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Central European currencies

Forint trades near two-year-low as markets eye US data

Published 08 Jan, 2025 03:51pm

BUDAPEST: Central European currencies were mostly stable on Wednesday, with the Hungarian forint trading near a...

Currencies muted as rate hike expectations unable to lift them

Published 13 Oct, 2021 02:39pm

BUDAPEST: Central European currencies moved sideways on Wednesday, unable to get significant support from rate hike...

Currencies stable, Polish QE schedule in focus

Published 31 May, 2021 06:46pm

Polish bond yields were unmoved as markets were looking forward to the central bank's schedule of June bond purchases, due later in the day.
Currencies kept hovering near strong levels they recently hit on rate hike expectations that were fuelled by higher-than-expected CPI data and signals from central banks.

Currencies and stocks ease as inflation worries dominate

Published 19 May, 2021 02:59pm

The Polish zloty slid 0.17% to 4.5300 versus the common currency after firming in the previous session on increased rate hike prospects in the CEE region.

Currencies mixed as focus turns to Czech central bank

Updated 06 May, 2021 05:11pm

Central European rate-setters are facing rising inflation, but look set to keep rates low for the time being to help their economies recover from the effects of the coronavirus.
"This picture, however, cracked somewhat with the GDP result for the first quarter released last week, which showed the economy did better than thought."

Forint underperforms; investors unwind zloty short bets

Published 16 Apr, 2021 04:42pm

The Hungarian forint slid 0.42% to 360.80 per euro, underperforming its peers. It has lost 1% this week.
The currency weakened in low liquidity because of a zloty-forint flow, traders in Budapest said, adding that the forint was also due for a correction after steady gains in the past few weeks.

FX firms as global mood brightens

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:43pm

The Polish zloty was 0.54% firmer against the euro at 4.5516, the Czech crown had strengthened 0.09% to 25.8210, while the Hungarian forint was 0.13% stronger at 358.70.
"Over the next few days, the yields of 2-year bonds should remain around 0.05%, while the yields of 10-year bonds should remain close to 1.60%," PKO BP analysts said in a note.

Zloty brushes off virus worries to lead FX gains

Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:05pm

This is ahead of holidays -- the zloty was underperforming earlier, now it's outperforming... it seems like the main reason is probably the market was long, squaring positions ahead of the Easter holidays.
The zloty was 0.17% firmer against the euro at 4.624. The Czech crown was 0.12% firmer at 26.08 and the Hungarian forint was little changed at 362.10.

FX holds gains ahead of ECB meeting

Published 21 Jan, 2021 07:24pm

"Today, a positive reception of the ECB's decision by the euro may indirectly support the zloty and the currencies of the region," Konrad Bialas, chief economist at DM TMS Brokers said in a note.

Currencies nearly flat ahead of Polish central bank rate decision

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

The zloty was little changed, edging up 0.1% to 4.5245 per euro.
"Until the decision is published, volatility in the domestic market should remain limited," Bank Millenium wrote in a note.

Zloty, forint halt gains, focus turns to Polish central bank meeting next week

Published 08 Jan, 2021 04:56pm

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Central Europe's economies hard, and some countries like the Czech Republic and Slovakia are battling a big spike in infections again.
The zloty was flat on the day to trade at 4.5185 versus the euro.

Currencies slide as markets eye EU budget veto developments

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:40pm

The Hungarian forint slid 0.43pc and was trading at 358.50 per euro as markets waiting for developments regarding the European Union's budget and coronavirus rescue package.

Currencies, stocks ease, shrugging off third-quarter GDP rebound

Published 13 Nov, 2020 05:10pm

The region's economies rebounded mostly better than expected last quarter. On a quarterly basis.
The data "confirmed a strong recovery in the third quarter in CEE," Erste Bank said.

Currencies on roller coaster as US vote count swings; OTP shares shine

Published 04 Nov, 2020 05:47pm

Stock markets were mixed, with Budapest's main BUX index jumping by 2.3% and Prague rising 0.4%. Shares in Hungarian OTP Bank extended its gains from Tuesday, rising 1.3%.
Warsaw's main index, however, fell by almost 2%, which some analysts said was caused by concern about the record numbers of Covid cases and profit taking by some players.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 21	278.12
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 21	277.92
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	163.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 21	3.59

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 21	7,509.20
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,470.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	66,232.19
Nasdaq / Jul 21	25,837.21
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,132.29
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,585.91
Dow Jones / Jul 21	52,224.64
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	25,011.35
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,363.14

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	85.03
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 21	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 21	368,000
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,114.26
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	80.06
Petrol/Litre / Jul 22	320.73
Diesel/Litre / Jul 22	367.21

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.68 ▼ -1.41 (-10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	414.40 ▼ -46.02 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	79.05 ▼ -8.78 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 21 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	36 ▼ -3.62 (-9.14%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.90 ▼ -2.21 (-8.8%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.02 ▼ -7.77 (-7.34%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.71 ▼ -0.61 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	263,436,960 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	110,849,016 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	73,851,952 ▲ 0.89
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,224,946 ▲ 0
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	26,116,799 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	24,336,000 ▲ 0.97
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,413,148 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,069,620 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,692,784 ▲ 0.14
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,608,067 ▼ -2.01

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