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UK government's stake in Lloyds falls below 24 percent

LONDON, Feb 23 (Reuters) - State-backed Lloyds Banking Group said on Monday that the British government had reduced its

Published 23 Feb, 2015 09:28am

Markets

Swiss franc drops towards 5-week lows on Greek debt deal

LONDON: The Swiss franc fell towards five-week lows on Monday, as some of the Greek-related safety flows waned after a c

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:54am

Business & Finance

HSBC says deeply regrets Swiss bank failings, cuts RoE target

LONDON: HSBC Holdings Plc apologised and said it deeply regretted past conduct and compliance failures at its Swiss priv

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:53am

World

Russian natural gas flows to Ukraine stable

KIEV: Russian natural gas flows to Ukraine are stable, Ukrainian gas pipeline operator Ukrtransgaz said on Monday. Ukrai

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:52am

Business & Finance

Novo Nordisk to raise up to $335mn from IT business listing

COPENHAGEN: Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk expects to raise between 1.7 billion and 2.2 billion Danish crowns ($259 milli

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:52am

Business & Finance

ANA Holdings considering investment in bankrupt Skymark Airlines

TOKYO: Japan's biggest airline, ANA Holdings Inc, said it was considering injecting capital in budget airline Skymar

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:51am

World

Japan farm minister Nishikawa submits resignation

TOKYO: Japanese farm minister Koya Nishikawa said on Monday that he was resigning from his post, amid questions over his

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:50am

World

Over 2,000 workers strike at Barrick Gold Zambia copper mine

LUSAKA: Over 2,000 unionised workers at the Lumwana copper mine owned by Barrick Gold Corp. downed tools on Monday deman

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:48am

Markets

Sri Lankan spot rupee steady, central bank defends via moral suasion

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan spot rupee traded steady in dull trade on Monday as the central bank defended it via moral suasi

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:47am

Business & Finance

Singapore budget for fiscal 2015/16

SINGAPORE: The following are some highlights of Singapore's budget proposals for the fiscal year that will begin Apr

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:45am

Markets

Statoil starts up Oseberg Delta 2 field, on time, under budget

OSLO: Norwegian energy firm Statoil has started up production at its Oseberg Delta 2 development in the North Sea, expec

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:44am

Markets

NY cocoa faces strong resistance at $2,999

SINGAPORE: New York May cocoa faces a strong resistance at $2,999 per tonne and may retrace to a support at $2,922. The

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:43am

Business & Finance

Turkish central bank says opens 6bn lira repo auction

ISTANBUL: Turkey's central bank opened a one-week fixed-rate repo auction on Monday with a volume of 6 billion lira

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:42am

Business & Finance

Honda CEO Ito to step down, replaced by low-profile engineer

TOKYO: Honda Motor Co Chief Executive Takanobu Ito will step down in late June after six years in the top post and be su

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:41am

Business & Finance

Holcim beats savings target, Lafarge merger on track

FRANKFURT: Swiss cement maker Holcim reported 2014 profits slightly above forecast after exceeding its cost-cutting targ

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:41am

Markets

Bangladesh naphtha draws highest bid since August

DHAKA: Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) will sell 170,000 barrels of naphtha to Unipec at a premium of $0.39 per barrel t

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:39am

World

Gemalto sees no significant impact from hacking issue

PARIS: Gemalto said on Monday its initial investigations into a report that US and British spies had hacked it systems s

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:37am

Business & Finance

UK raises $769mn through sale of Lloyds shares

LONDON: Britain's finance ministry has raised 500 million pounds ($769 million) through the sale of a further one pe

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:36am

Business & Finance

Greek deal brings relief to euro zone peripheral debt markets

LONDON: Greece's conditional financial rescue deal with Europe brought relief to the euro zone's lower rated deb

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:34am

Markets

Bund futures fall, Italian BTP futures rise after Greek deal

LONDON: German Bund futures fell, while BTP futures rose on Monday after Greece agreed a conditional financial rescue wi

Published 23 Feb, 2015 08:31am

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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