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Egypt wheat reserves at 2.6 months, expects to buy 3.8mn tonnes from local harvest

BENI SUEF: Egypt has about 2.6 months worth of wheat in its strategic reserves and expects to buy up about 3.8

Published 24 Apr, 2017 11:53am

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Hit by falling cocoa prices, Ivory Coast slashes budget

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast has slashed its 2017 budget due to plummeting cocoa prices, its president said on Thursday, shoring

Published 20 Apr, 2017 02:56pm

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Ivorian cocoa arrivals around 1,427,000 T by April 16

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,427,000 tonnes by April 16 since the start o

Published 18 Apr, 2017 02:51pm

Commodities

Burkina Faso expects 45 tons of gold production in 2017

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso's gold production is expected to reach 45 tons in 2017, Prime Minister Paul Kaba Thieba told P

Published 15 Apr, 2017 01:22pm

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Ghana cocoa regulator seeks central bank funds to cover shortfall

ACCRA: Ghana's cocoa industry regulator is seeking central bank funds to finance the rest of the 2016/17 season after a

Published 14 Apr, 2017 03:52pm

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Ghana to start hand pollination of cocoa to try to boost output

ACCRA: Ghana plans to introduce hand pollination of cocoa seedlings and will begin irrigating farms as part of

Published 11 Apr, 2017 04:09pm

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Morocco buys 132,000 T of soft wheat in the local market

DUBAI: Moroccan grain agency ONICL said on Monday it had bought 132,000 tonnes of soft wheat in the local mark

Published 10 Apr, 2017 05:36pm

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Ghana 2016/17 cocoa purchases reach 691,149 tonnes by March 23

ACCRA: Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's industry regulator as of March 23 totalled 691,149 tonnes from the start of t

Published 07 Apr, 2017 01:41pm

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Ivory Coast weather in most regions boost cocoa mid-crop

ABIDJAN: Good rain and sun last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions will improve the size and qua

Published 03 Apr, 2017 06:07pm

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Syrian opposition rejects 'any role' for Assad

GENEVA: The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it would reject "any role" now or in the fu

Published 30 Mar, 2017 08:09pm

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Egypt's ESIIC seeking 50,000 tonnes of raw sugar

DHABI: Egypt's state buyer, the Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (ESIIC), is seeking 50,000 tonnes of raw sugar in a tender, traders said on Wednesday.

Published 15 Mar, 2017 08:12pm

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Ghana's 2016/17 cocoa purchases totalled 657,349 tonnes by Feb. 23

ACCRA: Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's industry regulator since the start of the 2016/17 season stood at 657,349 tonnes by Feb.

Published 13 Mar, 2017 02:03pm

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Egypt's GASC receives offers for soyoil, sunflower oil in tender

CAIRO: The lowest offer for soyoil presented at an international purchase tender by Egypt's state buyer on Wednesday was for $820 a tonne cost and freight, traders said.

Published 15 Feb, 2017 12:58pm

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Ivory Coast weather offers mixed prospects for cocoa mid-crop

ABIDJAN: Patchy rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions is expected to boost the next mid-crop, though hot weather elsewhere raised fears of destructive brush fires, farmers said on Monday.

Published 13 Feb, 2017 05:35pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

US agrees to donate 100,000 tonnes wheat to Jordan

ABU DHABI: The US government has agreed to donate 100,000 tonnes of wheat to Jordan, a source in Jordan's trade ministry told Reuters on Thursday.

Published 02 Feb, 2017 01:41pm

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Ivory Coast begins cancelling defaulted cocoa contracts

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast's Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) marketing board has begun cancelling cocoa contracts which are in default and plans to resell those volumes, exporters said on Wednesday.

Published 01 Feb, 2017 05:09pm

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Egypt to raise sugar, cooking oil prices at subsidised outlets

CAIRO: Egypt will raise the price of sugar by 14 percent and cooking oil by 20 percent at government outlets starting on Wednesday, a Ministry of Supply official said on Tuesday.

Published 31 Jan, 2017 05:11pm

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Ivory Coast Jan-Dec rubber exports up 22pc

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 533,913 tonnes of natural rubber from January through December 2016, up almost 22 percent from the same period in the previous year, provisional port data showed on Tuesday.

Published 31 Jan, 2017 05:08pm

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Ghana cocoa buying dips in first 16 weeks of season

ACCRA: Cocoa purchases declared to Ghana's industry regulator following the first 16 weeks of the 2016/17 season stood at 611,763 tonnes, Cocobod data seen by Reuters on Monday showed.

Published 30 Jan, 2017 03:26pm

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Yemen's wheat reserves down to three months supply: UN

LONDON: Yemen has roughly three months supply of wheat left to draw from, leaving the country exposed to serious disruption as a central bank crisis cuts food imports and starvation deepens, the top UN aid official in the country told Reuters.

Published 27 Jan, 2017 04:07pm

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Egypt's GASC gets offers from 13 suppliers at wheat tender

ABU DHABI/CAIRO: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), received offers from 13 suppliers at its wheat tender on Thursday, Cairo-based traders said.

Published 26 Jan, 2017 01:02pm

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Kenya's best tea's maximum price steady at auction

NAIROBI: The highest price of the best Kenyan tea grade, Best Broken Pekoe Ones (BP1s), was little changed at this week's sale, compared with last week's auction, Tea Brokers East Africa said on Wednesday.

Published 25 Jan, 2017 01:59pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast Oct-Nov cocoa product exports down 19pc

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 61,741 tonnes of semi-finished cocoa products in the first two months of the 2016/17 season, down more than 19 percent from the same period in the previous year, provisional port data showed on Monday.

Published 16 Jan, 2017 02:15pm

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Egypt's GASC postpones tender for raw sugar

DHABI: Egypt's state-owned buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Sunday it had postponed a tender for 50,000 tonnes of raw sugar.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:39pm

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Egypt, world's largest wheat buyer, appoints new head of agriculture quarantine

CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat buyer, has appointed a new head to its agriculture quarantine agency, the body that last year threw the massive wheat buying programme into disarray when it tightened import regulations on a common wheat fungus.

Published 08 Jan, 2017 03:38pm

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Egypt's GASC gets offers in wheat purchase tender

ABU DHABI: Egypt's state buyer GASC received sales offers from nine suppliers in an international tender to purchase wheat on Thursday, traders said.

Published 29 Dec, 2016 01:16pm

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Madagascar's world-class cocoa, a bitter sweet cash crop

AMBANJA: A massive zebu cow lumbers out of the tropical forest in Ambanja in the north of Madagascar carrying a heavy cartful of cocoa pods destined to become some of the most expensive chocolate in the world.

Published 25 Dec, 2016 01:00pm

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Nigeria seizes smuggled plastic rice

LAGOS: Nigeria has seized over 100 bags of plastic rice smuggled into the country, where prices of the staple food are rocketing ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays.

Published 21 Dec, 2016 06:39pm

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Congo copper output up 0.6pc in Q3, annual production down

KINSHASA: Copper output in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, hit 268,393 tonnes in the third quarter of 2016, a 0.

Published 28 Nov, 2016 12:14pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Uganda cocoa output to rise 15pc in three years

KAMPALA: Uganda's cocoa production is likely to increase by 15 percent over the next three years, boosted by additional maturing trees in the country's western region, a leading industry executive said on Friday.

Published 25 Nov, 2016 04:59pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80
Hang Seng / May 23	18845.59
FTSE 100 / May 23	8373.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 23	18748.98

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 23	207476
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Cotton US¢/pound / May 23	79
Petrol/Litre / May 24	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 24 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 24 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 24 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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