transactions grew marginally year-on-year to BD211.1 million (32.1pc contactless) in February 2021 compared with [...] were carried out in supermarkets (1,824,504), followed by restaurants (1,739,383), transportation (801,353) [...] value of Fawri transactions at BD1,059m last month was up 2.44pc from BD1,034m for the same month last year
average 1.9pc QoQ in Q1-2021; however, the average decline across rental villas were recorded at 1.6pc QoQ [...] Minutes report on the kingdom’s property sector for Q1-2021 found that capital values grew by a marginal [...] mid-end villa projects slowed to minus 2.8pc in Q1-2021 from minus 3.2pc in Q4 2020. In the high-end
narrow sense M1 (cash in circulation + private sector deposits on demand in BD) increased by 5.1pc to BD3 [...] recorded a decrease of 1pc in April 2021 compared with April 2020, and a decrease of 1.5pc compared with December [...] BD3,070.7m. In addition, M2 (M1 + private time and savings deposits) increased 4.2pc from BD12,840m
up 0.1% against a basket of currencies while benchmark Treasury yields were up 1 basis point at 1.182% [...] where the equivalent index, excluding Japan rose 1%. Across Europe, the STOXX Europe 600 and FTSE [...] insurer Legal and General. U.S. stock futures ESC1 pointed to a quiet open on Wall Street, hovering either
sector has decreased from 17.92pc in Q1 2021 to 16.18pc in Q1 2022. This is due to successful d [...] increased by 5.5pc and 19.7pc, respectively, in Q1 2022 year-on-year, led by growth in the hotels and [...] non-oil GDP grew by 7.8pc in constant prices in Q1 2022 and 16.2pc in current prices. The hotels
Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022, international tourist arrivals increased by 50pc in Q1 compared [...] townhouses has remained strong across Bahrain during Q1-2022, shows new analysis from Savills. The British [...] the year, with a marginal rental price increase of 1.5pc to 2pc year-on-year (y-o-y) across the high-end
LME price (down by 9pc YoY – $1,690/t in Q1 2020 versus $1,859/t in Q1 2019). According to Alba [...] March 31, 2020 stood at BD1.07 billion ($2.86bn), down by 0.3pc YoY, versus BD1.08bn ($2.87bn) in December [...] months, Alba said its revenue grew by 36 per cent in Q1 to hit BD276m ($733.8m) compared with BD203.5m ($541
S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude CLc1 futures fell $1.23 a barrel to settle at $65.81 a barrel. [...] for the week. WTI’s discount to Brent WTCLc1-LCOc1 widened, settling at $11.02 a barrel after ballooning [...] percent decline. Global benchmark Brent LCOc1 fell 77 cents to $76.79 a barrel. It was set for a
number for the first quarter of 2017 (1Q17) by 0.2 million b/d to 1.1 million b/d. New data shows weaker [...] are left with growth for 2017 at 1.3 million b/d rather than the 1.4 million b/d previously forecast [...] million b/d in 1Q17. The net result is that global stocks might have marginally increased in 1Q17 versus an
in Oman increased by 11.1% to reach 1.77 million during Q2 2023 compared to 1.59 million employees over [...] during the second quarter of 2023, contributing to 90.1% of the total GDP over the period, with a substantial [...] constituting 7.2% of the value, while reporting a 10.1% rise over the same period in 2022. The ICV of small