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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 / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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