Gold prices rose on Friday after recent economic data supported bets for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month.

Spot gold rose 0.6% to $2,644.70 per ounce, but was down about 0.3% for the week. Prices hit a

Oil eased on Friday after a rally the previous day, but prices remained set for a second straight weekly gain as investors weighed the impact of hurricane Milton on US demand against any broad supply disruption due to the

China’s central bank announced Thursday that it has decided to set up Securities, Funds and Insurance companies Swap Facility (SFISF), with the initial scale of 500 billion yuan (about 71 billion US dollars) for the healthy and stable development of

Doha: The volume of real estate trading in sales contracts registered with the Real Estate Registration Department at the Ministry of Justice during the period from Sept. 29 till Oct. 3, reached QAR 381,994,903 while the total sales contracts for