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Petrol price hits record high at UK pumps

LONDON: The price of petrol in Britain hit a record high of 149.94 pence ($2.05) per litre, the RAC motoring...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 08:48pm

Sports

US fund and Indian tycoon bid more than $1.6 billion for new IPL teams

DUBAI: A controversial US capital venture fund and an Indian tycoon on Monday bid more than $1.6 billion dollars...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 08:51pm

Markets

European, US stocks kick off busy week with gains

LONDON: European and US stock markets mostly rose on Monday with traders assessing company earnings and looking ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:54pm

Sports

Rabada pleads for South Africa to stop 'bickering'

DUBAI: South Africa fast bowler Kagiso Rabada insisted Monday that the "bickering" has to stop as the Proteas look ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:54pm

Sports

Afghanistan crush Scotland by 130 runs in T20 World Cup

SHARJAH: Spinners Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Rashid Khan shared nine wickets between them as Afghanistan thrashed Scotland...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 11:02pm

Sports

Pakistan put India win 'behind them' ahead of New Zealand clash

SHARJAH: Pakistan bowling coach Vernon Philander said Monday that his team have already put their momentous win over...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 07:05pm

Markets

US stocks pause ahead of earnings from tech giants

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks were mostly little changed early Monday ahead of a deluge of earnings reports later in...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 06:56pm

World

Russia urges West to engage with Taliban

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday urged Western countries to engage with the Taliban and for the European Union to re-open ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:49pm

World

Climate change now worse than war for Afghan farmers

BALA MURGHAB: Drought stalks the parched fields around the remote Afghan district of Bala Murghab, where climate...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:49pm

World

UK's Johnson voices concern COP26 'might go wrong'

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday said he was "very worried" that the 12-day COP26 climate...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 05:17pm

Sports

Proud to have made history against India: Babar Azam

DUBAI: Pakistan skipper Babar Azam on Monday said he and his players were 'proud' to have made history by beating...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 04:57pm

Sports

Kumara, Liton fined for on-field row in T20 World Cup

DUBAI: Sri Lanka's Lahiru Kumara and Liton Das of Bangladesh have been fined for an angry exchange in the ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 04:41pm

Markets

European stocks kick off busy week with gains

LONDON: European stock markets mostly rose Monday with traders assessing company earnings and looking ahead to an ...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 04:39pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Monday

PARIS: The novel coronavirus has killed at least 4,945,746 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 04:35pm

Sports

Star at night: Shaheen Shah Afridi, Pakistan's first-strike destroyer

DUBAI: Standing at an imposing 6ft 6ins (1.98m), Shaheen Shah Afridi, the first-strike destroyer of India at the T20...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 03:44pm

Sports

India's Mohammed Shami 'horribly abused' online after defeat to Pakistan

NEW DELHI: A torrent of social media abuse was aimed at India's only Muslim player in the current lineup, bowler...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 02:31pm

World

UN says detention of Sudan civilian leaders 'unacceptable'

KHARTOUM: The United Nations said Monday that Sudanese security forces' detention of civilian leaders including...

Published 25 Oct, 2021 02:08pm

Markets

Hong Kong stocks close barely moved

The Hang Seng Index inched up 5.10 points to 26,132.03

Published 25 Oct, 2021 02:06pm

World

US 'deeply alarmed' by reports of Sudan military takeover

The US is deeply alarmed at reports of a military take-over of the transitional government

Published 25 Oct, 2021 12:25pm

Markets

Tokyo stocks close lower on tech slump

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed lower on Monday, led by declines in tech shares with investors cautiously focused on...

Updated 25 Oct, 2021 12:25pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Buxly / Oct 26 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	133.00 ▲ 8.98 (7.24%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Oct 26 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	4.42 ▲ 0.21 (4.99%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Oct 26 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	25.90 ▲ 0.92 (3.68%)
Fauji Cement / Oct 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19.10 ▲ 0.66 (3.58%)
Kot Addu / Oct 26 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	27.25 ▲ 0.62 (2.33%)
Hum Network / Oct 26 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	6.78 ▲ 0.11 (1.65%)
Pak Elektron / Oct 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	26.49 ▲ 0.37 (1.42%)
Service Fab. / Oct 26 Service Fabrics Limited(SERF)	10.82 ▲ 0.15 (1.41%)
Searle Co. / Oct 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	232.00 ▲ 3.03 (1.32%)
Byco Petroleum / Oct 26 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	7.29 ▲ 0.07 (0.97%)

Stock	Price
Azgard Nine. N.V. (R) / Oct 26 Azgard Nine (Non-Voting).(R) (ANLNVR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Azgard Nine(R) / Oct 26 Azgard Nine Limited. (R)(ANLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Al-Shaheer Corp.(R) / Oct 26 Al-Shaheer Corporation Limited.(R)(ASCR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Escorts Inv.Bank (R) / Oct 26 Escorts Investment Bank Limited (R)(ESBLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Fauji Fert. Bin (R) / Oct 26 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited (R)(FFBLR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Ghani Glass (R) / Oct 26 Ghani Glass Limited (R)(GHGLR2)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Hascol Petroleum (R) / Oct 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited (R)(HASCOLR1)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
IGI Life Ins. (R) / Oct 26 IGI Life Insurance Limited (R)(IGILR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
Sazgar Engineering (R) / Oct 26 Sazgar Engineering Works Ltd. (R) (SAZEWR)	0.00 ▼ 0.00 (%)
786 Investments / Oct 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	0.00 ▲ -7.00 (-100.00%)

Stock	Volume
Hum Network / Oct 26 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	11,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Oct 26 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	6,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd / Oct 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	3,000 ▼ 0.00
Buxly / Oct 26 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	2,500 ▼ 0.00
Searle Co. / Oct 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	2,000 ▼ 0.00
Bank of Punjab / Oct 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	1,500 ▼ 0.00
Amreli Steels / Oct 26 Amreli Steels Limited(ASTL)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Avanceon Ltd / Oct 26 Avanceon Limited(AVN)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Engro Fertilizers / Oct 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	1,000 ▼ 0.00
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Oct 26 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	1,000 ▼ 0.00

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 23	174.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 23	174.00
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 23	113.50
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 23	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 23	1.38
Euro to USD / Oct 23	1.16
UK LIBOR % / Oct 23	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 23	4544.90
India Sensex / Oct 23	60821.62
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 23	28804.85
Nasdaq / Oct 23	15090.20
Hang Seng / Oct 23	26126.93
FTSE 100 / Oct 23	7204.55
Dow Jones / Oct 23	35677.02
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 23	15542.98
France CAC40 / Oct 23	6733.69