With Canada's Barrick Gold, the world's second largest gold exploration company, the Egyptian Petroleum Ministry announced the signing of the Mineral Wealth Authority, four contracts, to search for gold.

As market interest moves to next week's meeting of the United States Federal Reserve, the dollar makes gains for the second week in a row, after a few days of volatility when currencies move with a shift in risk-taking.

To better support low-income countries during the Corona pandemic, IMF has announced that it will introduce reforms to its soft lending programmes.

The European Statistical Office (ESO) reports that industrial production in 19 euro countries fell by one percent on a monthly basis while economists predicted a 0.2 percent decline.