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Zambia eyes 35pc stake in mine projects: Minister

LUSAKA: Zambia will negotiate larger stakes in projects with foreign mining firms and plans to revamp tax collection to

Published 13 Oct, 2011 07:23am

Commodities

Egypt's Alcotexa sells 250 tonnes cotton in past week

CAIRO: Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporters' Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 250 tonnes of cotton in the week wh

Published 09 Oct, 2011 02:06pm

Commodities

Sudan eyes 7 tonnes gold in 2011, plans refinery

PORT SUDAN : Sudan said on Sunday it expects its mining industry to produce around 7 tonnes of gold in 2011 and it pla

Published 09 Oct, 2011 12:08pm

Commodities

Uganda exported 340,378 60kg bags coffee

KAMPALA: Uganda exported 340,378 60-kilograame bags of coffee in September, up from 169,728 bags in the same month last

Published 07 Oct, 2011 03:14pm

Commodities

Miners meet Zimbabwe deadline on ownership: Minister

HARARE: Mining firms in Zimbabwe have mostly met a September deadline by which they were required to submit plans to tra

Published 29 Sep, 2011 10:03am

Commodities

Egypt's Alcotexa sold 2,490t of cotton last week

CAIRO: Egypt's Alexandria Cotton Exporter's Association (Alcotexa) committed to sell 2,490 tonnes of cotton in the week

Published 25 Sep, 2011 01:52pm

Commodities

Egypt's SIIC says buys 35,000/T sugar

CAIRO : Egypt 's state-owned Sugar and Integrated Industries Company (SIIC) said on Monday it has bought 30,000 tonnes

Published 19 Sep, 2011 08:17am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Tunisia buys 92,000 T wheat, 25,000 T durum

HAMBURG : Tunisia 's state grains agency has purchased 92,000 tonnes of soft milling wheat and 25,000 tonnes of durum w

Published 19 Sep, 2011 08:14am

Commodities

Mauritius' Omnicane to build Kenya sugar factory: Report

PORT LOUIS : Leading Mauritian sugar producer Omnicane is planning to develop a $180 million sugar factory in Kenya to

Published 05 Sep, 2011 06:13am

Commodities

Metorex H1 profit up 155 pc, forecasts flat output

JOHANNESBURG: South African miner Metorex, which is being taken over by Chinese metals group Jinchuan, reported a 155 pe

Published 05 Sep, 2011 04:00am

Commodities

ICO sees arabica price up

SAN JOSE : The price of robusta coffee could fall next year on ample stocks even as prices of higher quality arabicas ar

Published 28 Aug, 2011 05:18pm

Financial

South Korean shares close 3.86pc higher

SEOUL : South Korean shares ended 3.86 percent higher on Tuesday amid bargain hunting and talks of possible new US sti

Published 23 Aug, 2011 06:22am

Commodities

South Africa to exceed mine transformation target: Minister

JOHANNESBURG : South Africa 's Mines Minister Susan Shabangu said she is confident that a government-set ownership targ

Published 21 Aug, 2011 08:19am

Commodities

Iran sells crude for first time on oil bourse

TEHRAN: Iran has sold its first consignment of crude on a new oil exchange after several false starts, Iranian media rep

Published 18 Aug, 2011 02:46pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Kenyan tea prices dip in Ramadan

NAIROBI : The average price of top grade tea from Kenya , the world's largest exporter of black tea, eased for the thir

Published 16 Aug, 2011 06:18pm

Commodities

Cameroon cocoa exports rose 18 percent in 2010-11 seasons: NCCB

YAOUNDE : Cocoa exports from Cameroon , the world's fifth biggest grower, totalled 202,721 tonnes during the full 201

Published 12 Aug, 2011 09:00am

Commodities

Ivorian cocoa arrivals seen at 1,382,000ton

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached around 1,382,000 tonnes by August 7, exporters estima

Published 08 Aug, 2011 01:40pm

Commodities

South Africa pushes Wal-Mart to concessions

PRETORIA : South Africa said it would push Wal-Mart to rejig the conditions of its $2.4 billion Massmart deal, as P

Published 02 Aug, 2011 05:23pm

Commodities

Centamin Egypt cuts 2011 gold output guidance

LONDON : Centamin Egypt cut its output guidance for the full year after announcing lower-than-expected gold production

Published 02 Aug, 2011 06:34am

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South Africa's Exxaro up, union to call off coal strike

JOHANNESBURG: Shares of South Africa's Exxaro Resources rise more than 4 percent in afternoon trade, as miners say they

Published 01 Aug, 2011 12:20pm

Commodities

Tunisia grain crop doubles

TUNIS : Tunisia gathered in 2.3 million tonnes of cereals in the 2011 harvest, twice as much as last year, the Agricul

Published 23 Jul, 2011 02:53pm

Commodities

Zambia's largest coal mine reopens

LUSAKA : Zambian President Rupiah Banda opened the country's largest coal mine Friday, after Singapore's Nava Bharat too

Published 08 Jul, 2011 06:44pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Uganda one of Africa's top coffee exporters

KAMPALA: Coffee exports from Uganda, one of Africa's leading exporters of the beans, rose by 58 percent in June compared

Published 08 Jul, 2011 11:38am

Commodities

South African metal workers calls for strike

JOHANNESBURG : The National Union of Metal-workers of South Africa (NUMSA) announced on Sunday a country-wide strike tha

Published 03 Jul, 2011 01:20pm

Commodities

Coffee agency informs pest cut output

NAIROBI : Kenya has warned farmers that thrips, deadly and difficult to detect pests, may attack coffee farms this yea

Published 01 Jul, 2011 12:20pm

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Ivorian cocoa prices mixed

ABIDJAN : Cocoa farm-gate prices in Ivory Coast were mixed last week, falling in some growing regions because of wor

Published 30 Jun, 2011 02:11pm

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Algeria Jan-May wheat imports grow 40pc

ALGIERS : Algeria's grain imports in the first five months of this year rose 40 percent to 3.165 million tonnes compared

Published 26 Jun, 2011 04:37pm

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FIHC tenders for 25,000 T soyoil

CAIRO : Egypt 's state-owned Food Industries Holding Company (FIHC) has issued an international tender to purchase up t

Published 26 Jun, 2011 04:02pm

Commodities

Libya rebels to produce 100,000 oil barrels per day 'soon'

ABU DHABI: The minister of oil and finance in the Libyan rebel council Ali Tarhoni said in Abu Dhabi Thursday that the r

Published 09 Jun, 2011 09:45am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Exxaro bids $130mn for Australia's Territory

JOHANNESBURG : South African diversified miner Exxaro bid $130 million in cash for Australia's Territory Resources, maki

Published 23 May, 2011 01:08pm

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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