Topic

US employment

Wall St slides to over 3-week low after payrolls data

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes fell to their lowest in over three weeks on Friday after a crucial jobs ...

European shares down as investors digest mixed US data

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

PARIS: European shares fell for a fifth straight session on Friday in their worst day since early August, after a...

US manufacturing mired in weakness; construction spending falls

Published 04 Sep, 2024 07:59am

WASHINGTON: US manufacturing contracted at a moderate pace in August amid some improvement in employment, but a...

Asian currencies: Indonesian rupiah, Thai baht decline as ME conflict strengthens dollar

Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am

SINGAPORE: The currencies of net oil importers Indonesia and Thailand fell each lost ground on Monday, as the US...

Dollar gains as Friday’s losses seen overdone

Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am

NEW YORK: The dollar rose against major currencies on Monday, with Friday’s losses following a mixed US jobs ...

Crude oil prices slide $4 as banking fears rattle markets

Updated 13 Mar, 2023 06:10pm

LONDON: Oil prices fell $4 on Monday along with equities as the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank raised fears of a...

Gold at one-week peak as dollar slides

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am

NEW YORK: Gold prices gained 1% on Wednesday as strong Chinese economic data dented the dollar and drove some bets...

Copper poised for third straight weekly loss on weak Chinese demand

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

LONDON: Copper prices were on track for a third consecutive weekly loss on Friday as Chinese demand remained weak ...

Copper rises from 4-week low

Published 08 Feb, 2023 06:10am

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Tuesday from a four-week low in the previous session as a dollar rally paused and...

Oil rises in choppy trade on China demand hopes

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:07am

HOUSTON: Oil prices edged higher in choppy trading on Monday as markets weighed a return in demand from China ...

Easing inflation worries lift Wall Street ahead of Fed decision

Published 01 Feb, 2023 07:31am

NEW YORK: US stocks rose on Tuesday as labour cost data indicated that the Federal Reserve’s aggressive approach ...

US job growth beats expectations in October; unemployment rate rises to 3.7%

Published 04 Nov, 2022 06:00pm

WASHINGTON: US employers hired more workers than expected in October, but a rise in the unemployment rate to 3.7%...

Copper firms

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Monday but Chinese-led demand fears, expectations of further increases to US interest...

European shares bounce back from US jobs report hammering

Published 09 Aug, 2022 03:37am

PARIS: European shares logged their best day in nearly two weeks on Monday after clocking falls in the previous week...

US job growth beats expectations; unemployment rate steady at 3.6%

Published 03 Jun, 2022 05:46pm

WASHINGTON: US employment increased more than expected in May, while the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%,...

Gold touches over one-week high boosted by inflation concerns

Updated 07 Feb, 2022 02:24pm

Gold prices hit a more than one-week peak on Monday, as inflationary pressures due to surging oil prices helped...

Gold rides Fed wave to weekly gain

Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am

NEW YORK: Gold prices gained on Friday as they shrugged off stronger-than-expected monthly jobs data, and the...

Wall Street extends record rally

Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am

NEW YORK: Wall Street's main indexes hit record highs in a broad-based rally on Friday as data showing strong jobs...

Dollar soars to more than 1-year high after jobs data, then pulls back

Updated 06 Nov, 2021 01:21am

New York: The dollar jumped on Friday to hit its highest level in more than a year, after data showed stronger US ...

Dollar steady after jobs miss

Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am

NEW YORK: The US dollar was largely unmoved by a disappointing US employment report on Friday, as traders bet that...

Gold future slip on firmer dollar

Published 08 Aug, 2021 03:38am

BENGALURU: Gold was pinned below the $1,800 mark on Friday as the dollar firmed in the run-up to a key US employment...

Canadian dollar steadies as greenback broadly slides

Published 05 Aug, 2021 04:34am

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar was little changed against its US counterpart on Wednesday as broader declines for the...

Job-inflation tradeoff, exiled from Fed policy, could mean a hot summer

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

Tension between sticky job markets and rising prices could pose a growing problem for U.S. Federal Reserve officials...

Early trade in New York: Dollar languishes at 10-week lows after weak jobs report

Updated 11 May, 2021 10:12am

NEW YORK: The dollar held at 2-1/2 month lows on Monday as a weak US employment report spurred investors to ditch ...

Dollar struggles after weak US jobs report; pound hits $1.41

Published 10 May, 2021 05:05pm

The dollar index broadly flat on the day, after dipping as low as 90.128 for the first time since Feb. 26 earlier in the session.

Dollar firms from 7-week lows as risk appetite fades

Published 21 Apr, 2021 04:51pm

The euro was down 0.25% at $1.2000, after touching a seven-week high of $1.2079 overnight.

Brainard: Fed wants maximum employment, growth that is sustainable

Published 18 Feb, 2021 08:06pm

"We will be very focused on trying to understand how climate related risks but also the potential transition pathways might effect our economic growth over the medium to long term," Brainard said.
The focus on investments in a sustainable economy that are pro-growth, that are pro-jobs, those are the kinds of priorities that square very well with our overall framework.

Soaring Covid-19 infections likely eroded US employment recovery

Published 08 Jan, 2021 10:01am

The report follows Labor Department data Thursday showing new applications for jobless benefits remained at a high level in the final week of the year.

BR100
BR30
KSE100
KSE30
KMI30

1D 5D 3M 6M 1Y

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 30	277.31
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 30	277.11
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 1	158.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 1	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 1	1.32
Euro to USD / Oct 1	1.13
SOFR % / Sep 29	3.88

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 30	7,651.54
Nasdaq / Sep 30	26,861.06
Hang Seng / Sep 30	24,613.27
Dow Jones / Sep 30	50,906.05
India Sensex / Oct 1	71,770.30
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 1	68,956.72
FTSE 100 / Oct 1	10,413.82
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 1	24,851.64
France CAC40 / Oct 1	7,827.14

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 1	387.40
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 1	92.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 1	18,480
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 1	376,059
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 1	4,162.20
Diesel/Litre / Oct 1	400.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 1	78.41

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Motors / Oct 1 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	17.49 ▲ 1.59 (10%)
Ellcot Spinning / Oct 1 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	196.28 ▲ 17.84 (10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Oct 1 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	286.94 ▲ 26.09 (10%)
Fazal Cloth / Oct 1 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	280.46 ▲ 25.5 (10%)
Mandviwala / Oct 1 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	84.78 ▲ 7.71 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 1 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	65.60 ▲ 5.96 (9.99%)
Arctic Textile / Oct 1 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	57.29 ▲ 5.17 (9.92%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	15.68 ▲ 1.41 (9.88%)
Lse Spac-I Ltd. / Oct 1 Lse Spac-I Limited(SPAC1)	22.36 ▲ 1.95 (9.55%)
Asim Textile / Oct 1 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	124.56 ▲ 10.6 (9.3%)

Stock	Price
EFU Life Assr / Oct 1 EFU Life Assurance Limited(EFUL)	125 ▼ -39.01 (-23.79%)
Ashfaq Textile / Oct 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	45.51 ▼ -5.06 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Oct 1 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	44.03 ▼ -4.89 (-10%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Oct 1 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	43.67 ▼ -4.85 (-10%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	26.14 ▼ -2.9 (-9.99%)
East West Ins. / Oct 1 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	59.25 ▼ -6.37 (-9.71%)
Asia Ins. / Oct 1 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	32.42 ▼ -3.43 (-9.57%)
Karam Ceramics / Oct 1 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	156.18 ▼ -15.27 (-8.91%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Oct 1 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	29.62 ▼ -2.87 (-8.83%)
Apna Microfin. / Oct 1 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	18.07 ▼ -1.73 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Kohinoor Spinning / Oct 1 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	93,751,754 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Oct 1 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	38,616,570 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Oct 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	26,026,242 ▼ -0.14
Pak Int.Bulk / Oct 1 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	25,714,456 ▲ 0.03
First Punjab Modaraba / Oct 1 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	22,551,198 ▼ -2.9
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Oct 1 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	19,722,398 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,323,432 ▼ -0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	17,315,970 ▼ -0.01
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 1 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	16,558,025 ▲ 1.41
Pak Refinery / Oct 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,113,756 ▼ -1.8

US employment

Most Popular