The meeting came on the sidelines of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation's (OIC) 47th session of the Council of Foreign Ministers being held in Niamey, Niger.
March milling wheat, the most active contract on the Paris-based Euronext exchange, settled 0.25 euros, or 0.1%, lower at 210.00 euros ($250.99) a tonne.
The national development and prosperity was linked with the development of business community, he said while talking to a delegation of leading industrialists and businessmen here.
Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME)gained 1pc to $7,476.50 a tonne in official trading after hitting its highest since May 2013 at $7,511.
Meanwhile, according to Forex Association of Pakistan, the buying and selling rates of dollar in the open market were recorded at Rs. 159.5 and Rs. 160.5 respectively.
“ADB’s program will support these efforts and help Pakistan to improve its export competitiveness—now more important than ever given the impacts of the pandemic.”
Foreign Affairs Ministry states that Pakistan appreciates the envoys of Muslim states for highlighting Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir issue in their statements
LME copper has leapt 71pc from the March low of $4,371 a tonne on hopes of global activities soon returning to normal following positive vaccine trial results.
At 0739 GMT, the rouble was down 0.2pc against the dollar at 75.89, edging away from its highest mark in nearly 10 weeks of 75.3025, reached on Thursday.
The central bank had previously linked reserve requirement ratios and remuneration rates to loan growth, which had spurred lending and economic growth.
