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China Cuts Market-based Benchmark Lending Rates

China on Monday cut its market-based benchmark lending rates, with the one-year loan prime rate (LPR) down to 3.1 percent from the previous reading of 3.35 percent.

According to the National Interbank Funding Center, over-five-year LPR, on which man…

QSE Index Drops 0.69% at Start of Trading

Doha: The general index of Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) dropped 73.93 points, or 0.69%, at the start of trading on Sunday, down to the level of 10,659 points, compared to Thursday’s closing.

QSE was weighed down by a decline in most sectors: Insurance …