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Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:37am

Oil prices fall as peace hopes offset fears of growing Middle East conflict

Brent crude futures declined 82 cents, or 0.7%, to $114.50 a barrel

Markets

PSX: positive momentum continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 400 points

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:05am

Business & Finance

Govt hikes petrol price by Rs1.85, diesel by Rs1.75 per litre

Published 28 Oct, 2026 11:00pm

Markets

Gold slips as markets assess Fed signals, await US inflation data

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:02am

Markets

Dollar steady after Fed hold leaves rate path murky

Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:44am

Markets

Samsung posts record $80 billion profit in Q3 on AI chip boom

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 09:41am

Markets

Fed holds rates steady as it awaits 'accumulation of more information'

Published 28 Oct, 2026 11:18pm

Markets

Lucky Cement approves 3.2 million-tonne capacity expansion at Karachi plant

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:37am

World

US VP Vance contacted top Iran security official: report

Published 29 Oct, 2026 02:25am

World Bank projects 6pc fall in cotton output

Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

World

At least 68 people dead in Spain's second major train crash this year

Updated 28 Oct, 2026 11:34pm

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Pakistan

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Oil prices rise about 2% as Yemen fighting stokes supply fears

PSX: buying continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,300 points

World Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks

Govt cuts petrol price by Rs3.19, hikes diesel by Rs2.25 per litre

Power tariff for 200 units to go: New targeted subsidy system being worked out: Leghari

Gold price per tola gains Rs3,500 in Pakistan

SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

Financial statements made mandatory for corporate tax returns

Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan to acquire P&G's Port Qasim assets

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 28	276.97 ▼ -0.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 28	276.77 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 28	158.01 ▲ 0.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 28	0.83 -
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 28	1.33 ▲ 0.0006
Euro to USD / Oct 28	1.11 ▲ 0.0016
SOFR % / Oct 27	3.95 ▲ 0.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 28	7,743.98
India Sensex / Oct 28	73,246.03
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 28	63,954.19
Nasdaq / Oct 28	26,549.85
Hang Seng / Oct 28	23,094.83
FTSE 100 / Oct 28	10,694.50
Dow Jones / Oct 28	52,475.10
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 28	25,704.02
France CAC40 / Oct 28	7,886.96

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 29	377.91
Diesel/Litre / Oct 29	399.82
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 28	101.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 28	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 28	364,914
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 28	4,045.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 28	78.15

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sindh Modaraba / Oct 29 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	89.27 ▲ 8.12 (10.01%)
Otsuka Pakistan / Oct 29 Otsuka Pakistan Limited(OTSU)	438.02 ▲ 39.82 (10%)
Premium Textile / Oct 29 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	605 ▲ 55 (10%)
Crescent Fib. / Oct 29 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	57.88 ▲ 4.43 (8.29%)
HI-Tech Lub. / Oct 29 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	39.70 ▲ 2.92 (7.94%)

Stock	Price
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 29 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	5.62 ▼ -1 (-15.11%)
Khairpur Sug. / Oct 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,020.47 ▼ -113.39 (-10%)
Ahmad Hassan / Oct 29 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	83.77 ▼ -8.24 (-8.96%)
D.M. Corporation / Oct 29 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151 ▼ -13.41 (-8.16%)
Popular Islamic / Oct 29 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	111 ▼ -9.79 (-8.1%)

Stock	Volume
Unicap Modaraba / Oct 29 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1,635,848 ▼ -0.92
TPL Corp Ltd / Oct 29 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	1,454,189 ▲ 0.52
Cnergyico PK / Oct 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	1,118,365 ▲ 0.03
Colony Tex.Mills Ltd / Oct 29 Colony Textile Mills Limited(CTM)	763,076 ▲ 0.41
Bawany Air Products (R) / Oct 29 Bawany Air Products Limited Right(BAPLR1)	724,379 ▼ -1

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 28	276.97 ▼ -0.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 28	276.77 ▼ -0.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 28	158.01 ▲ 0.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 28	0.83 -
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 28	1.33 ▲ 0.0006
Euro to USD / Oct 28	1.11 ▲ 0.0016
SOFR % / Oct 27	3.95 ▲ 0.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 28	7,743.98
India Sensex / Oct 28	73,246.03
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 28	63,954.19
Nasdaq / Oct 28	26,549.85
Hang Seng / Oct 28	23,094.83
FTSE 100 / Oct 28	10,694.50
Dow Jones / Oct 28	52,475.10
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 28	25,704.02
France CAC40 / Oct 28	7,886.96

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Oct 29	377.91
Diesel/Litre / Oct 29	399.82
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 28	101.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 28	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 28	364,914
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 28	4,045.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 28	78.15

Oil prices rise about 2% as Yemen fighting stokes supply fears

PSX: buying continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 1,300 points

World Bank sees commodity prices up 23% in 2026 due to Middle East war, other shocks

Govt cuts petrol price by Rs3.19, hikes diesel by Rs2.25 per litre

Power tariff for 200 units to go: New targeted subsidy system being worked out: Leghari

Gold price per tola gains Rs3,500 in Pakistan

SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

Financial statements made mandatory for corporate tax returns

Colgate-Palmolive Pakistan to acquire P&G's Port Qasim assets

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Business & Finance

Lucky Cement approves 3.2 million-tonne capacity expansion at Karachi plant

The expansion comes amid domestic and growing export demand for cement and clinker

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:37am

BR Research

HUBC powers ahead as profits climb

The Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) posted a 10 percent year-on-year increase in consolidated profits of...

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 06:49am

Bullion Rate

Gold slips as markets assess Fed signals, await US inflation data

Spot gold slid 0.7% to $4,037.98 per ounce

Published 29 Oct, 2026 11:02am

Stocks

PSX: positive momentum continues, KSE-100 gains nearly 400 points

Benchmark index was hovering at 166,104.36

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:05am

BR Research

Pak Datacom Limited: performance and outlook

Pak Datacom Limited (PSX:PAKD) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1992 and was converted...

Updated 29 Oct, 2026 06:55am

Energy

Oil prices fall as peace hopes offset fears of growing Middle East conflict

Brent crude futures declined 82 cents, or 0.7%, to $114.50 a barrel

Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:37am

Stocks

China stocks slip as tech weakness overshadows Fed rate decision

At the midday break, the benchmark Shanghai Composite index lost 0.9%

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:59am

Companies

Toyota September sales, production slide for a third straight month

The world’s biggest automaker ⁠saw global sales decline 2.2% from a year earlier to 860,107 vehicles

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:56am

Companies

Hyundai Motor reports 5.5% rise in Q3 operating profit, beats forecasts

The automaker also lowered its 2026 operating profit margin target to 5.5%-6.5% from 6.3%-7.3% previously

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:45am

First Abu Dhabi Bank's third-quarter profit rises 6% on net interest income growth

The IMF expects the UAE economy to contract 3.9% in 2026 before rebounding in 2027

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:38am

BR Research

SBP’s dollar-buying hunger

The hallmark of SBP’s performance over the last four years has been its management of external accounts. SBP’s gross...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 04:46am

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited: performance and outlook

Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited (PSX: EPCL) was incorporated in Pakistan in 1997. EPCL is a subsidiary of...

Published 28 Oct, 2026 04:46am

Monetary policy: the Faustian bargain

Pakistan’s central bank has made external stability the organising principle of monetary policy. But with the rupee...

Published 27 Oct, 2026 04:30am

S.S. Oil Mills Limited: performance and outlook

S.S Oil Mills limited (PSX: SSOM) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1990. The principal...

Updated 27 Oct, 2026 04:54am

Pakistan

Justice Kayani resigns, citing growing control over the judiciary

LAHORE: Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani of the Lahore High Court on Wednesday resigned from his office citing health... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

FCC dismisses pleas challenging ISL Act’s validity

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) has dismissed review petitions challenging the constitutional... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

Minister urges Indian Punjab CM to visit Lahore

LAHORE: Punjab Minister for Minorities Affairs Sardar Ramesh Singh Arora has formally invited Indian Punjab Chief... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

Pak–UN Int’l Conference on Leveraging Space Technology held

ISLAMABAD: The Pak–UN International Conference on “Leveraging Space Technology for Early Warning for All (EW4All),... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

IHC issues notices on plea against travel restrictions on citizens

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) issued notices to the secretary of interior, the director of immigration,... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

Poultry sector: Pakistan, ICARS sign MoU to combat antimicrobial resistance

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Denmark-based International Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance Solutions (ICARS) on... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

World

Asia

North Korea fires around 10 ballistic missiles toward sea off east coast, Seoul says

The missiles were launched at around 12:30 p.m. from an area around Wonsan on North Korea’s eastern coast

Published 29 Oct, 2026 10:53am

USA

Haiti postpones first presidential election in a decade to July 2027

The council ‌had ⁠previously planned a first-round presidential vote for ⁠December 13 but later said it ⁠was reviewing its ⁠schedule

Published 29 Oct, 2026 07:57am

Middle East

Iran warns of ‘devastating’ economic fallout from any Israeli attack

TEHRAN: Iran on Wednesday warned of a devastating economic impact from any new Israeli-led attack, as the votes were... Published 29 Oct, 2026 04:31am

USA