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Updated 29 Oct, 2026 11:16am

Oil prices fall as peace hopes offset fears of growing Middle East conflict

Brent crude futures declined $1.22, or 1.1%, to $114.10 a barrel

Markets

PSX: positive momentum continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,600 points

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 11:14am

Technology

PTA detects 326 cyber threats on Dark Web, website defacement tops list

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:11pm

Markets

Gold slips as markets assess Fed signals, await US inflation data

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:02am

Business & Finance

Pakistan, KSA discuss investment in agriculture, minerals

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:43pm

Markets

Dollar steady after Fed hold leaves rate path murky

Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:44am

Pakistan

Singapore foreign minister to visit Pakistan tomorrow: FO

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:31pm

Business & Finance

PSO profit jump 172% to Rs25.6bn in 1QFY27 despite supply disruptions

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:31pm

World

Six killed in cyclone off India's eastern coast

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:49am

Pakistan

Five killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into drain in Hafizabad

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:18pm

Markets

Samsung posts record $80 billion profit in Q3 on AI chip boom

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 09:41am

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Pakistan

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Oil prices rise about 2% as Yemen fighting stokes supply fears

PSX: buying continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,300 points

World Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks

Govt cuts petrol price by Rs3.19, hikes diesel by Rs2.25 per litre

Power tariff for 200 units to go: New targeted subsidy system being worked out: Leghari

Gold price per tola gains Rs3,500 in Pakistan

SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

Financial statements made mandatory for corporate tax returns

Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan to acquire P&G's Port Qasim assets

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 28	276.97 ▼ -0.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 28	276.77 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 29	157.82 ▼ -0.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 29	0.83 ▼ -0.0001
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 29	1.33 ▼ -0.0006
Euro to USD / Oct 29	1.11 ▼ -0.0007
SOFR % / Oct 27	3.95 ▲ 0.02

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Oct 29	73,838.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 29	64,659.47
Hang Seng / Oct 29	23,033.40
FTSE 100 / Oct 29	10,742.97
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 29	25,780.29
France CAC40 / Oct 29	7,943.60
S&P 500 / Oct 28	7,743.98
Nasdaq / Oct 28	26,549.85
Dow Jones / Oct 28	52,475.10

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 29	377.91
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 29	101.57
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 29	18,080
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 29	4,032.73
Diesel/Litre / Oct 29	399.82
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 29	78.14
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 28	364,914

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Aruj Industries / Oct 29 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	11.54 ▲ 1.05 (10.01%)
Sindh Modaraba / Oct 29 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	89.27 ▲ 8.12 (10.01%)
Otsuka Pakistan / Oct 29 Otsuka Pakistan Limited(OTSU)	438.02 ▲ 39.82 (10%)
Premium Textile / Oct 29 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	605 ▲ 55 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 29 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	115.50 ▲ 8.92 (8.37%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 29 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	5.62 ▼ -1 (-15.11%)
Khairpur Sug. / Oct 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,020.47 ▼ -113.39 (-10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 29 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	109 ▼ -11.79 (-9.76%)
Shadman Cotton / Oct 29 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	66 ▼ -6.45 (-8.9%)
Dadex Eternit / Oct 29 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	134.50 ▼ -12.09 (-8.25%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Corp Ltd / Oct 29 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	4,582,962 ▲ 1.11
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Oct 29 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	3,925,715 ▲ 0.1
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 29 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3,111,391 ▲ 0.09
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Oct 29 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	2,450,003 ▲ 0.34
TPL Properties / Oct 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	2,135,696 ▲ 0.06

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 28	276.97 ▼ -0.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 28	276.77 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 29	157.82 ▼ -0.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 29	0.83 ▼ -0.0001
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 29	1.33 ▼ -0.0006
Euro to USD / Oct 29	1.11 ▼ -0.0007
SOFR % / Oct 27	3.95 ▲ 0.02

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Oct 29	73,838.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 29	64,659.47
Hang Seng / Oct 29	23,033.40
FTSE 100 / Oct 29	10,742.97
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 29	25,780.29
France CAC40 / Oct 29	7,943.60
S&P 500 / Oct 28	7,743.98
Nasdaq / Oct 28	26,549.85
Dow Jones / Oct 28	52,475.10

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 29	377.91
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 29	101.57
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 29	18,080
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 29	4,032.73
Diesel/Litre / Oct 29	399.82
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 29	78.14
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 28	364,914

Oil prices rise about 2% as Yemen fighting stokes supply fears

PSX: buying continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,300 points

World Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks

Govt cuts petrol price by Rs3.19, hikes diesel by Rs2.25 per litre

Power tariff for 200 units to go: New targeted subsidy system being worked out: Leghari

Gold price per tola gains Rs3,500 in Pakistan

SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

Financial statements made mandatory for corporate tax returns

Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan to acquire P&G's Port Qasim assets

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Pakistan, KSA discuss investment in agriculture, minerals

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HUBC powers ahead as profits climb

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Updated 29 Oct, 2026 06:49am

Companies

PSO profit jump 172% to Rs25.6bn in 1QFY27 despite supply disruptions

PSO saw its earnings per share (EPS) clock in at Rs54.44, compared to Rs20 posted in the corresponding period last year

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:31pm

Lucky Cement approves 3.2 million-tonne capacity expansion at Karachi plant

The expansion comes amid domestic and growing export demand for cement and clinker

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:37am

BR Research

Pak Datacom Limited: performance and outlook

Pak Datacom Limited (PSX:PAKD) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1992 and was converted...

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 06:55am

Bullion Rate

Gold slips as markets assess Fed signals, await US inflation data

Spot gold slid 0.7% to $4,037.98 per ounce

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:02am

Stocks

PSX: positive momentum continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,600 points

Benchmark index was hovering at 167,316.40

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 11:14am

Stocks

European shares inch up ahead of ECB as earnings remain in focus

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.11% at 644.80 ⁠points

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:28pm

Companies

Volkswagen posts 5.8bn euro loss as Chinese competition bites

Sales fell 6.3 percent in the quarter to 75.3 billion euros, Volkswagen said

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:42pm

Stocks

Australian shares edge higher as banks overshadow mining losses

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.2% to 8,868.20

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:41am

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SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

The hallmark of SBP’s performance over the last four years has been its management of external accounts. SBP’s gross...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 04:46am

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited: performance and outlook

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited (PSX: EPCL) was incorporated in Pakistan in 1997. EPCL is a subsidiary of...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 04:46am

Monetary policy: the Faustian bargain

Pakistan’s central bank has made external stability the organising principle of monetary policy. But with the rupee...

Published 27 Oct, 2026 04:30am

S.S. Oil Mills Limited: performance and outlook

S.S Oil Mills limited (PSX: SSOM) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1990. The principal...

Updated 27 Oct, 2026 04:54am

Pakistan

Five killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into drain in Hafizabad

Passenger bus falls into drain near Pindi Bhattian, reportedly due to the driver's falling asleep

Published 29 Oct, 2026 01:18pm

Singapore foreign minister to visit Pakistan tomorrow: FO

Pakistan, Singapore to sign disaster management cooperation MoU

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:31pm

Justice Kayani resigns, citing growing control over the judiciary

LAHORE: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday resigned from his office citing health... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

FCC dismisses pleas challenging ISL Act’s validity

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has dismissed review petitions challenging the constitutional... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

Minister urges Indian Punjab CM to visit Lahore

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Minorities Affairs Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora has formally invited Indian Punjab Chief... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

Pak–UN Int’l Conference on Leveraging Space Technology held

ISLAMABAD: The Pak–UN International Conference on “Leveraging Space Technology for Early Warning for All (EW4All),... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

World

Asia

South Korea says considering deployment options to Strait of Hormuz, including aircraft

Seoul was continuing discussions ‌with ⁠Washington on possible options

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:02pm

South Asia

Six killed in cyclone off India's eastern coast

The official death toll was six, an ⁠Andhra Pradesh state government official said

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:49am

Asia

North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles toward sea off east coast, Seoul says

The missiles were launched at around 12:30 p.m. from an area around Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:53am

Europe

Ukraine sends drones towards Moscow, Russia strikes Kharkiv, officials say

Russia attacked Kharkiv, the country's second biggest city

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:09am

USA

Haiti postpones first presidential election in a decade to July 2027

The council ‌had ⁠previously planned a first-round presidential vote for ⁠December 13 but later said it ⁠was reviewing its ⁠schedule

Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:57am

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Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:50am

Life & Style

Empathy and purpose drive Los Javis' Oscar hopeful 'La Bola Negra'

The schedule, previewed on Apple TV’s 'MLS Countdown,' emphasizes weekly ⁠rivalry matchups

Published 29 Oct, 2026 12:10pm

Sports

Australia's Smith cleared of serious neck injury, set to play in first NZ Test

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Published 28 Oct, 2026 12:59pm

Sports

Wawrinka brings career to a close with defeat in Basel

Published 28 Oct, 2026 12:55pm

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