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Telecom Italia shares climb on Orange deal interest

BARCELONA: Telecom Italia shares rose as much as 3 percent on Monday after Orange boss Stephane Richard said a combinati

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:36am

Business & Finance

Britain's Marks & Spencer to close 5 Shanghai stores

LONDON: British retailer Marks & Spencer plans to close five stores in China's greater Shanghai region by August

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:30am

FTSE touches new record high as Intertek and miners rise

LONDON: Britain's top equity index climbed on Monday to set a new record high, breaking through last month's pea

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:29am

Markets

Vattenfall takes first Moorburg coal plant block online

FRANKFURT: The first of two blocks at Vattenfall's new Moorburg coal-fired power station near Hamburg started up com

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:28am

Markets

Brent spread to widen to negative $16.98 in three months

SINGAPORE: The spread between US oil first month and Brent oil first month may widen to negative $16.98 per barrel over

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:27am

Markets

Shares in Banca Carige up 9pc after investor buys stake

MILAN: Shares in Italy's Banca Carige rose sharply after Malacalza Investimenti agreed to buy 10.5 percent of the mi

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:25am

Dollar near 11-year high after Chinese rate cut

LONDON: The dollar hovered around an 11-year high against a basket of major currencies on Monday, helped by the fallout

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:25am

Business & Finance

Metals industry veteran Schirmeister departs JP Morgan

MELBOURNE: Metals industry veteran Christian Schirmeister has left JP Morgan, one of the last members standing of what w

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:25am

World

Greek factory activity contracts again in February: PMI

ATHENS: Greek factory activity continued to contract in February, a monthly survey showed on Monday, with a slightly fir

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:24am

World

Euro zone factory growth steady in Feb; hiring and exports pick up: PMI

BENGALURU: Euro zone manufacturing growth steadied in February to match January's six-month high, helped by a weaker

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:23am

World

Italy Jan jobless rate falls to 12.6pc

ROME: Italy's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell for a second consecutive month to 12.6 percent in January,

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:22am

Markets

Telecoms M&A helps European shares to fresh 7-year highs

LONDON: Europe's top European indexes made fresh multi-year highs on Monday as a boost from merger activity in the t

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:21am

Business & Finance

Indonesia sees rupiah trading in 3-5pc range this year

JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank said on Monday it expected the rupiah to trade within a 3 to 5 percent range from

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:19am

Markets

Prompt gas prices slide as supply outstrips demand

LONDON: Prompt natural gas prices fell on Monday as supply outpaced demand and expectations of liquified natural gas (LN

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:19am

World

Russian Finance Ministry ups 2015 budget deficit forecast to 3.8pc/GDP

MOSCOW: Russia's Finance Ministry has increased its forecast for the country's 2015 budget deficit to 3.8 percen

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:18am

Business & Finance

JGBs edge down ahead of 10-year auction

TOKYO: Japanese government bonds edged down on Monday as investors prepared for the following day's monthly auction

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:17am

Business & Finance

East African Portland Cement swings into half-year loss

NAIROBI: East African Portland Cement swung to a first-half loss after a maintenance shutdown of its packing and clinker

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:16am

Markets

Brent oil may hover below resistance at $63.40

SINGAPORE: Brent oil faces a resistance at $63.40 per barrel and may continue to hover below this level or retrace towar

Published 02 Mar, 2015 09:09am

Japan business capex growth slows in Q4, points to economic headwinds

TOKYO: Japanese corporate capital expenditures grew in October-December from a year earlier but the pace slowed from the

Published 02 Mar, 2015 08:22am

World

South Korea Finance Ministry official says economy on modest recovery path

SEOUL: South Korea maintains the view that its economy is still on a modest recovery path, a senior finance ministry off

Published 02 Mar, 2015 08:17am

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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