DUBAI / DOHA / Reuters Qatar’s central bank is offering 3 billion riyals ($825 million) of government bonds in its third domestic bond sale this year, according to a circular seen by Reuters. Bids for the latest offer were due on Monday, with allocations to be made the following day, according to the offer document. The offer is made ...

  Kuwait City / AFP National Bank of Kuwait, the emirate’s largest lender, said on Monday its third quarter net profit rose 6.5 percent mainly thanks to growing public spending despite low oil revenues. The bank posted a net profit of 68.7 million dinars ($227.5 million) for July to September this year compared to 64.5 million dinars ($213.6 million) for ...

  Bloomberg ICICI Bank Ltd., India’s largest private-sector bank, rose the most in six months in Mumbai stock trading on optimism the lender will recover some of its loans to the Essar Group. Shares of the bank rose 6.5 percent to 257.55 rupees, while the locally listed stock of Standard Chartered Plc, also owed money by Essar, gained 2 percent. ...