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Xi'an restarts some public transport after coronavirus lockdown

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

Published 19 Jan, 2022 09:34am

Pakistan

Pakistan's Covid positivity ratio falls

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

Updated 07 Jun, 2021 11:16am

World

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

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

Published 25 Apr, 2021 12:44pm

World

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

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.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 06:56pm

Pakistan

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

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

Updated 06 Apr, 2021 10:28am

World

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

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.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 09:17pm

World

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

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.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 07:47pm

Pakistan

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

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

Published 07 Mar, 2021 02:39pm

Pakistan

Coronavirus deaths cross 13,000 mark across country

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

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:36am

Markets

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

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.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 10:09am

Markets

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

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.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 01:13pm

Markets

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

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

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:07pm

Sports

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

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

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:01pm

Business & Finance

China aluminium imports extend 2020 record high with December rise

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.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:13pm

World

Indonesia may allow private sector to buy and distribute vaccines

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.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 05:31pm

Markets

Oil prices rally further after crude stocks fall more than expected

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

Published 13 Jan, 2021 01:17pm

Business & Finance

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

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.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 07:36pm

World

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

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.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:54am

World

Thai PM blames migrant workers for market coronavirus outbreak

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

Published 21 Dec, 2020 05:48pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Nov 28 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.88 ▲ 1.00 (25.77%)
Saritow Spinning / Nov 28 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	6.90 ▲ 0.90 (15.00%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Nov 28 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Hira Textile / Nov 28 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	2.20 ▲ 0.24 (12.24%)
Service Textile / Nov 28 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.11 ▲ 1.00 (10.98%)
Bela Auto / Nov 28 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	7.29 ▲ 0.71 (10.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Nov 28 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3.74 ▲ 0.29 (8.41%)
Premier Insurance / Nov 28 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	7.90 ▲ 0.58 (7.92%)
Saif Textile / Nov 28 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	12.40 ▲ 0.88 (7.64%)
Calcorp / Nov 28 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	19.91 ▲ 1.39 (7.51%)

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 28 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	5.53 ▼ -0.66 (-10.66%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Nov 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.90 ▼ -0.09 (-9.09%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Nov 28 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.81 ▼ -0.07 (-7.95%)
Samba Bank / Nov 28 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.85 ▼ -0.66 (-7.76%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Nov 28 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	38.54 ▼ -3.12 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 28 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	24.97 ▼ -2.02 (-7.48%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Nov 28 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	65.05 ▼ -4.95 (-7.07%)
Bank of Khyber / Nov 28 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	11 ▼ -0.80 (-6.78%)
Hala Enterprise / Nov 28 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.75 ▼ -0.66 (-5.78%)
Punjab Mod / Nov 28 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.60 ▼ -0.09 (-5.33%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 28 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	109,392,000 ▲ 0.20
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	47,603,061 ▲ 0.08
Treet Corp. (R) / Nov 28 Treet Corporation Limited (R)(TREETR2)	24,352,497 ▼ -0.08
B.O.Punjab / Nov 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	23,054,217 ▲ 0.24
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 28 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	22,758,500 ▼ -0.22
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	17,865,589 ▲ 0.26
D.G.K.Cement / Nov 28 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	15,655,201 ▲ 2.67
Agritech Limited / Nov 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	15,233,500 ▲ 0.63
Pak Elektron / Nov 28 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	14,205,993 ▼ -0.01
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	13,108,000 ▼ -0.06

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 28	285.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 28	285.35
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 28	148.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 28	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 28	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 27	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 27	4550.43
Nasdaq / Nov 27	14241.02
Dow Jones / Nov 27	35333.47
India Sensex / Nov 28	65983.73
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 28	33370.40
Hang Seng / Nov 28	17485.79
FTSE 100 / Nov 28	7442.27
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 28	15941.55
France CAC40 / Nov 28	7237.40

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 27	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 27	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 28	74.99
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 28	2015.58
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 28	79.06

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