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Boursa Kuwait Closes Lower as Main Indices Decline

Kuwait city: Boursa Kuwait closed lower on Monday, with the general market index falling 52.32 points, or 0.59%, to 8,823.53 points.

According to Qatar News Agency, a total of 383.7 million shares were traded during the session through 26,326 cash t…

Demand for Travel Boosts China’s Consumer Inflation in April

Doha: China’s consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1.2 percent year on year in April, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous month, according to data released by the National Bureau of Statistics. The core CPI, which exclude…

Japan’s Nikkei Index Sees 0.5% Decline Amid West Asia Concerns

Tokyo: Japan’s Nikkei index fell 0.5 percent at the close of trading on Monday to finish at 62,417.88 points, after hitting a record high of 63,385.04 points earlier, pressured by concerns related to developments in West Asia. Meanwhile, the broader T…