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Gold’s rally to slow, not stop, as global economy recovers

BENGALURU: Analysts and traders have downgraded their forecasts for gold but still expect prices to recover from...

Published 14 Feb, 2021 03:49am

Pakistan

Australian HC welcomes COVAX initial vaccine allocation

ISLAMABAD: The Australian High Commissioner to Pakistan, Dr Geoffrey Shaw took to twitter on Thursday to welcome...

Updated 12 Feb, 2021 11:48pm

Markets

Gold’s rally to slow, not stop, as global economy recovers

BENGALURU: Analysts and traders have downgraded their forecasts for gold but still expect prices to recover from...

Updated 12 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Markets

Oil eases as OPEC, IEA fret about demand

• Brent eases after tying record 9 sessions of gains • WTI eight-day rally also ends • OPEC again cuts 2021...

Updated 12 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Pakistan

Covid-19 vaccines start in Muzaffargarh

He said in first phase it was offered to about 100 patients admitted already in the hospital.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 06:59pm

World

Ukraine bans coronavirus vaccines from 'aggressor' Russia

Ukraine has been fighting separatists backed by Russia in its Donetsk and Lugansk regions since 2014 following Moscow's annexation of the Crimean peninsula.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 05:51pm

World

China donates 100,000 Covid vaccines to Equatorial Guinea

The figure is lower than the 95 and 94 percent effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines.

Published 11 Feb, 2021 05:03pm

Business & Finance

Dollar down, Swedish crown jumps in Europe

LONDON: The dollar traded near two-week lows on Wednesday as demand for safe-haven assets ebbed, while Sweden’s...

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:32am

World

Japan to start Covid vaccines despite syringe shortage

The country has reached deals with three major drug firms to buy enough vaccine doses for its population of 126 million.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 05:22pm

World

Vaccine production must catch up to science: EU chief

A vaccine production task force under internal market commissioner Thierry Breton was charged with that mission, she said.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 05:05pm

Editorials

From ‘Great Lockdown’ to ‘Great Divergence’

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director (MD) Kristalina Georgieva has raised a pertinent...

Published 10 Feb, 2021 04:12am

Business & Finance

Aussie, kiwi up

SYDNEY/WELLINGTON: The Australian and New Zealand dollars treaded water on Monday as positive market sentiment was...

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 09:39am

World

Britain has secured 50mn doses of vaccines for new variants: Hancock

He said Britain had entered into a partnership with the manufacturer CureVac to develop vaccines that could be quickly adapted as new strains were identified.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:18am

Pakistan

Offering vaccines to Pakistan Army reflects deep, solid ties between China-Pakistan

He said the Kashmir issue is a dispute left over from history and should be properly resolved by peaceful means in accordance with the UN Charter, relevant Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 09:11pm

Pakistan

China donates vaccines to 53 developing countries including Pakistan: Wang Wenbin

In the coming days, the Chinese side will provide vaccines to other countries. The pertinent governments expressed deep gratitude to China.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 08:59pm

Pakistan

Sindh govt informed: Vaccines only administered to healthcare workers

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar who is supervising the National...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

Markets

Copper buoyed by sagging dollar and U.S. stimulus hopes

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) rose 1.9pc to $7,970 a tonne by 1740 GMT.

Published 06 Feb, 2021 12:34am

World

Czechs may follow Hungary in using vaccines not registered in EU

He said he had also spoken about the issue with German officials, including Chancellor Angela Merkel, who he said wanted Russian or Chinese vaccines to be given European approval.
Hungary so far is the only EU member to have given emergency use approval to Chinese and Russian vaccines.

Published 05 Feb, 2021 09:05pm

World

Macron warns of risks of Chinese vaccines

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron warned Thursday about the lack of information about China's coronavirus...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:46pm

World

Red Cross boosts vaccine hopes for poor as jabs arrive in Iran

GENEVA: The Red Cross launched a campaign on Thursday to help get 500 million vaccines to people in poorer ...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:46pm

Business & Finance

Sterling falls against dollar

LONDON: Sterling fell to its weakest in more than two weeks against the dollar on Thursday before a Bank of England...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Markets

Bearish trend witnessed on cotton market

KARACHI: The local cotton market bearish on Wednesday. Market sources told that trading volume was low. ICE ...

Published 04 Feb, 2021 04:13am

World

Sinopharm's COVID-19 vaccine remained active against S.Africa variant, effect reduced - lab study

Variants of the virus have stirred concern that they might weaken effects of vaccines and treatments developed prior to their emergence.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 10:07am

World

White House plans to send vaccine doses to retail pharmacies

White House COVID-19 response coordinator Jeff Zients said the program will launch next week and make 1 million doses available to 6,500 stores.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 11:37pm

World

More than 100 million vaccinated

The UK's nearest competitor in Europe is Serbia, which is also outside the bloc.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:44pm

World

Rights group urges fair Covid vaccine rollout in Syria

In rebel-held northwest Syria, opposition officials have said 21,006 people caught the virus, of whom 400 died.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:42pm

Markets

British vaccines push pound to highest since May against euro

Britain, where some 9 million people have been given their first dose of a vaccine, said it expected its supply of COVID-19 shots would not be interrupted.

Updated 02 Feb, 2021 09:44am

World

Palestinians say will launch vaccinations in two weeks

In Gaza, Hamas has registered more than 51,000 coronavirus cases, including 520 deaths.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 04:36pm

Business & Finance

Nintendo 9-month net profit nearly doubles, forecasts revised up

Full-year sales now are projected at 1.6 trillion yen, compared with 1.4 trillion yen forecast in November.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 02:14pm

World

EU secures extra vaccines; Republicans to meet Biden over Covid relief plan

Deputy health minister Erlan Kiyasov said he didn't "feel any sort of discomfort" after receiving a shot.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 02:08pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Mod. / Feb 3 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.98 ▲ 0.48 (32.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Feb 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.55 ▲ 1.00 (18.02%)
Samba Bank / Feb 3 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.15 ▲ 1.00 (16.26%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 3 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9.90 ▲ 0.90 (10.00%)
Dawood Equities / Feb 3 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	6.18 ▲ 0.46 (8.04%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Feb 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	14 ▲ 1.00 (7.69%)
Khyber Tobacco / Feb 3 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	342.67 ▲ 23.90 (7.50%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Feb 3 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	49.22 ▲ 3.43 (7.49%)
Quetta Textile / Feb 3 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.52 ▲ 1.08 (7.48%)
Frontier Ceram / Feb 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	15.99 ▲ 1.10 (7.39%)

Stock	Price
Data Textile / Feb 3 Data Textiles Limited(DATM)	7.08 ▲ -1.00 (-12.38%)
Premier Insurance / Feb 3 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.66 ▲ -0.86 (-11.44%)
Zephyr Textile / Feb 3 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	8.53 ▲ -0.96 (-10.12%)
Ashfaq Textile / Feb 3 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	9.39 ▲ -1.00 (-9.62%)
F.Treet Manuf / Feb 3 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	7.71 ▲ -0.74 (-8.76%)
IGI Life Ins / Feb 3 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	9 ▲ -0.86 (-8.72%)
Ruby Tex. / Feb 3 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	3 ▲ -0.27 (-8.26%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Feb 3 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.67 ▲ -0.06 (-8.22%)
KASB Modaraba / Feb 3 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.26 ▲ -0.11 (-8.03%)
Next Capital / Feb 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	4.76 ▲ -0.39 (-7.57%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,606,814 ▲ -0.03
Pak Petroleum / Feb 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	12,289,269 ▲ -0.87
Hub Power Co. / Feb 3 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,871,024 ▼ 1.33
Cnergyico PK / Feb 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,256,361 ▲ -0.14
Dewan Motors / Feb 3 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,197,500 ▲ -0.27
Ghani Glo Hol / Feb 3 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,488,518 ▲ -0.13
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 3 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	5,157,941 ▲ -1.12
Gul Ahmed / Feb 3 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	4,969,528 ▼ 1.38
The Searle Co. / Feb 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	4,848,886 ▲ -1.07
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 3 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	4,483,294 ▲ -0.43

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 3	277.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 3	278.67
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 3	128.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 3	1.22
Euro to USD / Feb 3	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Feb 2	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 2	4179.76
Nasdaq / Feb 2	12200.82
Dow Jones / Feb 2	34053.94
India Sensex / Feb 3	60841.88
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 3	27509.46
Hang Seng / Feb 3	21558.22
FTSE 100 / Feb 3	7834.62
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 3	15410.23
France CAC40 / Feb 3	7138.37

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 2	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 2	177641
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 3	75.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 3	1915.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 3	85.91

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