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Is cash king once again?

Cash can mean different things to different people. Most of us would associate its yield with that on a deposit, but...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

UK investors see 113bn pounds of BoE bond sales by 2025

LONDON: Bond market experts expect the Bank of England to sell 113 billion pounds ($148 billion) of government bonds...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 07:33am

Business & Finance

JGBs slip after Japan PM Suga offers to step down

TOKYO: Japanese government bond (JGBs) prices slipped on Friday after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would ...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

Business & Finance

China central bank issues guidelines for corporate credit bonds

BEIJING: China’s central bank on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines to promote the high-quality development of...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

Business & Finance

Linker bonds: inflation-proof or inflated expectations?

LONDON: Investors are piling into bonds offering protection from rising consumer prices as they brace for the...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

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UAE's Etisalat plans bond sale ahead of euro maturity

That deal comprised two euro-denominated tranches worth 1.2 billion euros each and two US dollar-denominated worth $500 million each. One of the euro tranches is due on June 18.
On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) , owned by Abu Dhabi state-owned holding company ADQ, was marketing a two-tranche US dollar bond deal.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 05:33pm

Markets

Dollar holds near two-week lows as investors await Fed minutes

Dollar index holds near two-week low.
Aussie, Kiwi dollar slip.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 05:38pm

Markets

Dollar slips, along with yields on US treasuries; lira tanks

Dollar slips from four-month high, following US Treasury yields.
Sterling falls against euro, USD.
The dollar index fell about 0.25% at 91.86, following last week's gain of 0.5%.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 08:29pm

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Reflation bets push German yield curve to steepest since March

German 2s/10s yield curve rises to steepest since March.
Italian risk premium rises from 2015 lows.
Germany auctions 30-year bond with positive yield.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:14pm

Business & Finance

Gazprom taps Eurobond market again with 1 billion euro deal

The new bond deal comes just three weeks after Gazprom raised $2 billion also via a Eurobond issue.
Gazprom is leading the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 09:41pm

Markets

Italian bond yields creep up before key votes in parliament

Italy's Conte faces 2 days of parliamentary votes.
BTP/Bund spread at 113 bps vs low of 98 bps week ago.
Markets look ahead to Thursday ECB meeting.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:41pm

Business & Finance

Telecom Italia debuts on green bond market with 1-bn-euro sale

Former phone monopoly drew over 3.9 billion euros – lead.
Final guidance on price points to yield of 1.75%.
TIM aims to modernise its networks to cut carbon footprint.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:31pm

Markets

Ireland seeking 3-4 billion euros from new 10-year bond

Ireland regularly kicks off its annual funding drive with a syndicated sale and could cover up to a quarter of its funding needs for this year.
Ireland's debt agency said the transaction would be launched in the near future, subject to market conditions.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 07:00pm

Markets

UK govt debt pool with sub-zero yields jumps in December

Almost 1.25 trillion pounds ($1.71 trillion) of gilts, or just over 48% of a total market worth roughly 2.6 trillion pounds.
The market value of negative-yielding euro zone government bonds on the Tradeweb platform stood at around 6.66 trillion euros as of end-December.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 5	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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