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Bitcoin falls by a fifth, cryptos see $1bn worth liquidated

BENGALURU: Bitcoin shed a fifth of its value on Saturday as a combination of profit-taking and macro-economic...

Published 05 Dec, 2021 04:26am

Business & Finance

Prices to ‘skyrocket’ in coming years, claims PBIF

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

Markets

China's yuan slips on fresh virus worries but corporate demand stems losses

SHANGHAI: China's yuan slipped on Friday, pressured by global concerns about a new coronavirus variant identified in...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 11:47am

Markets

Sri Lanka shuts only oil refinery as dollar shortage bites

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka shut its only oil refinery Monday after running out of dollars to import crude, in an escalating...

Published 16 Nov, 2021 04:26am

Opinion

LNG procurement crisis

During the entire pandemic period Pakistan has maintained some economic activities and now it is making good ...

Updated 03 Nov, 2021 10:03am

Business & Finance

Dollar edges higher

NEW YORK/LONDON: The dollar rose slightly as the US Federal Reserve prepared on Tuesday to kick off its two-day...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Business & Finance

Dollar edges lower

NEW YORK/LONDON: The dollar eased versus its main rivals on Monday, after posting its biggest daily rise in more ...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 05:20am

Pakistan

Dubai-bound flights: Strict profiling leads to reduction in flight of dollars

LAHORE: Strict profiling of Dubai-bound flights by the customs department and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has...

Updated 31 Oct, 2021 12:58pm

‘Just give us our money’: Taliban push to unlock Afghan billions abroad

FRANKFURT: Afghanistan’s Taliban government is pressing for the release of billions of dollars of central bank...

Updated 30 Oct, 2021 09:45am

Markets

China's yuan jumps to 4-month high as property concerns ebb

SHANGHAI: China's yuan leapt to a four-month high against the dollar on Tuesday, aided by market expectations that...

Published 19 Oct, 2021 12:19pm

Markets

Against USD: Pakistan's rupee falls for third successive day

Pakistan's rupee fell for the third successive day, depreciating further to close at yet another record low against...

Updated 13 Oct, 2021 07:22pm

Business & Finance

Dollar edges lower ahead of Fed

NEW YORK: The U.S. dollar slipped ahead of a policy announcement by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday, while...

Published 23 Sep, 2021 04:35am

White oil pipeline project: ECC for locking tariff in dollar terms for 5 years

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided that the prospective tariff of white...

Updated 16 Sep, 2021 10:01am

Business & Finance

Roshan Digital Account: Full-year inflow clocks in at $2.11 billion

Pakistan attracts $245 million in August, taking cumulative amount to $2.114 billion

Published 08 Sep, 2021 12:57pm

Biden admin freezes billions in Afghan reserves

KABUL: The United States has frozen Afghan central bank reserves in US accounts, depriving the Taliban of billions ...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 03:40am

Markets

Afghanistan low on dollars with currency reserves stuck abroad

Reserves total $9 billion, mostly held at the US Federal Reserve
Currency to fall, inflation to rise

Updated 18 Aug, 2021 08:33pm

Business & Finance

Australia, NZ dollars stumble

SYDNEY: The Australia and New Zealand dollars fell on Monday, as risk sentiment soured in Asia following...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 04:42am

Markets

Russian rouble eases after overnight jump, stocks inch higher

The rouble was 0.3% weaker against the dollar at 73.61 and lost 0.2% to trade at 86.34 versus the euro, staying within the 86-87 range held since Aug. 3

Published 12 Aug, 2021 12:51pm

Markets

Havens favoured as China jitters persist; dollar waits for Fed

Focus turns now to investors' positioning ahead of the Fed meeting

Published 28 Jul, 2021 12:12pm

Editorials

C/A deficit

EDITORIAL: The current account deficit posted a deficit of 1.8 billion dollars July-June 2020-21 (very sustainable...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 04:27am

Markets

South African rand opens stronger, stock market weak

The rand was trading marginally stronger by 0.09% to 14.27 against the dollar

Published 05 Jul, 2021 12:43pm

Markets

Strong dollar strides towards US jobs test

The jobs report is due at 1230 GMT and is forecast to show a solid rise of 700,000

Published 02 Jul, 2021 10:47am

Editorials

The ever-increasing burden of debt

EDITORIAL: The Finance Ministry in the 22 June 2021 cabinet meeting noted that during fiscal year 2021-22 ...

Published 30 Jun, 2021 03:54am

Markets

Australia, NZ dollars broadly steady as action shifts to bonds

Short positions in Treasuries were the highest since 2018, according to JP Morgan positioning data last week.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 11:03am

World

Nuclear weapons spending swelled $1.4bn

GENEVA: Even as the pandemic raged and economies around the world were devastated, nuclear-armed countries last year...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Markets

Sterling edges down amid doubts over June 21 reopening

By 0750 GMT the pound was down 0.2% against the dollar at $1.4136, and down a similar amount against the euro at 86.06 pence.

Published 07 Jun, 2021 01:15pm

Markets

Putin urges Europe to pay for gas in euros, not dollars

SAINT PETERSBURG: President Vladimir Putin said Friday that European nations should pay for Russian gas in euros, as...

Published 05 Jun, 2021 04:08am

Markets

Beijing's jawboning sets yuan on track for biggest weekly loss in four months

Analysts say the yuan could face some headwinds in the near term as attempts to rein in the recent rally bite, and as China's uneven recovery continues.

Published 04 Jun, 2021 11:57am

Markets

Dollar gets respite as US manufacturing picks up, jobs report awaited

Those employment shortcomings will be front and centre of investors' minds on Friday with the release of nonfarm payrolls numbers for May, after April's much-weaker-than-expected reading sent the dollar index slumping 0.7% on May 7.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 02:59pm

Markets

Australia dollar struggles as yield premium shrinks, NZ$ holds gains

The bond market took that outlook badly, with yields on 10-year bonds jumping 10 basis points to 1.91% and threatening a major chart level at 1.93%.

Published 27 May, 2021 12:21pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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