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Lunar New Year

Galloping horse heralds strength and harmony

Published 17 Feb, 2026 06:14pm

In 2026, as the Year of the Horse gallops into being, the celebration carries not only cultural resonance but also profound lessons for a world yearning for harmony and resilience.

China’s humanoid robots take centre stage for Lunar New Year showtime

Published 17 Feb, 2026 01:28pm

Four rising humanoid robot startups - Unitree Robotics, Galbot, Noetix and MagicLab - demonstrated their products at the gala

Chinese tourists head to Russia, Thailand on extended Lunar New Year break

Published 12 Feb, 2026 01:29pm

The Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, is one of China's longest holidays, running for nine days this year from February 15

China warns citizens against Japan travel during Lunar New Year

Published 27 Jan, 2026 05:11am

BEIJING: China warned its citizens on Monday against travelling to Japan during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday,...

Hundreds of millions across Asia celebrate Lunar New Year

Published 30 Jan, 2025 06:47am

BEIJING: From incense offerings and vibrant lion dances in Beijing to prayer rituals at temples in Bangkok and...

Alibaba releases AI model it claims surpasses DeepSeek-V3

Updated 29 Jan, 2025 10:53pm

BEIJING: Chinese tech company Alibaba on Wednesday released a new version of its Qwen 2.5 artificial intelligence...

Dalian iron ore inches higher on China’s post-holiday demand outlook

Published 19 Feb, 2024 10:26am

BEIJING: Dalian iron ore futures edged higher on Monday, aided by hopes that demand will pick up in top consumer...

Snowfall shrouds north China in prelude to even colder weather

Published 11 Dec, 2023 01:52pm

BEIJING: The first snowfall of winter arrived in Beijing early Monday, covering the Chinese capital with a mantle of...

China retail sales up in New Year after Covid reopening

Published 15 Mar, 2023 11:59am

BEIJING: Chinese retail sales rebounded in January and February as Beijing abandoned its suffocating zero-Covid...

Chinese pray for health in Lunar New Year as Covid-19 death toll rises

Published 23 Jan, 2023 07:12am

BEIJING: China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with its people praying for health after three years of stress...

Nongli: Chinese Lunar Year

Published 22 Jan, 2023 12:06am

In China, like most of the world, the Gregorian calendar is used, which is based on the solar year, months and days,...

Some in China return to regular activity after COVID infections

Published 02 Jan, 2023 11:42am

BEIJING/WUHAN: Some people in China’s key cities of Beijing, Shanghai and Wuhan braved the cold and a spike in...

China manufacturing activity picks up in February

Published 01 Mar, 2022 11:02am

BEIJING: Factory activity in China picked up in February, official data showed Tuesday, as market demand and...

China coking coal futures jump on tight supply, demand hopes

Published 21 Feb, 2022 11:10am

BEIJING: Chinese coking coal futures extended gains to a fourth session on Monday, surging more than 4%, as supply...

Shanghai aluminium rises 3% on supply woes, low inventories

Published 07 Feb, 2022 11:00am

Shanghai aluminium prices jumped 3% on Monday to hit a 3-1/2-month high, following a week-long Lunar New Year...

Asian markets extend rally as optimism returns to trading floors

Published 02 Feb, 2022 09:36am

HONG KONG: Asian equities built on a rally across world markets Wednesday as investors become less worried about the...

Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom

Published 30 Jan, 2022 10:52am

BEIJING: Beijing recorded its highest number of new Covid-19 cases for a year and a half on Sunday, as the Chinese...

Despite Covid, it's home or bust for China holiday travellers

Published 30 Jan, 2022 10:33am

SHANGHAI/BEIJING: The pandemic prevented Shanghai schoolteacher Chen Hainan from returning to her hometown to ...

Firm demand in top hubs ahead of Lunar New Year

Published 30 Jan, 2022 04:04am

MUMBAI: Top Asian hubs saw firm demand for physical gold this week in the run up to the Lunar New Year holiday, ...

China factory prices rise as industries recover from pandemic

Published 10 Mar, 2021 10:14am

Consumer inflation is also expected to increase given the government's target of a three percent rise for 2021.

Vietnam's coffee market tepid after Lunar New Year break

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 05:10pm

HANOI: Vietnam's coffee market was tepid on its first trading days after the Lunar New Year break, with no export...

China’s blue-chip index retreats

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

SHANGHAI: China’s blue-chip index ended lower after scaling an all-time high on Thursday, the first trading ...

Asia sets up global stocks for extended bull run on economic optimism

Published 16 Feb, 2021 12:52pm

MSCI's emerging market currency index hit a record high as well.

Volatile gold prices dim Indian sales; silver shines

Visibility across Beijing was severely limited by the smog on the second day of Lunar New Year.
"Starting the Lunar New Year with this kind of weather is a bit depressing," she added.

China reports 14 new mainland COVID-19 cases, same as day earlier

Published 10 Feb, 2021 12:27pm

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China to date is 89,734, while the death toll remained unchanged at 4,636.

China's factory prices snap year-long decline as demand recovers

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:40am

The consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.3% in January from a year earlier, the statistics bureau said in a separate statement, compared with no change tipped by the Reuters poll and a 0.2% rise in December.

China consumer prices fall in January on drop in services costs

Published 10 Feb, 2021 10:34am

Pork prices, however, were lower than last year, continuing a downward trend after costs of the staple meat in China rocketed due to an African swine fever outbreak.

US ambassador raps Lunar New Year message to Vietnam

Published 09 Feb, 2021 05:27pm

He was accompanied by enthusiastic local music stars as they drank coffee and sampled Vietnamese snacks.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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