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Business & Finance - 2025-11-28

Markets

Finance ministry sees November inflation in Pakistan at 5–6%

Inflationary pressure building up, ministry says in its outlook report

Published 28 Nov, 2025 09:18pm

Stocks

Wall St futures resume trading after hours-long CME outage

Wall Street’s main indexes were gearing up for a higher open on Friday as futures resumed trading after an outage at...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:44pm

South Asia

India’s Adani Group eyes $10 billion fundraise in FY27, official says

MUMBAI: India’s Adani Group plans to raise 900 billion rupees ($10.06 billion) in debt in the next financial year...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:33pm

Financial

India bonds slide as strong growth data temper rate cut expectations

MUMBAI: Indian government bonds fell sharply on the last day of the month after better-than-expected economic growth...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 05:39pm

Forex

Indian rupee stalls near record low as central bank intervention blunts pressure

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee logged a monthly fall and closed just shy of its record low on Friday, largely supported by...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 04:15pm

Money & Banking

Amazon, Flipkart take aim at India’s banks with new consumer loan offerings

MUMBAI: Amazon is preparing to offer loans to small businesses in India, while Walmart-owned Flipkart is looking at...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 04:13pm

Stocks

India equity benchmarks log third monthly gain, GDP data on tap

India’s stock benchmarks notched their third straight monthly gain on Friday driven by improving earnings,...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 04:07pm

Markets

India’s economy grows 8.2% y/y in second quarter, beats forecasts

NEW DELHI: India’s economy grew 8.2% year-on-year in July-September, accelerating from the 7.8% growth reported in...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 04:04pm

South Asia

India expects trade deal with US by end of year, senior official says

India expects to secure a trade deal with the United States before the end of this year as most issues have been...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 04:01pm

Companies

Ghandhara partners with Zhongtong to introduce luxury buses in Pakistan

The Chinese company is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of buses

Published 28 Nov, 2025 03:49pm

Stocks

European shares set for monthly gains, helped by Fed rate cut bets

The pan-European STOXX 600 was up 0.1% at 575.28 points

Published 28 Nov, 2025 03:27pm

Commodities

Pakistan gets offers in tender to buy 100,000 tons of rice for supply to Bangladesh, traders say

No purchase has been reported and offers are still being considered, they said

Published 28 Nov, 2025 03:14pm

Business & Finance

Sugar cartel: CCP issues show-cause notices to 10 Punjab sugar mills over price fixing

Cartel formed to delay sugarcane crushing and fix price

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 03:47pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan finalises $200mn meat export plan to Malaysia

This plan is a game changer, says Haroon Akhtar Khan

Published 28 Nov, 2025 02:28pm

Markets

Govt moves to strengthen capital markets with new development council

Finance minister says government committed to building vibrant and inclusive capital markets

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 03:12pm

Financial

Gold price per tola remains unchanged in Pakistan

International gold prices rise 0.8% to $4,189.61 per ounce

Published 28 Nov, 2025 02:13pm

Energy

Govt expected to slash petrol, HSD prices

Weaker global oil markets and declining refined product prices create ample space for price reduction

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 06:40pm

Stocks

South Korea shares set for weekly gain; won falls

The KOSPI has risen 64.64% so far this year

Published 28 Nov, 2025 12:08pm

Commodities

Iron ore heads for third weekly gain on infrastructure demand

The benchmark December iron ore on the Singapore Exchange was 0.56% lower at $106.1 a ton

Published 28 Nov, 2025 12:04pm

Mutual Funds

Benchmark JGB yields extend monthly surge on issuance shuffle

The 20-year yield rose 3 bps to 2.845%

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:59am

Stocks

China, Hong Kong stocks set to end week higher as AI sentiment rebounds

China's blue-chip CSI300 Index and the Shanghai Composite Index both edged up 0.2% by the lunch break

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:58am

Forex

Australian, NZ dollars set for best week in months as local yields lend support

The kiwi was also flat at $0.5728, after rallying 0.5% overnight

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:54am

Stocks

Australian shares little changed; head for worst November since 2014 on bank rout

The S&P/ASX 200 index was largely unchanged at 8620.1

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:52am

Stocks

Japan’s Nikkei limps towards weekly gain with eyes on central bank meetings

The Nikkei 225 Index slid 0.2% to 50,084.8.

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:51am

Business & Finance

Pakistan presses EU on GSP+ reforms amid ethanol, GI concerns

Concerns raised over withdrawal of GSP preferences on ethanol

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:42am

Forex

China’s yuan set for longest monthly win streak since 2021

The onshore yuan edged up less than 0.1% to 7.0756 per dollar

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:32am

Technology

Banks in talks to lend $38 billion to fund sites for OpenAI, FT reports

A group of banks is in talks to lend another $38 billion for Oracle and data centre builder Vantage to fund further...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:30am

Mutual Funds

India bonds dip before debt sale; GDP data to guide rate-cut bets

The benchmark 10-year yield was at 6.5173%

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:25am

Commodities

Palm oil rises prior to trading halt on Dalian strength

The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange gained 22 ringgit, or 0.54%, to 4,112 ringgit

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:24am

Bullion Rate

Gold set for fourth monthly gain as markets wager on US rate cut

Spot gold rose 0.8% to $4,189.61 per ounce

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:22am

Companies

Pakistan’s largest private LPG producer sends first shipment after 5.5 years

Long-awaited restart marks a major milestone for the company and the country’s LPG supply chain

Published 28 Nov, 2025 11:00am

Exchange

Rupee gains ground against US dollar

Currency settles at 280.52 against greenback

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 09:02pm

Stocks

Buying momentum continues, KSE-100 gains over 1,300 points

Benchmark index settles at 166,677.69

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 06:39pm

Stocks

Asian shares end tough November on firmer ground helped by Fed cut bets

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was flat on Friday, leaving it on track for a 3% gain in the week

Published 28 Nov, 2025 08:19am

Forex

Dollar on track for worst week in four months as case for Fed cut builds

The dollar index , which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six major peers, was last trading up 0.1% at 99.624

Published 28 Nov, 2025 08:16am

Stocks

Indian equity benchmarks likely to open at record highs ahead of growth data

The Gift Nifty futures were trading at 26,410.5

Published 28 Nov, 2025 08:13am

Forex

India rupee at risk of all-time low, leans on central bank for support

The 1-month non-deliverable forward indicated the rupee will open in the 89.40-89.42 range versus the US dollar

Published 28 Nov, 2025 08:10am

Energy

Brent oil price stable, WTI up 1% after trade resumes

WTI crude traded at $59.23 a barrel, up 58 cents, or 0.99%

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 09:32pm

Business & Finance

Internet service quality declined sharply: LCCI

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Faheem-ur-Rehman Saigol, has warned that the...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:48am

Pakistan

JICA arranges 3-day Farmers Training Programme at NARC

ISLAMABAD: The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Pakistan, arranged a three-day Farmers Training...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:41am

Pakistan

KDA and refineries: Special body to sort out payment issues

KARACHI: A high-level delegation of the country's leading oil refineries called on Director General Karachi...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:22am

Industry

Sri Lanka seeks credible companies’ names from KCCI

KARACHI: Consul General of Sri Lanka, P.K. Sanjeewa Pattiwila, while highlighting the need to safeguard both sides...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 07:12am

Companies

Alibaba.com, UPS partnership to boost Pakistani exports

Collaboration comes as Alibaba.com continues to deepen its investments in Pakistan

Updated 28 Nov, 2025 03:24pm

Business & Finance

CCP signs MoU with Russian Antitrust Authority

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) and the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian...

Published 28 Nov, 2025 06:39am

Companies

BOP and InfraZamin Pakistan sign MoU

LAHORE: The Bank of Punjab (BOP) and InfraZamin Pakistan (IZP) have entered into a strategic Memorandum of...