The world’s cotton supply keeps shrinking, hit by drought and heat
Oil has made a weak start to September, extending a run of three monthly losses
China’s National Medical Products Administration approved CanSino’s Ad5-nCoV for emergency use as a booster vaccine
Commodities including oil have also faced a headwind this month from gains in the dollar
The total overseas investments amount to $23.2bn and its overseas equity capital is approximately $65bn
Investors have backed away from commodities in recent months as slowing growth feeds concern that energy usage will drop
As recently as 2017, Asian countries barely featured among the world’s 10 most-accepted passports
Shipments for June were the lowest since September
West Texas Intermediate tumbled below $91 a barrel on Thursday
All major groups in the S&P 500 retreated with losses in megacaps like Tesla and Apple weighing heavily on trading
Spot gold fell 0.5 per cent to $1,725.05 an ounce in Singapore, after falling 0.5 per cent in the previous session
Crude has tumbled since early June on escalating fears of a slowdown as central banks raise rates to combat rampant inflation
Share sales globally plummeted some 70 per cent from a year ago in the first half, to levels not seen in almost two decades
The note is the first ever carbon-neutrality theme bond issued in the GCC region
Crude has rallied about 60 per cent this year as an economic rebound coincided with upended trade flows
Consumption in top importer China is expected to rise as it lifts strict Covid restrictions
Saudi Arabia sends more than 60 per cent of its crude exports to Asia, with China, Japan, South Korea and India being the biggest buyers
Bullion has risen past $1,850 an ounce in the second half of May
China was the top destination of Qatar’s exports in April with close to QR6.6bn riyals
Investors have shunned equities and many commodities after Federal Reserve officials reaffirmed much tighter monetary policy lies ahead to cool an overheating economy and tame inflation
Saudi Arabia sends more than 60 per cent of its crude exports to Asia
The bank raised its third quarter estimate to $130 a barrel
S-commerce has several other factors going in its favour
China Eastern flight MU5735 was traveling from Kunming to Guangzhou
The facility will be built in the city of Panjin, in China’s Liaoning Province
China ranked first as the country’s largest trading partner in 2021
January’s employment report due Friday is expected to be weak
Oil has rallied more than 10 per cent so far this year
Oil’s drop this week has eaten into a partial recovery from a bear market at the end of November
The fresh capital will support iMile’s plans to hire more engineers in China and invest in its technology