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Italy's economy showing first signs of recovery

ROME: Italy's economy is showing signs of recovery for the first time this year, national statistics bureau ISTAT said o

Published 05 Aug, 2019 11:00am

World

UK July car sales fall to lowest since 2012

LONDON: Britain bought the fewest new cars since 2012 last month, an auto industry body said, blaming political and econ

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:58am

Markets

UK shares plunge as trade worries fuel selloff

Britain's stock market indexes shed 1.5%, joining a selloff in global markets on Monday, as U.S.-China trade tensions se

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:57am

Markets

Sterling hits 23-month low vs euro as no-deal Brexit worries grow

LONDON: Sterling plunged to a 23-month low against the euro and near a 31-month low versus the dollar on Monday as fears

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:37am

World

Turkey says all parties should cooperate in eastern Mediterranean

ANKARA: Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu called on all parties in the eastern Mediterranean to cooperate with

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:35am

Markets

Copper drops to 2-year low as U.S.-China trade war escalates

LONDON: Copper prices fell to their lowest in more than two years on Monday due to the escalating trade dispute between

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:31am

World

China plans to drop all duties at Shanghai Free Trade Zone- sources

SINGAPORE: China is planning a pilot project to drop all duties and ease procedures at its Shanghai Free Trade Zone, thr

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:30am

Markets

Euro zone factory sickness infecting services growth -PMI

LONDON: Euro zone business growth hit a wall in July as demand crumbled, according to a survey which showed a deepening

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:29am

Markets

Prices fall as some UK gas fields start to ramp up

LONDON: British wholesale natural gas prices fell on Monday as some domestic fields started to ramp up after maintenance

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:27am

Markets

Global trade row escalation sends Gulf stocks tumbling

Gulf stock markets dropped on Monday, mostly weighed down by banking shares, as a fresh escalation in the U.S.-China tra

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:25am

Markets

Shanghai Gold Exchange raises margin as gold prices hit 6-yr high

BEIJING:* The Shanghai Gold Exchange said it will raise the margin requirement on its AU(T+N2) gold contract to 9% from

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:24am

World

Thai industry minister urges central bank to intervene to curb baht

BANGKOK: Thailand's new industry minister on Monday urged the central bank to intervene more in foreign exchange markets

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:23am

Markets

Euro zone investor morale hits lowest since Oct 2014, Sentix says

BERLIN: Investor morale in the euro zone deteriorated in August to its lowest since October 2014, a Sentix survey showed

Published 05 Aug, 2019 10:21am

Markets

Saudi non-oil private sector growth slips to five-month low in July -PMI

DUBAI: Growth in Saudi Arabia's non-oil private sector lost momentum and slipped to a five-month low in July partly beca

Updated 05 Aug, 2019 10:19am

Markets

Pound plunge prompts bargain hunters to look beyond Brexit fog

LONDON: For those with the stomach to digest more months of Brexit-induced political wrangling, sterling's plunge to two

Published 05 Aug, 2019 09:52am

World

Walmart massacre in Texas investigated by authorities as domestic terrorism

EL PASO, Texas: U.S. authorities investigating what drove a young man from the Dallas area to kill 20 people at a Walmar

Published 05 Aug, 2019 09:19am

Markets

Indian shares plumb fresh five-month lows in global selloff

BENGALURU: Indian shares sank to a fresh five-month low, led by losses in metals and public sector bank stocks, followin

Published 05 Aug, 2019 09:00am

Business & Finance

JGB yields slide as yuan slumps; 10-year yield hits lower end of BOJ target

TOKYO: Japanese government bond yields slid on Monday as a sharp fall in the Chinese yuan heightened worries about the f

Published 05 Aug, 2019 08:59am

Markets

Ukraine winter season gas reserves rise to 16.1 bcm

KIEV: Ukraine, which wants to stockpile at least 20 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas for the 2019/20 heating season, ha

Published 05 Aug, 2019 08:57am

Markets

Oil prices drop as U.S.-China trade war fuels growth concerns

SINGAPORE/TOKYO: Oil prices fell on Monday amid renewed global economic growth concerns after U.S. President Donald Trum

Published 05 Aug, 2019 08:54am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 27	5,970.84
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,699.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Nasdaq / Dec 27	19,238.48
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,090.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,149.78
Dow Jones / Dec 27	42,992.21
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,984.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	70.60
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 27	234,225
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,621.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 28	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 30	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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