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China customs uncovers soybean smuggling worth $869mn

BEIJING: China's Qingdao city customs uncovered last year soybean smuggling worth 5.46 billion Yuan ($869.50 million

Published 03 Mar, 2015 11:21am

World

SGX signs regional pact for cross-border capital rising

SINGAPORE: Securities market authorities from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand signed an agreement to enable cross-borde

Published 03 Mar, 2015 11:13am

Business & Finance

Spain's Caixabank targets ROTE of 12-14pc from 2017 onwards

MADRID: Spain's third-biggest lender Caixabank on Tuesday said it was targeting a ROTE profitability ratio of 12 to

Published 03 Mar, 2015 11:03am

Business & Finance

China grants 20 more Internet brokerage licences

SHANGHAI: China has granted online brokerage licences to 20 firms in a fresh round of approvals, showing the growing int

Published 03 Mar, 2015 10:54am

Markets

CBOT soybeans to hover above $10.11-3/4

SINGAPORE: CBOT soybeans May contract has found a support at $10.11-3/4 per bushel, and may hover above it or rebound to

Published 03 Mar, 2015 10:44am

Markets

Brent crude up $1 to over $60.50 as global markets firm

SINGAPORE: Brent crude oil prices raised more than a dollar to above $60.50 a barrel on Tuesday, tracking firmer Asian m

Published 03 Mar, 2015 10:10am

Pakistan

Pakistan's PSO imports 7pc less fuel oil over March to May

SINGAPORE: Pakistan State Oil has bought 830,000 tonnes of fuel oil for delivery over March to May, 7 percent lower than

Published 03 Mar, 2015 10:00am

Payment delays dent India's flagship health, AIDS programmes

NEW DELHI: India's main public health programmes, aimed at millions of rural poor, have been in disarray for months

Published 03 Mar, 2015 09:52am

Business & Finance

Australia orders fast sale of $30mn mansion bought "illegally" by China's Golden Fast Foods

SYDNEY: Australia on Tuesday announced it was forcing the Chinese owner of an A$39 million ($30.50 million) Sydney mansi

Published 03 Mar, 2015 09:39am

Markets

South Africa's rand seen range bound in data-sparse week

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand recovered on Tuesday after hitting a 2-1/2 week low in the previous session, with

Published 03 Mar, 2015 09:28am

Business & Finance

Evonik optimistic for 2015 after Q4 turnaround

FRANKFURT: German diversified chemicals maker Evonik said it was optimistic that sales and earnings will rise this year

Published 03 Mar, 2015 09:17am

Markets

CBOT corn neutral in $3.87-3/4 to $3.92-1/2 range

SINGAPORE: CBOT May corn looks neutral in a range of $3.87-3/4 to $3.92-1/2 per bushel, and an escape will point a direc

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:37am

Markets

China stocks fall more than 2pc as new IPOs fan liquidity worries

SHANGHAI: China's main stock indexes fell more than 2 percent on Tuesday as excitement over a weekend interest rate

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:36am

Business & Finance

Zumtobel net loss higher than expected

VIENNA: Austrian lighting group Zumtobel posted a higher than expected net loss of 13.4 million euros ($15 million) on T

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:34am

Markets

Vietnam's March coffee exports seen at 90,000-110,000 tonnes

HANOI: Vietnam is forecast to export 90,000 to 110,000 tonnes (1.5-1.83 million bags) of coffee in March, against an est

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:31am

Business & Finance

Glencore 2014 profit in line, takes $1.1bn charge on commodity prices

LONDON: Miner and commodity trader Glencore said on Tuesday that it had taken an impairment charge of $1.1 billion on lo

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:31am

World

Sri Lanka waiting for best time to raise up to $1.5bn bond

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka is waiting for an opportune moment to launch a sovereign bond of up to $1.5 billion this year, possib

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:28am

Business & Finance

South Korea central bank to sell 2.5trn won MSBs on Wednesday

SEOUL: South Korea's central bank said on Tuesday that it will sell 2.5 trillion won ($2.28 billion) worth of two-ye

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:25am

Business & Finance

Alibaba's split nationalities invite trouble

HONG KONG: Alibaba's multiple nationalities are an invitation to trouble. Taiwan has challenged the e-commerce group

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:23am

Markets

Oil, progress in gas talks aid rouble, but politics weigh

MOSCOW: The rouble opened stronger on Tuesday, supported by higher oil prices and progress in talks on Russia's gas

Published 03 Mar, 2015 08:21am

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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