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StanChart Q3 profit slumps on China impairment charges

HONG KONG/LONDON: Standard Chartered (StanChart) on Thursday said third-quarter pre-tax profit fell by a third, much...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Business & Finance

1H2023: SCB Pakistan’s PBT soars 73pc to Rs38.1bn YoY

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Limited delivered a record profit before tax of PKR 38.1 billion for...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Business & Finance

StanChart to sell five sub-Saharan Africa businesses to Access Bank

DUBAI: Standard Chartered said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in five sub-Saharan...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 03:47am

Markets

Standard Chartered boosts 2024 bitcoin forecast to $120,000

LONDON: The value of top cryptocurrency bitcoin could reach $50,000 this year and $120,000 by the end of 2024...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 08:23pm

Business & Finance

Credit Suisse sale to UBS was ‘surprising’: Standard Chartered CEO

DOHA: Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters on Tuesday said the sale of Credit Suisse to UBS was “surprising” ...

Published 29 May, 2023 04:27am

Markets

StanChart profit swells on soaring global interest rates

HONG KONG/LONDON: Standard Chartered PLC (StanChart) on Wednesday said first-quarter pretax profit jumped 21%,...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 12:29pm

Business & Finance

Customers irked as Standard Chartered’s services face disruption in Pakistan

Digital banking, money transfer and online transactions suffer outage

Published 07 Apr, 2023 05:03pm

Markets

Banks help UK stocks start the week on a strong footing

UK equities surged on Monday, helped by a gain in bank stocks on renewed hopes that the turmoil in the sector will...

Published 27 Mar, 2023 01:03pm

Markets

StanChart CEO says Credit Suisse bond wipeout had profound impact

HONG KONG: Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters said on Friday Credit Suisse’s $17 billion Additional...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 10:22am

Markets

StanChart Kenya’s pretax profit rises 36% in 2022

NAIROBI: Standard Chartered Kenya posted a 36% jump in its pretax profit for 2022 to 17.1 billion shillings ($132.15...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 11:06am

Sports

5th StanChart Karachi United league sponsors over 1200 footballers

KARACHI: Standard Chartered Karachi United Youth Football League 2022-23 held its closing ceremony, having sponsored...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 03:18am

Markets

StanChart upgrades forecast, unveils $1bn buyback after profit jumps 28%

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered raised a key performance metric and announced a new $1 billion share buyback on...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 09:54am

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered launches Sahar Women’s Account

Under the initiative, females can avail 2-2.5% discount on bank’s services

Published 06 Feb, 2023 07:53pm

Business & Finance

Lack of investment in climate-related steps to cost emerging markets dearly: report

KARACHI: Failure to invest the bare minimum needed to withstand projected climate damage could cost emerging markets...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

First Abu Dhabi Bank says it had considered offer for StanChart

DUBAI/LONDON: First Abu Dhabi Bank (FAB), the United Arab Emirates’ biggest lender, said on Thursday it had...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Pakistan

StanChart Pakistan donates $249,000 for flood relief

KARACHI: Standard Chartered has donated a total of $249,000 towards emergency relief and rehabilitation of...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 05:59am

BR Research

Interview with Sunil Kaushal - CEO of Standard Chartered, Africa & Middle East

‘We remain fully committed to delivering a sustainable growth in Pakistan’ Sunil Kaushal is the CEO of Standard...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 08:50am

Markets

Standard Chartered CEO sees shallow and short recession by early 2023

MUMBAI: Standard Chartered Chief Executive Bill Winters expects central banks' fight against surging inflation,...

Updated 08 Jun, 2022 07:54pm

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered leads FTSE 100 higher

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 closed higher on Thursday driven by strong earnings updates from companies including...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

Markets

Standard Chartered leads FTSE 100 higher in earnings-driven session

London’s FTSE 100 climbed on Thursday, driven by strong earnings updates from firms including Barclays, Whitbread...

Published 28 Apr, 2022 12:41pm

Business & Finance

StanChart profit beats estimates, flags bullish outlook on rising rates

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered posted a forecast-beating 6% rise in first-quarter profit, sending its shares...

Published 28 Apr, 2022 11:09am

Pakistan

Standard Chartered, BAT celebrate impact of ‘Agri-preneur Project’

KARACHI: Standard Chartered and The British Asian Trust (BAT) orchestrated a grand ceremony to celebrate the success...

Published 06 Mar, 2022 05:14am

Markets

StanChart raises goals, to start buyback as full year profit doubles

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered raised its core profitability goals and promised shareholders extra payouts on...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 11:37am

Business & Finance

Standard Chartered launches innovative Digital-Banking solution

KARACHI: Standard Chartered in Pakistan announces the launch of its state-of the-art innovative Digital-Banking...

Published 28 Dec, 2021 03:54am

Business & Finance

StanChart shares hit by outlook and dashed buyback hopes

SINGAPORE/LONDON: Standard Chartered on Tuesday forecast flat full-year income and dashed investor buyback hopes,...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Markets

StanChart third-quarter profit doubles, beats market forecasts

SINGAPORE: Standard Chartered's third-quarter pre-tax profit doubled from a year earlier, beating market forecasts,...

Published 02 Nov, 2021 09:59am

Business & Finance

UAE to start marketing first federal dollar bond this week

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates government is expected to begin marketing its first bond as a federation as soon as...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 05:56am

Business & Finance

Bank of America cuts China growth forecast under Evergrande shadow

WASHINGTON: Bank of America cut its China growth forecast on Tuesday in response to intensifying troubles at ...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

Pakistan

Standard Chartered joins GDF Patron Board

KARACHI: Standard Chartered announced it has joined the Global Digital Finance (GDF) Patron Board, a unique...

Published 09 Sep, 2021 03:56am

Markets

Dollar at one-week high as jobs test looms

The kiwi last bought $0.7048 and the Australian dollar bought $0.7387, slightly lower on the day

Published 06 Aug, 2021 02:01pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Nov 28 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.88 ▲ 1.00 (25.77%)
Saritow Spinning / Nov 28 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	6.90 ▲ 0.90 (15.00%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Nov 28 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Hira Textile / Nov 28 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	2.20 ▲ 0.24 (12.24%)
Service Textile / Nov 28 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	10.11 ▲ 1.00 (10.98%)
Bela Auto / Nov 28 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	7.29 ▲ 0.71 (10.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Nov 28 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3.74 ▲ 0.29 (8.41%)
Premier Insurance / Nov 28 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	7.90 ▲ 0.58 (7.92%)
Saif Textile / Nov 28 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	12.40 ▲ 0.88 (7.64%)
Calcorp / Nov 28 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	19.91 ▲ 1.39 (7.51%)

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 28 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	5.53 ▼ -0.66 (-10.66%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Nov 28 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	0.90 ▼ -0.09 (-9.09%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Nov 28 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.81 ▼ -0.07 (-7.95%)
Samba Bank / Nov 28 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.85 ▼ -0.66 (-7.76%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Nov 28 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	38.54 ▼ -3.12 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 28 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	24.97 ▼ -2.02 (-7.48%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Nov 28 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	65.05 ▼ -4.95 (-7.07%)
Bank of Khyber / Nov 28 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	11 ▼ -0.80 (-6.78%)
Hala Enterprise / Nov 28 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.75 ▼ -0.66 (-5.78%)
Punjab Mod / Nov 28 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.60 ▼ -0.09 (-5.33%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 28 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	109,392,000 ▲ 0.20
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	47,603,061 ▲ 0.08
Treet Corp. (R) / Nov 28 Treet Corporation Limited (R)(TREETR2)	24,352,497 ▼ -0.08
B.O.Punjab / Nov 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	23,054,217 ▲ 0.24
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 28 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	22,758,500 ▼ -0.22
Maple Leaf Cement / Nov 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	17,865,589 ▲ 0.26
D.G.K.Cement / Nov 28 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	15,655,201 ▲ 2.67
Agritech Limited / Nov 28 Agritech Limited(AGL)	15,233,500 ▲ 0.63
Pak Elektron / Nov 28 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	14,205,993 ▼ -0.01
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 28 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	13,108,000 ▼ -0.06

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 28	285.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 28	285.35
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 28	148.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 28	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 28	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 28	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 27	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 27	4550.43
Nasdaq / Nov 27	14241.02
Dow Jones / Nov 27	35333.47
India Sensex / Nov 28	65983.73
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 28	33370.40
Hang Seng / Nov 28	17485.79
FTSE 100 / Nov 28	7442.27
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 28	15941.55
France CAC40 / Nov 28	7237.40

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 27	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 27	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 28	74.99
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 28	2015.58
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 28	79.06

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