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Exchange

European shares climb

MILAN/FRANKFURT: European shares ended higher on Tuesday, as the potential easing of lockdowns in France combined...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Commodities

Copper prices hit 30-month peak

LONDON: Copper prices hit an almost 30-month high on Tuesday, with fresh buying triggered by optimism over Covid-19...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Commodities

Malaysian palm oil slides

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell 2% on Tuesday to hit a two-week low as traders anticipate November...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Exchange

KSE-100 Index stages recovery: BRIndex100 edges up

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange Tuesday witnessed a bullish trend and closed on positive note on the back of fresh...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Exchange

MPS: Nothing profound

EDITORIAL: Monetary Policy Statement issued on 23 November 2020 decided to keep the discount rate unchanged at 7...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Exchange

Export of onion resumes

KARACHI: After the arrival of full crop of onion from Sindh in the domestic market and some reduction in the prices,...

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:56am

Commodities

NY cocoa hits nine-month high; sugar falls

January robusta coffee settled down $25, or 1.8%, at $1,353 a tonne.
March white sugar fell $2.90, or 0.8%, to $408.60 a tonne.
March New York cocoa settled up $32, or 1.2%, at $2,785 a tonne, having touched a contract high of $2,821/

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:27am

Exchange

Next stage in Netanyahu graft trial postponed to February

His next court appearance will be on January 13, when his formal response to the charges will be presented.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 02:04am

Commodities

Vaccines, China demand and dollar drive copper to 30-month peak

Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 1.7% to $7,297 a tonne.
Positive information coming through on vaccines reduces some of the uncertainty created by the virus.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 12:52am

Exchange

European shares end at near 9-month high on potential easing of virus curbs

Energy and travel stocks boost benchmark index.
Germany's DAX to expand to 40 members from 30.
Daily COVID-19 cases in France at near two-month low.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 12:43am

Commodities

Paris wheat at 2-week high with Chicago as weather, exports support

March milling wheat, the most active contract on the Paris-based Euronext exchange, settled up 1.50 euros, or 0.7%, at 211.75 euros ($251.33) a tonne.
After drawing support from a rally in corn and soybeans in the last week.

Published 25 Nov, 2020 12:38am

Exchange

Panther Tyres Limited

Panther Tyres Limited, a leading tyre Company, has applied to be listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX)....

Published 24 Nov, 2020 09:13pm

Exchange

Iran's Khamenei warns against hopes of 'opening' with West

Biden, who defeated Donald Trump at the ballot box on November 3, has promised a return to diplomacy with Iran after four hawkish years under the departing US president.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 08:16pm

Exchange

Rupee recovers 96 paisas against US dollar

In interbank trading, the price of euro depreciated by Rs. 1.05 and closed at Rs. 190.04 against the last day’s trading of Rs. 191.09, State Bank of Pakistan reported.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 05:10pm

Exchange

Frankfurt DAX index to add 10 companies

Earlier this year, Deutsche Boerse made it easier to expel companies from the index in cases of insolvency.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 04:52pm

Commodities

Palm falls on lean November exports, weaker rival soy

The benchmark palm oil contract for February delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange slid 55 ringgit, or 1.65pc, to 3,271 ringgit ($799.56) a tonne by the midday break.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 04:48pm

Exchange

Japan shares end at multi-year highs on vaccine cheer, Biden transition

The broader Topix rose 2.23pc to 1,765.91, the highest in more than two years. Energy, real estate, and financial shares led the advance.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 04:45pm

Exchange

Hong Kong stocks track broader Asia higher on White House transition, vaccine hopes

The sub-index of the Hang Seng tracking energy shares dipped 0.1pc, while the IT sector dipped 0.26pc, the financial sector ended 0.45pc higher and the property sector rose 1.24pc.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 04:13pm

Exchange

European shares rise on vaccine optimism, possible easing of virus curbs

The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up 0.7pc at 0915 GMT, supported by strong gains in the travel sector and oil & gas stocks after crude prices hit their highest levels since late March.

Published 24 Nov, 2020 03:57pm

Exchange

Special Report: How Britain failed to stop the second wave

A retired surgeon, Hutchinson is part of a local team of “contact tracers” in Halifax, Yorkshire, that aims to reach infected people before they infect others. His experience that day in mid-October, he said, summed up why Britain’s “tracking of the virus is very, very poor.”

Published 24 Nov, 2020 03:00pm

Cotton

Gadoon Textile Mills Limited

Gadoon Textile Mills Limited (PSX: GADT) was established in 1988 as a public limited company. It is part of the ...

Published 24 Nov, 2020 07:40am

Exchange

Qaiser for digital integration of PWDs

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser said that integration of persons with Disabilities (PWDs) into the...

Updated 24 Nov, 2020 04:03am

Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

KARACHI: Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates,...