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PBOC

China stock climb

SHANGHAI: China stocks ended higher on Tuesday, as the central bank’s liquidity injection eased worries over tight...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Business & Finance

China's seven-day repo hits near six-year high despite PBOC cash injection

Seven-day reverse repo rate, one of the PBOC's main policy rates, now stands at 2.2%.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:28am

Markets

China's yuan edges lower, but tight liquidity limits drop

Traders said the yuan and the dollar index remained range-bound for the time being, but the dollar could strengthen as the implementation of US stimulus boosts activity in the world's largest economy.

Published 29 Jan, 2021 10:19am

Markets

China stocks fall on policy tightening worries, Hong Kong tracks Wall Street lower

Chinese H-shares listed in Hong Kong fell 1.85% to 11,435.48, while the Hang Seng Index was down 1.97% to 28,721.27.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:13am

Markets

China stocks jump

BEIJING: China stocks closed higher on Wednesday, with banking and manufacturing shares leading the gains, as upbeat...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

China short-term rate hits near 6-yr high on holiday demand, policy tightening worries

However, the state-run Securities Times in a front-page commentary urged investors not to over-exaggerate the impact of the central bank's short-term liquidity operations on stock and bond markets.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 01:26pm

Markets

China stocks end higher as upbeat data signals brisk factory recovery

Yi Gang, the governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), also said on Tuesday that China will not exit from supporting policy prematurely.

Published 27 Jan, 2021 12:50pm

Business & Finance

China plans tougher antitrust rules for non-bank payments industry

So far China has 233 licensed players, with the market dominated by Alipay and WeChat Pay in terms of online transactions.
The finance industry is becoming more and more dependent on information technology, leading to a growing urgency in ramping up antitrust efforts in this sector.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

Business & Finance

China needs to innovate monetary policy tools

A prudent monetary policy must be flexible, reasonable and appropriate, adhere to the primary goal of currency stability.
China's M2, a broad-based measure of money supply, in December grew 10.1% from a year earlier, below estimates of 10.5% forecast.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:18pm

Markets

China central bank to cool credit growth in 2021, avoid premature policy tightening

"It's possible to shift from stabilising leverage to reducing leverage if the recovery reaches a certain stage, but we should not rush," said Jia Kang, head of the China Academy of New Supply-side Economics.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 10:43am

Markets

Yuan eases to 2-week low after PBOC injects record medium-term funds

Separately, markets mostly looked past solid economic data as traders have broadly reached consensus that a recovery in the world's second-largest economy from coronavirus disruption remains on track.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 12:06pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.26
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 29	5116.17
India Sensex / Apr 29	74671.28
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 29	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 29	15983.08
Hang Seng / Apr 29	17746.91
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8147.03
Dow Jones / Apr 29	38386.09
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	18118.32

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	82.60
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	209105
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2334.17
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 29	81.52
Petrol/Litre / Apr 30	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 30 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 30 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 30 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 30 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 30 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 30 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 30 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 30 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 30 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 30 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 30 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 30 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 30 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 30 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00