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Zinc prices

Zinc surges to near four-year high on supply fears; copper dips

Published 15 May, 2026 06:03am

LONDON: Zinc prices surged to their highest in almost four years on Thursday after another incident at a smelter...

Zinc touches five-week peak on supply fears

Published 25 Aug, 2024 03:05am

LONDON: Zinc prices hit their highest in five weeks on Friday on supply concerns after smelters in top producer ...

Low inventories fuel zinc’s climb to three-week high

Published 31 May, 2022 05:11am

LONDON: Zinc prices rose to their highest in more than three weeks on Monday, boosted by stronger demand ...

LME official prices

Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am

LONDON: The following were Monday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

LME official prices

Published 17 May, 2022 05:39am

LONDON: The following were Friday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

European smelter hits mean another year of zinc shortfall

Published 17 May, 2022 05:39am

LONDON: The global refined zinc market is expected to register a supply shortfall of 292,000 tonnes this year,...

Zinc soars as smelters duel rising costs, inventories fall

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

LONDON: Zinc prices climbed to their highest in more than a month on Wednesday as inventories fell and smelters in...

Zinc soars as smelters duel rising costs, inventories fall

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:41pm

LONDON: Zinc prices climbed to their highest in more than a month on Wednesday as inventories fell and smelters in...

Shortages, low inventories boost zinc prices

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

LONDON: Zinc prices climbed on Tuesday to their highest in more than a week as dwindling inventories and shortages,...

Falling stockpiles push zinc prices to 4-week high

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

LONDON: Zinc prices rose to their highest in four weeks on Monday as a rapid fall in the amount of metal available ...

LME official prices

Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am

LONDON: The following were Monday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

LME official prices

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

LONDON: The following were Tuesday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

LME official prices

Published 15 Feb, 2022 06:45am

LONDON: The following were Friday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

LME official prices

Published 11 Feb, 2022 04:31am

LONDON: The following were Wednesday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

LME official prices

Published 08 Feb, 2022 06:10am

LONDON: The following were Friday official prices. ========================================= ALUMINIUM...

Supply fears boost aluminium and zinc prices

Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:36am

LONDON: Aluminium and zinc prices climbed on Tuesday, with buying spurred on by concerns over supply disruptions...

Shanghai zinc, aluminium prices jump on supply concerns

Published 23 Dec, 2021 11:06am

Zinc and aluminium futures in China advanced on Thursday, underpinned by worries about supply, while easing concerns...

Zinc soars as power crunch forces Nyrstar to idle French plant

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

LONDON: Zinc prices jumped more than 5% on Thursday on supply concerns after Belgium-based Nyrstar said it would...

Shanghai zinc gains

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

SHANGHAI: Shanghai zinc prices firmed on Tuesday, hitting their highest levels in nearly three weeks, on global...

China October zinc output falls

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

SHANGHAI: China’s zinc output in October fell 9.2% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said on...

Zinc boosted by output cuts driven by power crunch

Updated 14 Oct, 2021 06:04pm

The energy crisis set the fire for the rally across the board, and low inventories of some metals such as copper and zinc also support the parabolic run

Zinc surges 5pc as power prices prompt Nyrstar to cut output

Zinc inventories in LME warehouses were last at 293,800 tonnes, down just 700 tonnes from the previous session where stockpiles hit their highest since June 2017 at 294,500 tonnes.

Zinc slides to two-month low as stocks surge, China demand wanes

Updated 27 Jan, 2021 11:23pm

Benchmark three-month zinc on the London Metal Exchange was down 1.6% at $2,613.50 a tonne.
Stocks in LME-registered warehouses have soared by 57% over the past two days to the highest levels since June 2017.

Copper retreats, zinc near 2-month low on coronavirus surge

Published 15 Jan, 2021 07:41pm

Data on Friday showed Britain's economy shrank in November for the first time since the initial COVID-19 lockdown last spring.
There's still considerable threats and challenges, all is not rosy with the virus and economic recovery.

Copper set for seventh straight weekly gain on US stimulus hopes

Published 18 Dec, 2020 09:59am

Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange rose 0.9% to $7,988 a tonne by 0223 GMT and was up 0.9% for the week.

Zinc leaps on mine shutdown, tightening LME market

Published 18 Nov, 2020 06:08pm

Benchmark zinc on the LME was up 2% at $2,743.50 a tonne.
The metal used to galvanize steel has risen more than 60%.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,506.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	24,879.67
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,348.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

Gainers
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Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.68 ▼ -1.41 (-10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	414.40 ▼ -46.02 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	79.05 ▼ -8.78 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 21 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	36 ▼ -3.62 (-9.14%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.90 ▼ -2.21 (-8.8%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.02 ▼ -7.77 (-7.34%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.71 ▼ -0.61 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	263,436,960 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	110,849,016 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	73,851,952 ▲ 0.89
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,224,946 ▲ 0
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	26,116,799 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	24,336,000 ▲ 0.97
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,413,148 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,069,620 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,692,784 ▲ 0.14
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,608,067 ▼ -2.01

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