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Yen jumps more than 2pc against the dollar

Published 31 Jul, 2026 05:44am

NEW YORK: The dollar sank against the Japanese yen on Thursday with traders alert to the possibility of intervention...

US goods trade deficit hits 14-month high in May as imports surge

Published 29 Jun, 2026 02:36am

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit in goods swelled to a 14-month high in May as businesses boosted imports, likely to...

US awards $500 million to Nvidia-backed SandboxAQ for finding new chipmaking materials

Published 17 Jun, 2026 04:51pm

SandboxAQ was valued at $5.75 billion in April 2025 and has raised more than $1 billion to date

S&P 500 slips as investors assess mixed data

Published 14 Mar, 2026 04:55am

NEW YORK: The benchmark S&P 500 fell in choppy trading on Friday and was on track to end the week lower, along...

Dollar falls after SC rules against Trump’s tariffs

Published 21 Feb, 2026 05:36am

NEW YORK: The dollar dropped on Friday and was on track to snap a four-session streak of gains after the US Supreme...

Euro dips on reports ECB chief to leave

Published 19 Feb, 2026 04:34am

NEW YORK: The euro declined on Wednesday after a report that European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde...

Oil steadies as market weighs Venezuela supply risks

Published 24 Dec, 2025 06:21am

NEW YORK: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday as potential sales of Venezuelan crude seized by the United...

S&P 500 nears record high as data backs Fed cut expectations

Published 24 Dec, 2025 06:21am

NEW YORK: US stock indexes erased early losses on Tuesday and the S&P 500 inched closer to record highs as...

Trump mulls tariffs on foreign electronics based on number of chips, sources say

Published 27 Sep, 2025 12:41pm

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the...

Trump’s higher tariff rates hit goods from major US trading partners

Published 07 Aug, 2025 10:49am

President Donald Trump’s higher tariff rates of 10% to 50% on dozens of trading partners kicked in on Thursday,...

Trump executive order demands pharma industry price cuts

Updated 13 May, 2025 03:56pm

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a wide-reaching executive order on Monday directing drugmakers to lower...

Trump pick Lutnick’s firm in talks with Tether for $2 billion bitcoin lending project, Bloomberg reports

Published 24 Nov, 2024 02:51pm

US President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for Commerce Secretary, Howard Lutnick is in talks to deepen his financial...

Donald Trump taps former WWE CEO Linda McMahon as education secretary

Published 20 Nov, 2024 10:55am

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Linda McMahon as education secretary, putting the former...

Moderate US economic growth expected in second quarter

Published 27 Jul, 2023 10:23am

WASHINGTON: The US economy likely maintained a moderate pace of growth in the second quarter as labor market...

Biden’s budget plan would boost childcare funding by billions of dollars

Published 09 Mar, 2023 11:24am

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s fiscal 2024 budget plan would boost federal funding for childcare and early...

US adds units of China’s BGI, Inspur, and Pakistani firms to trade blacklist

Published 03 Mar, 2023 03:28pm

The Biden administration on Thursday added 37 companies to a trade blacklist, including units of Chinese genetics...

US manufactured goods orders slump on fall in aircrafts segment

Published 23 Dec, 2022 07:51pm

WASHINGTON: Orders for big-ticket US manufactured goods dropped more than expected in November, bogged down by a...

US economy sees surprise Q1 contraction despite solid spending

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

WASHINGTON: The US economy shrank in the first quarter of 2022 as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus hampered...

Biden orders government to study digital dollar, other cryptocurrency risks

Published 09 Mar, 2022 04:27pm

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will sign an executive order on Wednesday requiring the government to assess the...

US trade deficit ends 2021 with slight increase

Published 09 Feb, 2022 05:46am

WASHINGTON: The United States ended a year that saw a big increase in the trade deficit with a slight but unexpected...

Delta variant likely slammed brakes on US economic growth in third quarter

Published 28 Oct, 2021 10:35am

WASHINGTON: The US economy likely grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as COVID-19...

Higher prices help to boost US retail sales in September

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 07:23pm

Retail sales increase 0.7% in September
Higher prices contributed to boosting receipts
Core retail sales rise 0.8%; August revised slightly up

US manufactured goods’ growth slows in June

Published 28 Jul, 2021 04:45am

WASHINGTON: Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods grew at a slower-than-expected pace last month in the United...

US housing starts rise less than expected in May; building permits fall

Published 16 Jun, 2021 06:05pm

Housing starts rose 3.6% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.572 million units last month.
Though lumber prices dropped from a record high set in early May, softwood lumber prices increased 154.3% year-on-year in May.

US retail sales take step back

Published 16 Jun, 2021 03:39am

WASHINGTON: US retail sales dropped more than expected in May, with spending rotating back to services from goods as...

US inflation surges in April; consumer spending moderates

Published 28 May, 2021 08:53pm

Core PCE price index jumps 0.7% in April.
Core PCE price index accelerates 3.1% year-on-year.
Consumer spending increases 0.5%; income drops 13.1%.

Australia shares close at record high on mining, energy boost

Published 28 May, 2021 02:37pm

The broader market was also aided by an uptick in US shares overnight after data showed an improvement in the labour market.

US home prices rose more than expected in March

Published 25 May, 2021 08:02pm

The S&P/Case Shiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 13.3% through the 12 months ended in March on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest annual price increase since December 2013. A Reuters poll of economists had forecast a 12.3% increase.
On month-to-month basis, the 20-city composite index rose 1.6% from February. Economists polled by Reuters had been expecting a 1.2% increase.

Fiscal stimulus powers US economic growth in Q1

Updated 30 Apr, 2021 10:31am

WASHINGTON: US economic growth accelerated in the first quarter as the government gave money to mostly lower-income...

US goods trade deficit vaults to record high

Updated 29 Apr, 2021 10:04am

WASHINGTON: The US trade deficit in goods jumped to a record high in March, suggesting trade was a drag on economic...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 29	277.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 29	277.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 30	157.03
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 30	0.83
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 30	1.32
Euro to USD / Sep 30	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 28	3.90

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 29	7,670.84
Nasdaq / Sep 29	26,797.54
Dow Jones / Sep 29	51,349.92
India Sensex / Sep 30	72,729.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 30	66,728.56
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,534.37
FTSE 100 / Sep 30	10,714.17
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 30	25,546.29
France CAC40 / Sep 30	8,055.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 29	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 29	374,945
Petrol/Litre / Sep 30	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 30	89.69
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 30	4,309.98
Diesel/Litre / Sep 30	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 30	79.18

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Sep 30 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	7.26 ▲ 1 (15.97%)
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	5.73 ▲ 0.77 (15.52%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Sep 30 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	20.41 ▲ 1.86 (10.03%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Sep 30 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.57 ▲ 1.51 (10.03%)
Sindh Modaraba / Sep 30 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	33.28 ▲ 3.03 (10.02%)
Ghazi Fabrics / Sep 30 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	26.38 ▲ 2.4 (10.01%)
Asim Textile / Sep 30 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	113.96 ▲ 10.36 (10%)
Dadex Eternit / Sep 30 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	150.32 ▲ 13.67 (10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Sep 30 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	29.04 ▲ 2.64 (10%)
Oilboy Energy / Sep 30 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	18.59 ▲ 1.69 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ashfaq Textile / Sep 30 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	50.57 ▼ -5.62 (-10%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Sep 30 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	118.83 ▼ -13.16 (-9.97%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Sep 30 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	11.25 ▼ -1.15 (-9.27%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Sep 30 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	918.13 ▼ -92.07 (-9.11%)
Pakistan Services / Sep 30 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,019.63 ▼ -99.15 (-8.86%)
Mandviwala / Sep 30 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	77.07 ▼ -7.14 (-8.48%)
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	23.41 ▼ -1.84 (-7.29%)
D.M. Corporation / Sep 30 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	165.33 ▼ -11.63 (-6.57%)
Cordoba Logistics / Sep 30 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	28.32 ▼ -1.94 (-6.41%)
EMCO Industries / Sep 30 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	32.10 ▼ -1.93 (-5.67%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Int.Bulk / Sep 30 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	73,446,994 ▲ 0.11
Kohinoor Spinning / Sep 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	58,387,095 ▲ 0.77
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Sep 30 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	50,882,891 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Sep 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	28,308,841 ▲ 0.03
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Sep 30 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	21,823,804 ▲ 1.27
Arif Habib Corp / Sep 30 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	17,873,579 ▲ 0.1
Pak Refinery / Sep 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,817,038 ▲ 0.45
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,431,935 ▼ -0.01
S.G.Power / Sep 30 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	16,575,953 ▼ -1.84
F. Nat.Equities / Sep 30 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	14,238,200 ▲ 0

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