Santhosh V. Perumal

International credit rating agency Moody's on Friday assigned a foreign currency senior unsecured programme rating of '(P)Aa3' to Qatar government's global medium-term note programme.

The Qatar Stock Exchange closed the week of a higher note despite the global concerns of rising inflation and hardening interest rates.

Qatar began the second quarter on a positive note with its trade surplus more than doubling year-on-year to QR34.18bn in April 2022 on the back of robust shipments of petroleum gas, crude and non-crude, according to the official statistics.

The buying interests in Islamic equities notwithstanding, the Qatar Stock Exchange on Thursday settled 30 points lower and capitalisation eroded QR4bn.

Global co-operation and alliance building are imperative to get the world back in order from the global pandemic and in view of new shifts in geopolitical realities, the Qatar Financial Centre deputy chief executive Sheikha Alanoud Hamad al-Thani told the World Economic Forum 2022.

The Qatar Stock Exchange on Wednesday witnessed five of the seven sectors under the buying spotlight, even as it fell 16 points.

The Qatar Stock Exchange Tuesday witnessed violent gyrations for most part of the trading session but finally settled 51 points lower.

The transport and real estate counters witnessed higher than average demand in the Qatar Stock Exchange, which on Sunday opened the week on a stronger note, albeit at lower levels.