News Archives for Print - 2018-12-04

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Libor

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Conversion for foreign currency deposits

Conversion for foreign currency deposits, DBC/FCBC, special USD bond & profits thereon (excluding FE-25 deposits) on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Monday (December 03, 2018).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) - issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Commi

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Aaj TV - Tuesday's schedule

All timings are in PST)Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Brazil's 2019 coffee to suffer decrease in quality and quantity

The quality of Brazil's next coffee crop may be compromised due to excessive flowering, which results in beans that lack uniformity at harvest time, an industry leader said on Thursday. Carlos Paulino, chief executive of the world's largest coffee produce

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Vietnamese coffee prices fall on rising supplies

Domestic coffee prices in Vietnam continued to edge lower this week on rising supplies from an ongoing harvest that was not impacted by tropical storm Usagi that made landfall in the country over the weekend. A Vietnam coffee association official said las

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Asian gasoline, naphtha cracks extend gains

Supported by weak crude oil prices, Asia's gasoline and naphtha cracks extended their gains on Thursday but concerns of a persistent supply glut continued to weigh on sentiment, trade sources said. The naphtha crack to Brent crude climbed to a four-week h

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

CBOT soyabean futures higher

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures closed higher on Friday on short-covering and position squaring ahead of hotly anticipated US-China trade talks at this week's G20 summit in Argentina. The G20 meeting is to include head-to-head discussions between

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Euronext wheat higher ahead of G20 summit

Euronext wheat ended higher on Friday as a surge in US front-month futures gave impetus to an otherwise subdued session ahead of crunch talks between the United States and China at a G20 summit. Benchmark March milling wheat on the Paris-based Euronext ex

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Indian rice export prices fall in four weeks

Rice export prices fell for the first time in four weeks in India as a government subsidy for overseas sales prompted traders to cut rates, while lower demand from China weighed on the Vietnamese market. Top exporter India's 5 percent broken parboiled var

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Cotton prices stable on modest trade

Prices of cotton stabilised on the local market on Monday in the process of modest trading dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8,700, they added. Prices of seed cotton in Sindh were at Rs 3000-4000, in the Punjab seed cotton prices we

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Canadian canola futures rise

ICE Canadian canola futures rose on Friday, boosted by short-covering ahead of talks between the United States and China. Traders awaited a meeting between the leaders of the United States and China at the G20 Summit that could have implications for Chine

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

CBOT corn futures rise on short-covering

Chicago Board of Trade corn futures rose on Friday on short-covering as brokers adjusted positions ahead of weekend trade talks between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Argentina. CBOT benchmark March corn settl

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

PMEX daily trading report

On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,683. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at 7.220 billion and the number of lots traded 20,464. Major business was contributed by WTI crude oil amo

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Brazilian farmers likely to harvest new record soya crop

Brazil is expected to harvest a record soyabean crop in the 2018/19 season as good weather and strong Chinese demand set farmers on course to produce a new bumper crop, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. Farmers are poised to collect nearly 121 million tonn

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Libyan oil output at highest level for five years

Libya's oil output is at a five-year high and rare exploration deals with foreign majors are being won but worker dissent and ever-present armed groups risk a repeat of disruptions that have choked off other production surges since the 2011 civil war. Sta

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Activities at Karachi and Qasim Ports

The Karachi Port handled 201,621 tonnes of cargo comprising 140,038 tonnes of import cargo and 61,583 tonnes of export cargo including 5,895 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargos of 14

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

CBOT wheat futures climb on short-covering

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures advanced on Friday as an absence of December deliveries on first notice day and firming cash markets sparked a round of short-covering, traders said. CBOT benchmark March soft red winter wheat settled up 8 cents at $5.

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

India's gold demand up; steady in other Asian hubs

Physical gold demand in the world's second biggest bullion consumer India got a fillip this week from a slide in local rates due to gains in the rupee, while buying was steady in other top Asian hubs. "The appreciating (Indian) rupee has brought down pric

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Oil rally boosts Qatar, Saudi bourses; Egypt index hits one-year low

Qatar's stock market rose sharply on Monday and Saudi stocks gained, helped by a surge in oil prices, which boosted their banks and petrochemical stocks, while Egypt slumped to its lowest in a year. Oil prices jumped by more than 5 percent after the Unite

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Tokyo stocks climb

Tokyo shares closed higher Monday, as investors breathed a sigh of relief after the US and China agreed to suspend new tariffs in their escalating trade war. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index, which has ended higher for the past six days, added 1.00 percent

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Monday's early trade: Wall Street rises as industrials, tech bounce on trade truce

Trade-sensitive industrial and technology stocks pushed Wall Street higher on Monday after the United States and China agreed on a temporary trade detente, hopes of which had driven the market last week to post its biggest gain in nearly seven years.

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

India shares up

Indian stocks rose on Monday after a truce in trade relations between the United States and China, while shares in Hindustan Unilever jumped after its deal involving GlaxoSmithKline's Horlicks nutrition business. The broader NSE index closed 0.06 percent

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Southeast Asian stocks surge, Vietnam leads

Southeast Asian stocks surged on Monday, tracking gains across broader Asia, after a truce in trade relations between the United States and China. Vietnamese shares led gains in the region with a 2.7 percent rise, while Singaporean and Philippine stocks a

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

China, Hong Kong shares jump after US-China truce

China stocks surged and the yuan posted its best gain in nearly three years on Monday after Chinese and US leaders agreed to a temporary truce in their trade war, but the long-term outlook for trade relations and Chinese markets remains murky. The deal be

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

US-China trade truce triggers European share surge

Miners, autos, tech, and oil stocks surged on Monday, driving Europe's main benchmarks up strongly after US and Chinese leaders agreed a temporary truce in a trade war. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached a truce at the G20

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Sri Lankan stocks surge

The Colombo stock index rose 0.1 percent to 6,025.20 on Monday. It rose 1.5 percent last week, recording its first weekly gain in four. It gained 1.1 percent in November and has declined 5.5 percent so far this year. The Sri Lankan rupee closed firmer on

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Australian, New Zealand stocks higher

Australian shares closed higher on Monday, tracking global gains as investor confidence improved following an apparent truce between leaders of the world's two largest economies over trade issues. US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi J

Published 04 Dec, 2018 12:00am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 7	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 7	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / May 7	154.44
USD to Swiss Franc / May 7	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 7	1.26
Euro to USD / May 7	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 6	5180.74
Nasdaq / May 6	16349.25
Dow Jones / May 6	38852.27
India Sensex / May 7	73503.22
Tokyo Nikkei / May 7	38775.44
Hang Seng / May 7	18439.46
FTSE 100 / May 7	8295.53
Germany DAX 30 / May 7	18257.19

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 6	206190
Petrol/Litre / May 7	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 7	78.61
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 7	19935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 7	2322.69
Diesel/Litre / May 7	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 7 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 7 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 7 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 7 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 7 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 7 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 7 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 7 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 7 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 7 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 7 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 7 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 7 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 7 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 7 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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