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South Korean stocks hit 1-month high on trade optimism

SEOUL: Round-up of South Korean financial markets: ** South Korean shares closed at a one-month high on Thursday as t

Published 05 Sep, 2019 09:11am

World

UK Brexit "surrender bill" means election now needed - Javid

LONDON: British finance Minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday that legislation to delay Brexit which is now set to clear

Published 05 Sep, 2019 09:07am

Markets

China stocks end higher on stimulus hopes, trade optimism

SHANGHAI: China stocks ended higher on Thursday, boosted by hopes Beijing will free up the amount of cash banks must kee

Published 05 Sep, 2019 09:05am

Markets

Shanghai copper hits 1-mth high on U.S.-China trade talks

SINGAPORE: Shanghai copper jumped to a more than one-month high, while London copper hit its highest in over two weeks o

Published 05 Sep, 2019 09:04am

Markets

FTSE 100 little changed as several stocks trade ex-dividend; industrials rise

London's FTSE 100 was roughly flat on Thursday, as gains in large industrial stocks after upbeat forecasts from European

Published 05 Sep, 2019 09:02am

Business & Finance

Danske Bank hires finance chief from Commerzbank in shake-up

COPENHAGEN: Danske Bank named Stephan Engels from Commerzbank as its finance chief on Thursday, the latest step by the D

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:59am

World

UK election must not delay Brexit from Oct. 31 - Javid

LONDON: British finance minister Sajid Javid said on Thursday that the government could strike a renegotiated Brexit dea

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:58am

Business & Finance

Swedish central bank holds rates, still sees hike around turn of year

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's central bank held its benchmark interest rate unchanged at -0.25% as expected on Thursday and stuck

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:55am

Markets

China's iron ore futures rise on hopes of economic stimulus

BEIJING: China's iron ore futures extended gains for the sixth straight session on Thursday, as the government pledged t

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:53am

Markets

European stocks hit one-month highs on trade optimism

European shares rose for a second straight day on Thursday, after China said it would hold trade talks with the United S

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:45am

Markets

Gold slips as China-U.S. trade talk hopes whet risk appetite

Gold prices dropped on Thursday as risk-on sentiment got a boost after China and the United States agreed to hold talks

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:43am

Markets

Euro zone bond yields extend climb on trade talk hopes

LONDON: Euro zone bond yields inched higher on Thursday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the U.S.-Ch

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:42am

Markets

TOCOM falls on oversupply concerns; Shanghai futures rise

BEIJING:* Tokyo Commodity Exchange (TOCOM) futures fell on Thursday, despite a rise in Shanghai futures, as fears of an

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:41am

Markets

Sterling gives up some gains amid concern over election

LONDON: The pound lost some of its overnight gains on Thursday on concern that an election is still pending, even though

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:40am

Business & Finance

German finance minister calls for urgent progress on EU banking union

FRANKFURT: German finance minister Olaf Scholz on Thursday called for the European Union to renew its efforts to str

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:38am

Markets

NY coffee may rise into $0.9775-$0.9905 range

SINGAPORE: New York December coffee still targets a range of $0.9775-$0.9905 per lb, as suggested by its wave pattern a

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:21am

Markets

Japanese yen plunges, Chinese yuan jumps on US-China trade hopes

LONDON: The Japanese yen slipped and risky currencies flourished on Thursday as investors turned more optimistic that th

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:21am

World

German industrial orders suffer in July

Frankfurt: New orders for industrial firms in Europe's manufacturing powerhouse Germany fell back in July, official data

Published 05 Sep, 2019 08:11am

Sports

Andreescu becomes first teen in US Open semis since 2009

NEW YORK: Canadian teen Bianca Andreescu became the first teen US Open semi-finalist in a decade on Wednesday, defeating

Published 05 Sep, 2019 07:47am

Markets

Tokyo stocks open higher as worries over Hong Kong, UK ease

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Thursday, extending rallies on Wall Street on easing worries over Brexit and positi

Published 05 Sep, 2019 07:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Diesel/Litre / Dec 23	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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