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World

Trump, without evidence, accuses Google of 'very illegal' action ahead of election

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday stepped up his accusations against Google, claiming without offering ev

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:56pm

World

Trump still wants trade deal with China

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump wants to continue trade talks with China and the Trump administration is still pla

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:54pm

Trump says US economy 'in a very strong position'

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns over a protracted trade war with China, saying the U

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:52pm

World

Trump praises US economy amid China spat, vows to back farmers

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed concerns over a protracted trade war with China, saying the U

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:51pm

Markets

Sri Lanka shares post near 2-week closing low; rupee extends losses

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan shares fell for the sixth straight session on Tuesday and closed at their lowest in nearly two weeks

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:49pm

China says India move on Kashmir violates its territorial sovereignty

HONG KONG: China said on Tuesday it opposed India's decision to revoke the special status of Kashmir, a disputed region

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:46pm

World

Russian inflation slows to 4.6pc y/y in July

MOSCOW: Russia's consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.6pc in July in year-on-year terms, in line with analysts' expectation

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:46pm

World

Irish PM says Brexit talks will go on for years, deal or no deal

DUBLIN: Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday that Britain and the European Union would be in talks for seve

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:44pm

Business & Finance

GSK ends development of Ebola vaccine, hands work to US institute

LONDON: British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is giving up its work on developing three potential vaccines against the dead

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:42pm

Business & Finance

German industrial orders surprise with June rebound

FRANKFURT AM MAIN: Industrial orders in Germany rebounded strongly in June, official data showed Tuesday, although the r

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:40pm

Markets

Corn prices dip on US crop condition

HAMBURG: Chicago corn futures fell on Tuesday after a report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave a reassur

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:38pm

Markets

Copper pinned at two-year low by trade conflict

LONDON: Copper prices hovered around a two-year low on Tuesday as further escalation in the US-China trade conflict dela

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:37pm

Markets

Cocoa slides on signs of growing supply

LONDON: London cocoa prices hit a three-week low on Monday as the market adjusted to signs of growing supply in top prod

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:35pm

Business & Finance

Chile central bank expected to cut interest rate in September

SANTIAGO: Chile's benchmark interest rate is expected to be cut to 2.0pc as early as September, according to a monthly p

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:32pm

Business & Finance

Brazil central bank sees little to no second-quarter economic growth

BRASILIA: Brazil's central bank sees gross domestic product staying stable or growing only slightly in the second quarte

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:32pm

Markets

Asia Naphtha/Gasoline-Naphtha margins extend losses on slow demand

SINGAPORE: Asia's naphtha crack extended losses on Tuesday to reach close to a six-week low of $22.78 a tonne, with buye

Published 06 Aug, 2019 02:31pm

World

US to announce 'sweeping steps' at big meeting on Venezuela

LIMA: Delegates from some 60 countries will meet Tuesday in Lima to discuss the political crisis in Venezuela, as Washin

Published 06 Aug, 2019 01:23pm

Markets

Tokyo stocks close down for third straight session

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks fell for a third consecutive session Tuesday in volatile trade, plunging nearly three percent at one

Published 06 Aug, 2019 01:22pm

World

Taliban threaten Afghan presidential elections

KABUL: The Taliban warned Afghans Tuesday to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to "stand against"

Published 06 Aug, 2019 01:21pm

"India will now initiate ethnic cleansing in Kashmir," PM Khan addresses NA session on Indian revocation of Article 370

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Imran Khan began his speech at the joint session of the Parliament in the backdrop of revocat

Updated 06 Aug, 2019 02:16pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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