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Second wave: Pakistan sees lowest death toll in a day since November after 23 die from COVID-19

The last time the country reported 23 deaths was on November 10.
In the past 24 hours, the country reported 2,414 recoveries, taking the total number to 488,903.

Updated 22 Feb, 2021 10:17am

World

Thailand reports 187 new coronavirus cases, 2 new deaths

The tally included 10 imported cases, the country's COVID-19 taskforce said.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 10:39am

World

About 500 Airbus staff under quarantine

BERLIN: Airbus said on Sunday about 500 of its staff had gone into quarantine after 21 workers at its aircraft...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

World

Thailand reports 198 new coronavirus cases and one more death

Seven of the new infections were imported, a COVID-19 taskforce told a briefing.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 02:03pm

World

Russia reports 21,127 new coronavirus cases, 491 deaths

Authorities also reported an additional 491 deaths, raising the total count to 69,462.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 01:53pm

Markets

Dubai leads most Gulf markets lower, but Abu Dhabi bucks the trend

In Abu Dhabi, the index edged up 0.1%, helped by a 1.2% gain in Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank.

Updated 24 Jan, 2021 01:53pm

World

Portuguese brave lockdown for presidential polls

Rebelo de Sousa's popularity with voters has not suffered from his indulgence of Prime Minister Antonio Costa's socialist minority government.

Published 24 Jan, 2021 10:57am

World

Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing

The first such measure the city has taken since the pandemic began has occurred in the densely populated neighbourhoods of Jordan that is home to many ageing.
We are doing this also to dispel worries of the residents because there was talk that this is an epidemic area and it affected the life, psychology and business of the people here.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 06:00pm

World

Portugal holds presidential election as COVID-19 cases spiral

It wouldn't have been a problem to wait another month. Exceptional times call for exceptional measures.
Voting is the only reason people are permitted to leave home for anything other than essential work or trips under the current nationwide lockdown rules.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 05:44pm

Pakistan

Pakistan reports 1,927 new coronavirus cases, 43 deaths in 24 hours

1,737 people also recovered from the virus in the last 24 hours.
There are 35,063 active cases in the country.

Published 23 Jan, 2021 10:20am

Markets

Copper slips as China’s coronavirus outbreak raises demand fears

LONDON: Copper fell on Friday alongside stock markets and oil prices as poor economic data and new coronavirus...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

World

Malaysia reports 3,631 new coronavirus cases with 18 new deaths, highest daily fatalities

That brings total infections in the Southeast Asian country to 176,180 cases and 660 total deaths.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 05:14pm

World

Hungary PM says too early to talk about lifting COVID-19 restrictions

Hungary is also in talks with China's Sinopharm to buy its coronavirus vaccine.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 12:28pm

Business & Finance

Japan's factory activity contracts as state of emergency weighs

Overall, the au Jibun Bank Flash Services PMI index posted a sharp decline, falling to a five-month low of 45.7 on a seasonally adjusted basis from December's final of 47.7.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 12:05pm

World

Thailand reports 309 new coronavirus cases

The tally included 12 imported cases and there were no new deaths reported, the country's COVID-19 taskforce said.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 10:34am

Markets

US stocks flat following mixed economic data

All three major indices ended at records Wednesday after Joe Biden was sworn in as president amid optimism over the new administration's plans to support the US economy and improve the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 08:57pm

World

Portugal to close schools for 15 days over virus

Portugal has this week been breaking daily records in virus death tolls, with an extra 221 fatalities in 24 hours announced Thursday by the national health authorities.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 08:55pm

World

Yellen's call to 'act big' reflects long re-think on big government debt

Democrats like Jason Furman, who chaired former President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 07:17pm

Business & Finance

Unilever vows to pay decent salaries to supplier staff

Thursday's news comes almost two months after Unilever became a wholly British company following the completion of a historic merger of its Dutch and British entities that ended its double-headed corporate structure.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 05:09pm

World

Mongolian PM resigns after protests over Covid-19 mother's treatment

Restrictions on movement between provinces have been imposed since November, leaving about 80,000 people stranded in the capital.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:41pm

Markets

Asian currencies rise as US stimulus push hurts dollar; BNM holds fire

Asian currencies and bonds have lagged as the prospect of more government spending under a Joe Biden administration pushed up US treasury yields earlier this month, reducing the appeal of some of the region's high-yielding government debt.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 02:10pm

World

Thailand approves $7bn stimulus to mitigate virus impact

The government had sufficient funds with about 500 billion baht available under the borrowing plan, said Deputy Prime Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:37am

World

Germany's confirmed coronavirus cases rise by 15,974

The reported death toll rose by 1,148 to 48,770, the tally showed.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:47am

Markets

China's imports of Australian copper ore crashed to zero in December

Copper concentrate imports from all countries were 1.89 million tonnes in December and 21.77 million tonnes in 2020 overall, data released on Jan. 14 showed.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 10:42am

World

Latest on worldwide spread of the coronavirus

The European Union wants to set up a mechanism that would allow the sharing of surplus vaccines with poorer neighbouring states and Africa.
The EU's executive has warned this month that national plans so far for spending a record 1.8 trillion euros from the bloc's joint coffers were too poor to fly.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 09:11pm

Pakistan

Murad Raas says students will not be promoted without exams this year in Punjab

The education minister said exams would be held in May this year.
Students of class 9 till 12 returned to their schools on Monday after nearly two months.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 03:53pm

World

Russia reports 21,734 new coronavirus cases, 586 deaths

Authorities said 586 people had died overnight, taking the official death toll to 66,623.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 02:49pm

World

Indonesia reports record daily rise in coronavirus deaths

Indonesia has the highest number of coronavirus cases and deaths from COVID-19 in Southeast Asia.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 02:20pm

Pakistan

Pakistan's coronavirus death toll crosses 11,000 mark

58 people died across the country during the last 24 hours.
1800 people also tested positive for COVID-19.

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 05:36pm

World

China reports over 100 new COVID-19 cases for seventh day

Authorities have appealed to people to avoid travel in the run-up to the holiday and stay away from mass gatherings such as weddings.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 11:34am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	285.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	68.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	660.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.77 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 6 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 6 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 6 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	285.48 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 6 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 6 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 6 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 6 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	68.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 6 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	660.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 6 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 6 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.77 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 6 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 5	206.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 5	206.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 5	135.24
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 5	0.97
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 5	1.20
Euro to USD / Jul 5	1.03
UK LIBOR % / Jul 5	1.57

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 5	3831.39
India Sensex / Jul 5	53134.35
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 5	26077.04
Nasdaq / Jul 5	11322.24
Hang Seng / Jul 5	21621.01
FTSE 100 / Jul 5	7025.47
Dow Jones / Jul 5	30967.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 5	12401.20
France CAC40 / Jul 5	5794.96

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 5	100.33
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 5	16680.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 5	118800.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 5	1770.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 5	93.42

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