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Egypt sells 5bn Egyptian pounds in T-bills, yields fall

CAIRO: Egypt's central bank sold 5 billion Egyptian pounds ($837.65 million) in domestic treasury bills on Sunday, the s

Published 16 Oct, 2011 11:49am

Financial

Samba, Riyadh bank post strong Q3 profits

JEDDAH: Saudi's Riyadh Bank beat analysts' expectations after it posted a 30 percent rise in its third quarter net profi

Published 15 Oct, 2011 03:53pm

Financial

South Africa to auction 2017 and 2041 gov't bonds

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Treasury said on Wednesday it would sell 1 billion rand's ($126 million) worth of the 2017

Published 12 Oct, 2011 09:21am

Financial

South Africa rand softens against dollar, bonds retreat

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand softened against the dollar on Tuesday but significant weakness is unlikely as green

Published 11 Oct, 2011 08:02am

Financial

Kenya T-bill yields soar after rate hike

NAIROBI : Yields on Kenya 's 6- and 12-month Treasury bills soared at a sale on Wednesday after the central bank delive

Published 05 Oct, 2011 03:53pm

Financial

Egypt sells 6.5bn Eg pounds

CAIRO : Egypt 's central bank sold 6.5 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.09 billion) in domestic treasury bills on Sunday, th

Published 02 Oct, 2011 03:48pm

Financial

South Africa to auction 2018 and 2026 bonds next week

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Treasury said on Wednesday it would issue 1.1 billion rand ($140.1 million) worth of the 20

Published 28 Sep, 2011 09:10am

Middle East Africa Fixed Income

Goldman issues $151mn bond

JOHANNESBURG : Goldman Sachs said on Sunday it had issued a 1.25 billion-rand ($151 million) five-year floating rate bon

Published 25 Sep, 2011 05:28pm

Financial

$1bn Gulf project bond within six months: HSBC

DUBAI : A $1 billion project bond from a Gulf borrower is likely to be issued in the next six months, an HSBC executive

Published 18 Sep, 2011 03:24pm

Financial

Egypt reduces size of T-bill sale

CAIRO : Egypt 's central bank sold 4 billion Egyptian pounds ($671.57 million) in domestic treasury bills on Sunday, pa

Published 18 Sep, 2011 01:48pm

Financial

Zambia bonds to obtain huge demand

JOHANNESBURG : A Zambian bond auction on Friday is likely to be well-received, suggesting few political jitters among in

Published 16 Sep, 2011 10:48am

Financial

South African bonds firm in uncertain trade

JOHANNESBURG : South African government bonds edged higher on Friday and yields were off multi-week highs as investors v

Published 16 Sep, 2011 07:10am

Financial

South Africa to raise 1.1bn rand from bonds

JOHANNESBURG: Bonds were firm and dealers were waiting for the results of a government auction after 0900 GMT to gauge

Published 06 Sep, 2011 07:29am

Financial

Egypt reduces size of T-bill sale

CAIRO : Egypt's central bank sold 3.25 billion Egyptian pounds ($546 million) in domestic treasury bills on Sunday, pari

Published 04 Sep, 2011 12:01pm

Middle East Africa Fixed Income

Ivory Coast to issue 100bn CFA bond

ABIDJAN : Ivory Coast plans to issue a five-year, 100 billion CFA franc ($219 mln) bond at 6.5 percent, one of the banks

Published 29 Aug, 2011 08:59am

Financial

South Africa bonds fall in thin trade; shares rise

JOHANNESBURG : Yields on South African bonds rallied in afternoon trade on Wednesday, moving 20 basis points in an illiq

Published 24 Aug, 2011 06:27pm

Financial

South African bonds weak on auction

JOHANNESBURG : South African government bonds took a break from a sharp rally in the previous session. Bonds gave up

Published 23 Aug, 2011 07:40am

Financial

SAfrica 4-year bond yield at record low; stocks recover

JOHANNESBURG: The yield on South Africa's four-year government bond closed at a record low on Friday as prices rose on e

Published 19 Aug, 2011 06:52pm

Financial

Kenya 30, 5-year T-bond yields to jump after discount rate

NAIROBI : Yields on Kenya 's 30-year and five-year Treasury bonds are expected to head higher at next week's sale in st

Published 19 Aug, 2011 09:42am

Financial

Raya declares H1 profit falls 39 pc

CAIRO : Egypt 's Raya Technology and Communication posted a 39 percent drop in first-half 2011 net profit to 12.4 milli

Published 14 Aug, 2011 04:34pm

Financial

Kuwait's Wataniya Telecom Q2 up 18.7pc

KUWAIT : Kuwait 's National Mobile Telecommunications Co (Wataniya), the Gulf state's second-largest mobile phone opera

Published 07 Aug, 2011 04:10pm

Financial

Saudi Atheeb eyes rights issue to lift balance sheet

JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia 's Etihad Atheeb Telecom plans to raise its capital threefold to 1.575 billion riyals ($420 millio

Published 07 Aug, 2011 11:27am

Middle East Africa Fixed Income

No risk to dollar peg, would buy US debt if yields rise: UAE

ABU DHABI : The United Arab Emirates will keep its US dollar peg in the aftermath of S&P's downgrade of the world's

Published 07 Aug, 2011 09:33am

Financial

Qatar central bank to sell $1.1bn in T-bills

DOHA : Qatar's central bank plans to sell 4 billion riyals ($1.1 billion) of treasury bills of different maturities on A

Published 04 Aug, 2011 11:52am

Financial

South Africa better sited to external shocks

JOHANNESBURG : With foreigners holding 27 percent of all rand-denominated debt, South Africa is heavily exposed to an

Published 04 Aug, 2011 11:24am

Financial

Defence drives down Oshkosh results

NEW YORK: Slumping defence division sales drove down specialty truck-maker Oshkosh Corp's quarterly profit and revenue,

Published 28 Jul, 2011 03:03pm

Financial

Egypt sells 3bn Egypt pounds in 2-year bonds

CAIRO : Egypt 's Finance Ministry said on Monday it sold 3 billion Egyptian pounds ($503 million) in two-year bonds .

Published 25 Jul, 2011 12:55pm

Financial

Zain Saudi posts smaller Q2 loss

RIYADH : Zain Saudi Arabia reported a lower net loss in the second quarter compared with a year earlier as it widens i

Published 17 Jul, 2011 04:08pm

Financial

SABIC Q2 earnings up 61pc

JEDDAH: Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world's biggest petrochemical firm by market value, posted a 61 percent

Published 16 Jul, 2011 02:05pm

Middle East Africa Fixed Income

Zain Iraq in 'big challenge' to meet deadline

DUBAI : Zain Iraq faces "a big challenge" to meet an August deadline to launch an initial public offering and may end

Published 03 Jul, 2011 11:35am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	155.76
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.27
Euro to USD / May 20	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	39197.34
Hang Seng / May 20	19650.18
FTSE 100 / May 20	8442.03
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	18754.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Diesel/Litre / May 20	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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