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LONDON: Oil prices rose on Friday, on track to end higher this week after two straight weeks of losses, after a top US official expressed optimism over economic growth and as supply concerns lingered due to conflicts in the Middle East, according to Reuters.
The “weaponization” of the US dollar through the seizure of frozen Russian assets could prompt a global shift away from the greenback, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing a former International Monetary Fund (IMF) official.
Slow economic growth will push France out of the list of the world’s ten largest economies within five years, according to an updated global outlook from the International Monetary Fund.
DUBAI – The United Arab Emirates (UAE) economy grew 3.3% in the first nine months of 2023, preliminary GDP data from the Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre showed on Thursday.
French luxury group Hermes posted a sharp rise in first-quarter sales on Thursday, driven by a strong performance in its leather goods and across regions.
The CBE highlighted that long-term external debt reached $138.551bln by the end of December, up from $134.2bln in September
HAMBURG – Jordan’s state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy up to 120,000 metric tons of milling wheat which can be sourced from optional origins, European traders said on Wednesday.
This increase is attributed to the rise in oil activities by 0.4 per cent percent to OMR12.4 billion by the end of the fourth quarter of 2023
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange was down 1.3% at $9,698 a metric ton in official rings. It touched $9,988 a ton on Monday, testing the $10,000 mark
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