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Zambia copper concentrate duty to disrupt global copper supplies

MELBOURNE: A plan by Zambia to put a duty on copper concentrates imports could put a kink in the global supply chain for the metal, industry sources said, by forcing neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to send surplus mine output elsewhere.

Published 25 Nov, 2016 07:35am

Commodities

Kenya coffee earnings jump 7.4pc in 2015/16

NAIROBI: Kenya earned 18.

Published 25 Nov, 2016 07:26am

Commodities

Zimbabwe's gold, platinum output rise in first 9 months of 2016

HARARE: Zimbabwe recorded a 14 percent rise in gold production and a 20 percent rise in platinum output during the first nine months of this year despite weak commodity prices and cash shortages, the mining chamber said on Wednesday.

Published 23 Nov, 2016 02:58pm

Commodities

Egypt removes white sugar import tariffs until May 30

CAIRO: Egypt removed a 20 percent import tariff on white sugar imports effective Nov.

Published 17 Nov, 2016 03:03pm

Commodities

Ivory Coast allows cocoa exporters to roll over 2015/16 contracts

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast will allow cocoa exporters to roll over last season's unexecuted export contracts into the current 2016/17 season, according to a document from the marketing board, the Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC), seen by Reuters.

Published 16 Nov, 2016 03:26pm

Commodities

Algeria buys at least 400,000 tonnes wheat in tender

PARIS: Algeria's state grains agency OAIC bought at least 400,000 tonnes of optional-origin wheat in a tender that closed on Tuesday, European traders said on Wednesday.

Published 16 Nov, 2016 02:22pm

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US Cash Soymeal-Export offers soften; Midwest values flat

CHICAGO: Midwest cash basis offers for soymeal were unchanged in thin trade on Monday but offers fell $1 per ton in the US Gulf barge export market, reflecting declining costs for shipping on Midwestern rivers.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 08:16pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

European vegoils-Palm oil dips on China speculation crackdown talk

ROTTERDAM: Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market dropped sharply on Monday due to weakness in rival oils on China's Dalian Commodity Exchange and lower soyoil futures in Chicago on talk of Chinese government measures to curb speculation.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 07:33pm

Commodities

Soybeans at new 3-week low on China slide, dollar rally

PARIS/SINGAPORE: Chicago soybeans slid for a second session on Monday to a new three-week low, under pressure from a steep decline in Chinese prices and a rallying dollar.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 06:00pm

Commodities

Sugar, coffee prices ease as Brazil currency extends fall

LONDON: Raw sugar and arabica coffee futures on ICE fell on Monday as weakness of Brazil's real currency encouraged selling by producers in the world's top grower of both commodities.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 05:55pm

Commodities

Copper rises as China boosts infrastructure spending

LONDON: Copper rose on Monday, adding to last week's double-digit percentage gains after infrastructure spending in China, the world's top metals consumer, came in ahead of expectations.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 05:52pm

Commodities

NOPA October soybean crush seen at 160.478mn bushels

CHICAGO: US soybean processors likely notched their busiest October ever, analysts said, with a bumper harvest of soybeans and heavy deliveries straight out of the fields fueling crushing operations across the United States.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 05:41pm

Commodities

CBOT Trends-Wheat down 3-4 cents, corn down 2-3, soybeans down 6-7

CHICAGO: Following are US trade expectations for the resumption of grain and soy complex trading at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) at 8:30 a.

Published 14 Nov, 2016 02:43pm

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Palm posts biggest fall in over 4 months, tracking Dalian

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell over 4 percent on Monday to post their biggest intraday drop in over four months, retreating from a four-year high in the previous session as they tracked weaker-performing rival oils on China's Dalian Com

Published 14 Nov, 2016 11:00am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Egypt Export and Import Control body to lead wheat inspections

CAIRO: Egypt's General Organization for Export and Import Control (GOEIC) will replace the quarantine as the body re

Published 13 Nov, 2016 03:40pm

Commodities

Ivory Coast 2015/16 season cocoa product exports down 10pc

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 391,996 tonnes of semi-finished cocoa products in the 2015/16 season ending in September,

Published 03 Nov, 2016 03:18pm

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

ABU DHABI/CAIRO: The lowest offer for soyoil presented at an international purchase tender by Egypt's state buyer on

Published 03 Nov, 2016 12:57pm

Commodities

Kenya tea production likely to jump 3.5pc in 2017

NAIROBI: Kenya is likely to produce 445 million kilos (kg) of tea in 2017, a 3.5 percent jump from expected output of 43

Published 02 Nov, 2016 07:17pm

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Kenya coffee output likely to rise 4.4pc in 2016/17 crop year

NAIROBI: Kenya is likely to produce 47,000 metric tonnes of coffee in the 2016/17 (Oct-Sept) crop year, a rise of 4.4 pe

Published 02 Nov, 2016 05:18pm

Commodities

Egypt's sugar shortage a window on economic policy confusion

CAIRO/ABU DHABI: Cairo grocer Bakr Atef has stopped selling sugar since authorities seized his stocks last month, accusi

Published 02 Nov, 2016 03:39pm

Commodities

Egypt has seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in raids so far

CAIRO: Egypt has seized 9,000 tonnes of sugar in recent raids on factories and warehouses, the prime minister said on Mo

Published 24 Oct, 2016 11:10pm

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Ivory Coast weather paves way for healthy cocoa main crop

ABIDJAN: Regular rain mixed with sun in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa-growing regions will help produce a longer

Published 24 Oct, 2016 04:31pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivorian cocoa arrivals by October 23 seen down 30pc

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 152,000 tonnes by October 23, since the start

Published 24 Oct, 2016 11:57am

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Egypt wheat committee recommends raising local crop price

CAIRO: The new committee formed to set the local buying price for Egypt's wheat crop has recommended raising it to 4

Published 20 Oct, 2016 05:09pm

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Egypt's GASC receives offers from five suppliers at wheat tender

ABU DHABI/CAIRO: Egypt's state grain buyer GASC received offers from five suppliers at its international wheat purch

Published 20 Oct, 2016 05:04pm

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Egypt's GASC buys 75,000 tonnes of white rice

DUBAI: Egypt's state grain buyer GASC has bought 75,000 tonnes of white medium grain rice in a tender, traders said

Published 19 Oct, 2016 12:12pm

Commodities

Ivory Coast cocoa farmers say outlook good if Harmattan mild

SAN PEDRO: Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast say the outlook for the 2016-17 season is good but they are concerned that a rep

Published 18 Oct, 2016 04:11pm

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Lowest offer in Egypt's GASC sugar tender at $634.60 per tonne

CAIRO: Egypt's state buyer Gasc received offers from three suppliers for its white sugar tender on Saturday, Cairo-b

Published 15 Oct, 2016 01:31pm

Commodities

Egypt's GASC receives offers from four firms in wheat tender

ABU DHABI/CAIRO: The lowest offer at Egypt state grain buyer GASC's wheat tender on Thursday was $177.94 a tonne for

Published 13 Oct, 2016 07:46pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Saudi Arabia tenders to buy 595,000 tonnes of hard wheat

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's main state grain buyer SAGO said on Thursday it was seeking to purchase 595,000 tonnes of hard

Published 13 Oct, 2016 05:12pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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