Arab world

AMMAN 30 -8-2019 SPA The general price index of shares listed on the Jordanian Stock Exchange decreased by 0.5 percent to close the week at 1981.1 points. The average daily trading volume on the Amman Stock Exchange during the last week was about 11.8 million JD compared with 4.6 million …

Jubail 28 August 2019 SPA The Executive Chairman of the Royal Commission in Jubail, Eng. Mustafa Al-Mahdi, met today with a delegation from the Republic of Iraq, headed by Undersecretary of the Iraqi Ministry of Oil, Dr. Hamed bin Saleh Younis Al-Zobaie, and directors of all Iraqi oil companies. Dr. …

Cairo 26-08-2019 The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum announced the implementation of an ambitious action plan to expand the activities of oil and gas research and development of production fields in the Ras Shuqair petroleum area in the Gulf of Suez. The results of the work of the Gulf of Suez …

Cairo 26-08-2019 The preparatory meetings of the 104th regular session of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) will begin next week at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States, starting on September 1, the meeting of the Social Committee, while the Economic Committee will hold …

21 August 2019 Revenues from tourism income in the Kingdom increased by 8.6 percent to the end of July this year, according to the latest data released by the Central Bank of Jordan. According to preliminary data released by the bank on Wednesday, tourism income increased by 8.6 percent to …

Cairo 18 -8-2019 Egyptian stock indexes recorded collective gains at the close of trading today, supported by continued strong buying by Egyptian and Arab investors. Market capitalization of shares of listed companies gained about LE 5.3 billion to close at LE 757.8 billion. The main stock index “EGX 30” by …

Tunisia 17 -8-2019 SPA During the first 8 months of this year, Tunisia’s exports of cereals increased by 28.8% in comparison to the same period last year, and by 14.4% in terms of revenues of around 70 million Tunisian dinars. According to statistical data of the Tunisian Agriculture Observatory, the …

Cairo 16-08-2019 Egypt’s non-oil exports in the first half of this year exceeded $ 13 billion. The Egyptian General Authority for Export and Import Control pointed to the increase in the value of Egyptian exports to five export groups, led by agricultural crops, noticeably rising to reach $ 1.57 billion …

TUNISIA 16 – 08 – 2019 SPA During the first half of this year, the Tunisian economy registered a growth rate of 1.1%, following the increase of GDP by 1.2% during the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year. The Tunisian Institute of Statistics attributed …

 30-07-2019 Baghdad The Iraqi Oil Ministry announced today that its total exports for the first half of 2019 amounted to more than 639 million barrels, noting that 40 international companies of various nationalities of Asian, European and American bought Iraqi crude oil. The Iraqi oil marketing company “Sumo” of the …