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UK posts record current account gap, urges caution on data

LONDON: Britain racked up a record shortfall in its current account in the first three months of this year, as the...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 12:19pm

Business & Finance

China’s factory, service sectors shake off 3 months of lockdown pain

BEIJING: China’s factory and service sectors snapped three months of activity decline in June, business surveys...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 10:23am

Business & Finance

China’s May industrial profits slump again despite easing COVID curbs

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms shrank at a slower pace in May following a sharp fall in April, as...

Published 27 Jun, 2022 09:14am

Business & Finance

UK slowdown fears mount as GDP unexpectedly shrinks in April

LONDON: Britain’s economy unexpectedly shrank in April, official figures showed on Monday, adding to fears of a...

Updated 13 Jun, 2022 02:59pm

Business & Finance

China factory inflation eases to lowest in a year

BEIJING: China’s factory-gate inflation dropped to its lowest in a year in May, official data showed Friday, while...

Published 10 Jun, 2022 11:27am

Markets

Asian markets slide on inflation, Covid fears

HONG KONG: Asian stocks closed lower on Monday in cautious trade, as figures showed China’s economic growth...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Business & Finance

China March new home prices stall again as COVID damps sentiment

BEIJING: Growth in new home prices in China was flat again in March versus the previous month, government data...

Published 15 Apr, 2022 09:48am

Business & Finance

China inflation slowed in February as food prices eased: data

BEIJING: China’s factory-gate inflation eased to its slowest pace in eight months in February as consumer price...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 11:33am

Business & Finance

China manufacturing activity picks up in February

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

Published 01 Mar, 2022 11:02am

Business & Finance

China's new home prices perk up as big city demand returns

BEIJING: China's new home prices rose for the first time since September on a monthly basis, official data for...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 10:56am

World

China’s birth rate at record low in 2021

BEIJING: China’s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed Monday, as analysts warn ...

Published 18 Jan, 2022 04:20am

Markets

China's 2021 oil refinery output rises 4.3% to record on strong demand

SINGAPORE: China's refinery output hit a record in 2021, up 4.3% from 2020, on robust first-half fuel demand and as...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 11:38am

Business & Finance

China's pandemic-defying GDP growth slowed late last year

BEIJING: China's pandemic-defying economic growth slowed in the final months of 2021, official data showed Monday in...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 10:11am

Markets

China's industrial profits growth accelerates in Oct

BEIJING: Profits at China's industrial firms grew at a faster pace in October, the statistics bureau said on...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 10:14am

Business & Finance

China factory activity slumps further on energy woes

BEIJING: Factory activity in China plunged more than expected in October, official data showed Sunday, suggesting ...

Published 31 Oct, 2021 10:32am

Business & Finance

China new-home prices fall for first time in six years

BEIJING: China's new-home prices fell for the first time in six years last month, data showed Wednesday, as the...

Published 20 Oct, 2021 11:22am

Business & Finance

China's factory inflation hits 25-year high in September

BEIJING: China's factory-gate prices rose at the highest rate in at least 25 years in September, official data ...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 10:07am

Business & Finance

China manufacturing slows

BEIJING: Growth in China’s June factory activity dipped to a four-month low on higher raw material costs, a...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:09am

China allows couples to have three children

BEIJING: China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing,...

Published 01 Jun, 2021 04:59am

Business & Finance

China records strong factory output as recovery broadens

In April, the urban unemployment rate fell slightly to 5.1 percent, the NBS added.

Updated 17 May, 2021 05:24pm

Business & Finance

China factory gate price jump raises global inflation concern

BEIJING: Chinese factory prices hit a more than two-year high in March, data showed Friday, highlighting the...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

World

Five Chinese cities told to rein in speculation as property prices soar

New home prices in China rose at their fastest pace in five months in February, official data shows, as red-hot demand for property in the world's-second largest economy largely eclipsed government efforts to cool the market.
The five cities have seen prices rise fast due to spillover demand from tier-1 cities such as Shanghai and Shenzhen which imposed stringent regulations early in the year to rein in home prices.

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 08:06pm

Markets

China Jan-Feb aluminium output rises on new capacity increase

SHANGHAI: China’s aluminium production rose 8.4% in the first two months of 2021 compared with the same period ...

Published 16 Mar, 2021 04:43am

World

Nigeria's unemployment rose to 33.3pc in fourth quarter, stats office says

The unemployment rate stood at 33.3% in the fourth quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said, up from 27.1% in the second quarter, when the data was last published. Unemployment of 23.1% was first reported for the third quarter of 2018.
Access Bank, Nigeria's largest lender, cut staff salaries and sacked contract workers accounting for 75% of its 30,000 workforce to save costs, banking sources told Reuters.

Updated 15 Mar, 2021 09:26pm

Markets

China Jan-Feb aluminium output rises on new capacity increase

"The new capacity will mainly come from Yunnan in 2021," she said.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 01:00pm

Business & Finance

China industrial output, retail sales surge in pandemic rebound

"Even though we do see improvement on the global economic environment, they are still very cautious," said OCBC Bank's head of Greater China research Tommy Xie, on the issue of unemployment.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 10:38am

Business & Finance

China factory prices rise as industries recover from pandemic

BEIJING: Factory prices in China rose in February at the fastest pace in more than two years, official data showed...

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:25am

Business & Finance

China's Jan new home prices quicken as mega cities heat up

China's property market recovered quickly from the COVID-19 crisis last year, mostly in bigger cities. But the rebound has raised concerns about financial risks and policymakers have since then tightened screws on the funnelling of funds into the sector.

Published 23 Feb, 2021 12:18pm

Markets

Chinese stats official warns against excessive economic optimism

That would deviate from faster economic growth, but credit support will remain stable, Sun wrote in China Finance magazine.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 11:03am

Business & Finance

China factory activity slows slightly on new Covid-19 wave

Accordingly, non-manufacturing activity could dip further in February, he said.

Updated 31 Jan, 2021 06:49pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 30	204.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 30	204.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 1	135.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 1	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 1	1.21
Euro to USD / Jul 1	1.04
UK LIBOR % / Jul 1	1.58

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 1	3825.33
India Sensex / Jul 1	52907.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 1	26935.62
Nasdaq / Jul 1	11127.84
Hang Seng / Jul 1	21859.79
FTSE 100 / Jul 1	7168.65
Dow Jones / Jul 1	31097.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 1	12813.03
France CAC40 / Jul 1	5931.06

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 1	108.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 1	17380.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 1	119100.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 1	1811.43
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 1	97.48

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