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Markets

CBOT soybeans firm as bargain buyers enter market

CHICAGO: Chicago Board of Trade soybean futures rose on Thursday on a round of bargain buying after prices fell 3.3 perc

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:55pm

Markets

CBOT wheat closes higher for third day in a row

CHICAGO: US wheat futures rose 2.1 percent to a one-week high on Thursday as dry conditions in the US Plains and concern

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:54pm

Markets

Sugar falls from three-week peak on profit-taking, coffee up

NEW YORK/LONDON: Raw sugar futures turned lower after tapping a three-week high on Thursday, as investors grabbed profit

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:54pm

World

Deal to rescue Italy furnace site, 4,000 jobs at risk

ROME: A blast furnace at an Italian steel plant was shut down on Thursday with 4,000 jobs at risk despite a call by Pope

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:52pm

Business & Finance

Caterpillar posts higher first-quarter profit, raises outlook

NEW YORK: Caterpillar Inc on Thursday posted a quarterly profit that topped analysts' estimates and raised its full-

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:47pm

Life & Style

US moves to regulate e-cigarettes

WASHINGTON: US regulators proposed the first restrictions on the soaring $2 billion market in e-cigarettes Thursday, but

Published 24 Apr, 2014 08:45pm

Business & Finance

April U.S. auto sales to rise 8.5pc: J.D. Power, LMC

DETROIT: U.S. auto sales will rise 8.5 percent in April from a year ago as spring weather entices consumers to look at n

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:55pm

Business & Finance

Gucci's sales growth remains sluggish in Q1

PARIS: Gucci's sales growth remained sluggish in the first three months of the year, hit in part by the brand's

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:52pm

Markets

Beef regains top spot in U.S. meat export earnings: Maguire

CHICAGO: Beef became the most valuable U.S. meat export for the first time in a decade in 2013, with the $6 billion in t

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:51pm

Business & Finance

GM posts lower profit after recall; outlook for rest of year trimmed

DETROIT: General Motors Co's first-quarter profit tumbled 88 percent on Thursday due to the massive recall for defec

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:50pm

Markets

Gold turns higher on Ukraine worries, options buying

NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold rose on Thursday as rising geopolitical tensions and options-related buying helped reverse the pre

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:47pm

Business & Finance

Renault revenue hit by weaker emerging markets

PARIS: Renault said an emerging-market currency slide against the euro wiped out sales gains in the first quarter, when

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:45pm

Business & Finance

Starbucks suffers first UK sales drop after tax criticism

LONDON: Starbucks suffered its first ever drop in UK sales last year, a period in which the company became the subject o

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:44pm

Markets

Soymeal narrowly mixed, tracking CBOT

ROTTERDAM: Soymeal on the European meals and feeds market was offered narrowly mixed on Thursday, following CBOT soymeal

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:27pm

Markets

European vegoils narrowly mixed, demand thin

ROTTERDAM: Asking prices for most products on the European vegetable oils market moved in a tight range on Thursday with

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:25pm

Markets

Copper at 7-week high on Chinese demand; nickel, tin jump

LONDON: Copper hit its highest level in three weeks on Thursday and nickel surged to a new 14-month peak as seasonal Chi

Published 24 Apr, 2014 07:25pm

Apple to boost share buyback and split stock

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Wednesday said that it plans to buy back an additional $30 billion worth of shares and split its

Published 23 Apr, 2014 09:15pm

Business & Finance

P&G profits rise but still struggles for higher growth

NEW YORK: Procter & Gamble Co, the world's largest household products maker, reported a higher quarterly profit

Published 23 Apr, 2014 09:11pm

Markets

Total sees Russia as biggest source of its oil output by 2020

PARIS: France's Total expects the biggest share of its oil and gas output to come from Russia by 2020 and plans to s

Published 23 Apr, 2014 09:00pm

Markets

Tech sector losses break S&P's 6-day streak

NEW YORK: Broad selling in tech stocks pulled US markets lower Wednesday, cutting short a six-day streak of gains by the

Published 23 Apr, 2014 08:56pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
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
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	38,986.40
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

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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