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South Africa's Harmony Gold H1 profit slumps 94 pct on higher depreciation

JOHANNESBURG: South African miner Harmony Gold on Tuesday posted a 94 percent plunge in first-half profit due to higher

Published 12 Feb, 2019 07:31am

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Ivorian cocoa farmers hope for more rain to boost mid-crop

ABIDJAN: More downpours are needed to strengthen Ivory Coast's April-to-September cocoa mid-crop despite above-average r

Published 11 Feb, 2019 04:19pm

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Brazil's centre south cane crop seen at 560mn T in 19/20

DUBAI: Brazil's centre south region is expected to produce around 560 million tonnes from its cane crop in the 2019-2020

Published 11 Feb, 2019 02:07pm

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Dreyfus expects faster switching between sugar, ethanol in Brazil

DUBAI: Commodities trading firm Louis Dreyfus expects faster switching between sugar and ethanol production in Brazil, w

Published 11 Feb, 2019 02:01pm

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Ivorian cocoa arrivals seen up 10pc on last year

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.425 million tonnes between Oct. 1 and Feb 11, expor

Published 11 Feb, 2019 01:23pm

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Egypt's sugar beet output rises to 1.4mn T

CAIRO: Egypt's sugar beet production rose this season to 1.4 million tonnes from 1.2 million tonnes last season, the cha

Published 11 Feb, 2019 12:01pm

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Egypt's strategic wheat reserves sufficient for 'more than 5 months'

CAIRO: Egypt, the world's largest wheat buyer, has strategic reserves of the grain sufficient for 'more than five mo

Published 08 Feb, 2019 07:59pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Egypt's GASC buys 300,000 tonnes of wheat for late March shipment

CAIRO: Egypt's state grains buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), bought 300,000 tonnes of wheat o

Published 08 Feb, 2019 05:03pm

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South Africa's Harmony Gold expects drop in half-year earnings per share

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Friday its earnings per share for the first half of the year could be

Published 08 Feb, 2019 02:22pm

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South Africa's Harmony Gold expects drop in half-year earnings per share

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Friday its earnings per share for the first half of the year could be

Published 08 Feb, 2019 08:58am

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Lowest offer for rice at Egypt's GASC tender at $409.90 a tonne for Chinese rice

CAIRO: The lowest offer presented at an Egyptian state purchase tender for rice was $409.90 a tonne for Chinese rice, tr

Published 07 Feb, 2019 11:29am

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Congo 2018 copper output up 12.9 percent to 1.2mn T -Chamber of Commerce

CAPE TOWN: Copper production in Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa's top producer, rose 12.9 percent in 2018 to 1.2 mi

Published 06 Feb, 2019 01:01pm

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Ivorian cocoa arrivals seen at 1.376 T by Feb. 3

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.376 mn tonnes between Oct. 1 and Feb 3, exporte

Published 04 Feb, 2019 05:03pm

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Jordan buys 60,000T hard wheat in tender -trade

HAMBURG/DUBAI: Jordan's state grains buyer purchased 60,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat to be sourced from optional ori

Published 29 Jan, 2019 04:23pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Egypt's GASC tender attracts lowest offer of $243/T for US soft red wheat

CAIRO: The lowest offer for wheat presented at Egyptian state grain buyer GASC's international purchase tender on Tuesda

Published 29 Jan, 2019 02:26pm

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Iraq sees wheat crop up to 3mn tonnes on better rainfall

BAGHDAD: Iraq, a major Middle East grain importer, said on Tuesday it sees local wheat production for the 2018-2019 seas

Published 29 Jan, 2019 02:08pm

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Ivory Coast Oct-Dec cocoa bean exports up 14pc yr/yr

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 458,060 tonnes of raw cocoa beans from the start of the season on Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, up ar

Published 29 Jan, 2019 11:41am

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South Africa's RBCT says 2018 coal exports fall

RICHARDS BAY: South Africa's Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) said on Thursday that its 2018 coal exports fell to 73.47

Published 24 Jan, 2019 11:36am

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Jordan gets ten offers in 120,000 tonne barley tender

HAMBURG/DUBAI: Ten trading companies are participating in the international tender from Jordan on Wednesday to buy 120,0

Published 23 Jan, 2019 01:52pm

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Egypt's GASC mulls change to payment terms

CAIRO/DUBAI: Egypt's state buyer the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) is considering changing payment

Published 21 Jan, 2019 08:51pm

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Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals hit 1.24 mln T by Jan 20 - exporters

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 1.241 mn tonnes between Oct. 1 and Jan 20, exporters

Published 21 Jan, 2019 01:11pm

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Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat which

Published 16 Jan, 2019 03:40pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Jordan buys 60,000 tonnes hard wheat in tender, optional origin

HAMBURG/DUBAI: Jordan's state grains buyer purchased 60,000 tonnes of hard milling wheat to be sourced from optional

Published 15 Jan, 2019 03:31pm

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Coffee price slump leaves farmers earning less than a cent a cup

LEKU, Ethiopia: In the verdant southern highlands of Ethiopia, coffee farmer Gafeto Gardo is thinking about calling time

Published 14 Jan, 2019 08:21am

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Jordan tenders to buy 120,000 tonnes wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grain buyer has issued an international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of milling wheat which

Published 10 Jan, 2019 02:44pm

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Egypt's GASC buys 415,000 T of Russian wheat

CAIRO: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, bought 415,000 tonnes of Russian wheat i

Published 09 Jan, 2019 10:10pm

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Egypt's GASC seeks white rice for March 20-April 20 and/or April 1-30

DUBAI: Egypt's state grain buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), said on Wednesday it was seeking

Published 09 Jan, 2019 09:35pm

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Egypt's GASC seeks wheat for Feb. 20-28 and/or March 1-10 shipment

CAIRO: Egypt's General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC) set a tender on Tuesday to buy an unspecified amount of w

Published 08 Jan, 2019 09:40pm

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Ivory Coast Oct/Nov cocoa product exports down 2.4pc

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast exported 69,627 tonnes of semi-finished cocoa products from the beginning of the season on Oct. 1 t

Published 03 Jan, 2019 05:52pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Uganda's coffee exports down 7.5 pct in November vs same month last year

KAMPALA: Uganda's coffee exports in November fell 7.5 percent from the same period last year, undercut by a weak harvest

Published 03 Jan, 2019 07:41am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 9	278.20
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 9	278
USD to Japanese Yen / May 9	155.57
USD to Swiss Franc / May 9	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 9	1.25
Euro to USD / May 9	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 8	5187.67
Nasdaq / May 8	16302.76
FTSE 100 / May 8	8354.05
Dow Jones / May 8	39056.39
Germany DAX 30 / May 8	18498.38
France CAC40 / May 8	8131.41
India Sensex / May 9	72965.17
Tokyo Nikkei / May 9	38260.75

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 9	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 9	79.44
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 9	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 9	205075
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 9	2318.17
Diesel/Litre / May 9	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 9 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 9 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 9 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 9 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 9 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 9 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 9 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 9 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 9 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 9 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 9 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 9 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 9 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 9 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 9 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 9 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 9 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 9 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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