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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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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 19	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 19	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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