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Brazil eyes emergency use for AstraZeneca vaccine after UK approval

Britain became the first country in the world to give full regulatory approval to the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca.

Published 31 Dec, 2020 01:13am

Markets

Petrobras receives $45mn in Vitol corruption settlement

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, as Petrobras is formally known, said in a securities filing that the settlement was brokered as part of a leniency deal between Vitol and federal prosecutors.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 10:54am

World

Latin America and Caribbean top 500,000 Covid-19 deaths: AFP count

There have been at least 500,800 deaths among the 29 countries in the region, with more than half of those in Brazil (191,000) and Mexico (120,000.)

Published 30 Dec, 2020 08:46am

Markets

Top five China commodities to eye for growth in 2021

Prices have eased as vaccine hopes spurred investors to redeploy capital, but bullion's outlook remains upbeat in 2021.

Published 29 Dec, 2020 10:16am

World

Brazil vice president tests positive for coronavirus; 344 new deaths recorded

In a statement, Mourão's office said he tested positive on Sunday afternoon, and that he will isolate in Jaburu, his official residence.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 10:05am

World

Brazil suspends UK flights over new virus strain

About 50 countries have suspended since Sunday the arrivals of travelers from Britain after the discovery of a new variant of the coronavirus.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 08:03pm

World

Brazil records more than 1,000 Covid deaths in 24 hours: official

The health ministry expects to vaccinate 70 percent of the population -- some 150 million people -- within 16 months.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 11:47am

Business & Finance

Brazil airline Azul says Q1 capacity should exceed 85% of pre-pandemic levels

ASK for December 2020 will come to roughly 70% of December 2019 levels, the company said.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 11:28am

World

Brazil reports 433 new coronavirus deaths in 24 hours

The South American country has now registered a total of 181,835 COVID-19 deaths and 6,927,145 total confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 04:21pm

World

Brazil's vaccination plan is assailed as 'incompetent'

The Datafolha poll found 50 percent of respondents said they would not take a vaccine made in China, against 47 percent who would.

Published 14 Dec, 2020 09:24am

Sports

Robinho's nine-year rape conviction upheld in Italian court

Robinho started his career at Santos in 2002 and joined Real Madrid in 2005, then going on to play for Manchester City from 2008 to 2010, and Milan for four years until 2014.

Published 11 Dec, 2020 09:45am

World

Bolsonaro says Brazil at 'tail end' of pandemic

Bolsonaro has been at odds with health experts over how to respond to the pandemic.

Published 11 Dec, 2020 09:35am

World

Brazil eyes 70mn Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses from January as death toll surges

A Supreme Court ruling would clear the way for São Paulo state to start vaccinating people in January, as planned, with doses of China's CoronaVac vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech Ltd.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 11:20am

World

Brazil pledge on Amazon needed to save EU-Mercosur trade deal: EU diplomat

Without that, EU importers cannot show where the wood came from, he said.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 09:59am

World

Brazil in advanced talks with Pfizer to buy 70mn COVID-19 vaccine doses

Doria has frequently clashed over the vaccine with Bolsonaro, an aggressive China critic who has baselessly dismissed the Sinovac candidate as lacking credibility.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 09:43am

Business & Finance

Brazilian airline Gol to resume flying Boeing 737 MAX from Dec. 9

After the lifting of the ban, American Airlines had said it would return 737 MAX jets to passenger flights by the end of 2020, with a daily flight between Miami and New York City.

Published 08 Dec, 2020 09:29am

World

Brazil's coronavirus cases top 6.6 million, health ministry says

The South American country has now registered 6,603,540 cases since the pandemic began.

Published 07 Dec, 2020 08:39am

World

Losses for Bolsonaro, wins for center-right in Brazil local polls

Bolsonaro, who currently has no political party -- but must choose one to stand in 2022 -- meanwhile got bleak results for his candidates.

Published 30 Nov, 2020 03:57pm

World

Sao Paulo, Rio elect mayors in Brazil runoffs

The authorities are urging voters to bring their own pens, respect social distancing guidelines and disinfect their hands multiple times.

Published 29 Nov, 2020 05:02pm

World

Brazil's jobless rate hits record 14.6%: government

The latest rate was the highest since that system was introduced in 2012.

Published 27 Nov, 2020 07:57pm

World

Volunteer dies during COVID-19 vaccine trial in Brazil

The vaccine was developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University.

Published 22 Oct, 2020 03:32pm

World

Brazil nears 5 million COVID-19 cases, epidemiologist fears second wave

Brazil is ignoring social distancing precautions and faces the danger of a second wave by returning to normal everyday life too quickly.
41,906 new cases, raising the total to 4,969,141, and 819 death, bringing the toll to 147,494 dead.

Published 08 Oct, 2020 12:25am

World

Brazil jobless rate hits record 13.8%

The rate is the highest since the current tracking method was introduced in 2012, and two percentage points above same period last year.

Published 30 Sep, 2020 07:48pm

Sports

Man City's injured Jesus ruled out of Brazil qualifiers

The Brazilian will be out for at least three weeks.

Published 26 Sep, 2020 02:47pm

World

Brazil, Germany, India and Japan renew UN bid

Five nations -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- exercise vetoes on the world body's most powerful institution.

Published 24 Sep, 2020 02:44am

World

India passes Brazil for world's second most virus cases

Infections have now risen above 4.2 million.

Published 07 Sep, 2020 06:38pm

Brazil passes 3.9mn coronavirus cases, death toll at 121,381

Brazil has registered 3,908,272 cases of the virus since the pandemic began.

Published 01 Sep, 2020 02:45am

World

Brazil indigenous protesters suspend roadblock

On Monday night, a federal judge ordered the protesters to end the roadblock, citing the damage to the region's economy.

Published 19 Aug, 2020 01:54am

World

AI helps doctors fight COVID-19 in Brazil

The software is being used by 43 Brazilian hospitals, 60 percent of them public.

Published 05 Aug, 2020 01:42am

World

Brazil's COVID-19 death toll surpasses 90,000

It has regularly recorded more than 1,000 deaths a day since early July, and more than 30,000 new cases a day since mid-June.

Published 30 Jul, 2020 04:29am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First IBL Mod. / Jun 29 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	4.80 ▲ 0.70 (17.07%)
Quetta Textile / Jun 29 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	7.75 ▲ 0.76 (10.87%)
Awwal Modaraba / Jun 29 Awwal Modaraba(AWWAL)	10.43 ▲ 0.92 (9.67%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 29 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.24 ▲ 0.24 (8.00%)
United Insurance / Jun 29 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	8.39 ▲ 0.59 (7.56%)
K.S.B.Pumps / Jun 29 KSB Pumps Company Limited(KSBP)	123.01 ▲ 8.58 (7.50%)
Sanofi-Aventis / Jun 29 Sanofi-Aventis Pakistan Limited(SAPL)	993.83 ▲ 69.33 (7.50%)
Arif Habib Corp / Jun 29 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	35.20 ▲ 2.45 (7.48%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jun 29 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	43.25 ▲ 3.01 (7.48%)
J.K.Spinning / Jun 29 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	56.16 ▲ 3.91 (7.48%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Modaraba / Jun 29 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	7.36 ▲ -0.91 (-11.00%)
786 Invest Ltd / Jun 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.82 ▲ -0.56 (-10.41%)
JS Investments / Jun 29 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	11.25 ▲ -1.00 (-8.16%)
Gatron Ind. / Jun 29 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	402.37 ▲ -32.62 (-7.50%)
Khyber Tobacco / Jun 29 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	215.97 ▲ -17.51 (-7.50%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Jun 29 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	16.65 ▲ -1.35 (-7.50%)
Supernet Ltd. / Jun 29 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	19.31 ▲ -1.56 (-7.47%)
Feroze 1888 / Jun 29 Feroze1888 Mills Limited(FML)	63.00 ▲ -5.00 (-7.35%)
Hussain Industries / Jun 29 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	15.20 ▲ -1.20 (-7.32%)
Premium Textile / Jun 29 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	690.10 ▲ -49.90 (-6.74%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,279,000 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,615,500 ▼ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Jun 29 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	7,537,000 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jun 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5,582,406 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Jun 29 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	4,353,672 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	4,202,157 ▼ 0.00
Sui North Gas / Jun 29 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	4,059,218 ▼ 0.00
Habib Bank / Jun 29 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	3,439,886 ▼ 0.00
Kot Addu Power / Jun 29 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	3,431,945 ▼ 0.00
MCB Bank Ltd / Jun 29 MCB Bank Limited(MCB)	2,937,393 ▼ 0.00

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 28	206.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 28	206.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 28	136.11
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 28	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 28	1.22
Euro to USD / Jun 28	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Jun 28	1.57

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 28	3821.55
India Sensex / Jun 28	53177.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 28	26741.34
Nasdaq / Jun 28	11181.54
Hang Seng / Jun 28	22132.44
FTSE 100 / Jun 28	7323.41
Dow Jones / Jun 28	30946.99
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 28	13231.82
France CAC40 / Jun 28	6086.02

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 28	111.30
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 28	18980.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 28	122200.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 28	1822.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 28	93.77

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