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2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.

Mashreq Q1 profit rises

Total revenue increased 10% year-on-year.

TECOM profit climbs

High occupancy across assets boosts earnings.

Emirates Stallions Q1 revenue up 11%

The rise helped by strong demand in real estate

ADNOC Distribution 2025 dividend $700m

The company had reported EBITDA of $1.17 bn in 2025.
  • Burjeel Holdings net profit up

    The company’s 2023 annual revenue rises to US$1.2 billion.
  • Saudi stock market hits 12,500 points, highest since August 2020

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - The Saudi Stock Market's general index (TASI) surged past the 12,500-point milestone on Sunday, reaching its highest level since August 2020. The increase can be attributed to the positive momentum generated by the disclosure of financial results, the majority of which met anticipated outcomes. The gains...
  • HMG 2023 net profit $544m

    The rise was due to the hospitals and pharmacy segments.
  • ADNOC Drilling profit soars 29%

    The company's revenue for the year 2023 was US$3.05bn.
  • Vodafone Qatar 2023 profit up

    The 2023 net profit of Vodafone Qatar increased to $148 million.
  • ADIB records 45% jump in net profit

    Its revenue climbed 36 percent to US$2.53 billion in 2023.
  • Qatar’s IPI declines by 1.5 percent in November 2023

    DOHA, QATAR – The Industrial Production index (IPI) of Qatar in November 2023 reached 91.7 points which is a fall of 1.5 percent compared to the previous month (October 2023). This is a decrease of by 5.8 percent compared to the corresponding month in 2022. Released by the Planning and...
  • CBI 2023 net profit at $46.5m

    The 2023 annual net profit rose 14 percent from 2022.
  • Passenger traffic at Sharjah airport jumps to 15.3 million in 2023

    Sharjah, UAE--The number of passengers travelling through Sharjah airport reached 15.3 million in 2023, as compared to 13.1 million in 2022, marking over 17.4 percent growth, according to Sharjah Airport Authority. The air traffic witnessed an increase of 12 percent with over 98,000 flight movements in 2023 as compared to...
  • Qatar Chamber and CzechTrade look to boost trade cooperation

    Doha, Qatar--Qatar and Czech Republic are looking to ramp up trade and investment cooperation between the two countries. In this regard, Qatar Chamber Acting General Manager Ali Saeed Bu Sherbak Al Mansouri met here on Sunday with CEO of the Czech Trade Promotion Agency (CzechTrade) Radomil Dolezal. The meeting took...
  • Dubai Duty Free achieves all-time record sales of over US$2.16bn in 2023

    DUBAI, UAE - The New Year began on a high note for Dubai Duty Free with the announcement of an all-time sales record of US$2.16 billion (AED 7.885 billion) for 2023, representing a 24.39 percent increase over the previous year and 6.4 percent up on pre-pandemic in 2019. December finished...
  • flynas flies over 11m passengers in 2023, up 28 percent from 2022

    RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA – flynas reported record results for its performance in 2023 compared to the previous year 2022, with a historic increase in the number of passengers to over 11.1 million passengers, growing more than 28 percent. The LCC has taken delivery of 19 new aircraft during 2023, upscaling...
  • Bitcoin crosses $45,000 for first time since April 2022

    Dubai, UAE--Bitcoin stormed above $45,000 on Tuesday for the first time since April 2022. Bitcoin touched a 21-month peak of $45,532, having gained 156% last year in its strongest yearly performance since 2020. It was last up 2.5% at $45,318 but remains far off the record high of $69,000 it...
  • 15% increase in air traffic at UAE airports during COP28, says GCAA

    ABU DHABI, UAE – Airports in the country witnessed a 15 percent increase in air traffic during the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) held at Expo City Dubai, said Director-General of the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) Saif Mohammed Al Suwaidi. In a statement to the Emirates News Agency...
  • World Bank allots 45% of its financing to climate projects

    The bank, according to a statement, "is putting to work more than $40 billion", around $9 billion more than previously programmed. In 2021, the bank announced a goal to reach an average of 35 percent by 2025 and is currently ahead of schedule, running at an average of 36.3 percent...
  • Qatar’s consumer price index rises by 1.08% in October 2023

    DOHA, QATAR - The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for October 2023 reached 108.09 points, showing an increase of 1.08 percent when compared to CPI of September 2023. Compared to CPI of October 2022, on a year on year(Y-o-Y) basis, an increase of 2.52 percent has been recorded in the CPI...
  • Sharjah records real estate transactions worth US$980m in October 2023

    SHARJAH, UAE – A total of 3,798 transactions were conducted here in October 2023 across various regions of the emirate, amounting to US$980 million (AED3.6 billion) in trade value and involving 8.2 million square feet, the Sharjah Real Estate Registration Department said in a report.   This surge reflects a...
  • ADCB profit up 22 percent

    The bank's operating income rose 23% to US$3.32 billion.
  • Multiply Group profit soars

    Its Q3 revenue posted a 24 percent jump to US$96 million.
  • Iran’s exports of agriculture products climb up 10% to US$1.62bn

    Tehran, Iran-- Iran's exports of agricultural products to the outside world shot up 10% in the first 5 months of this year, the Iranian customs administration reported on Monday, According to a report released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) in the first 5 months of this year...
  • Gulf countries witness alarming increase in early-onset cancer cases

    A recent study in BMJ Oncology 2023 has highlighted an alarming increase in early onset of cancer cases in the Gulf countries, particularly the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, from 1990 to 2019. While these countries report staggering growth rates, nations like Lithuania, Georgia, and Latvia have seen a decline.
  • Saudi Arabia’s banks post 9.6% rise in aggregate profits in July to US$1.71bn

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- Banks in Saudi Arabia have reported a 9.6 percent increase in aggregate profit to $1.71 billion in July, according to official data. The Saudi Central Bank, also known as SAMA, said that the aggregate assets of these banks also rose 8.84 percent year on year in July...
  • Passenger traffic at Dubai airport jumps 50% to 41.6m in H1

    Surpassing pre-pandemic levels, more than 40 million passenger visits were recorded at Dubai international airport in the first half of the year, a 50 percent jump. According to its operator, the airport, busiest for international passengers before Covid-19, the passenger traffic went well past the number recorded in the first...
  • Meeza to list on QSE

    Its shares will begin trading on the bourse later this month.
  • Oman Air Cargo revenue up

    Its cargo revenue recorded a 42% jump in H1 to US$57.9m.
  • Oman annual inflation inches up to 0.69 percent in June

    Muscat, Oman--Oman annual inflation rate reached 0.69 percent by the end of June 2023, according to the monthly consumer price survey data issued by the Oman's National Center for Statistics and Information. The inflation rate was driven by the increase in most of the main groups that make up the...
  • Agthia Group profit vaults 6.6%

    The net profit rose to US$39.21m in H1 of 2023.
  • TECOM Group profit soars 13%

    Its net profit vaulted to US$132 million in the first half of 2023.
  • Jordan sees surge of investments to US$844.8m in first half of 2023

    Amman, Jordan--Jordan’s economy has seen a 47.6 percent increase in investments in the first half of 2023, according to data released by the government. The kingdom's aggregate investments amounted to $844.8 million in the first six months of the year, up from $571 million over the same period in 2022....
  • Bahrain records 2% jump in GDP on back of expansion in Q1 in non-oil sector

    Manama, Bahrain--Bahrain has recorded a two percent rise in gross domestic product in the first quarter of 2023, driven by a 3.5 percent jump in the non-oil sector. The average quarterly increase, according to the Bahraini Ministry of Finance and National Economy, of the annual non-oil GDP has touched about...
  • CBD H1 2023 net profit $133m

    Profit is a 41.5 percent jump compared to H1 2022.
  • Dubai Transport Authority’s digital channels record 10% jump in 2022 revenues

    Dubai, UAE-- Dubai's Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has reported a 10 percent increase in revenues for 2022 to $953 million from its digital channels. The company has also recorded 814 million digital transactions up from 676 million in 2021, a 20 percent growth rate. The company also reported a...
  • UAE says 79,000 Emiratis working in private sector

    DUBAI, UAE -  Around 79,000 UAE nationals are working in the private sector, the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratization (MoHRE) revealed on Sunday as the deadline for companies with 50 employees or more to achieve a one percent Emiratization growth in skilled jobs has ended. These numbers reflect the...
  • ‘Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture likely to rise by 7.5% in next decade’

    PARIS, FRANCE - Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture are expected to increase by 7.5 percent in the next decade, said a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The projected greenhouse gas emissions are just less than half the projected...
  • Oman’s GDP climbs up 4.7 percent to touch US$22.59bn in Q1

    Muscat, Oman--Oman's gross domestic product (GDP) at constant prices recorded an increase of 4.7 per cent to reach $22.59 billion at the end of the first quarter of 2023. The GDP at constant price was $21.71 billion in the first quarter of 2022, according to the initial data issued by...
  • Jordan’s exports to non-Arab Asian countries climb to US$1.16bn in Q1

    Amman, Jordan-- Trade between Jordan and non-Arab Asian countries has shot up in the first quarter of 2023, with the value of the kingdom's exports to the countries surging to about $1.16 billion, compared to about $1.07 billion for the same period last year, according to foreign trade data issued...
  • More than 900,000 passengers to use Abu Dhabi International Airport on Eid

    Abu Dhabi, UAE-- Some 900,000 passengers are expected to pass through Abu Dhabi International Airport on more than 5,000 flights to and from 109 destinations spread over 59 countries. The projected numbers were released by Abu Dhabi Airports in anticipation of an increase in traffic at Abu Dhabi International Airport...
  • Bank of England hikes rate half-point even as high inflation remains

    LONDON, UK -  The Bank of England on Thursday lifted its key interest rate by a half-point to five percent to tackle stubbornly high UK inflation despite such a move worsening a cost-of-living crisis. The higher-than-expected hike to a 15-year high was the 13th increase in a row. "There had been...
  • Islamic banks’ assets climb up to US$177bn in Q1 of 2023: CBUAE

    Abu Dhabi, UAE--Gross assets of the Sharia-compliant banks in the UAE climbed to $177 billion by the end of the first quarter of 2023, an annual increase of 7.31 percent against about $165 billion in March 2022, according to figures by the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE). The apex...
  • Qatar’s trade balance surplus touches US$6 billion in April

    Doha, Qatar--Qatar has posted a trade surplus of $6 billion in April 2023, according to a report by the country’s Planning and Statistics Authority.   The figures, according to the Planning and Statistics Authority, reflect a 3.5 percent increase over March while a 35.6 percent decline on an annual basis....
  • EIB lends US$3.6bn to circular economy projects

    BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - The European Investment Bank (EIB) lending to circular economy projects has consistently increased over the years, amounting to US$3.6 billion (€3.4 billion) over the past five years, with a record level of US$1.18 billion alone in 2022. The figures were released ahead of the World Circular Economy...
  • ADNIC records 17% profit rise

    The firm's net profit soared to US$27.14mn in Q1 of 2023.
  • Abu Dhabi’s property market records sales worth US$7.62bn in Q1

    Abu Dhabi, UAE--The property market in Abu Dhabi has recorded 5,472 property sales and mortgages valued at US$7.62 billion in the first quarter of 2023 as against 3,304 transactions worth $ 3.07 billion during the same period in 2022, according to official data released by the Department of Municipalities and...
  • More rate rises may be needed to tame high inflation, says ECB economist

    FRANKFURT, GERMANY - More eurozone interest rate increases will be appropriate to tame high inflation if conditions remain as expected, the European Central Bank's chief economist said Wednesday. The ECB has hiked rates by 3.5 percentage points since July last year in an unprecedented campaign of monetary tightening to bring soaring...
  • Car sales vault in Europe, cross 1 million mark first time since 2021

    Paris, France--Sales of new cars jumped last month in Europe, surpassing the level of one million for the first time since June 2021, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association published on Wednesday. New car registrations hit 1,087,939 in March, an increase of 28.8 percent from the same month...
  • Qatar foreign reserves post 12% jump to US$65bn in March

    Doha, Qatar-- Qatar Central Bank has reported an increase in international reserves and foreign currency liquidity in March to $65 billion, an increase of 11.7 percent, compared to $58 billion in the same month last year. The figures issued by the Qatar Central Bank today showed an increase in its...
  • Qatar-France trade grows to US$4.5bn, in sign of warming ties

    Doha, Qatar--In a sign of growing business ties between Qatar and France, trade between the two countries has increased by 165 percent to $4.5 billion in 2022, compared with $1.70 billion in 2021. Qatar Chamber recently participated in the Arab French Economic Summit 2023 which was held in Paris under...
  • Qatar’s industrial investments in 2022 vault to US$81 billion

    Doha, Qatar-- The the SMEs sector grew by 2.6 per cent, as the number of operating factories in the state increased from 814 in 2021 to 835 last year, in addition to the presence of 430 new industrial licensed facilities, indicating that the volume of industrial investments amounts to $81...
  • QIMC profit rises by 9.8%

    Its profit rose to $42m during 2022 as against $38m in 2021.
  • ADIB net profit in 2022 is $985m

    ADIB's revenue increased by 23% to US$1.8 billion in 2022.