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Philippines cuts 2026 growth forecast

Published 05 Jul, 2026 02:44am

MANILA: Growth in the Philippines this year will be lower than previously forecast due to the energy crisis and the...

Two trapped people alive after Philippines building collapse, rescue continues

Published 24 May, 2026 11:53am

Two people feared trapped after a building collapse in the Philippines

US, Australia, Philippines hold second joint drills in South China Sea this year

Published 13 Apr, 2026 10:20am

The Philippines deployed its FA-50 fighter jets, while Australia contributed P-8A Poseidon aircraft and the United States the USS Ashland, a dock landing ship

Asian stocks gain, currencies firm on US-Iran ceasefire prospects

Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am

BENGALURU: Asian equities rose on Wednesday while regional currencies steadied as oil prices tumbled on reports...

ADB unveils Pakistan strategy for 2026–2030

Published 18 Mar, 2026 01:04pm

Strategy tailored to address Pakistan's structural challenges, says ADB

Philippines, Japan, US hold joint military drills in South China Sea

Published 27 Feb, 2026 10:44am

China claims most of the resource-rich waterway, rejecting a 2016 arbitral award that has voided its historical claims to the area

ADB approves $500 mln loan to support a sustainable Philippine blue economy

Published 11 Dec, 2025 08:25am

The programme, which will be co-financed by Agence Française de Développement and Germany's KfW Development Bank with each providing about $235 million

Minister secures USD10m grant from IFFEd

Published 10 Dec, 2025 03:28am

KARACHI: Sindh achieved a major milestone in advancing educational reforms during the Regional Education Forum held...

Japan PM goes to Vietnam, the Philippines to talk tariffs

Published 27 Apr, 2025 11:32am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba left Sunday for a four-day trip to Vietnam and the Philippines, as...

Thai baht subdued ahead of central bank decision; stocks rise

Published 10 Apr, 2024 12:52pm

Emerging Asian currencies traded in narrow ranges on Wednesday, with the Thailand baht drifting ahead of a closely...

EU ready to strengthen cooperation with the Philippines on maritime security

Published 31 Jul, 2023 09:58am

MANILA: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday the European Union was ready to strengthen...

Magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes northern Philippines

Published 15 Jun, 2023 09:35am

MANILA: An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Philippines’ main island on Thursday, authorities said, halting...

Fire destroys historic Philippine post office building

Published 22 May, 2023 11:19am

MANILA: A huge fire destroyed a historic post office in the Philippine capital Manila, officials said Monday. More...

Travelling over the holidays: 8 destinations worth considering

Updated 07 Apr, 2023 05:30pm

As we hurtle through the last half of Ramadan, there are upcoming Eid holidays to think about. Over the horizon...

Tropical storm makes landfall near Philippine capital, work suspended

Published 26 Sep, 2022 07:35am

MANILA: Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declared suspension of government work and classes for Monday as a...

Powerful 7.1 earthquake strikes Philippines; at least 4 dead

Updated 27 Jul, 2022 12:09pm

MANILA: A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the northern Philippine island of Luzon on Wednesday killing four...

Philippines widens Covid restrictions outside capital

Published 04 Jan, 2022 09:34am

MANILA: The Philippines will expand coronavirus restrictions in Manila from Wednesday to include more than 11 ...

Asian FX, stocks mostly lower after Powell's renomination stokes rate bets

Published 23 Nov, 2021 10:22am

Stocks and currencies in Asia's emerging markets were mostly down on Tuesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome...

Most markets rise in Asia, with central bank meetings in focus

Published 02 Nov, 2021 09:29am

HONG KONG: Asian markets mostly rose Tuesday as traders bided their time ahead of key central bank meetings this ...

'Burnt out': Philippine nurses battle Covid, resignations

Published 18 Sep, 2021 09:29am

MANILA: Exhausted nurses in the Philippines are struggling to care for patients as colleagues contract Covid-19 or...

Malaysia shares weaken ahead of c.bank rate decision

Published 09 Sep, 2021 11:59am

Equities in the broader region came under pressure following a weaker overnight session on Wall Street

Asian markets mixed as traders weigh outlook, Tokyo breaks 30,000

Published 07 Sep, 2021 09:23am

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 briefly broke 30,000 for the first time in five months on growing expectations for a fresh injection of stimulus after Japan's prime minister said he would step aside, paving the way for a new big-spending successor

Pandemic threatens Asia-Pacific's progress on global development goals, says ADB

Published 24 Aug, 2021 12:02pm

Developing Asia's extreme poverty rate - or the proportion of its people living on less than $1.90 a day - would have fallen to 2.6% in 2020 from 5.2% in 2017 without COVID-19

Philippine stocks, peso rise as c.bank vows easy policy

Published 09 Aug, 2021 10:31am

The Thai baht, Indonesian rupiah and South Korean won lost between 0.1% and 0.3%

Asian markets rise but Fed taper talk, Delta keep traders on edge

Published 09 Aug, 2021 09:42am

Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Seoul, Wellington, Manila and Jakarta all rose, though Taipei slipped. Tokyo and Singapore were closed for holidays

Asian markets mostly up as recovery optimism takes centre stage

Published 04 Aug, 2021 10:04am

Still, in the morning Wednesday was an up day following a record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street and helped by some bargain-hunting

Asian markets mostly up but China, Delta fears temper optimism

Published 02 Aug, 2021 10:27am

The bill includes huge spending on roads and bridges, the electric grid, transit, broadband and drinking water

Philippines says US military deal 'in full force again'

Updated 30 Jul, 2021 10:10am

The deal has been prolonged three times since then, most recently in June after months of negotiations between the two sides

Asian markets mixed but traders on edge after China crackdown

Published 27 Jul, 2021 09:31am

Hong Kong sank one percent to extended Monday's drop of more than four percent after investors were spooked by Beijing's latest move to tighten its grip on the economy

Asian markets drop on fresh inflation, virus worries

Updated 19 Jul, 2021 11:49am

That has raised worries that the expected recovery will not be as strong as first hoped

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 10	278.25
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 10	278.05
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 10	161.68
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 10	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 10	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 10	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 10	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 10	7,575.39
India Sensex / Jul 10	77,569.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 10	68,557.73
Nasdaq / Jul 10	26,281.61
Hang Seng / Jul 10	24,175.12
FTSE 100 / Jul 10	10,497.29
Dow Jones / Jul 10	52,637.01
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 10	25,067.09
France CAC40 / Jul 10	8,338.97

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 10	71.41
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 10	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 10	370,744
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 10	4,119.93
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 10	81.54
Petrol/Litre / Jul 11	310.71
Diesel/Litre / Jul 11	323.30

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 10 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	10.24 ▲ 1 (10.82%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 10 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	10.55 ▲ 1 (10.47%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 10 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.02 ▲ 0.19 (10.38%)
Service Textile / Jul 10 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	57.71 ▲ 5.25 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 10 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	41.33 ▲ 3.76 (10.01%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 10 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	38.01 ▲ 3.46 (10.01%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	2,081.55 ▲ 189.23 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	71.07 ▲ 6.46 (10%)
Saif Textile / Jul 10 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	52.35 ▲ 4.76 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 10 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	105.39 ▲ 9.58 (10%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 10 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	4.80 ▼ -0.8 (-14.29%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 10 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	8 ▼ -1 (-11.11%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 10 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	21.56 ▼ -2.4 (-10.02%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 10 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	12.59 ▼ -1.4 (-10.01%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 10 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	59.51 ▼ -6.61 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 10 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	229.11 ▼ -25.46 (-10%)
Hala Enterprise / Jul 10 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	30.54 ▼ -3.39 (-9.99%)
Next Capital / Jul 10 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	17.20 ▼ -1.87 (-9.81%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 10 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
Premier Sugar / Jul 10 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	580.80 ▼ -57.92 (-9.07%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	147,658,505 ▲ 0.3
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	67,471,198 ▲ 0.16
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	51,539,330 ▲ 0.01
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 10 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	38,289,177 ▲ 0.19
Pak Refinery / Jul 10 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	34,681,622 ▲ 0.25
LSE Capital / Jul 10 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	33,460,449 ▼ -0.47
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jul 10 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	32,695,850 ▲ 0.81
Lotte Chemical / Jul 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	31,999,513 ▲ 1.16
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jul 10 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	27,208,100 ▲ 0.58
Bank Al-Falah / Jul 10 Bank Alfalah Limited(BAFL)	18,703,355 ▼ -0.16

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