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IEA lowers 2026 oil glut forecast for first time since May

Published 12 Dec, 2025 04:14am

LONDON: The International Energy Agency trimmed its forecast of next year’s global oil supply glut for the first...

IMF’s economic outlook

Updated 17 Oct, 2025 07:02am

The global economy is witnessing a turbulent transformation shaped by policy realignments, geopolitical frictions,...

IMF urges countries to keep trade as engine of growth

Published 17 Oct, 2025 06:28am

WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday urged member countries to keep trade...

World economy not doing as bad as feared, IMF chief says

Published 08 Oct, 2025 07:13pm

WASHINGTON: The global economy is doing better than expected, even as it faces prolonged uncertainty and...

Why national crime syndicates essential?

Published 15 Sep, 2025 07:21am

National crime syndicates are essential because crime and related activity is the largest sector of the world...

World economy faces ‘pivotal moment’: BIS

Published 30 Jun, 2025 05:58am

LONDON: Trade tensions and fractious geopolitics risk exposing deep fault lines in the global financial system,...

China to allow overseas investors access to more sectors

Updated 24 Apr, 2025 11:14am

HONG KONG: China’s state regulator and planning council published a new version of its “negative list” that relaxes...

World economy on shaky ground

Published 24 Apr, 2025 04:11am

EDITORIAL: Ever since the Trump Administration launched its ill-conceived Liberation Day tariffs in a misguided bid...

Global recession is in the offing?

Published 23 Apr, 2025 06:29am

Donald Trump’s stop-start tariff rollout has “significantly” increased global financial stability risks, the...

Chinese premier warns world financial leaders of ‘deglobalisation’ risks

Published 10 Dec, 2024 08:35am

BEIJING: China’s number two leader warned on Monday that “deglobalisation” was putting further strain on the...

OECD warns of protectionism weeks before Trump return

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am

PARIS: The OECD warned Wednesday that protectionist trade measures pose a major risk to disrupting the world ...

OECD calls for higher property taxes to fight debt

Published 26 Sep, 2024 06:48am

PARIS: The OECD on Wednesday slightly raised its world economic growth forecast for 2024 but called for higher...

‘Shared prosperity’

Published 17 Sep, 2024 06:33am

EDITORIAL: The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO’s) analysis of its 30-year record of enabling and facilitating...

World Bank offers roadmap to avoid ‘middle-income trap’

Published 02 Aug, 2024 05:55am

WASHINGTON: More than 100 countries, including China, are at risk of entering a “middle-income trap” and failing...

WTO chief sees ‘troubling times’ for trade

Published 01 Aug, 2024 06:06am

GENEVA: The head of the World Trade Organization on Tuesday said global commerce was going through troubling times,...

Rising oligarchic power, ballooning inequality, and the quality of democracy

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Decades of Neoliberalism led retreat of regulation, and greater inclusion of private sector to provide essential...

Israel-Hamas war a ‘new cloud’ over world economy: IMF

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 08:18am

MARRAKESH, (Morocco): The war between Israel and Hamas has darkened the horizon for a world economy that was already...

IMF says world economy ‘limping’

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

MARRAKESH: The IMF kept its 2023 global growth forecast unchanged on Tuesday but warned that the economy is...

Japan won’t rule out any options as dollar approaches to 150 yen

Published 08 Sep, 2023 09:48am

TOKYO: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki said on Friday that rapid currency moves were undesirable and that...

World economy in a difficult place but not destined to stay there

Updated 17 Jul, 2023 09:02pm

GANDHINAGAR: The world economy is in a difficult place but it is not destined to stay there, World Bank President...

BIS warns world economy at critical juncture in inflation fight

Published 26 Jun, 2023 06:38am

LONDON: The world’s central bank umbrella body, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), called on Sunday for...

Norway not a war profiteer, PM says

Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am

HAMMERFEST: Norway has grown richer by the minute as the conflict in Ukraine boosts its gas revenues, but the ...

Full brunt of financial tightening yet to materialize: IMF

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 09:29pm

IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says central banks have some way to go in their inflation battle

World economy faces more pain in 2023 after a gloomy year

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 3	159.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 3	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 3	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 3	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 2	7,609.78
Nasdaq / Jun 2	27,093.90
Dow Jones / Jun 2	51,307.79
India Sensex / Jun 3	73,756.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 3	68,452.45
Hang Seng / Jun 3	25,630.80
FTSE 100 / Jun 3	10,342.09
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 3	24,951.88
France CAC40 / Jun 3	8,180.24

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 3	94.92
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 3	4,463.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 3	80.39
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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