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Meta looks to raise up to USD25bn via bond sale: Bloomberg

Published 02 May, 2026 08:08am

WASHINGTON: Meta Platforms is looking to sell between USD20 billion and USD25 billion of investment-grade bonds,...

S&P 500, Nasdaq rally to fresh highs

Published 02 May, 2026 06:16am

NEW YORK: The benchmark S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite touched record highs on Friday and were on course for...

S&P 500, Nasdaq on course for best month since 2020

Published 01 May, 2026 05:18am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were on course to end April with their biggest gains since 2020,...

Big Tech on trial

Published 07 Apr, 2026 02:22am

EDITORIAL: The long-awaited reckoning for Big Tech may finally have arrived, unfolding in American courtrooms with...

Amazon cloud unit’s data centres in UAE, Bahrain damaged in drone strikes

Published 04 Mar, 2026 03:57am

MANAMA: Amazon said on Monday some of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged by drone...

Social media addiction trial takes new turn with therapist’s testimony

Published 26 Feb, 2026 11:55am

Kaley is expected to take the stand on Thursday once Burke completes her testimony

S&P 500, Nasdaq hit two-week highs

Published 26 Feb, 2026 04:57am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq hit two-week highs on Wednesday, boosted by heavyweight technology stocks,...

Wall St mixed with data, earnings in focus

Published 11 Feb, 2026 04:48am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were muted on Tuesday while the Dow notched a fresh record high as...

S&P 500, Nasdaq advance as investors await key economic data

Published 10 Feb, 2026 05:50am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq gained after a shaky start on Monday, finding their footing following last...

Wall Street slumps as Alphabet capex plan, Qualcomm outlook deepen tech rout

Published 06 Feb, 2026 05:56am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 dropped to an over two-week low and the Nasdaq sank to its lowest level in more than two...

Tech lifts Wall St higher as markets weigh commodity selloff, earnings

Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes climbed on Monday as a rally in memory chipmakers and other heavyweight stocks...

S&P 500 briefly tops 7,000 before pullback as Fed, big tech earnings loom

Published 29 Jan, 2026 05:59am

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 briefly topped 7,000 points for the first time on Wednesday only to pull back, with...

OPINION: Big tech courts India, not Pakistan

Updated 18 Dec, 2025 07:10am

In a world where tech dollars behave a bit like lovestruck teenagers—eager, impulsive, and occasionally...

Ruling against Google: Taking on big tech

Published 09 Aug, 2024 06:56am

EDITORIAL: Over the last two decades, it would have been difficult for anyone venturing online to avoid the...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Expected US rate cuts have investors looking beyond big tech

Published 15 Jul, 2024 06:56am

NEW YORK: Looming US interest rate cuts are presenting investors with a tough choice: stick with the Big Tech stocks...

US SC backs Big Tech over terror claims

Published 19 May, 2023 06:17am

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court handed a victory to Twitter and Google on Thursday, saying the social media giants...

Layoffs hit Silicon Valley as Amazon freezes hiring

Published 07 Nov, 2022 06:29am

SAN FRANCISCO: Payments firm Stripe and rideshare company Lyft, two darlings of Silicon Valley, announced major...

Facebook whistleblower launches nonprofit to take on big tech

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:09am

SAN FRANCISCO: Whistleblower Frances Haugen — a former Facebook engineer who leaked documents suggesting the firm...

Dozens of companies, small business groups back US bill to rein in Big Tech

Published 13 Jun, 2022 06:53pm

WASHINGTON: Dozens of companies and business organizations are sending a letter to US senators on Monday to urge ...

Russia opens cases against Google, other foreign tech over data storage

Published 27 May, 2022 08:09pm

Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Friday it had opened administrative cases against Alphabet...

Big tech ad revenue growth to taper as pandemic bubble pops

Published 27 May, 2022 05:50am

DALLAS: After unprecedented revenue growth last year, digital platforms including Alphabet Inc, Meta Platforms Inc,...

EU agrees deal to tame internet ‘Wild West’

Published 24 Apr, 2022 05:36am

BRUSSELS: The European Union early Saturday finalised new legislation to require Big Tech to remove harmful content,...

Investors back ESG stock funds even as tech slide hurts returns

Published 12 Feb, 2022 05:09am

Investors continued to flock to environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) stock funds in January despite ...

In heated meeting, India seeks tougher action from US tech giants on fake news

Published 02 Feb, 2022 03:44pm

NEW DELHI: Indian officials have held heated discussions with Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively...

EU lawmakers back rules to curb Big Tech

Published 20 Dec, 2021 06:29am

STRASBOURG: The European Parliament on Wednesday approved its proposal for major EU legislation to impose...

Europe’s battle to curb Big Tech

Published 13 Dec, 2021 06:45am

PARIS: US tech giants Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon and Microsoft have been accused of not paying enough taxes,...

Big Tech, chipmakers power Nasdaq as Omicron worries subside

Published 08 Dec, 2021 06:22am

NEW YORK: The Nasdaq rallied more than 2% on Tuesday as technology firms bounced back on easing concerns around the...

UK watchdog orders Facebook owner Meta to sell Giphy

Published 30 Nov, 2021 07:41pm

LONDON: Facebook owner Meta has been told by the UK competition watchdog to sell popular animated images platform...

Wall Street rises as Big Tech, financials gain

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

NEW YORK: US stock indexes rose on Monday as growth and financial stocks gained, shrugging off inflation worries in...

Wall Street slammed by rotation out of Big Tech

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:34am

NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indexes tumbled on Monday as investors shifted out of technology stocks in the face of...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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