Domestic gold futures rose to 69,487 Indian rupees ($834.07) per 10 grams, up nearly 10 percent so far in 2024

Export powerhouses Japan and South Korea saw manufacturing activities shrink, as well as Taiwan, Malaysia and Vietnam in a sign of the fragile state of the region's economies

India's gross domestic product is on track to grow by 8 percent or more in the quarter ending March 31, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday.

Local retailers post up to 65% rise in monthly scooter sales

It hit a record high of $642.63 billion as of March 22

Authorities have warned that extensive work is needed before the major port can reopen following Tuesday's catastrophic cargo ship collision, which has blocked the harbour's entrance.

India has asked traders, major retailers and food processors to declare wheat stocks every Friday from April to prevent hoarding and price spikes, the government said on Friday

Sri Lanka's years-long economic crisis was high on the agenda during Gunawardena's trip, with China accounting for around 10 percent of the South Asian country's total foreign debt

Under the currency swap agreements introduced last month, the banking regulator took $1.17 billion from commercial banks and injected around Tk 20,000 crore in the form of local currencies into the banking system, according to several central bankers.

Customers spent Tk 2,678 crore in Jan this year, up from Tk 2,674 crore in Dec 2023

It hit $19.45 billion on March 27, down from $19.98 billion on March 20

H&M said Wednesday its net profit more than doubled in the first quarter as the world's second biggest fashion retailer worked to control costs

Toyota's US sales for February surged 16% and in Europe gained 14%, Japan sales tumbled by a third

With vessel traffic at the Port of Baltimore suspended until further notice since Tuesday's accident, experts warn of knock-on effects but say these should be manageable in the near term

BYD recorded a net profit of 30 billion yuan ($4.16 billion) last year, up 80.7 percent year-on-year from 16.6 billion yuan in 2022

The US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) "formulates discriminatory subsidy policies for new energy vehicles," said China's Ministry of Commerce

Visa and Mastercard reached an estimated $30 billion settlement to limit credit and debit card fees for merchants

A provision in the Income Tax Act 2023 created the discrimination

The move is likely to be fine-tuned to when the first major ones are launched

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka reduced its benchmark lending rate from 10 percent to 9.5 percent and the deposit rate from 9.0 to 8.5 percent