News Archives for Markets - 2021-02-01

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Commodities

Silver scales 8-year peak as retail blitz continues

Some of them were lightening up their positioning and that could be responsible for the light pullback, he added.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:51pm

Commodities

Ivory Coast farmers are hopeful for cocoa mid-crop

Farmers said good moisture content in the soil had helped plenty of small pods develop on trees - a strong start for the April mid-crop compared with the same period last year.
"Without upkeep of the plantations, production could fall," said Albert N'Zue, who farms near Daloa.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 09:20pm

Commodities

EU 2020/21 soft wheat exports 14.99 million tonnes by Jan 31

That was down from 18.02 million tonnes cleared by the same week last season.
The change reflects Britain's departure from the EU's customs union at the end of December, following its formal exit from the bloc in early 2020.

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:56pm

Commodities

EU 2020/21 soybean imports at 8.76mn tonnes by Jan. 31, rapeseed 3.98mn tonnes

The change reflects Britain's departure from the EU's customs union at the end of December, following its formal exit from the bloc in early 2020.
EU rapeseed imports in 2020/21 had reached 3.98 million tonnes, compared with 4.23 million a year ago.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 09:12pm

Commodities

Wheat down 3-4 cents, corn up 1-3 cents, soy down 4-5 cents

Wheat futures turn lower, retreating from early strength, awaiting market direction. Strength in corn lends support.
The US Agriculture Department confirmed private sales of 125,730 tonnes of US corn to Mexico and another 110,000 tonnes to Japan.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 08:02pm

Commodities

India cuts import tax on gold, industry expects drop in smuggling

Slashes gold, silver import duty to 7.5% from 12.5%.
Duty cut makes smuggling of gold less attractive.
India imposes 2.5% cess on gold, silver imports.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 07:40pm

Commodities

Raw sugar prices seen falling, global surpluses expected

India's sugar production seen edging up in 2021/22.
Weak biofuel demand to keep Brazil sugar mix high.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 07:30pm

Commodities

Silver soars to 8-year peak as investors keep up feverish buying

Excessive price rise can hamper physical demand.
Chinese investors jump on silver.
India slashes import tax on gold, silver by 5%.
Gold-silver ratio falls to multi-year low.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 07:25pm

Commodities

Ukraine has used 74.3pc of season's wheat export quota

Ukrainian wheat exports totalled 13 million tonnes as of Feb. 1, down almost 2.9 million tonne from the same date a season ago.
Ukraine exported 20.5 million tonnes of wheat in the 2019/20 season.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 06:34pm

Commodities

Ivory Coast 2020/21 cocoa port arrivals seen at 1.321mn T by Jan. 31

About 23,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 27,000 tonnes to San Pedro between January 25 to Jan. 31.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:06pm

Commodities

India cuts basic import duty on edible oils

The government has proposed 17.5% cess on CPO and 20% cess on crude soybean and sunflower oil, she said.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 03:03pm

Commodities

CBOT soybeans may rise into $14.03 to $14.35-3/4 range

A failure to break $13.97 may be followed by a drop towards $13.54-1/2 again.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:22pm

Commodities

China sells 2,187,297 T wheat in auction of state reserves

The table below shows the volume of wheat sold at weekly auctions from China's state reserves since June 22 last year.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:12pm

Commodities

CBOT corn may rise into $5.60-1/4 to $5.63-1/4 range

Support is at $5.50-3/4, a break below which could cause a fall into $5.40-1/4 to $5.43-1/4 range. On the daily chart, the contract is rising towards a zone of $5.60 to $5.73-1/4.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:06pm

Commodities

Corn rises to highest level since June 2013 on Chinese demand

Analysts said soybeans have drawn support from concerns about potential damage from rains across Brazil.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:04pm

Commodities

Copper dips weighed by China factory activity slowing in January

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange fell 0.1% to $7,849 a tonne by 0237 GMT and the most-traded March copper contract.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 12:00pm

Commodities

Dalian coking coal hits two-month low as China demand falls, supply woes ease

About 70 ships containing an estimated 6 million tonnes of Australian thermal and metallurgical coal were sitting off the coast of China waiting to unload, according to ANZ commodity strategists.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:35am

Commodities

CBOT wheat may test resistance at $6.72-3/4

On the daily chart, wheat is retesting a resistance at $6.68-1/2, the 23.6% retracement of the uptrend from $5.89-3/4 to $6.93.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 10:59am

Commodities

Prices of essential food items surge in retail market

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including chicken meat, pulses, sugar, cooking oil/ghee, vegetable...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:07am

Commodities

Exports empty Canada's canola bins, driving prices to near records

WINNIPEG, (Manitoba): Canada, the world's biggest canola grower, is running short of the oilseed six months before...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:08am

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 3	276.91 ▼ -0.05
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 3	276.71 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 4	158.12 ▼ -0.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 4	0.82 ▼ -0.0012
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 4	1.35 ▲ 0.0016
Euro to USD / Nov 4	1.12 ▲ 0.0014
SOFR % / Nov 2	3.95 -

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 4	76,731.18
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 4	60,835.36
Hang Seng / Nov 4	23,474.67
FTSE 100 / Nov 4	10,665.01
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 4	25,990.27
France CAC40 / Nov 4	8,057.09
S&P 500 / Nov 3	7,568.92
Nasdaq / Nov 3	25,372.01
Dow Jones / Nov 3	51,786.72

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 4	369.06
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 4	96.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 4	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 4	365,257
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 4	4,017.43
Diesel/Litre / Nov 4	391.52
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 4	78.20

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 4 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	5.96 ▲ 1 (20.16%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 4 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	10.62 ▲ 1 (10.4%)
Burshane LPG / Nov 4 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	65.53 ▲ 5.96 (10.01%)
Paramount Mod / Nov 4 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	13.52 ▲ 1.23 (10.01%)
ARM Green Industries / Nov 4 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	61.62 ▲ 5.6 (10%)
Data Agro / Nov 4 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	134.49 ▲ 12.23 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Nov 4 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	133.65 ▲ 12.15 (10%)
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 4 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	170.73 ▲ 15.52 (10%)
Frontier Ceramics / Nov 4 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	94.94 ▲ 8.63 (10%)
IBL HealthCare / Nov 4 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	41.48 ▲ 3.77 (10%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 4 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	1.62 ▼ -1 (-38.17%)
Sindh Modaraba / Nov 4 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	66.58 ▼ -7.4 (-10%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 4 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.87 ▼ -2.54 (-10%)
Mughal Energy / Nov 4 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	32.30 ▼ -2.95 (-8.37%)
Nets Internat.Comm. / Nov 4 Nets International Communication Limited(GEMNETS)	22 ▼ -2 (-8.33%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 4 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	12.70 ▼ -1.12 (-8.1%)
Select Technologies / Nov 4 Select Technologies Limited(SELECT)	22.30 ▼ -1.94 (-8%)
Quetta Textile / Nov 4 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.10 ▼ -1.05 (-6.93%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Nov 4 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	52.30 ▼ -3.68 (-6.57%)
Bawany Air Products / Nov 4 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	15.45 ▼ -0.93 (-5.68%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Nov 4 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	56,193,346 ▲ 0.8
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 4 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	42,598,125 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	42,035,387 ▲ 0.29
B.O.Punjab / Nov 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	26,519,115 ▲ 1.95
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	19,567,023 ▼ -0.02
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	17,923,060 ▲ 4.08
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 4 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	16,529,732 ▼ -1
Beco Steel Ltd / Nov 4 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	12,185,161 ▲ 0.31
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 4 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	11,962,896 ▲ 0.09
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 4 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	11,543,283 ▼ -2.54

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