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Spanish 10-year yield dips below 5 percent

LONDON: The Spanish 10-year government bond yield dipped below 5 percent on Thursday to hit its lowest levels since Febr

Published 11 Aug, 2011 11:56am

Financial

Bunds jump after Fed pledge to keep rates low

LONDON : German government bonds rose on Wednesday, pulled higher by sharp gains in US Treasuries after the Federal Rese

Published 10 Aug, 2011 12:12pm

Financial

Italian and Spanish yields fall in anticipation of ECB

LONDON : Italian and Spanish yields fell on Tuesday in anticipation of fresh support from European Central Bank buying,

Published 09 Aug, 2011 10:30am

Financial

Spanish, Italian bond yields fall as ECB seen buying

LONDON : Spanish and Italian government bond yields fell on Monday with traders saying the ECB had stepped up its progra

Published 08 Aug, 2011 11:07am

Financial

US borrowing rates ease lightly despite credit downgrade

PARIS : US government bonds firmed slightly and borrowing rates eased on the sovereign debt market in Europe on Mond

Published 08 Aug, 2011 09:42am

Financial

Italian, Spanish bonds ease sharply after ECB move

PARIS : The pressure on Italian and Spanish government debt eased sharply Monday after the European Central Bank said it

Published 08 Aug, 2011 07:15am

Financial

Turkey's benchmark bond yield rises to 8.69pc in OTC trade

ISTANBUL : Turkish bond yields rose on Monday morning due to increasing global risk aversion after the S&P downgraded th

Published 08 Aug, 2011 06:04am

Europe Fixed Income

Trichet wants final ECB decision on buying Italian bonds by Sunday

FRANKFURT : European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet wants the policy-setting Governing Council to take a fin

Published 07 Aug, 2011 09:13am

Financial

ECB split over to buy Italy bonds

PARIS : The European Central Bank remains divided over whether to buy Italian government bonds but even some of those wh

Published 06 Aug, 2011 03:58pm

Financial

Bunds fall; Spanish, Italian yield spreads tighten back in

LONDON : Bund futures briefly erased their earlier gains and Spanish and Italian government bond yield spreads tightened

Published 05 Aug, 2011 10:01am

Financial

Bunds fall; Spanish, Italian yield spreads tighten back in

LONDON : Bund futures briefly erased their earlier gains and Spanish and Italian government bond yield spreads tightened

Published 05 Aug, 2011 10:01am

Financial

Spain to offer bonds as ECB meets amid crisis

FRANKFURT/MADRID: Spain plans to auction up to 3.5 billion euros ($5 billion) of bonds on Thursday as the European Centr

Published 04 Aug, 2011 06:54am

Financial

Global growth fears drive gilt yields to new record low

LONDON : British government bond yields hit all-time lows for the third consecutive day on Wednesday as worries grew tha

Published 03 Aug, 2011 05:52pm

Financial

Bunds rally on worries crisis will topple Italy, Spain

LONDON : German government bonds rallied to their highest in almost a year on Wednesday, supported by a dismal outlook f

Published 03 Aug, 2011 10:33am

Europe Fixed Income

Italian bonds Yield elevating

LONDON : Yields on Italian bonds are soaring as the political vacuum fuels fears the government won't be able to impleme

Published 02 Aug, 2011 06:23pm

Financial

Bunds demand strong as economic worries grow

LONDON: Investors showed no let up in their demand for German debt on Tuesday, as Bund futures remained well supported o

Published 02 Aug, 2011 06:49am

Financial

Ten-year gilt yields fall to record low

LONDON : Benchmark 10-year gilt yields hit an all-time low on Monday after weak manufacturing data from both the United

Published 01 Aug, 2011 03:41pm

Financial

Bunds fall as US nears debt deal

LONDON : German government bonds fell on Monday as US lawmakers appeared close to a deal to raise the country's borrowin

Published 01 Aug, 2011 09:13am

Financial

HSBC heads for $11bn profit

LONDON : HSBC Holdings Plc should unveil a half-year profit of near $11 billion on Monday, flat from a year earlier as w

Published 31 Jul, 2011 05:15pm

Financial

Pensions recovering from financial crisis

PARIS : Pension funds have recovered from the darkest days of the financial crisis, clawing back more than 80 percent of

Published 31 Jul, 2011 02:09pm

Financial

Brisa H1 net profit raises 26pc

LISBON : Portugal 's main motorway operator Brisa on Friday posted a 26 percent rise in first-half net profit mostly on

Published 29 Jul, 2011 03:41pm

Financial

US, euro zone debt woes drive gilts higher

LONDON : Worries about a possible US default drove British gilt futures to within a whisker of a contract high and yie

Published 29 Jul, 2011 09:24am

Europe Fixed Income

Bunds gain after Moody's warns of Spanish downgrade

LONDON: Bund futures opened higher on Friday after Moody's placed Spain's credit rating on review for downgrade fuelling

Published 29 Jul, 2011 07:25am

Financial

Bunds up, supported by US, euro zone debt worries

LONDON : German government bonds rose at Wednesday's open, supported by doubts whether measures to stem the euro zone de

Published 27 Jul, 2011 07:21am

Financial

Bunds down, but may recover as US debt talks drag on

LONDON : German Bunds fell on Tuesday, retreating from key technical levels, but are expected to remain well bid in the

Published 26 Jul, 2011 12:04pm

Financial

France sells 338mn euros in extra BTANs

PARIS : France sold an additional 338 million euros in five-year BTAN bonds after a debt auction last Thursday, Agence

Published 25 Jul, 2011 10:02am

Financial

Moody's downgrades Greece debt rating

PARIS: Moody's Investors Service said on Monday it had downgraded Greece's sovereign debt rating by one notch, leaving i

Published 25 Jul, 2011 07:08am

Financial

Italian regulator examining Bulgari bid complaint

MILAN : Italian market regulator Consob is examining a complaint from a fund over the price French luxury group LVMH pla

Published 24 Jul, 2011 11:38am

Financial

Bank of Ireland equity investment ‘talks over’

DUBLIN : The Irish government on Saturday said it was in talks with potential equity investors in Bank of Ireland as it

Published 23 Jul, 2011 03:57pm

Europe Fixed Income

Bund falls as euro zone agrees Greek rescue plan

LONDON : German government bonds fell early on Friday and peripheral bonds were seen rising after euro zone leaders agre

Published 22 Jul, 2011 07:36am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	155.76
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.27
Euro to USD / May 20	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
FTSE 100 / May 17	8420.26
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 17	18704.42
France CAC40 / May 17	8167.50
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	39197.34

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 17	210562
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Diesel/Litre / May 20	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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