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California Exxon plant halts gasoline production since blast

TORRANCE: Gasoline production at an Exxon Mobil Corp refinery near Los Angeles has been halted since an explosion on Wed

Published 21 Feb, 2015 07:47am

Business & Finance

Standard Life operating profit jumps, annuity sales hit

LONDON: A move into asset management helped to drive a 19 percent rise in operating profit for Standard Life in 2014, of

Published 20 Feb, 2015 10:10am

Business & Finance

French private sector grows at fastest rate in 3-1/2 years in February

PARIS: France's private sector has unexpectedly expanded at the fastest rate in 3-1/2 years this month, a survey sho

Published 20 Feb, 2015 09:59am

Business & Finance

Telecom Italia says network investments paying off

MILAN: Telecom Italia posted falls in 2014 annual revenue and core profit on Friday, hit an economic downturn, competiti

Published 20 Feb, 2015 09:47am

Homes destroyed as twin cyclones slam into northern Australia

SYDNEY: A powerful cyclone slammed into northeast Australia on Friday, destroying homes, upending trees, cutting power l

Published 20 Feb, 2015 09:30am

Markets

Gold treads water as Greek talks eyed; set for fourth weekly drop

SINGAPORE: Gold was little changed on Friday as investors eyed talks over Greek debt, but the metal was headed for its f

Published 20 Feb, 2015 08:02am

Markets

Copper eyes flat week with China buyers out

MELBOURNE: London copper edged lower on Friday, after a US labour report boosted the dollar, with prices set to close th

Published 20 Feb, 2015 07:04am

World

Thailand bans surrogacy for foreigners in bid to end "rent-a-womb" tourism

BANGKOK: Thailand's interim parliament has passed a law that bans foreigners from seeking surrogacy services to end

Published 20 Feb, 2015 06:41am

Markets

Dollar firm after upbeat data, euro on edge ahead of Greece talks

TOKYO: The dollar held firm on Friday after upbeat US jobless claims data made views swing back in favour of an earlier

Published 20 Feb, 2015 06:27am

Markets

Santos holds back on dividend hike as oil slump bites

MELBOURNE: Oil and gas producer Santos Ltd reported a 6 percent rise in underlying profit for 2014, boosted by liquefied

Published 20 Feb, 2015 06:19am

Cyclone Marcia threatens Clarke's Australia return

SYDNEY: Michael Clarke's return to the Australia World Cup team looks like being put on hold with a potentially dest

Published 20 Feb, 2015 06:04am

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake off northeast Japan, no damage expected

TOKYO: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit off the northeast coast of Japan on Friday, the Japan

Published 20 Feb, 2015 05:46am

Business & Finance

Japan's Fanuc must do buybacks, capex plan no fix-Loeb

TOKYO: Activist investor Daniel Loeb said Fanuc Corp's plan to boost investments was not enough to fix its "blatant

Published 20 Feb, 2015 05:32am

Business & Finance

Japan's Fanuc must do buybacks, capex plan no fix-Loeb

TOKYO: Activist investor Daniel Loeb said Fanuc Corp's plan to boost investments was not enough to fix its "blatant

Published 20 Feb, 2015 05:32am

Markets

UK's FTSE falls from 15-year highs as Centrica drops

LONDON: Britain's top equity index retreated on Thursday from 15-year highs, with a drop in the share price of utili

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:37am

Business & Finance

Fitch Publishes 2014 Russian Banks Datawatch

MOSCOW/LONDON: Fitch Ratings has published the latest edition of its 'Russian Banks Monthly Datawatch', a monthl

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:31am

Business & Finance

UK watchdog to review competition in investment banking

LONDON: Britain's financial watchdog will launch its first review of competition in investment banking and corporate

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:23am

World

French consumer prices fall for first time since 2009

PARIS: French consumer prices fell on an annual basis in January, their first decline in more than five years, data show

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:18am

Business & Finance

ECB appoints Belgium's Coene to banks supervisor

FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank has appointed Luc Coene as ECB representative to the Supervisory Board of the Singl

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:09am

Markets

Cautious Fed pours cold water on dollar

LONDON: The dollar slipped on Thursday after minutes from January's Federal Reserve policy meeting showed officials

Published 19 Feb, 2015 10:04am

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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