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Bond bet: issue more before the window shuts

Published 07 Sep, 2026 04:49am

Pakistan has returned to the long-term international bond market with its largest-ever single issuance, raising $3...

Smile! The bond market is watching

Updated 03 Sep, 2026 06:36am

So perhaps the red flag we have been watching in global bond markets for the past few weeks has finally stopped...

SBP chief says low domestic savings key structural challenge

Updated 18 Aug, 2025 01:02pm

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmad has cautioned that despite improvements in key macroeconomic...

Is cash king once again?

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

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

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

Published 21 Mar, 2022 07:33am

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

JGBs slip after Japan PM Suga offers to step down

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

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

China central bank issues guidelines for corporate credit bonds

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

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

Linker bonds: inflation-proof or inflated expectations?

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

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

UAE's Etisalat plans bond sale ahead of euro maturity

Published 20 Apr, 2021 05:33pm

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.

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

Published 07 Apr, 2021 05:38pm

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

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

Published 22 Mar, 2021 08:29pm

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%.

Reflation bets push German yield curve to steepest since March

Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:14pm

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.

Gazprom taps Eurobond market again with 1 billion euro deal

Published 10 Feb, 2021 09:41pm

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.

Italian bond yields creep up before key votes in parliament

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:41pm

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.

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

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:31pm

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.

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

Published 04 Jan, 2021 07:00pm

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.

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

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:34pm

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.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 1	277.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 1	277.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 30	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41
Petrol/Litre / Oct 2	390.66
Diesel/Litre / Oct 2	399.34

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

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