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Thailand's Jasmine raises $1.13bn from Internet fund IPO

BANGKOK: Thai telecommunications group Jasmine International PCL has raised 36.7 billion baht ($1.13 billion) through th

Published 04 Feb, 2015 08:45am

Business & Finance

Fish farmer Marine Harvest Q4 operating profit beats forecast

OSLO: Marine Harvest, the world's largest fish farmer, posted core earnings above forecasts on Wednesday and said 20

Published 04 Feb, 2015 08:24am

Business & Finance

Osram reports higher operating profit, net loss

FRANKFURT: German light manufacturer Osram Licht reported a 23 percent increase in adjusted operating profit for the Dec

Published 04 Feb, 2015 08:12am

Business & Finance

South Africa connection rate cut hits Vodacom's Q3 revenue

JOHANNESBURG: South African telecoms operator Vodacom on Wednesday posted third-quarter revenue of 19.99 billion rand ($

Published 04 Feb, 2015 07:55am

Business & Finance

Belgium's Melexis expects sales to rise in 2015

BRUSSELS: Belgian automotive chip designer Melexis said quarterly sales would increase in 2015, as it expects the strong

Published 04 Feb, 2015 07:40am

Markets

Syngenta sees low oil price outweighing strong franc in 2016

ZURICH: Syngenta has hedged its exposure to the Swiss franc for this year and expects the benefits from lower oil prices

Published 04 Feb, 2015 07:33am

Life & Style

Japan traders Mitsui, Mitsubishi book write-down on oil slump

TOKYO: Japan's top two trading houses Mitsubishi Corp and Mitsui & Co Ltd said on Wednesday they had booked impai

Updated 09 May, 2018 08:42pm

Mongolian "text referendum" backs Oyu Tolgoi copper mine expansion

ULAN BATOR: Mongolians have voted in a "text message referendum" to back a multi-billion dollar expansion of the Oyu Tol

Published 04 Feb, 2015 06:54am

Markets

Gold struggles as Greek plan boosts equities

SINGAPORE: Gold steadied on Wednesday after falling more than 1 percent in the previous session as Greece's plan to

Published 04 Feb, 2015 06:32am

Markets

MAXPower offers bond investors Indonesia

HONG KONG: MAXpower Group has announced initial price guidance for a yield in the 11.75% area for a USD250m 5 non-call 3

Published 04 Feb, 2015 06:16am

Business & Finance

Business jet makers want out of UN aircraft tracking plan

MONTREAL: Business jets, which mostly carry the rich and powerful, should not be subject to a United Nations proposal to

Published 04 Feb, 2015 06:11am

Business & Finance

Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy lifts profit view on rosy US sales

TOKYO: Japan's Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd, the maker of Subaru cars, on Wednesday raised its annual profit forecasts,

Published 04 Feb, 2015 05:57am

World

IMF lowers Thai growth forecast in 2015

BANGKOK: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its forecast for Thailand's economic growth to 3.5 percent in

Published 04 Feb, 2015 05:41am

Markets

Around 12mn tonnes of iron ore stuck at Indian ports

SINGAPORE/NEW DELHI: Around 12 million tonnes of low-grade iron ore has been stuck at Indian ports for months, stranded

Published 04 Feb, 2015 05:29am

Business & Finance

AIA, Pru bidding for DBS's $1.5 bln distribution deal

HONG KONG: AIA Group Ltd, Prudential plc and Manulife Financial Corp have been shortlisted to become the insurance partn

Published 04 Feb, 2015 05:17am

Business & Finance

Ocado makes first pretax profit, targets overseas deal

LONDON: British online grocer Ocado reported an annual pretax profit for the first time in its 15 year history on Tuesda

Published 03 Feb, 2015 11:02am

Business & Finance

Polish Santander unit CEO sees 2015 net profit higher

WARSAW: Poland's No.3 lender BZ WBK said on Tuesday it wants to book a 2015 net profit higher than the 2.05 billion

Published 03 Feb, 2015 10:49am

Markets

Copper rallies as oil rebound prompts commodity buying

LONDON, Copper prices climbed on Tuesday for a fourth straight session, moving further from 5-1/2-year lows plumbed last

Published 03 Feb, 2015 10:43am

Markets

China miners, power firms agree to cut 2015 contract coal price

BEIJING: China's coal firms have agreed to cut contract prices with power plant customers for the first quarter of 2

Published 03 Feb, 2015 10:10am

Business & Finance

Honda says Jan China auto sales down 6.6pc

SHANGHAI: Honda Motor Co Ltd and its two Chinese joint ventures sold 59,065 vehicles in China in January, down 6.6 perce

Published 03 Feb, 2015 09:55am

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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