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BISP implementation research platform to be established soon: Dr. Sania Nishtar

ISLAMABAD: Dr. Sania Nishtar, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation Wedne

Published 24 Jul, 2019 03:05pm

Various initiatives in pipeline to strengthen media industry: Dr Firdous

KARACHI: Government has planned to set up Media Courts for providing quick justice to media workers besides coming with

Published 24 Jul, 2019 03:02pm

Business & Finance

Imran emerges as strong advocate of Kashmiris: Firdous

ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Wednesday said t

Published 24 Jul, 2019 02:53pm

Markets

Raw sugar slips after hitting two-month low in previous session

LONDON: Raw sugar futures on ICE slipped on Wednesday after hitting a two-month low in the previous session, weighed dow

Published 24 Jul, 2019 02:01pm

Markets

Sugar prices to rise as Indian output cut tightens supplies

LONDON: World sugar prices are forecast to rise by the end of this year with a global deficit projected for the 2019/20

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:59pm

Markets

Ivory Coast to raise cocoa farmgate price

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa grower, will raise the guaranteed price it pays farmers to 800 CFA francs ($

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:57pm

World

Kenya's president appoints Yatani as acting finance minister

NAIROBI: Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta has appointed Labour Minister Ukur Yatani as acting finance minister after Hen

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:56pm

World

Mnuchin says Google's work with China does not raise concerns

WASHINGTON: Google's work with the Chinese government does not raise any concerns, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:49pm

Business & Finance

Caterpillar earnings fall on cooling demand

CHICAGO: Caterpillar Inc's on Wednesday reported lower quarterly earnings, hurt by cooling demand for construction machi

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:46pm

Markets

Gold rises on expected economic stimulus

Gold prices rose on Wednesday on expectations of monetary policy easing from leading central banks to shore up the globa

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:45pm

Markets

Russia's Novatek quarterly earnings more than double to $1.1bn

MOSCOW: Russian gas producer Novatek said its net income more than doubled in the second quarter year-on-year to 69.18 b

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:43pm

Markets

US natural gas futures ease on cooler forecasts for next two weeks

US natural gas futures on Wednesday eased on forecasts for cooler weather over the next two weeks than previously foreca

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:09pm

Markets

Copper boosted by hopes for end to US-China trade war

LONDON: Copper prices rose on Wednesday as news that US officials would go to China next week to resume trade talks help

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:06pm

World

Brazil to allow 500 reais 'FGTS' fund withdrawals to stimulate economy

SAO PAULO: Brazil's Presidential Chief of Staff Onyx Lorenzoni said on Wednesday that workers will be able to withdraw u

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:04pm

World

Mnuchin says he will not advocate for a weak dollar near-term

WASHINGTON: A stable US dollar is important, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Wednesday, adding that he will

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:02pm

Business & Finance

Boeing sinks to $3bn loss on MAX groundings

Boeing Co reported a nearly $3 billion second-quarter loss on Wednesday as the world's largest planemaker struggles with

Published 24 Jul, 2019 01:00pm

Markets

Jordan issues new tender to buy 120,000 tonnes wheat

HAMBURG: Jordan's state grain buyer the trade ministry has issued another international tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of

Published 24 Jul, 2019 12:41pm

Markets

Oil edges up on US stock decline, Mideast tensions

LONDON: Oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, supported by a sharp fall in US crude stocks and tensions over Iran. Br

Published 24 Jul, 2019 12:39pm

Mnuchin says Facebook must satisfy regulatory concerns ahead of Libra launch

WASHINGTON: US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a television interview that Facebook must satisfy regulatory co

Published 24 Jul, 2019 12:37pm

Business & Finance

Shipping Activity at Port Qasim

KARACHI: Three ships Maersk Chicago, CSAV Tyndall and Torm Vencore carrying containers and Diesel oil were arranged bert

Published 24 Jul, 2019 11:27am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 3	278.63
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 3	27,843
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 3	157.26
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 3	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 3	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 3	5,942.47
India Sensex / Jan 3	79,223.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 3	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Jan 3	19,621.68
Hang Seng / Jan 3	19,760.27
FTSE 100 / Jan 3	8,223.98
Dow Jones / Jan 3	42,732.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 3	19,906.08

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 3	73.96
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 3	243,488.40
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 3	2,640.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 3	67.66
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 4	18,285
Petrol/Litre / Jan 6	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 6 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	186 ▲ 22.76 (13.94%)
Adam Sugar / Jan 6 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	63.74 ▲ 6.19 (10.76%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 6 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.98 ▲ 1.60 (10.40%)
Hira Textile / Jan 6 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.90 ▲ 0.34 (9.55%)
Invest Bank / Jan 6 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	1.75 ▲ 0.14 (8.70%)
Pak Datacom / Jan 6 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	160 ▲ 12.40 (8.40%)
Pioneer Cement / Jan 6 Pioneer Cement Limited(PIOC)	214.90 ▲ 16.08 (8.09%)
TPL Corp Ltd / Jan 6 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	6.75 ▲ 0.49 (7.83%)
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 6 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	12.16 ▲ 0.87 (7.71%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	165.85 ▼ -18.43 (-10.00%)
Pak Paper Prod / Jan 3 Pakistan Paper Products Limited(PPP)	163.24 ▼ -18.14 (-10.00%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jan 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▼ -1.19 (-9.92%)
National Silk / Jan 3 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	49.96 ▼ -5.48 (-9.88%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jan 3 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	37.50 ▼ -3.95 (-9.53%)
Escorts Bank / Jan 3 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.22 ▼ -0.63 (-9.20%)
Intermarket Securities / Jan 3 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	67.01 ▼ -6.76 (-9.16%)
Premium Textile / Jan 3 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	365.10 ▼ -34.90 (-8.72%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jan 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.30 ▼ -2.57 (-8.60%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	73,230,816 ▲ 0.11
Cnergyico PK / Jan 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	57,326,691 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Jan 6 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	54,376,196 ▲ 2.07
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 6 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	48,486,153 ▲ 0.03
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 6 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	47,351,133 ▲ 0.14
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 6 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	47,018,900 ▲ 0.17
Bank Makramah / Jan 6 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	34,268,257 ▼ -0.25
Pak Elektron / Jan 6 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	32,625,743 ▼ -0.09
B.O.Punjab / Jan 6 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	26,761,290 ▼ -0.08

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