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Wall St on pace for slightly higher open as tariff, AI worries persist

Published 24 Feb, 2026 10:58pm

All three main indexes fell more than 1% on Monday

Powell says Fed may need to cut rates, will proceed carefully

Published 22 Aug, 2025 11:26pm

JACKSON HOLE: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday pointed to a possible interest rate cut at the U.S....

Bessent says China tariffs are not sustainable as US signals willingness to de-escalate

Published 23 Apr, 2025 10:51pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday that high tariffs between the United States and...

Global markets reel as Trump tariffs stoke fear of economic ‘spiral of doom’

Published 03 Apr, 2025 11:22pm

Investors still grappling with a lot of unanswered questions, a portfolio strategist says

US consumer prices accelerate; seen delaying Fed rate cut

Updated 12 Apr, 2024 09:28am

Third straight month of strong consumer price readings followed on the heels of news last week that job growth accelerated in March

Wall Street extends recent gains, led by megacaps

Published 16 Aug, 2022 12:21am

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks were higher in afternoon trading on Monday, adding to recent strong gains, with megacap growth...

US annual consumer inflation posts largest increase since 1981

Published 13 Jul, 2022 10:53pm

WASHINGTON: U.S. annual consumer prices jumped 9.1% in June, the largest increase in more than four decades, leaving...

Analysis: US stocks' bear market growl could beckon recession

Published 14 Jun, 2022 10:59pm

NEW YORK: The bear market in U.S. stocks could be a prelude to even tougher times to come: a market swoon has often...

Wall Street Week Ahead: Signs of market bottom elude investors after step selloff

Published 16 May, 2022 05:42am

NEW YORK: Investors are studying an array of indicators for clues on how much further a brutal slide in U.S. stocks...

Wall Street, oil slide, dollar jumps as investors eye rate hikes

Published 23 Apr, 2022 01:14am

WASHINGTON: U.S. stocks and oil tumbled on Friday while bond yields continued to gain as investors prepared for a...

Japanese shares end at over 2-month high on tech, auto boost

Published 24 Mar, 2022 05:36am

TOKYO: Japanese shares closed at their highest in more than two months on Wednesday, as heavyweight technology ...

Wall Street pulls back on Fed, Ukraine jitters

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

• ViacomCBS plunges on profit miss • Jan retail sales rise, top estimates • Fed minutes at 2 pm ET •...

Japan’s Nikkei falls as tech shares weaken ahead of Fed’s policy update

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei index ended lower on Wednesday, dragged down by technology heavyweights after their U.S....

Fed flags rate hike ‘soon,’ plans for ‘significantly reducing’ balance sheet

Updated 27 Jan, 2022 09:37am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled it is likely to raise US interest rates in March and ...

Whiplashed Wall Street struggles with mixed payrolls data

Published 07 Jan, 2022 11:22pm

BOSTON: U.S. stocks and Treasury were mixed in choppy trading on Friday as investors digested payroll data and its...

Fed sees three interest rate hikes in 2022

Updated 16 Dec, 2021 10:43am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve, signalling its inflation target has been met, said on Wednesday it would end its...

As Fed kicks off taper, some investors seek to dial down risk Gertrude

Published 05 Nov, 2021 04:39am

The Fed's well-telegraphed taper announcement has done little to soothe the nerves of some investors, who remain on...

Fed rolls out bond-buying ‘taper’

Updated 04 Nov, 2021 09:40am

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it will begin trimming its monthly bond purchases in November with...

Delta variant hampers US growth in third quarter

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at its slowest pace in more than a year in the third quarter as a resurgence in...

Oil rallies as U.S. crude stocks decline in tight market

Updated 20 Oct, 2021 11:59pm

NEW YORK: Oil prices rallied on Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories at the nation's largest storage site hit ...

Canadian dollar climbs to 1-month high in 'risk-on' move

Published 08 Oct, 2021 01:24am

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar rose against the greenback on Thursday as investors cheered a potential deal to avoid a...

Soybeans hit 9-month low on big U.S. stocks, low Chinese buying

Published 04 Oct, 2021 11:16pm

CHICAGO: U.S. soybean futures fell for the third session in a row on Monday, sinking to their lowest in 9-1/2 months...

Wall Street ends near flat on cautious note ahead of Fed

Updated 22 Sep, 2021 01:37am

NEW YORK: U.S. stocks ended near flat on Tuesday after a broad sell-off the day before, with worries over troubles ...

S&P 500 ends down, Big Tech lifts Nasdaq to record

Published 08 Sep, 2021 01:23am

The S&P 500 closed lower on Tuesday while the Nasdaq reached a record high, as investors balanced worries about...

Wall St Week Ahead-As rally in U.S. stocks rolls on, signs of caution grow

Updated 25 Jun, 2021 11:26pm

The benchmark S&P 500 is up over 13pc this year after hitting a fresh record in the past week, as did the tech-heavy Nasdaq.

Wall Street shrugs off inflation jump to move higher

Published 29 May, 2021 12:46am

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 120.79 points, or 0.35pc, to 34,585.43, the S&P 500 gained 13.23 points, or 0.31pc, at 4,214.11 and the Nasdaq Composite added 61.48 points, or 0.45pc, at 13,797.76.

Wall Street inches up, Treasury yields pare losses after Fed minutes

Updated 08 Apr, 2021 09:06am

All three major U.S. stock indexes gained some ground and the S&P 500 and the Dow were last in positive territory, with economically-sensitive small caps and transports lagging.

Dow, S&P 500 rally to records, boosted by strong economic data

Published 05 Apr, 2021 11:59pm

The data followed Friday's report showing U.S. nonfarm payrolls surged by 916,000 jobs in March, trouncing forecasts.

Dollar gains, global stocks slip as tech weighs

Published 30 Mar, 2021 11:50pm

The stronger dollar and rising yields, along with expectations of a strong economic recovery, sapped demand for safe-haven bullion and pushed gold prices lower.

U.S. dollar rises as sentiment turns cautious on hedge fund default concerns

Published 30 Mar, 2021 02:34am

The dollar index, a measure of the greenback's value against six other major currencies, hit as high as 92.919, its strongest level since November last year.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 20 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	18.69 ▲ 1.68 (9.88%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	57.60 ▲ 5.04 (9.59%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 20 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	19.10 ▲ 1.51 (8.58%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	239 ▲ 15.04 (6.72%)
JS Investments / Jul 20 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	46.90 ▲ 2.9 (6.59%)
Packages Ltd. / Jul 20 Packages Limited(PKGS)	848 ▲ 52.08 (6.54%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 20 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	29.50 ▲ 1.59 (5.7%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Tandlianwala Sugar / Jul 20 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	630.11 ▼ -69.14 (-9.89%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 20 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	332.01 ▼ -34.06 (-9.3%)
Pak Leather Crafts / Jul 20 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	48.64 ▼ -4.97 (-9.27%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 20 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.30 ▼ -2.2 (-8.98%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 20 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	30.40 ▼ -2.95 (-8.85%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	50.01 ▼ -4.74 (-8.66%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.02 ▼ -0.89 (-8.16%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jul 20 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	20.51 ▼ -1.78 (-7.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	2,392,841 ▲ 0.04
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 20 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	1,453,938 ▲ 1.59
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	1,336,207 ▲ 0.81
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	1,333,231 ▼ -0.02
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	1,197,479 ▼ -0.74
Pak Stock Exchange / Jul 20 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	1,082,731 ▼ -1.53
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	1,052,621 ▼ -2.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	892,256 ▲ 0
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jul 20 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	800,500 ▼ -0.16
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 20 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	675,842 ▲ 1.68

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