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Xi'an restarts some public transport after coronavirus lockdown

Published 19 Jan, 2022 09:34am

BEIJING: The Chinese megacity of Xi'an has partially resumed public transport, according to official announcements,...

Pakistan's Covid positivity ratio falls

Updated 07 Jun, 2021 11:16am

1,490 people tested positive out of 49,285 tests conducted during last 24 hours

India asks Twitter to take down some tweets critical of its COVID-19 handling

Published 25 Apr, 2021 12:44pm

The Indian government made an emergency order to censor the tweets
Twitter had notified account holders directly about withholding their content and let them know that it received a legal order pertaining to their tweets

Thai capital may take over 2 months to contain new virus outbreak

Published 08 Apr, 2021 06:56pm

Authorities expect to be able to contain the virus between one and two months in the provinces but in Bangkok, the epicentre, it could take longer, depending on control measures Kiatiphum Wongrajit, the ministry's permanent secretary, said in the statement.

NCOC's special session to review closure of schools, Ramazan SOPs

Updated 06 Apr, 2021 10:28am

The NCOC special session will be held today to review the opening of the education sector
Ramazan SOPs will also be reviewed in light of input from Ulema

Russia's economy shrank 3pc last year -revised data

Published 01 Apr, 2021 09:17pm

The figures from the Federal Statistics Service Rosstat were marginally better than Rosstat's preliminary estimate that gross domestic product fell by 3.1% last year.
The coronavirus outbreak paralysed business activity in 2020, prompting the central bank to slash interest rates to a record low 4.25%, while a drop in global oil prices dented Russia's revenues.

Touting US ties, Bolsonaro's office releases Biden letter on climate, pandemic

Published 18 Mar, 2021 07:47pm

Last week, Brazil's Supreme Court annulled Lula's graft convictions, upending the 2022 presidential election and teeing up a likely showdown between Lula and Bolsonaro.
Bolsonaro has been dismissive of the coronavirus and vaccines but faces growing pressure with numbers of infections and deaths reaching record highs in Brazil.

COVID-19: Vaccination of people over 60 years to commence from March 10: Umar

Published 07 Mar, 2021 02:39pm

Planning minister says vaccinations will be done in reverse order by age which means the oldest person who has registered will be vaccinated first
At least 0.5m doses had been handed over to Pakistan, out of which around 275,000 doses had been administered to health professionals dealing with Covid-19 patients

Coronavirus deaths cross 13,000 mark across country

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:36am

ISLAMABAD: Coronavirus deaths in Pakistan, Wednesday, crossed 13,000 mark as countrywide 75 new Covid-19 deaths were...

Australia, NZ dollars ease; on track for small weekly gains

Published 12 Feb, 2021 10:09am

In New Zealand markets, a run of strong economic data and a housing boom have seen a move to price in rate hikes from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) as early as 2022.

Spain's Naturgy core profit falls on lower gas, electricity demand

Published 04 Feb, 2021 01:13pm

Naturgy's earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation fell to 3.45 billion euros ($4.14 billion) in 2020 from a revised 4.25 billion in 2019.

Shanghai copper hits 8-week low on demand woes ahead of China holiday

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:07pm

China will celebrate its Lunar New Year holiday during Feb. 11-17, when metals demand usually dip as business activities slow.

UEFA considering switch to single host for this year's Euros – Rummenigge

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:01pm

"A decision on which scenario will be applied individually in each city during the tournament will be made in March 2021."

China aluminium imports extend 2020 record high with December rise

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:13pm

China's aluminium exports in 2020 fell to 4.86 million tonnes, customs said on Jan. 14. That was the lowest annual total since 2017.

Indonesia may allow private sector to buy and distribute vaccines

Published 14 Jan, 2021 05:31pm

The Southeast Asian country launched a mass immunisation campaign targeting more than 180 million people this week to help tackle one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Asia.
It shouldn't start now, but later after the government has provided mandatory vaccines for health and public workers.

Oil prices rally further after crude stocks fall more than expected

Published 13 Jan, 2021 01:17pm

That was more than analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a fall of 2.3 million barrels.

Qatar National Bank profits drop 16pc as loan loss provisions rise

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:36pm

Gulf banks have faced a slowdown in business and a rise in loan impairments as Covid-19 hit the region.
QNB reported a net profit of 12 billion riyals ($3.20 billion)in 2020, it said in a statement, down from 14.4 billion riyals in 2019.

Brazil tops 1,000 daily average coronavirus deaths for the first time since Aug

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:54am

The rise in deaths in Brazil comes amid growing pressure to speed up the vaccine roll out, which is lagging regional peers. Mexico, Chile and Argentina have already begun immunizations.

Thai PM blames migrant workers for market coronavirus outbreak

Published 21 Dec, 2020 05:48pm

On Monday Prayut blamed the outbreak on factories employing illegal migrant workers, who he accused of illegally crossing the porous Myanmar-Thailand border.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
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 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,524.76
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,846.69
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,340.11
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
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%)
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%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	506.46 ▲ 46.04 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	50.58 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 21 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	329.37 ▲ 29.94 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 21 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	270.97 ▲ 24.63 (10%)
Reliance Weaving / Jul 21 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	194.02 ▲ 17.64 (10%)

Stock	Price
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.59 ▼ -5.45 (-9.73%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	80 ▼ -7.83 (-8.91%)
Imperial Limited / Jul 21 Imperial Limited(IML)	22.20 ▼ -1.81 (-7.54%)
Sana Ind / Jul 21 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	36.10 ▼ -2.69 (-6.93%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,577 ▼ -107.32 (-6.37%)
D.M. Corporation / Jul 21 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	185.26 ▼ -12.27 (-6.21%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.48 ▼ -1.95 (-5.83%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Jul 21 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	30.76 ▼ -1.72 (-5.3%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	23.83 ▼ -1.28 (-5.1%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 21 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	133 ▼ -6.93 (-4.95%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	60,631,853 ▲ 0.22
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	22,066,249 ▲ 0.54
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	16,809,346 ▲ 0.11
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,201,323 ▲ 2.8
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	11,806,205 ▲ 0.93
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	6,908,088 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	5,600,936 ▲ 0.17
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	5,036,481 ▼ -7.83
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	3,951,898 ▲ 0.61
Lotte Chemical / Jul 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	3,863,678 ▲ 0.24

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