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Japan’s yen hits new 34-year low

NEW YORK: The dollar soared to a fresh 34-year high against the yen on Friday, bolstered in part by US inflation ...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

US dollar higher against euro, yen

NEW YORK: The dollar ticked higher against the euro and yen in subdued trade after last week’s volatility, with...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

Business & Finance

BOJ policymakers saw need to go slow in future rate hikes

TOKYO: Many Bank of Japan policymakers saw the need to go slow in phasing out ultra-loose monetary policy with one...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

Business & Finance

Expected bump in Japan inflation may add to BOJ’s communication challenge

TOKYO: An expected end to government subsidies to curb fuel bills will likely bump up Japan’s inflation rate later...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:44am

Business & Finance

Hawkish BOJ policymaker calls for ‘slow but steady’ interest rate hikes

TOKYO/AOMORI, JAPAN: The Bank of Japan must proceed “slowly but steadily” toward normalising its ultra-loose...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:44am

World

Japan’s mixed inflation picture complicates BOJ rate hike path

TOKYO: Japan’s business-to-business service prices continued to rise steadily but a key measure of trend inflation...

Published 27 Mar, 2024 04:38am

Business & Finance

Asian currencies drop with central bank meetings in focus

BENGALURU: Most Asian currencies eased against the US dollar on Tuesday, while equities fell, as the focus shifts...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Business & Finance

BOJ scraps radical policy, makes first rate hike in 17 years

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) ended eight years of negative interest rates and other remnants of its unorthodox...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Business & Finance

Dollar dips, yen steady as BOJ policy shift beckons

NEW YORK: The dollar was little changed on Monday ahead of a slew of central bank meetings this week, with the Bank...

Published 19 Mar, 2024 04:53am

Markets

Dollar on guard; BOJ speculation keeps yen supported

SINGAPORE: The dollar held broadly steady on Tuesday ahead of key US inflation data due later in the day, while the...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 10:08am

Business & Finance

Yen firms after revisions to Japan GDP

NEW YORK: The yen edged up for a fourth straight session against the US dollar in choppy trading on Monday, ...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 04:27am

Markets

Nikkei posts first weekly drop in six on profit-taking

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose on Friday but ended the week lower for the first time in six weeks due to...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Markets

Nikkei races to fresh 34-year high, all-time peak in sight

TOKYO: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei got off to a roaring start on Friday, hitting 34-year highs and was on the cusp of...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 10:48am

Markets

IMF urges BOJ to end bond yield control, huge asset buying

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan should consider ending its yield curve control and massive asset purchases now, then...

Published 09 Feb, 2024 09:43am

Business & Finance

US dollar little changed ahead of BOJ, ECB meetings

NEW YORK: The US dollar was little changed to slightly lower against a basket of currencies on Monday ahead of...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 05:14am

Business & Finance

Dollar dips against yen

NEW YORK: The dollar fell against the Japanese yen but clawed back most of its earlier losses against the euro on...

Published 29 Dec, 2023 02:58am

Markets

Japanese rubber futures rally

BEIJING: Japanese rubber futures rose more than 2% on Wednesday, the biggest daily rise in over two months, buoyed ...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Markets

Japanese yen tumbles as BOJ sticks with ultra-loose policy

SINGAPORE/LONDON: The yen tumbled on Tuesday after the Bank of Japan (BOJ) maintained its ultra-loose monetary...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:58pm

Markets

Japan’s Nikkei ends lower as investors await BOJ cue

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average ended lower on Monday as cautious investors awaited hints from the Bank of...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Business & Finance

Yen falls as Japan’s negative rates expected to persist

NEW YORK: The Japanese yen weakened against the dollar for a second day on Monday, giving back most of a rally last...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Markets

Tokyo stocks close lower

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed lower on Friday as a stronger yen against the dollar weighed on the Japanese market. The...

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

Business & Finance

Dollar rises after strong US jobs data

WASHINGTON: The dollar rose on Friday after new data showed US job growth accelerated in November and the...

Published 09 Dec, 2023 05:46am

Markets

Japan’s 10-yr JGB yield jumps amid speculation of imminent BOJ policy shift

TOKYO: Japan’s 10-year government bond yield jumped to a three-week high on Friday amid growing speculation that the...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 10:58am

Business & Finance

Yen surges after BOJ hints at policy shift

WASHINGTON: The yen staged its biggest one-day rally in almost a year on Thursday after Japanese monetary ...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Business & Finance

BOJ policymaker Nakamura warns against premature monetary tightening

TOKYO: Bank of Japan board member Toyoaki Nakamura said on Thursday it was premature to tighten monetary policy as...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 10:32am

Markets

BOJ policymaker signals chance of policy tweak early next year

KUSHIRO: After a decade of massive monetary stimulus, Japan’s inflation is “clearly in sight” of the central bank’s...

Published 30 Aug, 2023 10:05am

Markets

BOJ conducts emergency bond buying as yields push to fresh 9-year peak

TOKYO: The benchmark 10-year Japanese government bond yield hit a fresh nine-year peak on Thursday before pulling...

Published 03 Aug, 2023 10:44am

Business & Finance

BOJ tweak stirs yen volatility; dollar down after US data

NEW YORK: The yen whipsawed in its most volatile trading session in months on Friday after the Bank of Japan made ...

Published 31 Jul, 2023 06:43am

Business & Finance

Dollar slips before Fed decision, euro rises

NEW YORK: The dollar edged lower on Wednesday hours before the Federal Reserve is widely expected to raise interest...

Published 27 Jul, 2023 06:26am

Markets

JGB yields rise on caution over BOJ policy move; auction outcome weighs

TOKYO: Japanese government bond (JGB) yields rose on Tuesday amid caution over the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) possible...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 12:13pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 16	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 16	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / May 16	154.33
USD to Swiss Franc / May 16	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / May 16	1.27
Euro to USD / May 16	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 15	5308.15
Nasdaq / May 15	16742.39
FTSE 100 / May 15	8445.80
Dow Jones / May 15	39908
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	18869.36
France CAC40 / May 15	8239.99
India Sensex / May 16	72771.48
Tokyo Nikkei / May 16	38920.26

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 16	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 16	78.95
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 16	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 16	210562
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 16	2388.50
Diesel/Litre / May 16	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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