Beijing: Vice Premier of China, He Lifeng, engaged in a phone conversation with US Secretary of the Treasury, Scott Bessent, and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer to address trade issues, focusing on efforts to implement an agreement aimed at de-escalating

Doha: The main US stock indexes ended trading higher on Wall Street at the close of Friday’s session. The Standard and Poor’s 500 gained 11.95 points, or 0.17 percent, finishing at 6,869.07. The Nasdaq Composite rose 69.81 points, or 0.30

Doha: Gold prices climbed as investors anticipated that the US Federal Reserve would lower interest rates at its meeting next week, while silver surged to record levels. Spot gold rose 1 percent to $4,212.16 per ounce, though it remains on

Doha: Qatar National Bank (QNB) has reaffirmed its previous forecast that the US Federal Reserve will implement two additional 25-basis-point interest rate cuts. One of these cuts is expected next week, with the second likely to occur in the first

Doha: European stocks closed on a mixed note as investors awaited next week’s US Federal Reserve meeting. The Stoxx 600 index finished flat, while Britain’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.20 percent, leaving it down 0.56 percent for the week. According to