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Markets

Vietnam index up 0.4pc, trade subdued before break

HANOI: Vietnam's benchmark VN Index rose 0.37 percent at the break on Friday, on track for its fourth straight gain,

Published 13 Feb, 2015 05:39am

Sports

Stand-in man Bailey resigned to making way for Clarke

MELBOURNE: George Bailey is resigned to the idea that he may well go from captaining Australia against England in the Wo

Published 13 Feb, 2015 05:33am

Business & Finance

Indian bonds, rupee gain; confidence returns on rate cuts

MUMBAI: Indian bonds and the rupee gained on Friday after consumer prices for January came within market expectations an

Published 13 Feb, 2015 05:23am

Business & Finance

Irish sells 500mn euros of 15-year debt at 1.56pc yield

DUBLIN: Ireland sold 500 million euros of 15-year bonds as planned on Thursday at a yield of 1.56 percent as the country

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:50am

Markets

Philippine snaps losing streak; central bank keeps rates

BANGKOK: Malaysian index hit a near two-week closing low on Thursday as tariff reduction concerns weighed on index heavy

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:43am

Markets

Iron ore futures slip amid subdued Chinese buying interest

SINGAPORE: Iron ore futures in China and Singapore edged lower on Thursday as weak Chinese buying interest kept spot pri

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:26am

Markets

Iron ore futures slip amid subdued Chinese buying interest

SINGAPORE: Iron ore futures in China and Singapore edged lower on Thursday as weak Chinese buying interest kept spot pri

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:25am

Business & Finance

Baidu's mobile success brings lasting pains

HONG KONG: Handheld devices make up more traffic than PC for China's biggest search company. Yet revenue and margins

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:17am

Markets

Repsol seeks regulatory nod for East Canada LNG export terminal

PORTLAND: Spanish energy giant Repsol filed an application this week with Canadian regulators to begin exporting liquefi

Published 12 Feb, 2015 10:03am

Markets

Ethiopia cancels diesel import tender for March-August

SINGAPORE: Ethiopia has cancelled an import tender for up to 120,000 tonnes of diesel fuel for delivery over March to Au

Published 12 Feb, 2015 09:55am

Sports

Clarke still has fitness tests to pass

MELBOURNE: Australia captain Michael Clarke will miss the World Cup opener against England on Saturday and still has fit

Published 12 Feb, 2015 09:51am

Business & Finance

Solusi Tunas Pratama announces bond guidance

HONG KONG: PT Solusi Tunas Pratama has announced a US$300m offering of five-year non-call three bonds to yield around 6.

Published 12 Feb, 2015 08:32am

Markets

Gold ticks up from 5-week low as Greek debt drama unfolds

SINGAPORE: Gold edged higher on Thursday, after earlier dropping to a five-week low, as confusion over Greece's debt

Published 12 Feb, 2015 08:19am

Markets

Indonesia rupiah hits 2-month low before current account data

SINGAPORE: Indonesia's rupiah fell 1 percent to a near two-month low on Thursday as foreign investors sold the curre

Published 12 Feb, 2015 08:12am

Markets

London copper steady amid Greece jitters

MELBOURNE: London copper slipped in thin trade on Thursday on growing worries that a renewed Greek debt crisis could jol

Published 12 Feb, 2015 08:00am

Abe and ministers pile pressure on Japan firms to raise wages

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his economic ministers piled pressure on companies on Thursday to raise wa

Published 12 Feb, 2015 07:51am

World

Malaysian economy grows 5.8pc in Q4

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's economy grew a faster-than-expected 5.8 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier,

Published 12 Feb, 2015 07:41am

Markets

CBOT corn targets $3.77-3/4

SINGAPORE: CBOT March corn may break a support at $3.85-1/4 per bushel and fall further to $3.77-3/4, as indicated by a

Published 12 Feb, 2015 07:33am

Markets

Japan core machinery orders jump in positive sign for economy

TOKYO: Japan's core machinery orders rose in December at the fastest pace in six months, and companies expect orders

Published 12 Feb, 2015 07:28am

Markets

China's aluminium tug-of-war to repeat in 2015

LAUNCESTON: Anybody looking at China's vast aluminium sector may be struck by a sense of deja vu, as the issues of l

Published 12 Feb, 2015 07:06am

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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