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Markets

US stocks sink on emerging markets turmoil, Fed stimulus cut

NEW YORK: US stocks fell sharply Wednesday on worries over turbulence in emerging markets, a decline that steepened afte

Published 29 Jan, 2014 11:00pm

Business & Finance

Google to sell Motorola unit to Lenovo for $2.91bn

WASHINGTON: Google announced Wednesday it signed a deal to sell its struggling smartphone unit Motorola to Chinese tech

Published 29 Jan, 2014 10:50pm

World

Fed cuts US economic stimulus again

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve stayed the course on tapering its stimulus for the US economy Wednesday, reducing asset

Published 29 Jan, 2014 10:39pm

Markets

More emerging market turbulence despite rate hikes

WASHINGTON: Interest rate hikes by Turkey and South Africa failed to stem falls in their currencies Wednesday and the US

Published 29 Jan, 2014 10:06pm

Life & Style

White House weighs petition to deport Justin Bieber

WASHINGTON: As if Barack Obama didn't have enough problems to deal with already, his administration now is being ask

Published 29 Jan, 2014 09:39pm

Business & Finance

Facebook quarterly profit leaps to $523 mn

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook said Wednesday its fourth quarter profit jumped eightfold to $523 million as the social network

Published 29 Jan, 2014 09:29pm

World

Chinese outdrink French in red wine: study

BORDEAUX: China has become the world's biggest consumer of red wine, outdrinking the wine-loving French for the firs

Published 29 Jan, 2014 09:24pm

Sports

Australian all-rounder Faulkner ruled out of S. Africa tour

SYDNEY: All-rounder James Faulkner has been ruled out of Australia's Test tour of South Africa with a knee injury an

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:48pm

World

Canada to unveil budget February 11

OTTAWA: Canada's federal budget will be unveiled on February 11, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said Monday, predict

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:37pm

Business & Finance

RBS sets aside £3.0 bn for claims, conduct matters

LONDON: Britain's state-controlled Royal Bank of Scotland said Monday it has set aside more than £3.0 billion ($5.0

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:36pm

Life & Style

Tarantino sues gossip website over leaked screenplay

LOS ANGELES: "Pulp Fiction" Director Quentin Tarantino sued gossip website Gawker Monday, seeking at least $2 million fo

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:31pm

World

Peru's central bank raises view of 2013 fiscal surplus

LIMA: Peru is on track to post a fiscal surplus equal to 0.7 percent of its gross domestic product in 2013, the central

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:13pm

Markets

C$ loses ground as risk appetite wanes

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar weakened against the greenback on Monday, giving up early gains as it got caught in a fligh

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:09pm

Markets

Dollar gains vs. euro on eve of Fed meeting

NEW YORK: The dollar rose a tick against the euro Monday on the eve of the Federal Reserve's two-day monetary policy

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:07pm

Markets

TSX nears three-week low on emerging market fears

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index dropped on Monday to its lowest in almost three weeks, hit by a selloff in emergi

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:05pm

Markets

Soy rises on US export data, cold boosts corn

CHICAGO: US soybean futures rose on Monday after government data showed larger-than-expected export shipments of the bea

Published 27 Jan, 2014 11:02pm

Markets

Argentina eases public's access to dollars

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's peso held stable Monday after last week's sharp devaluation as the public began to tak

Published 27 Jan, 2014 10:16pm

Business & Finance

Apple reports $13.1bn profit, sells 51 mn iPhones

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple said Monday record sales of iPhones drove revenues to new heights in the past quarter, resulting in

Published 27 Jan, 2014 10:08pm

World

US to sell 24 Apache helicopters to Iraq

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon informed Congress on Monday it plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq in a deal wor

Published 27 Jan, 2014 10:04pm

Life & Style

Daft Punk mix marketing and talent to storm Grammys

PARIS: Helmeted French duo Daft Punk have become one of the most successful electronic music collaborations of all time,

Published 27 Jan, 2014 09:50pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 15	277.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 15	277.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 15	155.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 15	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 15	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 15	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 14	5,949.17
India Sensex / Nov 14	77,580.31
Nasdaq / Nov 14	19,107.65
Dow Jones / Nov 14	43,750.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 15	38,642.91
Hang Seng / Nov 15	19,426.34
FTSE 100 / Nov 15	8,065.30
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 15	19,211.48

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 14	232,340
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 15	67.86
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 15	18,085
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 15	2,567.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.47 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	61.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.03 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	993.93 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.31 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 15 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 15 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	609.47 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 15 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 15 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 15 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	61.35 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 15 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.03 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 15 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	993.93 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 15 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 15 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.31 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,393,273 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 15 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	59,224,094 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 15 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	47,940,702 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,748,255 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	32,665,062 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Nov 15 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	30,497,881 ▲ 0.00
Treet Corp / Nov 15 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	29,734,104 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 15 Telecard Limited(TELE)	29,162,423 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	27,309,247 ▲ 0.00

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