ter profit growth would otherwise have been 1.5% to 5.1% for those four lenders. "As forbearance [...] reporting period, with ICBC's increasing to 1.5% by the end of June from 1.43% three months earlier, and that [...] recorded a 9.4% drop in first-half net profit to 1 trillion yuan, data from the China Banking and Insurance
Saudi Arabian riyals and Omani riyals at $21.1 billion and $1.1 billion, respectively. Corporate issuances [...] in 2020 in the region compared to $94.1 billion during 2019, up 1.2 percent y-o-y, whereas sukuk issuances [...] reached $140.3 billion during the year as compared $139.1 billion in 2019 led by higher issuances of bonds,
Total comprehensive loss was BD1,495,663 compared with income of BD1,555,544 in the same period of 2019 [...] during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2020 compared with BD1,182,108 in the previous year’s corresponding quarter [...] operating profit which were BD204,260 compared with BD1,703,454 in 2019 due to dramatic decline in sales.
shareholders for the period increased to BD27.1m compared with BD1.8m in the same period of 2020. The [...] quarter decreased by 73.2pc to BD11m compared with BD41.1m in the same period of 2020. The decrease is [...] securities book. For the first half of the year (H1), NBB has reported a 4.8pc increase in its net profit
with declines of 3.1pc and 0.1pc, respectively. Within the services index, the 1.75pc gain by Zain [...] report. Bahrain’s benchmark index closed at 1,466.43 points, registering a gain of 0.3 per cent [...] commercial banks indices with gains of 3.3pc and 1.2pc. The surge in the insurance index was led
flock to over the weekends: the Dilmunia Canal, Phase 1 of which was announced open for the public. [...] Khattak writes for Trade Arabia. Measuring 1.7 km, the Dilmunia Canal is Bahrain’s largest manmade [...] underground pipes, and let out at the point where Phases 1 and 2 meet. Water flows by gravity, southwards, where
scheme, employment fell only slightly over the year (-1.1%) and household purchasing power was preserved. [...] severe restrictions imposed in December, led to a 1.3% drop in GDP in the fourth quarter of 2020, pushing [...] January, posting monthly growth of 3.3%, though still 1.7% below its pre-crisis level (February 2020). The
high-end apartment rents between Q1 and Q2-2022, with rents increasing by 1.64 per cent quarter-on-quarter [...] impact of the annual Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix, held in Q1 - the first race with a live audience [...] on of the upward trajectory in rents seen since Q1 2022. Meanwhile, average apartment sales rates
from 5.7pc to 5.1pc. S&P further estimates VAT could raise government revenue by 1.5pc of the GDP [...] important project recognised in the report is the new $1.1bn passenger terminal which it said is scheduled for [...] to move back into the black (0.2pc), reversing the 1.2pc contraction recorded the previous year. However
exceeding the 1.36 million tonnes in 2019 – production stood at 1,365,005 tonnes, versus 1,011,101 tonnes [...] as average value traded was down from BD1.4m in 2018 to BD1.2m in 2019. Total value traded in 2019 [...] last year by 19.7pc, reaching 1,157.31m shares in 2019 compared with 1,441.08m shares in 2018. However