Business

Muscat: The initial public offering (IPO) of Muscat City Desalination Company (MCDC) dominated the trading session on Tuesday. The MSM30 Index gained 0.23...

Singapore/London: Oil prices posted their strongest opening to a year since 2014 on Tuesday, with crude rising to mid-2015 highs amid large anti-government...

London: Gold hit its highest since late September on Tuesday, extending a year-end rally that saw the metal rise 4.4 per cent in the last three weeks of...

Muscat: His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said has received a cable of thanks from the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of...

London: After a year of double-digit returns, one of the key questions for emerging markets in 2018 is whether they will continue to be insulated from one...

Asian factories end robust 2017 on mixed note; central banks seen hiking slowly Hong Kong: Asia’s factories ended a strong 2017 on a mixed note, with...

New York: British energy company BP expects a positive impact on future post-tax earnings from the United States after the changes to US corporate taxes, it...

Sydney: Asian shares scaled a decade peak on Tuesday after a survey of Chinese manufacturing proved surprisingly upbeat, while the euro lurked within...

Hong Kong: Tencent Holdings' WeChat, China's most popular messenger app, on Tuesday denied storing users' chat histories, after a top...

Muscat: In a dull trading session, the MSM30 Index retreated 0.33 per cent to close at 5,082.23 points. The MSM Sharia Index closed at 713.29 points, down...