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Arabica coffee slides to 1-1/2 month low, cocoa also plunges

Rains are expected in Brazil coffee areas from April 4, which could improve conditions for final stage of beans growth before the harvest.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 01:22am

Markets

European stocks hover near record high with banks in lead

The pan-European STOXX 600 index gained 0.7pc, trading less than a percent below its pre-pandemic peak.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 12:06am

Markets

Oil falls as Suez Canal opens, dollar rallies; eyes on OPEC+ meeting

Ships were moving through the Suez Canal again a day after tugs refloated the Ever Given container carrier, which had blocked the passage for almost a week.

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 12:05am

World

Turkey logs highest new COVID-19 cases since beginning of pandemic

The latest daily death toll was 155, bringing the cumulative toll to 31,385, according to the health ministry.

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 12:05am

World

Pandemic upsurge hits Europe recovery hopes

PARIS: An upsurge in new coronavirus cases is forcing governments across Europe into new, damaging lockdowns that...

Published 30 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Markets

Euro zone yields rise, but surging COVID-19 cases fuel caution

German Chancellor Angela Merkel over the weekend pressured states to step up their pandemic response to try to stem the rise in cases.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 02:23am

World

European countries tighten virus curbs, France 'critical'

• Philippines orders 24m in and around Manila into virus lockdown PARIS: France, Belgium and Poland on Saturday...

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 05:29pm

Markets

Oil prices drop 4pc as new lockdowns undermine hopes for economic recovery

• Traders shrug off Suez Canal incident • Big gains unlikely until OPEC meeting on April 1 NEW YORK: Oil ...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Markets

Tokyo rubber futures down

TOKYO: Japanese rubber futures dropped to their lowest in more than five weeks on Thursday due to worries about slow...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Markets

Gold prices steady in Asia

SINGAPORE: Gold prices held steady in Asian trade on Thursday as a stronger US dollar countered concerns that ...

Published 26 Mar, 2021 05:22am

Markets

Sugar and coffee prices fall in broad-based selloff

May raw sugar fell by 0.55 cent, or 3.5pc to 15.08 cents per lb at 1508 GMT after equalling a three-month low of 15.05 cents set on Tuesday.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 11:55pm

Markets

Oil prices drop 4pc as new lockdowns undermine hopes for economic recovery

Prices lost much of the gains from the previous session that followed news of a large container ship running aground in the Suez Canal.

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 12:04am

Markets

Stocks stumble, oil tumbles

Oil prices dived more than one percent in a rollercoaster week for the commodity.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 08:54pm

World

Germany scraps Easter shutdown as EU limits vaccine exports

BERLIN: Germany on Wednesday backtracked on its plan to impose a strict Easter weekend shutdown after a public...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Opinion

As Covid rages, world risks losing TB gains

In the year since Covid-19 flipped the world on its head, diagnosis and treatment of another serious lung disease ...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Markets

Oil jumps 6pc after Suez Canal ship grounding

NEW YORK: Oil prices jumped about 6% on Wednesday after a ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, and worries that the...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Editorials

Covid-19: SOP violators must face fines

EDITORIAL: As Pakistan stumbles through the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic, the National Command and Operation...

Published 25 Mar, 2021 05:08am

Markets

Gold shrugs off higher yields, dollar after Powell testimony

Spot gold rose 0.5pc to $1,735.24 per ounce by 12:48 P.M EDT (1648 GMT). U.S. gold futures gained 0.6pc to $1,734.90.

Updated 25 Mar, 2021 12:06am

Markets

Sagging oil price surges 6pc as grounded ship blocks Suez Canal

The gains appeared to stabilize the market that had slumped from early this month, when prices hit their highest levels this year on expectations for demand recovery.

Updated 25 Mar, 2021 12:06am

World

Eurozone economy returns to growth as Germany revs up

The firm's PMI index rose to 52.5 points in March from 48.8 points in February, breaking through the 50-point level which indicates growth.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 04:56pm

Markets

Copper and aluminium fall as sanctions and Covid chill markets

LONDON: Copper prices fell on Tuesday as tit-for-tat sanctions between China and the West and new coronavirus...

Published 24 Mar, 2021 05:10am

Markets

Asian, European markets drop as inflation spectre hangs

Mumbai, Singapore, Manila and Wellington rose.
London, Paris and Frankfurt fell at the open.

Published 23 Mar, 2021 06:15pm

World

AstraZeneca hails US trials as EU rows with UK over supplies

WASHINGTON: Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca said Monday that trials showed its Covid-19 vaccine was 100 percent...

Updated 23 Mar, 2021 05:15pm

Govt tightens SOPs

ISLAMABAD: The government, on Monday, while revising the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to contain rapidly...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

World

UK vaccine drive ‘huge success’ after jabbing half of all adults

LONDON: The British government on Saturday hailed its coronavirus vaccination programme as “a huge success” ...

Updated 21 Mar, 2021 09:33am

Opinion

Europe’s Covid-19 setbacks risk another summer travel washout

Europe’s airlines and travel sector are bracing for a second lost summer, with rebound hopes increasingly...

Published 21 Mar, 2021 04:05am

Opinion

US economy readies itself for take-off

Struggling to get its vaccine campaign and economic recovery plan in gear, Europe can only watch with envy the...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

Business & Finance

Taiwan February export orders seen up for 12th month in row

Taiwan's export orders are a leading indicator of demand for Asia's exports and for hi-tech gadgets, and typically lead actual exports by two to three months.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 11:39am

Markets

Oil extend losses amid gloomy demand outlook

In other parts of the world, Brazil registered its second deadliest day in its COVID-19 pandemic, with 2,724 deaths, while India on Friday reported its highest daily increase of new COVID-19 cases in more than three months.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 11:15am

Opinion

Worrisome Covid situation in Punjab

That the Covid situation in Punjab is terrible is a fact. According media reports, the National Command and ...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 05:32am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	500 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	472.33 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.19 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Nov 30 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	91.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	500 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	85.05 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	472.33 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	10.19 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Nov 30 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	91.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Nov 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▲ 0.00
Dewan Cement / Nov 30 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Nov 30 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	15,329,837 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Nov 30 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	14,893,960 ▲ 0.00
Image Pakistan / Nov 30 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	14,707,000 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 29	285.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 29	285.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 29	146.97
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 29	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 29	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 29	1.11
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
India Sensex / Nov 29	66901.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 29	33268.78
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Hang Seng / Nov 29	16993.44
FTSE 100 / Nov 29	7423.46
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 29	16166.45
France CAC40 / Nov 29	7267.64

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 29	77.69
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 29	2045.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 29	79.59

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