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global financial crisis

Nikkei jumps 5pc as Trump signals timeline to end Iran war

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average rose 5 percent on Wednesday, supported by hopes of de-escalation in the Middle...

Nobel economist Aghion says no repeat 2008 financial crisis

Published 09 Mar, 2026 09:06pm

PARIS: The war in the Middle East is unlikely to trigger a collapse of the world economy on the scale of the 2008...

BCBS phase II reforms: SBP issues revised instructions

Updated 25 Sep, 2025 09:19am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has issued revised instructions under the Basel Capital Adequacy Framework...

The worst market crashes since 1929

Published 08 Apr, 2025 05:40am

PARIS: Monday’s stock market collapses in Asia and Europe after China retaliated to steep US tariffs revived...

Managing public investment the mission-oriented way

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 06:37am

Two renowned intellectuals – Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis, and columnist for Guardian ...

Important global economic challenges

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:33am

Decades of neoliberal assault of advocating greater market fundamentalism, and lesser government regulation produced...

World Bank needs to revisit its policy and lending focus

Updated 06 Oct, 2023 09:56am

In its recently released report ‘Pakistan development update October 2023: restoring fiscal sustainability’ the...

Bank of England projects 100 billion pound loss for QE programme

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:26pm

LONDON: The Bank of England estimated on Friday that its quantitative easing programme would rack up a total...

Shock therapy neoliberal market reform in Pakistan

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 06:28am

One can only be shocked to see the lack of understanding by local media, and many of their guests on TV shows...

US lending slowed last month on banking concerns: Fed

Published 20 Apr, 2023 12:19am

WASHINGTON: Lending declined in many parts of the United States over recent weeks, the Federal Reserve announced...

US Fed warns of 'widespread' inflationary pressures

Published 09 Mar, 2023 01:24am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve warned Wednesday that the United States still faces "widespread" inflationary...

Caught in the crossfire?

Published 06 Mar, 2023 08:25am

While the government is getting considerable flak due to the long delay in IMF program revival and resulting...

The darkness deepens

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

They say the night is darkest before the dawn. On Monday, it couldn’t have gotten darker—somewhere, someone in...

Most CEOs gloomy on growth in more than a decade: PwC survey

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am

DAVOS: Confidence among companies in their growth prospects has dropped the most since the 2007-08 global financial...

Yellen says a US default could cause global financial crisis

Published 21 Jan, 2023 06:41am

DAKAR/WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday that a potential US default could cause a global...

Gated UK property funds are open to further risk

Published 12 Jan, 2023 06:26am

UK property funds face further exit requests, asset fire sales and reduced demand from pension schemes after payout...

IMF policy needs a serious rethink

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

The first major jolt to the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF’s) thinking regarding pursuing austerity policy...

Austerity and SDR allocation

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

The world is suffering from multiple crises — from strong inflationary headwinds to low growth — at the back of...

Global Economy: Factory data dampen global ‘soft landing’ hopes

Published 01 Jul, 2022 07:18pm

LONDON/TOKYO: Global factory growth stalled in June as higher prices and a darker economic outlook left consumers...

World Bank’s Reinhart sees ‘long haul’ before any debt reductions for developing countries

Published 29 Jun, 2022 07:01pm

MADRID: World Bank chief economist Carmen Reinhart said it could take many more years before the growing number of...

PIA reports revenue shortfall for 2021

Published 29 May, 2022 06:48am

KARACHI: The Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has reported a revenue shortfall for 2021 as compared to 2020,...

Fraying central bank consensus spurs dollar and market stress: McGeever

Published 04 May, 2022 11:18am

ORLANDO: The highest inflation in decades is unraveling whatever policy consensus there was between the world's ...

The cost of IMF programme

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Pakistan has been a prolonged user of International Monetary Fund (IMF) resources since the decade starting 1990,...

‘Black swan’ LME nickel chaos shows regulators still missing market risks

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

Last month’s chaos in London Metal Exchange nickel trading has shone a light on the failure of a core reform from...

How the world has changed—II

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

The above (carried in the first part of this two-part article) appears to paint a rather bleak picture of the future...

Britain cedes control of bailed-out NatWest bank

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

LONDON: Britain announced Monday that it has ceded control of bailed-out bank giant NatWest, cutting its stake to...

Russian default no longer ‘improbable’, but no trigger for financial crisis: IMF

Published 14 Mar, 2022 07:22am

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

Russian default no longer 'improbable', but no trigger for global financial crisis: IMF

Published 13 Mar, 2022 10:01pm

WASHINGTON: Russia may default on its debts in the wake of unprecedented sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine, but...

Pakistan should leave IMF programme

Updated 22 Oct, 2021 04:54pm

Pakistan should come out of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme, pursue active economic diplomacy, and...

Bank of England targets 'failures' in banks' trading books

Updated 08 Oct, 2021 05:50pm

"The PRA considers this lack of capabilities to be a market failure, posing risks to the PRA's safety and soundness objective, and has therefore decided to clarify its expectations in this area," says BoE

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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