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KSE-100 closes above 50,000 after six years with massive 934-point gain

Across-the-board buying witnessed among index-heavy sectors

Updated 19 Oct, 2023 09:31pm

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Developer China Evergrande says debt level down to 570b yuan

The company had said early this month the debt level would drop below 600 billion yuan by the end of June

Published 29 Jun, 2021 10:40am

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Turkish budget surplus 23.17bn lira in Feb

The primary balance, which excludes interest payments, showed a surplus of 35.93 billion lira in February, the data showed.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 02:18pm

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South Africa's Absa holds off on dividend, reports 58% profit drop

This was driven by a 163% increase in credit impairments, which hit 20.6 billion rand.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 11:41am

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Australia gets a $156bn pension merger as new laws spur consolidation

The statement said Luke will become chair of the merged fund.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 11:39am

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Hong Kong plans lower budget deficit as economy expected to recover

Gross domestic product (GDP) shrank 6.1% in 2020, its worst annual performance on record since 1962.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 02:57pm

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Spectre of inflation rears its head over stock markets

"Inflation potential can only come if there is an issue in terms of resources, in particular if there is more or less full employment and that something we are not seeing right now," Blanco explained.

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 05:52pm

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US Treasury's Yellen discusses boosting cooperation in call with EU executive

Yellen committed to re-engaging in discussions on international taxation to forge a timely international accord, and to seek solutions to key bilateral trade issues, it said.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 02:44pm

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Indonesia to give tax incentives for sales of some cars

The automakers association Gaikindo had previously been pushing the government for months for tax breaks to entice buyers.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 10:52am

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China Jan new bank loans rise to 3.58 trln yuan, beat forecast

Analysts polled by Reuters had predicted new yuan loans would jump to 3.5 trillion yuan in January, up from 1.26 trillion yuan in the previous month and 3.34 trillion yuan a year earlier.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 01:26pm

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Fitch retains Japan credit rating with negative outlook

Fitch said it assumed yields will stay low over the next few years given continued money printing by the Bank of Japan, despite the risk of high debt, leaving the economy vulnerable to future tightening of financial conditions.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 01:14pm

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Alibaba sets initial price guidance on $5bn bond offering

It is selling the debt in four tranches which also includes 30 and 40-year bonds, the term sheet showed.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:36am

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US Treasury says more time needed to decide on Trump tax returns

House Democrats have been examining whether Trump's business dealings involved money laundering or left him vulnerable to foreign influence.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 10:55am

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China's short-term money rates fall to 2-week low as PBOC injects liquidity

Yuan borrowing also declined in Hong Kong. The CNH Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate benchmark (CNH HIBOR) for overnight tenor fell to 2.34183%, down from 3.64591% on Monday.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 01:01pm

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China's seven-day repo hits near six-year high despite PBOC cash injection

Seven-day reverse repo rate, one of the PBOC's main policy rates, now stands at 2.2%.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:28am

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Vietnam says January FDI inflows up 4.1% y/y to $1.51bn

FDI pledges - which indicate the size of future FDI disbursements.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:52am

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China 2020 fiscal spending up 2.8% y/y, revenues fall 3.9%

The ratio of 2020 government debt to GDP stood at 45.8%.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 10:38am

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China short-term rate hits near 6-yr high on holiday demand, policy tightening worries

However, the state-run Securities Times in a front-page commentary urged investors not to over-exaggerate the impact of the central bank's short-term liquidity operations on stock and bond markets.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 01:26pm

Managed Funds

South Africa's Life Healthcare sees first quarter revenue up 5%

It did not disclose the expected change in net profit or revenue.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 12:53pm

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China's benchmark overnight repo rate jumps to highest since Nov 2019

The volume-weighted average of the overnight repo, considered one of the best indicators of general liquidity in China, jumped to 2.6890%, the highest since Nov. 18, 2019. The rate closed at 2.4955% on Monday.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 12:17pm

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Indonesia raises economic recovery budget to $39bn

At the same forum, Febrio Kacaribu, a finance ministry official, estimated the fiscal deficit for 2021 would be 5.7% of gross domestic product, unchanged from the ministry's previous outlook.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:38am

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US-China investments dwarf official figures

In office less than a week, Biden's foreign-policy and trade teams have inherited a series of hardline policies put in place by the administration of former US President Donald Trump.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:28am

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Thailand to sell $2bn savings bonds to finance stimulus measures

All of the debt is under a 1 trillion Thai baht ($33.37 billion) borrowing plan announced last year in response to the pandemic.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 12:42pm

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JGB yields rise after inflation expectations lift U.S. Treasury yields

The tenders were 4.78 times oversubscribed, compared with 3.59 times last time.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:52am

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Italian yields rise to seven-week high as ECB brings PEPP into focus

At its policy meeting, the ECB kept its deposit rate unchanged at -0.5% and maintained the overall quota for bond purchases under the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme (PEPP) at 1.85 trillion euros, as expected.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:39pm

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Italian bond yields drop to 1-week low after confidence vote win

Analysts suggested that may have also played a role in pulling down Italian borrowing costs from last week's highs.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 03:14pm

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Foreign holdings of Treasuries drop for 4th month in October

Foreign investors held $7.053 trillion in Treasuries in November, down from $7.068 trillion the previous month.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:21am

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Bahrain hires banks for multi-tranche dollar bonds

An issuance comprising benchmark tranches of seven years, 12 years and/or 30 years will follow.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 02:45pm

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JGBs firm as investors price in auction results, Biden's stimulus proposal

The 10-year JGB yield fell 0.5 basis point to 0.025%, while the 20-year JGB yield was flat at 0.410%.

Updated 15 Jan, 2021 03:17pm

Managed Funds

Italian bond yields dip but set for biggest weekly rise since Oct

But the spread, effectively the risk premium Italy pays on its debt, is up over 10 bps this week.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 02:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 28	156.89
USD to Swiss Franc / May 28	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 28	1.28
Euro to USD / May 28	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 27	5304.72
Nasdaq / May 27	16920.79
Dow Jones / May 27	39069.59
India Sensex / May 28	75437.68
Tokyo Nikkei / May 28	38855.37
Hang Seng / May 28	18837.33
FTSE 100 / May 28	8306.71
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18823.58

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 28	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 28	78.74
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 28	206018
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 28	2343.50
Diesel/Litre / May 28	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 28 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 28 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 28 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 28 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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