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Austria imposes full lockdown, Germany may follow, as Covid grips Europe

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 06:24pm

VIENNA/BERLIN: Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said...

OICCI survey reveals 'record improvement' in business confidence

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 09:59am

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) shared the results of its comprehensive...

UK economy rebounds in second quarter as lockdown eases

Published 13 Aug, 2021 05:14am

LONDON: Britain’s economy rebounded 4.8 percent in the second quarter as the government began relaxing lockdown...

AKRA requests PM for normal functioning of restaurants

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

KARACHI: All Karachi Restaurants Association (AKRA) has requested Prime Minister Imran Khan for permission of normal...

PM says Sindh can extend lockdown restrictions by another week

Published 01 Jun, 2021 11:35am

Premier says provinces are independent in making their decisions with regards to controlling spread of Covid-19

Scotland to ease some COVID-19 restrictions early

Published 13 Apr, 2021 06:31pm

She said people would be permitted to travel anywhere within Scotland to see family and friends for outdoor meetings from April 16, ten days earlier than planned, and those meetings could from then take place with six people from up to six households rather than four from two households.

Sterling falls versus stronger dollar, stabilises versus euro

Published 31 Mar, 2021 01:00am

The UK's 2-year gilt yield also rose in early trade on Tuesday, up as much as 3 basis points at the 8-day high of 0.112pc.

Oil rises as traders expect OPEC+ to hold output cuts

Updated 30 Mar, 2021 12:01am

Brent oil rose 26 cents to $64.83 a barrel by 1:08 p.m. EDT (1708 GMT). U.S. crude rose 47 cents to $61.44 a barrel.

UK retail sales attempt recovery from lockdown slump

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 10:52am

LONDON: British retail sales recovered somewhat in February, helped by demand for home improvements and garden items...

Belgium can still avoid third coronavirus wave

Published 19 Mar, 2021 07:21pm

After a long plateau phase, we are now at the foot of what could become a new wave. It is still possible to turn a wave into a wavelet.
Daily new infections have been creeping higher in Belgium in recent days and the latest seven-day average now stands at 3,266, a rise of 34% from last week.

Britain brings in new paperwork for lockdown travellers

Published 05 Mar, 2021 08:51pm

Under current lockdown rules, holidays are banned and only those travelling for specific work or family reasons are allowed to go abroad. The government said the new form would help it to police those rules.
Britain has said that people might be able to travel again from mid-May, with more information due in mid-April.

Australia says active COVID-19 cases at near 2-month low

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:43pm

Australia has escaped a high number of casualties from the new coronavirus, with just over 28,800 infections and 909 deaths, aided by strict lockdown measures and social distancing rules.

A year after COVID-19's arrival, India's active cases fall

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:11pm

A year ago, a student from the southern state of Kerala tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to India from Wuhan in China, the global epicentre of the virus.
India was reporting fewer cases until April 2020, but from May onwards cases started rising and peaked by mid-September to close to 100,000 daily cases.

Ukraine central bank keeps key rate at 6% despite rising inflation

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:08pm

The central bank gradually brought the rate down to 6% in June 2020 from 18% in April 2019.

Swiss plan to extend COVID-19 restrictions to end of February

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

Exemptions for regions less severely hit by the coronavirus have been scrapped.
Infection rates have remained stubbornly high, and despite the good news of vaccinations starting.

Hungary should extend partial lockdown beyond Monday, surgeon general says

Published 06 Jan, 2021 04:54pm

The government has the authority to make a decision (about the protective measures).
However, the pandemic is ongoing, and case numbers have risen sharply in neighbouring countries, which means that upholding the (existing) measures is justified.

South Africa's rand muted as investors eye COVID-19 council meeting

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:09pm

At 0625 GMT, the rand edged down 0.07% to 15.0000 against the dollar from an overnight close of 14.9900.

EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet

Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:13am

The major British transit hub said it would reopen from midnight local time (2300 GMT) for travellers with a negative result.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.54
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	402.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.33 ▲ 5.21 (10%)
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Pak Synthetics / Oct 1 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	164.95 ▲ 15 (10%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.45 ▲ 2.04 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.06 ▼ -6.56 (-10%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.27 ▼ -3.58 (-9.99%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS) / Oct 1 Ghani Chemworld Limited(PRS)(GCWLPRS)	107.10 ▼ -11.73 (-9.87%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	155 ▼ -16.45 (-9.59%)
Buxly Paints / Oct 1 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	460 ▼ -46.86 (-9.25%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,694,230 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,395,570 ▲ 0.1
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,967,497 ▼ -0.17
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,614,779 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,546,081 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,394,011 ▲ 0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,300,001 ▼ -0.06
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,980,760 ▲ 0
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,555,295 ▲ 1.43
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,063,246 ▼ -2.11

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