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UK economy

UK economy shows first hits from Iran war, putting policymakers to the test

Published 28 Mar, 2026 04:28am

LONDON: Britain’s government and the Bank of England say it is too soon to judge the economic hit from the Iran war,...

Dollar edges higher after recent losses

Published 13 Dec, 2025 03:33am

NEW YORK: The US dollar drifted higher against major currencies on Friday after falling in recent sessions, but was...

UK economy grew 0.3% in Q2, current account gap widens

Published 30 Sep, 2025 12:39pm

LONDON: Britain’s economy grew 0.3% in the April-to-June period of this year, the Office for National Statistics...

Sterling rises against a weaker dollar ahead of UK’s spending plan

Published 09 Jun, 2025 05:35pm

Sterling rose against the dollar on Monday, as the greenback weakened after rallying on Friday on the back of a...

UK needs tough action on government budget policy, OECD warns

Published 03 Jun, 2025 12:18pm

LONDON: Britain’s government needs to try harder to reduce borrowing and debt, the Paris-based Organisation for...

IMF nudges up UK’s 2025 growth forecast, sees ‘significant risks’ to deficit goals

Published 27 May, 2025 06:25pm

LONDON: The International Monetary Fund nudged up its growth forecast for Britain this year in a regular assessment...

UK economy beats forecast to grow 0.7% in first quarter

Published 15 May, 2025 11:54am

LONDON: Britain’s economy grew more than expected in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday, covering the...

BoE’s Greene says price pressures still too high, inflation expectations rising

Published 12 May, 2025 05:50pm

LONDON: Bank of England monetary policymaker Megan Greene said on Monday that wage and inflation measures were...

UK economy grows 0.5% in February, beating expectations

Published 11 Apr, 2025 12:05pm

LONDON: Britain’s economy grew at a monthly pace of 0.5% in February, figures from the Office for National...

UK slashes growth forecast, cuts public spending

Published 27 Mar, 2025 07:01am

LONDON: The UK government halved its 2025 growth forecast on Wednesday as it made billions of pounds of spendings...

UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:41am

LONDON: Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse...

UK eyes third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid

Published 29 Jan, 2025 11:43am

LONDON: Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves is on Wednesday expected to announce controversial plans for a...

UK economy inches up by lower-than-expected 0.1% in November

Published 16 Jan, 2025 12:11pm

LONDON: Britain’s economic output inched up by a lower-than-expected 0.1% in November compared with October, data...

Steady sterling on track for best G10 performance against dollar in 2024

Published 31 Dec, 2024 03:27pm

LONDON: The pound was little changed on the final trading day of the year on Tuesday, leaving it on track to be the...

UK economy in October suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank for a second month in October in the run-up to the new government’s first...

Dollar heads for strongest week in a month

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

NEW YORK: The dollar headed for its best weekly performance in a month on Friday, as investors priced in the...

UK economy grows by just 0.1% in Q3

Published 15 Nov, 2024 12:12pm

Britain’s economy grew by a slower than expected 0.1% in the third second quarter of 2024, official figures showed...

UK economy grows in May, boosting new government

Published 11 Jul, 2024 12:36pm

LONDON: Britain’s economic output grew better-than-expected in May, official data showed Thursday, handing an early...

London midcaps touch more than two-year highs as Labour Party returns to power

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:15am

LONDON: Britain’s domestic-focused stocks logged their best week in more than five months on Friday after a...

Bank of England warns of economic risks from elections

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:51pm

LONDON: Policy uncertainty linked to upcoming elections in France and the United States has increased the risk of...

Sterling bows to dollar strength after UK GDP data

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

LONDON: The pound eased on Thursday after data confirmed the UK economy entered recession in the second half of last...

UK economy returns to modest growth at start of 2024

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

LONDON: Britain’s economy returned to growth in January after entering a shallow recession in the second half of...

Improving UK economy would be no election game-changer for Sunak

Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:30am

MANCHESTER (England): Falling inflation, the prospect of interest rate cuts and signs that Britain’s economy is...

Sterling steady, dollar wobbles as markets brace for post-Thanksgiving buzz

Published 27 Nov, 2023 10:06am

SINGAPORE: The dollar kicked off the last week of November on the back foot while sterling held near an over...

UK air traffic control outage ‘1 in 15 million’ event: boss

Published 06 Sep, 2023 05:14pm

LONDON: The head of British air traffic control on Wednesday blamed a “one in 15 million” event that caused the...

UK borrows less than expected in July

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

LONDON: Britain recorded a smaller-than-expected budget deficit in July, official data showed on Tuesday, giving...

UK economy grows unexpectedly in Q2 but still lags peers

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

LONDON: Britain’s economy eked out unexpected growth in the second quarter, laying the ground for more interest...

BoE hikes rate 14th time in row

Updated 04 Aug, 2023 08:41am

LONDON: The Bank of England on Thursday hiked its key interest rate for a 14th time in a row, by a quarter-point to...

UK food price inflation to be 9% in December, industry researcher cautions

Published 13 Jul, 2023 06:07pm

LONDON: Food price inflation in Britain will decline through the balance of 2023 but will still be about 9% in...

UK economy grows as expected in April, driven by services

Published 14 Jun, 2023 12:16pm

LONDON: British economic output inched higher as expected in April, driven by the retail sector and the filming...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 3	159.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 3	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 3	1.34
Euro to USD / Jun 3	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 3	7,553.68
India Sensex / Jun 3	74,346.17
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 3	68,402.13
Nasdaq / Jun 3	26,853.97
Hang Seng / Jun 3	25,633.21
FTSE 100 / Jun 3	10,332.30
Dow Jones / Jun 3	50,687.07
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 3	24,795.94
France CAC40 / Jun 3	8,150.42

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 3	95.34
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 3	4,452.30
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 3	80.51
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Jun 3 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	5.91 ▲ 1 (20.37%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 3 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	6.18 ▲ 1 (19.31%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 3 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	6.88 ▲ 1 (17.01%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jun 3 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.85 ▲ 0.44 (12.9%)
Chenab Ltd / Jun 3 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 0.91 (10.46%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 3 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	19.24 ▲ 1.75 (10.01%)
Dawood Equities / Jun 3 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	20.56 ▲ 1.87 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 3 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	20.89 ▲ 1.9 (10.01%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	68.38 ▲ 6.22 (10.01%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 3 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	72.48 ▲ 6.59 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jun 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	2,164.61 ▼ -240.51 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 3 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	71.48 ▼ -7.9 (-9.95%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 3 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.88 ▼ -1.62 (-8.76%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 3 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	27.79 ▼ -2.41 (-7.98%)
Paramount Mod / Jun 3 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	13.90 ▼ -1.1 (-7.33%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 3 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	30.18 ▼ -2.23 (-6.88%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jun 3 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	52.03 ▼ -3.68 (-6.61%)
Gammon Pak / Jun 3 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	19.23 ▼ -1.32 (-6.42%)
Burshane LPG / Jun 3 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	56.96 ▼ -3.61 (-5.96%)
Punjab Oil / Jun 3 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	147.13 ▼ -8.47 (-5.44%)

Stock	Volume
Treet Battery / Jun 3 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	46,642,698 ▼ -0.03
Dewan Cement / Jun 3 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	33,760,377 ▲ 0.4
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jun 3 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	25,238,548 ▲ 0.84
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 3 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	23,949,474 ▲ 0.46
P.T.C.L. / Jun 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	23,376,596 ▲ 0.82
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	17,752,841 ▲ 0.38
Cnergyico PK / Jun 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	16,285,113 ▼ -0.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,753,659 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	13,876,959 ▼ -0.12
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 3 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	13,316,500 ▼ -0.13

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