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Record 12.4m people food insecure in war-torn Syria: WFP

BEIRUT: A record 12.4 million people in war-torn Syria are struggling to find enough food to eat, the UN food agency...

Updated 14 Feb, 2021 09:58am

Business & Finance

Russia, holding key rate at 4.25pc, takes more cuts off the table

MOSCOW: Russia's central bank held its key interest rate at a record low of 4.25% on Friday and said it will not cut...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Markets

Upbeat earnings lift FTSE 100

LONDON: Positive corporate earnings lifted the FTSE 100 on Wednesday, outweighing concerns about the economic impact...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

MCB Bank posts highest ever pofit before tax of Rs48.25bn

LAHORE: The Board of Directors of MCB Bank Limited (MCB) met under the Chairmanship of Mian Mohammad Mansha, on...

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:32am

Business & Finance

China’s consumer prices fall

BEIJING: China’s consumer prices fell in January after a brief improvement at the end of last year, as the...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

FCEPL reports revenue of Rs44.2bn, registers 14pc growth

KARACHI: Friesland Campina Engro Pakistan Limited (FCEPL) announced its results to the Pakistan Stock Exchange on...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

Markets

Asia’s gasoline crack edges higher

SINGAPORE: Asia’s gasoline crack edged higher for a third consecutive session on Friday, while naphtha margins...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Markets

Miners, energy stocks lift FTSE 100

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 snapped a three-day losing streak on Monday as mining and energy stocks tracked strong...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Business & Finance

Rough road ahead for Latam and Caribbean economies: IMF

NEW YORK: Latin American and Caribbean economic activity will not return to pre-pandemic levels of output until 2023...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Business & Finance

Spanish factories post worst slump since 2009

MADRID: Spanish industrial output fell by more than nine percent last year, its biggest plunge since 2009, owing to...

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 09:39am

Markets

China shares post weekly gains

SHANGHAI: China stocks ended higher for the week on Friday, as investors found support from a continued economic...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

World

Gulf ramps up virus measures as cases jump

Since the beginning of the epidemic, the Gulf states have recorded more than 1.2 million infections and about 10,000 deaths.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:20pm

Markets

Wednesday’s early trade: Alphabet shares power S&P, Nasdaq

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday, lifted by heavyweight Alphabet Inc’s shares after...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

Business & Finance

Euro drops against dollar in Europe

LONDON: The euro dropped to a two-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, trading just above $1.20, as investors...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

Markets

London stocks track Asian equities higher

LONDON: London shares tracked gains in Asian equities on Tuesday, following optimism about economic stimulus and a...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Sri Lanka scraps Japan-India port deal

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka said Tuesday it had pulled out of an agreement with Japan and India to develop a deep-sea...

Updated 03 Feb, 2021 09:32am

Business & Finance

Euro wallows against dollar in Europe

LONDON: The euro wallowed at seven-week lows against the dollar on Tuesday as concern about extended lockdowns in ...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

World

Israel's Netanyahu plans brief UAE visit next week

"It has great security, national and international importance, but it has been shortened, at my request, from three days to three hours."

Updated 03 Feb, 2021 12:05am

World

BP part sells Oman gas field to Thai group for $2.6bn

LONDON: British energy giant BP on Monday said it had sold a 20-percent stake in Oman’s block 61 gas field to...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Impact of Covid-19 on mental health highlighted

KARACHI: “It is a completely different world we are living in now, restrictions, social distancing, series of...

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 09:46am

Markets

Gold demand eases in China ahead new year

BEIJING: Physical gold demand eased in top consumer China this week as coronavirus-led restrictions dampened retail...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Early trade in New York: Dollar rises on weaker euro, Swiss franc and yen

NEW YORK: The US dollar bounced to a 2-week high on Monday on weakness in the euro, Swiss franc and Japanese yen ...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Pandemic payoff continues for Nintendo as profit soars

The firm said global sales of the Switch for October-December rose to their highest level since the wildly popular console launched in March 2017.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 05:11pm

World

India spends big to revive pandemic-hit economy

The government plans to borrow an additional US$1.1 billion to fund the deficit, she added.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:54pm

Business & Finance

BP part sells Oman gas field to Thai group for $2.6bn

BP will retain a 40-percent stake and continue to operate the block, it added in a statement.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:42pm

Gold demand shrinks in 2020 on virus fallout: industry

LONDON: Gold demand shrank 14 percent last year as the coronavirus pandemic sparked record falls in jewellery...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

World

Daily virus deaths hit new record

PARIS: Daily global deaths from Covid-19 topped 18,000 for the first time in the latest reminder of its deadly ...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Markets

FTSE 100 flat as lockdowns weigh on mining

LONDON: Britain’s FTSE 100 was adrift on Wednesday, weighed down by mining shares as a surge in virus cases and...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

Australian consumer prices lifted by taxes, Covid stimulus

SYDNEY: Australian consumer prices rose a little faster than forecast last quarter as the unwinding of Covid-19...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

World

Hong Kong turns to 'ambush lockdowns' to fight virus

But it suffers from pervasive inequality, an acute housing shortage and eye-watering rents that successive administrations have failed to solve.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 10:41am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 8 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	5 ▲ 1.00 (25.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 8 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	2.44 ▲ 0.40 (19.61%)
Punjab Mod / Dec 8 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.98 ▲ 0.27 (15.79%)
Saritow Spinning / Dec 8 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	8.35 ▲ 1.00 (13.61%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 8 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	8.80 ▲ 1.00 (12.82%)
F.Treet Manuf / Dec 8 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	4.60 ▲ 0.50 (12.20%)
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	4.45 ▲ 0.48 (12.09%)
Samba Bank / Dec 8 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	9.35 ▲ 1.00 (11.98%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	9.72 ▲ 1.00 (11.47%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 8 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	4.75 ▲ 0.47 (10.98%)

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 8 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.74 ▼ -1.00 (-14.84%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Dec 8 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	5.05 ▼ -0.49 (-8.84%)
Supernet Ltd. / Dec 8 Supernet Limited(GEMSPNL)	12.90 ▼ -1.05 (-7.53%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Dec 8 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	23.53 ▼ -1.91 (-7.51%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Dec 8 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	10.54 ▼ -0.81 (-7.14%)
Trust Mod. / Dec 8 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	2 ▼ -0.15 (-6.98%)
LSE Propetech / Dec 8 LSE Propetech Limited(LSEPL)	4.46 ▼ -0.33 (-6.89%)
Ismail Ind. / Dec 8 Ismail Industries Limited(ISIL)	1300 ▼ -95.00 (-6.81%)
Kohat Textile / Dec 8 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	18.31 ▼ -1.19 (-6.10%)
Hoechst Pak. / Dec 8 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	1200 ▼ -77.00 (-6.03%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	341,598,066 ▲ 0.48
Cnergyico PK / Dec 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	98,899,853 ▲ 0.02
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	97,311,739 ▲ 0.04
Hascol Petrol / Dec 8 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	60,506,500 ▲ 0.27
P.T.C.L. / Dec 8 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	57,212,000 ▲ 1.00
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 8 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	56,298,000 ▲ 0.42
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 8 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	47,608,697 ▲ 0.96
Pak Elektron / Dec 8 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	42,544,241 ▲ 1.23
Hum Network / Dec 8 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	40,175,500 ▲ 0.07
TPL Properties / Dec 8 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	36,065,929 ▲ 0.08

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 8	284.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 8	283.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 8	143.72
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 8	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 8	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 8	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Dec 7	5.48

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 7	4585.59
Nasdaq / Dec 7	14340
Dow Jones / Dec 7	36117.38
India Sensex / Dec 8	69810.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 8	32305.33
Hang Seng / Dec 8	16275.13
FTSE 100 / Dec 8	7514.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 8	16654.79
France CAC40 / Dec 8	7458.02

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 7	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 7	187671
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 8	70.35
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 8	2031.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 8	82.72

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