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Markets

Boosting West Coast exports seen key for moving bigger Canada crops

WINNIPEG: Canada needs to invest in shipping more grains and oilseeds off the West Coast as harvests get larger, to avoi

Published 16 Apr, 2014 10:01pm

Business & Finance

Abbott Laboratories profit beats forecast, but sales lag

NEW YORK: Abbott Laboratories Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, but combined sales of i

Published 16 Apr, 2014 09:57pm

Markets

CBOT corn falls most in two weeks on technical selling

CHICAGO: US corn futures fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday, their biggest daily decline in two weeks, pressured by t

Published 16 Apr, 2014 08:02pm

Markets

CBOT wheat falls 2 percent on profit-taking, rain forecast

CHICAGO: Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade fell about 2 percent on Wednesday after investors took profits foll

Published 16 Apr, 2014 08:01pm

Business & Finance

GM to seek court protection against ignition lawsuits

WASHINGTON: General Motors Co said it would ask a U.S. court to bar lawsuits related to actions before its 2009 bankrupt

Published 16 Apr, 2014 08:00pm

Markets

CBOT soybeans rally for third straight day

CHICAGO: US soybean futures rose 1.2 percent on Wednesday, their third straight day of gains, on concerns about the tigh

Published 16 Apr, 2014 07:59pm

Markets

ICE Canada canola rises for third day

WINNIPEG: ICE Canada canola futures rose on Wednesday for a third straight session, climbing on spillover support from s

Published 16 Apr, 2014 07:26pm

Business & Finance

U.S. industry shows some vigor, but housing soft

WASHINGTON: U.S. industrial production rose at a faster-than-expected clip in March, the latest sign the economy was gai

Published 16 Apr, 2014 07:24pm

World

China seizes more than 10,000 illegal guns in crackdown

SHANGHAI: China has seized more than 10,000 illegal guns in the southwestern province of Guizhou, state television repor

Published 13 Apr, 2014 09:37pm

World

Dubai airport to cut 26 pct flights during runway work

DUBAI: Airlines flying into Dubai are preparing for diversions and schedule changes as the emirate's main airport, a

Published 13 Apr, 2014 08:56pm

Business & Finance

Europe's top banks cut 80,000 more staff in post-crisis overhaul

LONDON: Europe's largest banks cut their staff by another 3.5 percent last year and the prospect of a return to pre-

Published 13 Apr, 2014 08:51pm

World

Saudi Arabia says seizes drugs worth $267 million, arrests 6

RIYADH: Saudi Arabian police have arrested six people and seized illegal drugs worth 1 billion riyals ($267 million) tha

Published 13 Apr, 2014 07:36pm

Life & Style

Sigma top UK music chart top spot with Kanye West reworking

LONDON: London-based dance music duo Sigma entered the British single charts in first place on Sunday with "Nobody To Lo

Published 13 Apr, 2014 07:20pm

World

At least 36 dead in Mexico bus crash: official

XALAPA: A bus slammed into the back of a parked trailer-truck and burst into flames in Mexico Sunday, killing at least

Published 13 Apr, 2014 07:06pm

Life & Style

'Captain America' commands North American box office

LOS ANGELES: Superhero sequel "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" maintained the top rank at the North American box of

Published 13 Apr, 2014 06:43pm

Sports

PCB may cut Ajmal's English county stint

LAHORE: Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal's stint with English county Worcestershire may be set for a shorter durati

Published 12 Apr, 2014 08:30pm

Markets

Palladium jumps to 2011 highs after early buying burst

NEW YORK/LONDON: Palladium prices shot through $800 an ounce for the first time in almost three years on Friday after a

Published 11 Apr, 2014 10:43pm

Nasdaq finishes below 4000; talk of correction grows

NEW YORK: The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index skidded lower for the third week in a row, but this time it took the rest

Published 11 Apr, 2014 10:14pm

World

IMF, World Bank push for price on carbon

WASHINGTON: The IMF and World Bank on Friday urged finance ministers to impose a price on carbon, warning that time was

Published 11 Apr, 2014 09:36pm

Markets

Nickel at 13-month high, eyes best week since Feb 2013

LONDON: Nickel hit a 13-month high on Friday as Indonesia's ban on ore exports kept market supplies tight, though ri

Published 11 Apr, 2014 09:32pm

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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