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Australia May employment blows past expectations, piling pressure on RBA

SYDNEY: Australian employment blew past expectations in May, while the jobless rate edged lower and participation...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 10:10am

World

Australia employment unexpectedly drops, reinforcing rate pause bets

SYDNEY: Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in April after two months of outsized gains, and the jobless rate...

Published 18 May, 2023 10:21am

World

Australia jobs fall 14,600 in Dec, unemployment steady

SYDNEY: Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in December following an outsized gain the month before, while the...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 11:16am

Business & Finance

Australia May trade surplus surges to record on energy boom

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus ballooned to a record in May as exports of coal and liquefied natural gas surged...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 10:40am

World

Australia job vacancies surge as firms struggle to find staff

SYDNEY: Job vacancies in Australia surged to all-time highs in the May quarter as firms struggled to find staff amid...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 09:49am

Markets

Australia trade surplus widens in April on LNG exports

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus widened more than expected in April thanks to rising exports of liquefied natural...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 10:22am

Business & Finance

Australian retailers get holiday boost, but headwinds strengthen

SYDNEY: Australian retail sales climbed to record highs in April as consumers spent big for the holidays, though...

Published 27 May, 2022 11:04am

Business & Finance

Lockdowns cause Australian economy to shrink

SYDNEY: Lockdowns and border controls shrank Australia's economy by 1.9 percent in the third quarter, official...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 10:52am

Business & Finance

Australia's trade surplus surges to record highs in Aug

SYDNEY: Australia's trade surplus unexpectedly widened to a record in August as strength in liquefied natural gas ...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 11:33am

Business & Finance

Australian growth beats forecasts in Q2 but outbreak takes toll

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the economy grew 0.7 percent in April-June as household spending and government expenditure jumped

Published 01 Sep, 2021 10:24am

Business & Finance

Australia retail sales edge up

SYDNEY: Australian retail sales rose less than expected in May, with a snap coronavirus lockdown in the country’s...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Business & Finance

Australian economy recovers to pre-pandemic levels

As a result, domestic demand accounted for 1.6 percentage points of the GDP increase in the first quarter of 2021.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 10:57am

Markets

Australia economy shrinks 1.1% in 2020

Australia's central bank this week predicted the economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, far earlier than previously forecast.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:06am

World

Australia employment rises in Jan as economy emerges from lockdowns

"However, the number of employed people who worked zero hours in early January in the capital cities also reflects some ongoing effects of recent lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne," Jarvis noted.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 12:49pm

Markets

Australia’s exporters weather China squall, find new harbours

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus rose to a six-month high in December as iron ore exports to China easily...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Business & Finance

Australia's exporters weather China squall, find new harbours

"The complete collapse of exports to China has been more than offset by gains in exports to Japan, India, South Korea and Thailand."

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:40am

World

Australia job vacancies recover from pandemic shock to hit record

Vacancies in the private sector climbed 24.2%, from the August quarter, while the public sector saw a rise of almost 17%.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:00am

Business & Finance

Australia retail sales surge by a record in Nov

NAB's Strickland noted that news on the virus has been encouraging with community transmission cases falling to eight on Tuesday from 15 on Monday and 30 the day before.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 09:54am

World

Australia Nov jobs soar again in boost to economic recovery

Economists polled by Reuters were predicting an addition of 50,000 jobs with the unemployment rate staying steady at 7%.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:16am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
F. Nat.Equities / Dec 4 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	6.28 ▲ 1.00 (18.94%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 4 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	3.25 ▲ 0.50 (18.18%)
Universal Ins. / Dec 4 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	7.15 ▲ 1.00 (16.26%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Dec 4 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	8 ▲ 0.85 (11.89%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	7.93 ▲ 0.76 (10.60%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 4 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.43 ▲ 0.31 (9.94%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 4 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	11 ▲ 0.94 (9.34%)
Waves Home Appliances / Dec 4 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WHALE)	8.75 ▲ 0.72 (8.97%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 4 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	6.94 ▲ 0.54 (8.44%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / Dec 4 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	9.90 ▲ 0.77 (8.43%)

Stock	Price
Asim Textile / Dec 4 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	12.70 ▼ -1.03 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Dec 4 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	28.23 ▼ -2.29 (-7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 4 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243.94 ▼ -19.78 (-7.50%)
Pak Suzuki / Dec 4 Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited(PSMC)	504.39 ▼ -40.90 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Dec 4 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	63.82 ▼ -5.17 (-7.49%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 4 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	8.80 ▼ -0.70 (-7.37%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 4 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.18 ▼ -0.57 (-7.35%)
JS Investments / Dec 4 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	16.02 ▼ -1.23 (-7.13%)
Masood Textile / Dec 4 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	50.20 ▼ -3.80 (-7.04%)
AEL Textile / Dec 4 AEL Textile Limited(AEL)	20 ▼ -1.50 (-6.98%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	57,056,586 ▲ 0.04
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	43,072,746 ▼ -0.61
Fauji Cement / Dec 4 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	41,923,500 ▲ 1.29
Pak Elektron / Dec 4 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	39,797,114 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 4 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	27,568,000 ▲ 0.14
Oil & Gas Dev. / Dec 4 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	23,778,132 ▲ 5.13
Pak Petroleum / Dec 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	23,491,106 ▲ 5.48
Pak Refinery / Dec 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	22,637,629 ▲ 0.38
Hum Network / Dec 4 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	22,004,000 ▲ 0.06
P.T.C.L. / Dec 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,755,000 ▲ 0.76

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	284.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	284.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	146.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 4	4564.76
India Sensex / Dec 4	68587.82
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	33273.12
Nasdaq / Dec 4	14153.30
Hang Seng / Dec 4	16729.01
FTSE 100 / Dec 4	7509.75
Dow Jones / Dec 4	36139.37
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 4	16431.20
France CAC40 / Dec 4	7347.73

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 1	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 1	189043
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	78.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2085.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 4	79.44

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