News Archives for World - 2023-01-20

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World

Ukraine should focus on preparing offensive, not Bakhmut battle: US official

WASHINGTON: Ukraine should not fixate on defending the city of Bakhmut at all costs and instead use a window of...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 11:50pm

Markets

US Fed official favors smaller rate hike in February

WASHINGTON: There is ample evidence that a steep climb in interest rates has dampened demand and economic activity,...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 11:45pm

Europe

Allies fail to agree on heavy tanks sought by Ukraine

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday there was "no alternative" but for the West to...

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 01:01am

Europe

Erdogan offers to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv in call with Zelenskiy

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan repeated his offer to mediate between Russia and Ukraine in a phone call...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 09:00pm

USA

US existing home sales lowest since 2010; price growth slows

WASHINGTON: US existing home sales plunged to a 12-year low in December, but declining mortgage rates raised...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 08:26pm

Europe

UK retail sales slide on cost-of-living crisis

LONDON: UK retail sales sank over the key Christmas trading period as consumers tightened belts in a cost-of-living...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:16pm

Europe

No decision yet on tanks to Ukraine

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, GERMANY: No decision has yet been reached on whether to send Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine,...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:55pm

Energy

Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6bn annually

DAKAR: Russia’s war against Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:47pm

Energy

Davos 2023: Big oil comes in from the cold on energy transition

DAVOS: A different type of energy transition has taken place at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF)...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:34pm

Stocks

UAE markets end lower as recession fears rattle investors

Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates closed slightly lower on Friday, as sentiment turned bearish after U.S....

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:12pm

World

Western climate subsidies to hit emerging markets: IMF

DAVOS: The head of the IMF warned Friday that Western subsidies to combat climate change and encourage the...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 05:05pm

Europe

Russia’s Putin discusses ‘special military operation’ with Security Council

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed Moscow’s “special military operation” with his Security Council, state...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 04:47pm

Europe

Davos 2023: ‘Keep it in the ground’ Greta Thunberg tells protest at end of WEF

DAVOS: Greta Thunberg and around 30 other activists braved sub-zero temperatures on Friday in a protest calling for...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 03:53pm

Europe

US calls for allies to ‘dig deeper’ on Ukraine as pressure builds for tanks

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin urged allies on Friday to dig deeper to support Ukraine at the...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 03:20pm

Europe

Russia says relations with US at an all-time low

Russia said on Friday that relations with the United States were at an all-time low, dismissing the idea the two...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 06:01pm

Europe

Ukraine thanks US for ‘powerful’ $2.5bn defence package

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday thanked Washington for a massive new package of arms and...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 02:33pm

Europe

Finland to send heavy artillery to Ukraine

HELSINKI: Finland announced Friday a 400-million-euro military aid package to Ukraine, its largest to date and...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 02:30pm

South Asia

Death toll of avalanche rose to 20 in Tibet

BEIJING: Twenty people were killed, eight were still missing after an avalanche in the city Nyingchi in Tibet, state...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 02:12pm

Europe

UK police ‘looking into’ video of Sunak sans seatbelt

LONDON: British police will be “looking into” a video in which Prime Minister Rishi Sunak can be seen riding in a...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 01:53pm

Europe

Elite Davos forum ‘sitting target’ of conspiracy theorists

WASHINGTON: A Swiss Alpine town where heads of state and business titans huddle for a week of debate: the World...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 01:40pm

Asia

China says COVID outbreak easing on eve of travel rush

BEIJING: China said the worst was over in its battle against COVID-19 ahead of what is expected to be the busiest...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 12:26pm

Europe

Ukraine expects decisions on tanks at Western defence leaders’ meeting

KYIV/BERLIN: Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy said his government was expecting “strong decisions” from...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 12:17pm

USA

Trump, lawyers sanctioned nearly $1 million for ‘political’ lawsuit vs Clinton

A federal judge on Thursday ordered former US President Donald Trump and his attorneys to pay more than $937,000 in...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 12:06pm

Asia

Japan Finance Minister cautions against changes to debt redemption rule

TOKYO: Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki cautioned against making any change to the government’s debt...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 11:42am

World

When is the New Zealand prime minister election and how will it work?

SYDNEY: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will step down no later than Feb. 7 after a shock resignation on...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 11:26am

Europe

French workers strike nationwide, saying ‘non’ to Macron’s pension reform

PARIS: French workers went on strike and joined marches across the country on Thursday, halting trains and cutting...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:19am

World

New Zealand PM Ardern announces shock resignation

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:13am

World

Kazakh leader dissolves parliament

ASTANA (Kazakhstan): Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the Central Asian country’s lower house...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:10am

Europe

Lavrov says Russia will ‘sober up’ NATO and EU

MOSCOW: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday that Moscow would do all it could to “sober up”...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 07:05am

World

Wall St falls as labour market resilience spurs rate hike worries

NEW YORK: US stock indexes fell on Thursday after data pointing to a tight labor market sparked worries that the...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am

World

IIOJK, Chad and Venezuela activists share top rights prize

GENEVA: Campaigners from Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), Chad and Venezuela on Thursday won the...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am

South Asia

India editors warn ‘fake news’ proposal akin to censorship

NEW DELHI: A major Indian journalist group urged the government to reject a proposal to police fake news on social...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am

World

India says BBC documentary on Modi is ‘propaganda’

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign ministry on Thursday dismissed a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi which...

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 2	276.96 ▲ 0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 2	276.72 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 2	157.85 ▲ 0.29
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 2	0.82 ▼ -0.0067
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 2	1.34 ▲ 0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 2	1.12 ▲ 0.0034
SOFR % / Oct 30	3.95 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
India Sensex / Nov 3	76,288.65
Hang Seng / Nov 3	23,500.97
S&P 500 / Nov 2	7,541.40
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 2	63,081.86
Nasdaq / Nov 2	25,164.36
FTSE 100 / Nov 2	10,761.33
Dow Jones / Nov 2	51,983.98
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 2	25,981.09
France CAC40 / Nov 2	8,047.69

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 3	374.51
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 3	3,926.80
Diesel/Litre / Nov 3	395.20
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 2	96.22
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 2	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 2	353,340
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 2	77.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
F.Credit & Inv / Nov 2 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	141.10 ▲ 12.83 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Nov 2 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	86.92 ▲ 7.9 (10%)
Pak Leather Crafts / Nov 2 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10%)
Popular Islamic / Nov 2 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	131.54 ▲ 11.96 (10%)
Pakistan Services / Nov 2 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	1,083.71 ▲ 98.52 (10%)
Pak Synthetics / Nov 2 Pakistan Synthetics Limited(PSYL)	212.73 ▲ 19.34 (10%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 2 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	23.10 ▲ 2.1 (10%)
Burshane LPG / Nov 2 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	54.15 ▲ 4.92 (9.99%)
Grays Leasing / Nov 2 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	55.04 ▲ 5 (9.99%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Nov 2 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	25.32 ▲ 2.3 (9.99%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance (R) / Nov 2 Premier Insurance Limited (RIGHT)(PINLR)	0.66 ▼ -0.82 (-55.41%)
Bawany Air Products (R) / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	3.62 ▼ -1 (-21.65%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 2 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	14.18 ▼ -1.58 (-10.03%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 2 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	15.35 ▼ -1.71 (-10.02%)
Attock Refinery / Nov 2 Attock Refinery Limited(ATRL)	979.95 ▼ -108.83 (-10%)
Bawany Air Products / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	17.10 ▼ -1.9 (-10%)
National Refinery / Nov 2 National Refinery Limited(NRL)	499.90 ▼ -55.54 (-10%)
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	87.26 ▼ -9.7 (-10%)
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12.28 ▼ -1.36 (-9.97%)
Cordoba Logistics / Nov 2 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	26.13 ▼ -2.86 (-9.87%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Nov 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	93,109,988 ▼ -1.36
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 2 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	45,177,237 -
TPL Properties / Nov 2 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	30,105,241 ▼ -0.44
Clover Pakistan / Nov 2 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	19,800,893 ▲ 0.43
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,506,278 -
Pakistan Refinery / Nov 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	10,902,027 ▼ -9.7
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,179,588 ▼ -0.15
Bawany Air Products / Nov 2 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	7,474,382 ▼ -1.9
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 2 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	7,269,715 ▲ 0.58
Pak Int.Bulk / Nov 2 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	7,110,000 ▼ -0.15

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