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South Africa's rand muted, focus on Wednesday budget speech

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand traded cautiously against the dollar ahead of the budget speech on Wednesday in wh

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:09am

Business & Finance

Philippine central bank sees February CPI between 2.2pc to 3pc

MANILA: The Philippine central bank said it expects inflation of between 2.2 and 3.0 percent in February, reflecting hig

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:09am

Business & Finance

Henderson 2014 underlying pre-tax profit rises 13pc

LONDON: Asset manager Henderson said on Wednesday that underlying profit rose 13 percent last year, beating analysts&#39

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:08am

Business & Finance

Turkish Airlines says plans $3.74bn investment in 2015

ISTANBUL: Turkey's flag carrier Turkish Airlines said on Wednesday it plans about $3.74 billion worth of investment

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:07am

Business & Finance

Hays hikes dividend after strong net fee growth in Britain

LONDON: British recruiting firm Hays raised its dividend after it posted a 10 percent rise in underlying net fees on str

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:05am

Business & Finance

Maersk posts 2014 result in line, to sell Danske Bank stake

COPENHAGEN: Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk booked $2.2 billion in impairment losses at its oil unit on

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:04am

Business & Finance

Man Group pretax profit jumps 62pc to $481mn

LONDON: Man Group Plc reported a 62 percent jump in adjusted pretax profit to $481 million for 2014 as it benefited from

Published 25 Feb, 2015 08:02am

Business & Finance

Telefonica says sees 2015 revenue up more than 7pc

MADRID: Spain's Telefonica said it expected revenue to rise by more than 7 percent this year as it reported annual r

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:59am

Business & Finance

India to embark on rail investment splurge thanks to cheap oil

NEW DELHI: India's decrepit state-run train services stand to receive at least a 25 percent boost in investment to o

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:58am

Markets

Norway's Det norske to cut costs, explore new financing

OSLO: Norwegian oil producer Det norske launched deep cost cuts, took an impairment charge, and said it was exploring ne

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:57am

Markets

RUBBER-TOCOM ends up on firm China factory data

TOKYO: Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures ended up 0.5 percent on Wednesday, snapping a two-day decline, buoyed by better-th

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:56am

Business & Finance

Ukraine steps up hard currency controls to support currencyc

KIEV: Ukraine's central bank stepped up controls on banks' access to foreign currency on Wednesday to try to ste

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:55am

Oil market is stabilising, $60 is OK for now: Gulf OPEC delegate

RIYADH: Oil prices have started to stabilise around current levels of $60 a barrel and demand is showing signs of improv

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:53am

Business & Finance

SHV receives approval from Ukraine for Nutreco takeover

AMSTERDAM: SHV Holdings on Wednesday said it has received approval from Ukrainian regulators for its 3.18 billion euro (

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:52am

World

Thailand plans to borrow $1.2bn overseas for road projects

BANGKOK: The Thai government plans to borrow 40 billion baht ($1.23 billion) overseas to fund road construction, a deput

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:51am

Markets

Odfjell Drilling suspends dividend, buyback after oil price crash

OSLO: Norway's Odfjell Drilling suspended its dividend and share buyback programme on Wednesday and said it expected

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:44am

Markets

Insurer Brit posts rising pre-tax profits, special dividend

LONDON: Final dividend declared of 12.5 pence per share plus a special dividend of 12.5 pence per share, bringing total

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:33am

Markets

Gulf markets inch up after US Federal report

DUBAI: Most Gulf stock markets were neutral to positive in early trade on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve indicat

Published 25 Feb, 2015 07:20am

Airbus mulls A320 output hike to 50/month from 2017

PARIS: European plane-maker Airbus is talking to suppliers about the possibility of raising production of its popular A3

Published 24 Feb, 2015 01:24pm

Markets

Gold dips below $1,200 on relief over Greece

LONDON: Gold slid below $1,200 an ounce on Tuesday as relief that Greece had submitted reform plans to its international

Published 24 Feb, 2015 01:17pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Nov 23	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Diesel/Litre / Nov 23	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 23 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 23 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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