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Dollar on the front foot after robust U.S. jobs data, yen falters

SINGAPORE: The dollar extended its rally on Monday after a strong U.S. jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve...

Published 06 Feb, 2023 09:40am

Business & Finance

Indian refiners pay traders in dirhams for Russian oil

NEW DELHI: Indian refiners have begun paying for most of their Russian oil purchased via Dubai-based traders in...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 10:15am

Markets

Gold surges to new peak on back of rupee depreciation, speculation

Association chief urges public to stop trading gold until IMF programme resumes

Published 28 Jan, 2023 07:05pm

Markets

Analysts weigh in: rupee’s latest depreciation has wider implications, outcomes

Experts believe LC issue will be resolved, inflation along with remittances to increase in short term

Updated 27 Jan, 2023 07:04pm

Pakistan

Bid to smuggle $135,000 to Bangkok foiled

KARACHI: The Collectorate of Customs, Jinnah International Airport, Karachi, on Wednesday foiled an attempt to...

Published 26 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Morgan Stanley cuts year-end dollar forecast

Morgan Stanley cut its 2023 year-end forecast for the dollar index to 98, and expects the greenback’s weakness to be...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 06:38pm

Business & Finance

‘Disinformation campaign’: govt ‘categorically denies’ import of luxury cars

Says reports fake and misleading, urges citizens to be watchful of propaganda

Published 16 Jan, 2023 04:13pm

Markets

Indian rupee likely to inch up on upbeat Asian cues

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee may open marginally higher against the US dollar on Monday, supported by a further uptick...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 11:13am

Markets

Aussie breaks past 70 cents for first time since August

SYDNEY: The Australian dollar broke past the psychologically important level of 70 cents on Monday, buoyed by a...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 10:40am

Markets

Yen surges on BOJ policy shift speculations; dollar slides to seven-month low

SINGAPORE: The dollar fell to a seven-month low against major peers on Monday while the yen spiked to an over...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 10:33am

Business & Finance

APTTA demands cut-off date for all Bill of Ladings

KARACHI: All Pakistan Timber Traders Association (APTTA) has demanded of the government to allow cutoff date for all...

Published 14 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Markets

Dollar jumps on strong employment data

NEW YORK: The dollar jumped on Thursday after data pointed to a strong jobs market a day before Friday’s highly...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 08:43pm

Markets

Dollar wavers after Fed minutes offer few surprises

LONDON/SINGAPORE: The dollar was roughly flat in choppy trading on Thursday after the release of the latest Federal...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:16pm

Markets

Hawkish Fed rhetoric fails to lift dollar; Aussie jumps

SINGAPORE: The dollar struggled to advance on Thursday even though Federal Reserve policymakers reiterated their...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 10:55am

Opinion

At CES tech mega-show, driverless cars show promise, limitations

Crowds of techies will descend on Las Vegas this week for the annual CES technology mega-show, but one innovation ...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Markets

Copper hits two-month low as demand fears emerge

LONDON: Copper prices slipped to two-month lows on Wednesday as the market focused on slowing economic growth and...

Published 05 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Markets

Dollar jumps to two-week high, euro slides as German inflation eases

LONDON: The euro was on track for its biggest one-day drop since September as German inflation eased in December,...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 05:41pm

Markets

Yen scales seven-month high on BOJ policy shift hopes

SINGAPORE: The yen spiked to a seven-month high against the US dollar on Tuesday on rising expectations that the...

Updated 03 Jan, 2023 02:46pm

Markets

Argentina’s soya sales near 80pc of harvest, lag previous year

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s farmers have sold 78.9% of the 2021/2022 soybean harvest so far, the agriculture ...

Published 03 Jan, 2023 03:25am

Markets

Soybeans firm on Argentine dryness, wheat eases after rally

SINGAPORE: Chicago soybean futures were largely unchanged on Thursday, with the market holding on to last three...

Published 29 Dec, 2022 10:42am

Markets

Asset classes and their performance in Pakistan: all that glittered in 2022 was gold

USD-denominated Naya Pakistan Certificates and US dollar were placed second and third, respectively

Published 27 Dec, 2022 05:24pm

Business & Finance

Minister urged to resolve LCs issue, ease dollar crisis

LAHORE: Pakistan Steel Melting Association (PSMA) on Thursday appealed to the Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to resolve...

Published 23 Dec, 2022 05:54am

Markets

Yen firms, underpinned by BOJ policy tweak; dollar steady

LONDON: The yen was a touch firmer on Thursday, edging back towards a four-month peak against the dollar hit this...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:48pm

Markets

How 2022 shocked, rocked and rolled global markets

LONDON: Trillions of dollars wiped off world stocks, bond market tantrums, whip-sawing currency and commodities and...

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 02:52pm

Business & Finance

‘Unrestricted’ import of industrial inputs sought

KARACHI: President of SITE Association of Industry Riaz Uddin has expressed grave concern over unannounced ban...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Markets

With Pakistan’s economy in a tailspin, speculators jack up prices in informal gold market

Association says uncertainty behind not issuing gold rates on Wednesday

Published 21 Dec, 2022 10:01pm

Opinion

Politics of narratives and redlines

Baroness Onora O’ Neill, in her Reith lectures on BBC (2002), published in book form by the Cambridge University...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 06:05am

Business & Finance

Raw material, machinery, parts: SITE president demands ‘unrestricted import’

KARACHI: President of SITE Association of Industry Riaz Uddin, in a press statement, has expressed grave concern ...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

BMP for revisiting trade, immigration policies

LAHORE: Raising questions on the poor mechanisms to ensure dollars availability, the Federation of Pakistan Chambers...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

Illegal trading of US dollars: APAT demands action against bankers, traders

LAHORE: The All Pakistan Anjuman-e-Tajran (APAT) has demanded of the federal and provincial governments to identify...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
HBL Invest Fund / Feb 6 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.80 ▲ 0.15 (9.09%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Feb 6 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.72 ▲ 0.06 (9.09%)
Dewan Sugar / Feb 6 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	3.05 ▲ 0.25 (8.93%)
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 6 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	4.07 ▲ 0.33 (8.82%)
Chashma / Feb 6 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	64.68 ▲ 4.51 (7.50%)
Din Tex. / Feb 6 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	102.63 ▲ 7.16 (7.50%)
Sapphire Textile / Feb 6 Sapphire Textile Mills Limited(SAPT)	1096.50 ▲ 76.50 (7.50%)
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 6 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	92.38 ▲ 6.44 (7.49%)
Archroma Pak / Feb 6 Archroma Pakistan Limited(ARPL)	477 ▲ 32.00 (7.19%)
Elahi Cot. / Feb 6 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	93.45 ▲ 6.16 (7.06%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Feb 6 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	3 ▲ -0.30 (-9.09%)
Samba Bank / Feb 6 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	6.50 ▲ -0.64 (-8.96%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Feb 6 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	57.35 ▲ -4.64 (-7.49%)
MCB-ARIF Habib / Feb 6 MCB-Arif Habib Savings and Invest(MCBAH)	21.97 ▲ -1.78 (-7.49%)
Pak Leather / Feb 6 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	18.21 ▲ -1.47 (-7.47%)
Dadex Eternit / Feb 6 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	32.65 ▲ -2.38 (-6.79%)
Bilal Fibres / Feb 6 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.22 ▲ -0.16 (-6.72%)
Sunrays Textile / Feb 6 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	139 ▲ -9.90 (-6.65%)
Quetta Textile / Feb 6 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.50 ▲ -1.02 (-6.57%)
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Feb 6 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	2.56 ▲ -0.17 (-6.23%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Petroleum / Feb 6 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	17,151,596 ▼ 4.72
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 6 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	10,464,760 ▼ 6.44
Hub Power Co. / Feb 6 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,912,174 ▲ -0.23
Cnergyico PK / Feb 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,490,206 ▼ 0.05
Dewan Motors / Feb 6 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	5,698,000 ▼ 0.19
Sui North Gas / Feb 6 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	5,363,528 ▼ 1.71
Gul Ahmed / Feb 6 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	4,995,028 ▲ -0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	4,832,816 ▼ 0.02
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 6 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	4,574,299 ▼ 3.36
Lotte Chemical / Feb 6 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	3,805,565 ▼ 0.17

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 6	274
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 6	271
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 3	131.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 3	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 3	1.21
Euro to USD / Feb 3	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Feb 3	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 3	4136.48
India Sensex / Feb 3	60841.88
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 3	27509.46
Nasdaq / Feb 3	12006.96
Hang Seng / Feb 3	21660.47
FTSE 100 / Feb 3	7901.80
Dow Jones / Feb 3	33926.01
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 3	15546.43
France CAC40 / Feb 3	7233.94

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 3	73.39
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 3	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 3	208500
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 3	1864.97
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 3	85.43

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