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Global stocks plunge on jitters over higher interest rates

NEW YORK: Global stock markets dropped sharply Friday as the latest hawkish commentary from the Federal Reserve sent...

Published 25 Apr, 2022 07:23am

World

Nuclear missiles, bombs market to surge 73% by 2030: report

The global market for nuclear missiles and bombs should surpass $126 billion within ten years, up nearly 73% from...

Published 04 Apr, 2022 06:22pm

Markets

Saudi Arabia says not responsible for any oil shortage after Houthi attacks

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it would not bear responsibility for any shortages in oil supplies to global markets in...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 06:01pm

Business & Finance

Rouble slips; dollar index edges higher, euro falls

LONDON: The rouble fell further on Tuesday after partly recovering some ground, while the dollar edged higher and ...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 04:35am

Markets

Deepening Russia-Ukraine tensions seen curbing food supplies, lifting prices

SINGAPORE: Escalating tensions between global crop heavyweights Russia and Ukraine are likely to force wheat, corn...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am

Markets

Global stocks end strong year with losses

NEW YORK: Global stock markets closed lower Friday, the final trading session of 2021 — a year of strong gains...

Published 03 Jan, 2022 06:42am

Markets

Dow falls over 2pc as new virus variant spooks investors

NEW YORK: The Dow dragged Wall Street’s main indexes lower on Friday, with travel, bank and commodity-linked ...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

Markets

TSX hits one-week low as oil slides on European lockdown fears

Canadian stocks fell to one-week low on Friday weighed by energy shares after oil prices slumped as a fresh surge in...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 09:17pm

Markets

Biden-Xi talks lift stocks ahead of US retail data

LONDON: Global stock markets marched on towards new peaks after U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi...

Published 16 Nov, 2021 06:21pm

Markets

Global stocks rise in week dominated by inflation fears

NEW YORK: Global stock markets mostly climbed on Friday — a positive end to a week in which the threat of ...

Published 15 Nov, 2021 05:21am

Markets

Tight supply and dovish Fed lift copper prices

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Thursday, snapping two days of losses, helped by tight supply and a pledge by the US...

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 05:37pm

Business & Finance

Dollar set to end five-week win streak as risk sentiment rebounds

NEW YORK/LONDON: The dollar edged lower against a basket of major currencies on Friday, on track to break its...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 04:49am

Markets

Dollar set to end five-week win streak as risk sentiment rebounds

Yen at lowest levels since October 2018
US retail sales surprise to the upside, fueling risk-on sentiment
Bitcoin hits $60,000 as traders eye first US ETFs

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 08:33pm

Markets

Equity markets climb on upbeat US earnings

LONDON: Global stock markets rose Thursday, boosted by a healthy start to the US earnings season as more big-name...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 07:53pm

Markets

Stocks mostly fall after US jobs report disappoints

NEW YORK: Global stock markets mostly fell Friday following weaker-than-expected US jobs data as oil prices ...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 04:32am

Markets

Markets advance as traders pin hopes on recovery

LONDON: Global stock markets mostly rose Wednesday as investors cheered upbeat survey data, but weighed global...

Published 01 Sep, 2021 08:13pm

Markets

Markets advance as traders weigh recovery against Delta

London stocks won 0.7 percent in late morning deals

Published 01 Sep, 2021 06:48pm

Markets

Global stocks rise as taper fears fade

PARIS: Global stock markets rose Monday, with US stocks setting fresh records, as investors continued to respond to...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 09:38pm

Markets

Toronto stock index races to record close as Powell soothes sentiment

Energy stocks were supported by higher oil prices on worries about supply disruption in Gulf of Mexico as Tropical Storm Ida advanced, while gold stocks got a boost from higher bullion prices

Published 28 Aug, 2021 01:55am

Business & Finance

Pound hits three-week low vs dollar

LONDON: Britain's pound hits its lowest level in three weeks against the dollar on Tuesday, suffering its worst day...

Published 18 Aug, 2021 04:00am

Markets

Pound highest in over a month as dollar dips on dovish Fed

The British currency has gained for five consecutive sessions, and on Thursday was 1.4pc higher against the dollar on the week.

Published 29 Jul, 2021 10:53pm

Markets

Global share markets rise, bonds fall on US jobs data

Global share markets near record highs.
U.S nonfarm payrolls rise 850,000 in June.
Crude flat after delay in OPEC+ meeting.
Gold rises as dollar pulls back after US jobs data.

Updated 02 Jul, 2021 08:37pm

Markets

Global equities rally as 'meme stocks' lift Wall Street at open

Wall Street opens higher as "meme stocks" surge.
Investors track labor market's recovery after April drop in jobs.
Big data week drives inflation apathy.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 08:11pm

Markets

European stocks rise as central banks pledge easy money

British retailer Marks & Spencer jumped 4.2% to a one-year high after it said it had traded well in the early weeks of the 2021-22 and that earnings would recover after reporting an 88% slump in full-year profit.

Published 26 May, 2021 02:00pm

Markets

World equities drift on eve of Fed rate call

The price of copper hit a decade-high close to $10,000 per-ton, largely on strong Chinese demand and tight supplies of the metal used in popular electric wiring amid worries of a strike action in the world's biggest producer Chile.

Published 28 Apr, 2021 10:29am

Markets

Stocks gain on optimism over economic recovery

Major US stock indices open higher.
Focus turns to Fed meeting, US GDP numbers.

Published 26 Apr, 2021 08:28pm

Markets

World stocks post record highs as bond yields ease

European stocks up 0.2%.
US earnings on the radar.
Bond yields near three-week lows.
Bitcoin hits record high, dollar weakens.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 05:23pm

Markets

World stocks hit record high as bond yields ease

The US dollar eased along with Treasury yields, slipping to a three-week low to major peers.

Published 14 Apr, 2021 12:37pm

Markets

Stocks slip off record highs ahead of earnings, US data

MSCI's All Country World Index, which tracks stocks across 49 countries, was down 0.14% after the start of European trading, off Friday's record high. The gauge's price-to-earnings ratio is at its highest level since early 2010.
Morgan Stanley noted that despite the S&P 500 making all-time highs, small-cap stocks represented by the Russell 2000 small-cap index have underperformed the S&P 500 by 8% since peaking on March 12.

Published 12 Apr, 2021 05:42pm

Markets

Stocks gain as investors look past US hedge fund default

*European stocks opened higher with the regional STOXX 600 index up 0.4% by 1100 GMT. Britain's FTSE 100 was up 0.2%, Germany's DAX 0.6%, Italy's FTSE MIB rose 0.3%, and France's CAC 40 rose 0.5%. * MSCI's All Country World Index, which tracks stocks across 49 countries, traded flat.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:36pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd / May 27 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.40 ▲ 0.95 (38.78%)
Reliance Ins. / May 27 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	6.45 ▲ 0.95 (17.27%)
Escorts Bank / May 27 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	7.06 ▲ 1.00 (16.50%)
Punjab Mod / May 27 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.92 ▲ 0.22 (12.94%)
Dandot Cement / May 27 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	8.20 ▲ 0.90 (12.33%)
F.Treet Manuf / May 27 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	8.75 ▲ 0.75 (9.38%)
Samba Bank / May 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	10.25 ▲ 0.86 (9.16%)
Ruby Tex. / May 27 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	4.35 ▲ 0.35 (8.75%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / May 27 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.03 ▲ 0.08 (8.42%)
Husein Sugar / May 27 Husein Sugar Mills Limited(HSM)	13.72 ▲ 1.00 (7.86%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / May 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	5.75 ▲ -1.00 (-14.81%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / May 27 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	5.17 ▲ -0.68 (-11.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 27 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.20 ▲ -0.99 (-10.77%)
Silk Bank Ltd / May 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.29 ▲ -0.14 (-9.79%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 27 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	6.21 ▲ -0.67 (-9.74%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / May 27 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	2.10 ▲ -0.18 (-7.89%)
Ghazi Fabrics / May 27 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	5.81 ▲ -0.49 (-7.78%)
Thal Ind.Corp. / May 27 Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	253.91 ▲ -20.58 (-7.50%)
Cordoba Logistics / May 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	13.21 ▲ -1.07 (-7.49%)
Philip Morris Pak. / May 27 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	536.53 ▲ -43.47 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / May 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	63,944,791 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,932,038 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,383,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / May 27 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	21,349,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 27 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	19,460,637 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,140,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	18,961,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,469,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 27 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	12,464,558 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	11,951,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 26	202.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 26	202.00
USD to Japanese Yen / May 26	127.04
USD to Swiss Franc / May 26	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / May 26	1.26
Euro to USD / May 26	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 26	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 26	4057.84
India Sensex / May 26	54252.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 26	26604.84
Nasdaq / May 26	11740.65
Hang Seng / May 26	20116.20
FTSE 100 / May 26	7564.92
Dow Jones / May 26	32637.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 26	14231.29
France CAC40 / May 26	6410.58

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 26	114.16
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 26	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 26	118900.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 26	1855.80
Cotton US¢/pound / May 26	124.33

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