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Oil prices little changed

Published 04 Jul, 2026 02:29am

CALGARY/LONDON: Oil prices were little changed for the week as traders held on to hopes for a successful outcome...

Ultimately, Iran prevails

Published 19 Jun, 2026 05:50am

There appears to be a consensus among the experts of the world affairs that President Trump had neither considered...

Hormuz reopening to release wave of oil supply, depress prices

Published 18 Jun, 2026 01:44pm

Many Chinese refiners paused spot buying this week as they eyed the reopening of the strait and details of the agreement

After Iran, is Turkey Israel’s next target?

Updated 09 Jun, 2026 05:37am

Israel’s rising confrontation with Turkey has opened a disturbing new chapter in Middle Eastern geopolitics. After...

SYS spells out factors behind declining Q1 margins

Published 04 Jun, 2026 05:22am

KARACHI: Systems Limited (SYS), Pakistan’s largest listed technology company, has attributed the decline in its...

Oil smuggling: a dangerous parallel market

Updated 26 May, 2026 07:27am

EDITORIAL: The surge in Iranian oil smuggling into Pakistan during the ongoing Middle East conflict has exposed...

Wall St rises on chip rally ahead of Nvidia results

Published 21 May, 2026 05:01am

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Wednesday, as a rebound in chip stocks ahead of Nvidia’s quarterly...

Oil prices slide 6pc

Updated 21 May, 2026 05:29am

NEW YORK: Oil prices fell about 6 percent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump said that negotiations with...

The end of the unipolar moment

Published 20 May, 2026 02:34am

EDITORIAL: Donald Trump arrived in Beijing seeking strategic relief and left with little more than carefully staged...

Iran war saddles global companies with $25 billion bill - and counting

Published 18 May, 2026 11:25am

At least 279 companies have cited the war as a trigger for defensive actions to blunt the financial hit

Gucci takes over Times Square for Cruise show as Kering eyes revival

Published 17 May, 2026 10:03am

The 'GucciCore' collection unveiled on Saturday "feels like a ⁠homecoming for the brand," Demna said in a statement

The war getting more and more expensive

Updated 17 May, 2026 07:02am

EDITORIAL: Saudi Aramco’s warning that global markets have already lost nearly one billion barrels of oil supply...

Oil market: panic remains conspicuously absent

Updated 13 May, 2026 08:07am

The oil market is behaving like a man standing in a burning room insisting the fire alarm is probably faulty. Three...

A costly miscalculation the world pays for

Published 30 Apr, 2026 06:00am

EDITORIAL: The unfolding crisis surrounding US President Donald Trump’s confrontation with Iran is fast becoming a...

Repositioning Pakistan in transit economy

Updated 25 Apr, 2026 07:24am

Pakistan’s early advantage as a transit hub between Europe and Asia eroded not due to geography, but due to...

US-Iran conflict resolution: Mian Zahid expresses cautious optimism over diplomacy

Published 21 Apr, 2026 05:10am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

Trump doubles down in criticizing Pope Leo over Iran

Published 15 Apr, 2026 11:18am

Trump urged that "someone please tell Pope Leo" about the killings of protesters by Iran and that "for Iran to have a Nuclear Bomb is absolutely unacceptable"

IFATCA lauds Pakistan’s air traffic controllers amid regional airspace challenges

Published 14 Apr, 2026 01:08pm

The International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations (IFATCA) has acknowledged the vital...

Investments in West by cash-rich GCC nations: Value of a foreign asset — I

Published 05 Apr, 2026 02:32am

This writer is a qualified and trained accountant; and he has been working on a ‘going concern’ assumption for...

Pakistan’s approach to ME conflict: a perspective

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:13am

The tremors of a US –Iran confrontation are not constricted to the Gulf; they ripple across markets, redraw...

Pakistan emerging as competitive regional maritime hub: Analyst

Published 02 Apr, 2026 06:03am

KARACHI: The Transhipment boom at Pakistani ports, signals strong trade momentum. The strong trade flows with new...

Smart lockdown: Malik Bostan terms govt clarification timely step

Published 01 Apr, 2026 06:04am

KARACHI: Chairman of the Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan (ECAP), Malik Muhammad Bostan, stated that the...

PetroChina says operations ‘overall normal’

Published 31 Mar, 2026 05:24am

BEIJING: PetroChina, Asia’s largest oil and gas producer, is operating overall as normal, with about 10 percent of...

PDP urges Muslim nations to form security alliance

Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am

KARACHI: In the present-day world where international law is being openly violated and where powerful countries...

War, oil and the constraint

Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am

Currency markets appear to have paused, but not without reason. The dollar index has edged higher toward the 99...

Negotiating the price of life with diabetes

Published 25 Mar, 2026 02:12am

The public furor over Pakistan’s taxation regime, which lines pockets for a select few, overlooks the impact of a...

Oil tanker sails to Pakistan after crossing tense Strait of Hormuz: report

Updated 16 Mar, 2026 08:27pm

Attacks targeting commercial vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have put the blockaded waterway on the front line of the Middle East war, with spreading economic repercussions

Trump demands others help secure Strait of Hormuz, Japan and Australia say no plans to send ships

Published 16 Mar, 2026 11:35am

With the US-Israeli war on Iran creating turmoil across the Middle East and shaking up global energy markets in its third week

In-hand cash inflows dropped by nearly 50pc due to air travel disruptions: Bostan

Updated 15 Mar, 2026 11:09am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s in-hand cash inflows have dropped by nearly 50 percent due to air travel disruptions linked to...

Pakistan, India most vulnerable from oil shock as Strait of Hormuz tensions escalate

Published 09 Mar, 2026 10:55am

SINGAPORE: Oil prices surged about 20% in early trade on Monday, hitting their highest since July 2022, as the...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 6	161.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 6	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 6	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 6	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 5	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
FTSE 100 / Jul 3	10,679.03
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 3	25,779.31
France CAC40 / Jul 3	8,508.07
India Sensex / Jul 6	78,246.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 6	69,476.37
Hang Seng / Jul 6	23,555.72

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Petrol/Litre / Jul 6	299.50
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 6	68.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 6	4,152.05
Diesel/Litre / Jul 6	311.47
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 6	77.12

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 6 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	5.42 ▲ 1 (22.62%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 6 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	8.50 ▲ 0.79 (10.25%)
Cordoba Logistics / Jul 6 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	22.41 ▲ 2.04 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 6 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	44.83 ▲ 4.08 (10.01%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 6 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	34.43 ▲ 3.13 (10%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 6 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	322.42 ▲ 29.31 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 6 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	197.15 ▲ 17.92 (10%)
IbrahimFibres / Jul 6 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	298.51 ▲ 27.14 (10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 6 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	117.34 ▲ 10.67 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 6 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	126.45 ▲ 11.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 6 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	44.02 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 6 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.20 ▼ -0.8 (-10%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 6 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	21.63 ▼ -2.4 (-9.99%)
HBL Total Tre. ETF / Jul 6 HBL Total Treasury ETF(HBLTETF)	104.55 ▼ -9.02 (-7.94%)
Asim Textile / Jul 6 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	25.35 ▼ -2.17 (-7.89%)
NBP PGETF / Jul 6 NBP Pakistan Growth Exchange Traded Fund(NBPGETF)	28.46 ▼ -1.87 (-6.17%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jul 6 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	56.32 ▼ -3.57 (-5.96%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Jul 6 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	45.61 ▼ -2.8 (-5.78%)
Paramount Mod / Jul 6 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	15.08 ▼ -0.91 (-5.69%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 6 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	169.94 ▼ -9.22 (-5.15%)

Stock	Volume
TPL Properties / Jul 6 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	30,114,040 ▲ 0.54
Lotte Chemical / Jul 6 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	21,575,035 ▲ 1.18
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 6 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16,398,912 ▲ 0.84
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jul 6 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	11,985,401 ▲ 0.26
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 6 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	10,365,215 ▲ 0.36
B.O.Punjab / Jul 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	9,668,524 ▲ 0.1
Al-Shaheer Corp / Jul 6 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	9,461,316 ▲ 0.44
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 6 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	7,092,289 ▲ 1.09
Pak Stock Exchange / Jul 6 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	7,025,261 ▲ 1.9
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 6 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	6,942,673 ▲ 0

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