Gold prices rose Today, Thursday, supported by a weaker dollar and hopes of a cut in U.S. interest rates, while the focus shifted to key U.S. inflation data.

The People's Bank of China (PBOC) on Wednesday conducted seven-day reverse repos worth 277.3 billion yuan (about 38.94 billion U.S. dollars) at an interest rate of 1.7 percent.

Japan exports rose slightly slower than expected in July, raising doubts about the prospects for an economy that is just beginning to recover at a rapid pace, official data showed.

Saudi Arabia announced today, Monday, that it will host the first (World Logistics Forum 2024) from 12 to 14 of next October, in the presence of more than 10,000 participants from the leaders of the logistics sector, including leaders and officials from the public and private sectors, experts, senior executives and sector leaders from different countries of the world.

Public debt in Italy rose to unprecedented levels in June, jumping by more than $30 billion to more than $3.1 trillion.

Local authorities in Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, announced the death of 6 people and the injury of 10 others, after a lightning strike caused a pavilion in a park to collapse last Sunday.

South Korea reported its largest current account surplus in about seven years in June, driven by robust exports led by semiconductors, central bank data showed Wednesday.

The British Government announced its intention to hold a global investment summit on October 14 to stimulate investment in the United Kingdom.

Non-oil and government activities in Saudi Arabia during the second quarter of this year recorded an increase of 4.4 percent and 3.6 percent, respectively, while real GDP decreased by 0.4 percent compared to the second quarter of 2023, affected by the decline in oil activities by 8.5 percent.

The euro area economy grew more than expected during the second quarter of 2024.

Gold prices rose during Asian trading on Monday, on optimism of a US interest rate cut in September, and escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.

The Qatar Stock Exchange Index closed its trading today, up by 37.39 points, or 0.37 percent, to reach 10135.75 points.

Australia has signed a four-year, A$2.2 billion ($1.4 billion) contract with submarine manufacturer ASC to upgrade the navy's Collins class submarines.

South Korea's economy retreated in the second quarter of the year as weaker domestic demand clouded recovery prospects, despite robust exports, S. Korean News Agency (Yonhap) reported.

The inflation rate in the Sultanate of Oman increased by 0.7 percent in June 2024 compared to the same month in 2023.

Japan recorded a trade surplus of 224.038-billion-yen last month, while analysts had expected a trade deficit of 240 billion yen, compared to a deficit of 1.220 trillion yen in May last year.

Official data showed on Wednesday that the inflation rate calculated by the Consumer Price Index in the UK remained stable at 2% during the past month of June.

Kuwait Oil Company announced Sunday the discovery of huge commercial quantities of light oil and associated gas in the al-Nokhatha offshore field located east of Failaka Island within Kuwaiti economic waters.

China's foreign trade registered a record-high increase of 6.1% in the first half of the current year, providing stronger momentum for economic recovery.

Oil prices recovered during early trading today, Wednesday, after three days of decline on reports of likely decline in US crude and fuel inventories last week, indicating stabilization in demand and with improved expectations related to lowering interest rates.