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Markets

South Africa's rand weakens as global market sell: off resumes

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand weakened in early trade on Tuesday as an oil price plunge swung global markets awa

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:33am

Business & Finance

Vienna Insurance posts 1.5pc fall in 2015 gross premiums

VIENNA: Vienna Insurance Group wrote gross premiums of 9.2 billion euros ($10 billion) in 2015, 1.5 percent less than th

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:32am

Business & Finance

O2 Czech Republic to propose 16 crown dividend

PRAGUE: Fixed and mobile operator O2 Czech Republic will propose paying a 16 crown dividend per share on 2015 earnings,

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:28am

Business & Finance

Philips CEO sees Lumileds disposal this year for less than $3.3bn

AMSTERDAM: Dutch medical equipment and lighting group Philips is likely to sell its Lumileds division in the second half

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:23am

Markets

Dalian iron ore futures edge up, but caution persists

SHANGHAI: Chinese iron ore futures inched higher on Tuesday, but the rebound was likely to be curbed by expectations tha

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:14am

Markets

China's coal imports from Australia fall 25pc in 2015

BEIJING: China imported 70.86 million tonnes of coal from its top supplier Australia in 2015, down one quarter compared

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:09am

World

China's economic fundamentals remain sound: stats bureau chief

BEIJING: China's economic fundamentals remain sound and the economy remains resilient, the chief of the National Bur

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:05am

Business & Finance

Malaysia's central bank says pilgrimage fund addressed risk management issues

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's central bank said on Tuesday that the country's pilgrimage fund, Lembaga Tabung Haji, h

Published 26 Jan, 2016 09:02am

World

Myanmar falls short of releasing all political prisoners

YANGON: Myanmar freed 102 prisoners last week, including 52 political prisoners, bringing the number of political detain

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:59am

Markets

China rout, oil gloom deepen losses in Asian shares

TOKYO: A plunge in Chinese share markets capped a miserable day for Asian equities on Tuesday, with a renewed slide in o

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:55am

Markets

UAE official says low oil price new reality, but UAE committed to deliver projects

KUWAIT: Low oil prices are a new reality that all producers have to live with but this will not impact long-term energy

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:53am

Markets

Rouble continues retreat as oil slides back below $30

MOSCOW: The Russian rouble fell back heavily on Tuesday, dragged down by the oil price which has resumed its slide below

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:52am

Markets

Copper surrenders gains on oil slide, China worries

MANILA: Copper steadied on Tuesday, surrendering early gains that were spurred by a softer dollar, with a fresh tumble i

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:50am

Business & Finance

Dixons Carphone edges up profit forecast on strong Christmas

LONDON: British consumer electricals and mobile phone retailer Dixons Carphone edged up its guidance for annual profit o

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:48am

Markets

Siemens shares jump on raised profit guidance

MUNICH: Shares in Siemens were indicated 3.6 percent higher ahead of the market open on Tuesday after Europe's bigge

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:41am

Markets

Kuwait says OPEC can't cut alone when others are raising output

KUWAIT: OPEC cannot cut its oil output alone when other producers from outside the exporting group are raising their sup

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:32am

Markets

China shares tumble to 14 month lows as oil slips back

SHANGHAI: Chinese shares plunged more than 6 percent to 14-month lows on Tuesday after oil prices dropped again, revivin

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:31am

World

Thai 2017 election to take place even if constitution does not pass referendum: PM

BANGKOK: Thailand will hold a general election in 2017 even if a draft constitution does not pass a referendum this year

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:30am

Markets

Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant cuts output

BUDAPEST: Hungary's Paks nuclear power plant has lowered output from one of its four blocks by more than 100 megawat

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:27am

Sports

Longevity has its place but Serena just wants to have fun

MELBOURNE: Serena Williams, with 21 grand slam titles in her trophy cabinet, thinks she has nothing left to prove to any

Published 26 Jan, 2016 08:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 27	5,970.84
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,699.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Nasdaq / Dec 27	19,238.48
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,090.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,149.78
Dow Jones / Dec 27	42,992.21
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,984.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	70.60
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 27	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 27	234,225
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,621.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.89
Petrol/Litre / Dec 28	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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