News Archives for World - 2019-10-12

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Asia

Nepal eyes railway deal with China during Xi visit

Xi Jinping is due to arrive in Nepal on Saturday for talks with Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli. Xi will be the

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:05pm

Asia

India, China agree to tackle trade deficit at Modi-Xi summit

India and China will set up a mechanism to tackle India's galloping trade deficit with the world's second-biggest e

Published 12 Oct, 2019 12:02pm

Europe

Catalan separatist leaders to get up to 15 years in jail

Spain's Supreme Court plans to sentence Catalan separatist leaders to a maximum of 15 years in prison. The ver

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:54am

World

Syria must be freed from foreign military presence: Putin

Syria must be freed from foreign military presence, Russian President Vladimir Putin. Everyone who is illegiti

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:51am

Asia

Petrol bombs thrown in Hong Kong metro, no one injured-govt

Petrol bombs were thrown inside a Hong Kong metro station on Saturday. The Kowloon Tong station was seriously

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:49am

World

China's finance ministry urges increased farm insurance coverage

China's Ministry of Finance on Saturday published suggestions for improving the country's agricultural insurance.

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:42am

Europe

More than 100,000 people displaced so far amid violence in Syria

More than 100,000 people from the towns of Ras Al-Ayn and Tal Abyad have been displaced. The World Food Progra

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:39am

World

Kurdish-led SDF denies Turkey's capture of Syrian town centre

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) denied that Turkish-backed forces. Marvan Qamishlo, an SDF mili

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:36am

Asia

HK leader ditches meeting Ted Cruz, says the US senator

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam scrapped a scheduled meeting with US Senator Ted Cruz. The highest profile US poli

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:34am

World

Iran decries 'cowardly attack' on oil tanker

An Iranian government spokesman on Saturday described as a "cowardly attack". The tanker Sabiti was hit in Red

Published 12 Oct, 2019 11:30am

World

India to restore postpaid mobile phone services in IoK from Monday

Postpaid services will be restored in all 10 districts of IoK. India suspended all communication networks in t

Published 12 Oct, 2019 08:16am

World

China's Xi says he will pursue proposals on bilateral ties discussed with India's Modi

"I look forward to further discussions, I may follow up on proposals discussed yesterday," Xi said. Xi and Mod

Published 12 Oct, 2019 07:22am

World

Trump says 'warmer feelings' in US-China trade talks

President Donald Trump on Friday said Chinese and American officials were working toward meaningful progress in trade talks, boosting hopes for a detente in the two sides' damaging trade war. Trump's tweet fed a stock rally, with Wall Street erasing the w

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:47am

World

Dyson quits race to make electric cars

British inventor James Dyson has dropped out of the race to produce electric cars in the face of stiff competition and after criticism of the Brexit-backing billionaire's decision to build the vehicle in Singapore.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:43am

World

India's industrial output shrinks at fastest rate in over six years

India's industrial output shrank at its fastest rate in more than six years in August, reflecting the impact of an economic slowdown that could prompt the central bank to cut its key policy rate for the sixth time in December.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:41am

World

UN calls for greater heat protection for workers in Qatar

Improved safeguards and working hours are needed to protect labourers in Qatar from the effects of heat and humidity, the United Nations said Friday, as it published new research.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:39am

World

Gare du Nord, Europe's busiest station, may get bigger

Europe's busiest train station, Paris' bustling Gare du Nord, may get a much-needed facelift after a government tribunal Friday approved part of a 600-million-euro ($663-million) plan to enlarge and modernise the 155-year-old edifice.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:43am

World

Deal struck to save London red bus maker

A deal has been brokered to save the manufacturers of London's iconic red double decker buses from liquidation, the firm's owner said Friday. "Following intensive overnight negotiations between the two parties agreement has been reached in principle over

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:43am

World

Canada reports strong job growth

Canada reported strong employment figures Friday with its general election just 10 days away. The economy created 54,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 point to 5.5 percent, Statistics Canada said.

Updated 14 Oct, 2019 11:43am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 14	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 14	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.41 ▲ 0.16 (12.8%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.66 ▲ 0.3 (12.71%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Cresent Jute / Nov 13 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	13.85 ▲ 1.26 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	189.16 ▼ -21.02 (-10%)
Mughal Energy / Nov 13 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	32.10 ▼ -3.15 (-8.94%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.75 ▼ -1.25 (-8.93%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Nov 13 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.80 ▼ -0.75 (-8.77%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	149.02 ▼ -11.68 (-7.27%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.02 ▼ -4.96 (-6.36%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Nov 13 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	5.53 ▼ -0.36 (-6.11%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.99 ▼ -4.08 (-6.08%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	72 ▼ -4.6 (-6.01%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	301,901,923 ▲ 0.16
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,218,140 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,281,961 ▲ 0.3
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	42,784,338 ▲ 0.34
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,210,703 ▲ 0.53
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,405,751 ▲ 0.04
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,811,419 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,493,258 ▲ 0.11
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	20,858,319 -
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	17,134,592 ▲ 0.07

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