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Delhaize profit above expectations as Belgian margins recover

BRUSSELS: Belgian supermarket operator Delhaize on Thursday reported better-than-expected operating results in the fourt

Published 05 Mar, 2015 08:38am

Markets

Europe Factors to Watch-Shares seen mixed; eyes on ECB

PARIS: European stocks were seen mixed on Thursday, with a batch of company results in focus ahead of the European Centr

Published 05 Mar, 2015 08:21am

Business & Finance

BAWAG PSK sees strong 2015 after profit jump

VIENNA: Austrian lender BAWAG PSK forecast more growth this year after net profit swelled 45 percent to 333 million euro

Published 05 Mar, 2015 08:16am

Business & Finance

UK healthcare firm Bupa sees strong growth in India

LONDON: British private healthcare group Bupa is eager to expand quickly in India's fast-growing health insurance ma

Published 05 Mar, 2015 07:50am

Business & Finance

Citigroup's past losses may have helped it win Costco business

NEW YORK: Citigroup Inc had at least one advantage in its successful bid for the exclusive right to issue credit cards f

Published 05 Mar, 2015 07:40am

Business & Finance

RTL Group Q4 earnings beat estimates, helped by German operations

FRANKFURT: European broadcaster RTL Group reported higher-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings, helped by growing adver

Published 05 Mar, 2015 07:29am

Business & Finance

German industrial orders plunge by 3.9pc in January

BERLIN: German industrial orders fell far more than forecast in January, posting their largest drop since August, data s

Published 05 Mar, 2015 07:23am

Markets

South Africa's rand softer as US data hopes support dollar

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand was still on the back-foot on Thursday after falling to a three week low overnight

Published 05 Mar, 2015 07:14am

Business & Finance

China says tech firms have nothing to fear from anti-terror law

BEIJING: China's proposed anti-terrorism law will not affect the legitimate interests of technology firms, a top Chi

Published 04 Mar, 2015 01:21pm

Markets

Indonesia self-sufficiency push will drive up beef prices

JAKARTA: Plans by Indonesia's new president to make the nation self-sufficient in foods such as beef are showing sig

Published 04 Mar, 2015 01:11pm

Business & Finance

Truck maker Volvo sells shares in India's Eicher Motors

STOCKHOLM: Truck maker Volvo said on Wednesday it had sold 1.27 million shares in Indian auto firm Eicher Motors for aro

Published 04 Mar, 2015 01:04pm

Business & Finance

Henkel sees further growth potential in Russia

FRANKFURT: German consumer goods group Henkel sees further growth potential in Russia although the country's conflic

Published 04 Mar, 2015 12:52pm

Markets

Mixed earnings keep Britain's FTSE pinned below all-time highs

LONDON: Mixed earnings reports kept Britain's top share index trade in a tight range on Wednesday, though it stayed

Published 04 Mar, 2015 12:44pm

Business & Finance

British services growth eases but hiring booms in February

LONDON: Growth in Britain's dominant services sector eased back in February but firms hired staff at the second-fast

Published 04 Mar, 2015 12:15pm

Markets

Markets mixed on India rate cut

HONG KONG: Markets gave a tepid reception to the Indian central bank's surprise post-budget rate cut, as Asian indic

Published 04 Mar, 2015 12:08pm

Markets

Euro slides ahead of ECB; dollar at 11-year high

LONDON: The euro crashed through support levels that have held for more than a month on Wednesday, hitting a six-week lo

Published 04 Mar, 2015 12:01pm

Business & Finance

China police freeze two Trafigura bank accounts over alleged fraud

BEIJING: Chinese police have frozen two bank accounts held by Trafigura, one of the world's three largest private oi

Published 04 Mar, 2015 11:54am

Markets

TOCOM ends higher in choppy trade, follows early Shanghai rally

TOKYO: Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures closed higher on Wednesday as a temporary rally in Shanghai futures prompted short

Published 04 Mar, 2015 11:40am

Markets

Kazakhstan's Karachaganak oilfield hits record output in 2014

ALMATY: Output of liquid hydrocarbons from Kazakhstan's Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field rose 4.8 percent t

Published 04 Mar, 2015 11:34am

Markets

Sterling edges lower after UK services PMI data

LONDON: Sterling fell, pulling away from near 7-year highs against the euro on Wednesday, after data showed growth in Br

Published 04 Mar, 2015 11:21am

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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