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World Bank says remittances up 5% in 2022, but growth to slow to 2% next year

WASHINGTON: Remittances to low- and middle-income countries grew by nearly 5% to around $626 billion in 2022 - about...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 08:35pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka’s debt to China close to 20% of public external debt

LONDON/JOHANNESBURG: Sri Lanka owed Chinese lenders $7.4 billion - nearly a fifth of its public external debt - by...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 12:13pm

World

Australian ex-PM censured over secret ministry posts

SYDNEY: Australia’s parliament on Wednesday censured ex-prime minister Scott Morrison for secretly appointing...

Published 30 Nov, 2022 10:06am

World

China tightens security after rare protests against COVID curbs

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: Police on Monday stopped and searched people at the sites of weekend protests in Shanghai and...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 06:36pm

World

Australian government moves to censure former prime minister over secret ministries

SYDNEY: Australia’s Labor government said it will move a parliamentary censure motion against former Liberal prime...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 11:07am

World

Xi says China to consider holding Belt & Road Forum in 2023

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday that China would consider hosting the third Belt & Road...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 02:09pm

World

G20: Bali preps for everything from security risks to tsunamis

NUSA DUA: Indonesia on Tuesday will host the G20 leaders’ summit, gathering the globe’s most powerful figures...

Published 13 Nov, 2022 10:29am

Opinion

Lower oil prices defy robust forecasts for global demand

Oil prices have tumbled by around a quarter in the past three months, largely due to fears of a prolonged slump in...

Published 17 Sep, 2022 04:27am

World

Xi to meet Putin in first trip outside China since Covid began

LONDON/BEIJING: Xi Jinping will leave China for the first time in more than two years for a trip this week to ...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:01am

Markets

IMF calls for EU fiscal capacity, rules to be linked to risk

BRUSSELS: The European Union should set up a fiscal capacity to pay for EU public goods, link the pace of debt cuts...

Published 05 Sep, 2022 12:37pm

Business & Finance

Sterling steadies after bruising week, markets await new PM

LONDON: The pound steadied on Friday as some calm returned at the end of a bruising week in which concerns about the...

Published 05 Sep, 2022 06:04am

Opinion

Reimagining globalisation

Recent years have been witness to the world being rocked by unforeseen and unimaginable global catastrophes. The...

Published 17 Jul, 2022 05:19am

World

Maskless pilgrims launch largest Hajj of Covid era

MAKKAH: The biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic began kicked off Wednesday, with hundreds of thousands...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 07:36am

Business & Finance

Euro corporate bonds set for worst weekly loss since March 2020

LONDON: Euro corporate bonds were set on Friday for their biggest weekly total loss since the height of the market...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am

World

Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ comes to big screen, makes box office splash

WASHINGTON: A new movie that pushes dubious and widely debunked conspiracy theories to bolster Donald Trump’s ...

Updated 06 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.03 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	335 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	523.19 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.51 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.03 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	335 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	63.75 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	523.19 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Dec 5 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.51 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 2	224.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 2	223.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 2	134.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 2	0.94
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 2	1.23
Euro to USD / Dec 2	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Dec 2	3.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 2	4071.70
India Sensex / Dec 2	62868.50
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 2	27777.90
Nasdaq / Dec 2	11461.50
Hang Seng / Dec 2	18675.35
FTSE 100 / Dec 2	7556.23
Dow Jones / Dec 2	34429.88
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 2	14529.39
France CAC40 / Dec 2	6742.25

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 2	79.98
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 2	16735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	140175
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 2	1797.63
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 2	83.20

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