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Indian PM to visit White House on Sept 29-30

WASHINGTON: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was for years barred from visiting the United States, will meet Pre

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:56pm

World

Norway to rent Dutch prisons to cut convict queue

OSLO: Norway plans to rent prison space in the Netherlands as the queue of convicts awaiting cells is growing and renova

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:51pm

Business & Finance

US consumer credit soars in July with biggest gain since

WASHINGTON: US consumer credit soared in July, posting its biggest jump since November 2001, driven in part by demand fo

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:42pm

Markets

Dollar gains broadly, hits six-year high against the yen

NEW YORK: The US dollar hit a six-year high against the yen and a more than one-year high against the euro on Monday, po

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:39pm

Business & Finance

RBS set to raise $4bn from US listing of Citizens

LONDON: State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland aims to raise up to $4 billion from the share flotation of its US bank Citiz

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:37pm

Markets

Brazil stocks, currency drop on election anxiety

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazilian financial markets sold off on Monday on anxiety about the impact of a wide-reaching political

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:34pm

World

Kerry heading to build coalition to defeat IS

WASHINGTON: Top US diplomat John Kerry leaves Tuesday on a mission to forge a coalition to defeat Islamic militants terr

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:28pm

Markets

Scottish referendum fears slam pound; stocks fall: global markets

NEW YORK: Scotland's threat to secede from the United Kingdom knocked the British pound to a 10-month low against th

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:23pm

World

New Thai PM uses holy water, feng shui to ward off occult

BANGKOK: As he prepares to move in to Bangkok's Government House this week, Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:17pm

Markets

TSX down as oil, gold weigh on resource stocks

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index fell on Monday as weaker commodities prices, including oil's drop below $100

Published 08 Sep, 2014 09:11pm

World

EU sanctions Russia despite new Putin-Poroshenko peace push

MARIUPOL: The European Union adopted new sanctions against Moscow on Monday despite the leaders of Russia and Ukraine vo

Published 08 Sep, 2014 08:53pm

Life & Style

'Guardians' tops sluggish North America box office

LOS ANGELES: Science-fiction blockbuster "Guardians of the Galaxy" edged closer to the $300 million mark at the top of t

Published 08 Sep, 2014 08:46pm

Markets

US stocks mostly lower on data, Scotland vote

NEW YORK: US stocks Monday finished mostly lower following disappointing economic data from China and Japan and the grow

Published 08 Sep, 2014 08:43pm

Business & Finance

Electrolux bets on US, buys GE home appliances

STOCKHOLM: Swedish group maker Electrolux has agreed to buy white goods activities washing machines to fridges from US c

Published 08 Sep, 2014 07:03pm

Markets

European stocks mixed, pound slumps on Scottish poll

LONDON: European stock markets ended mixed on Monday, in part owing to profit-taking, while the pound slumped on a poll

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:58pm

Markets

European stocks start week mixed

LONDON: European stock markets started the week mixed on Monday, disrupted by profit-taking and anxiety over Scotland&#3

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:55pm

Markets

US stocks near flat; energy weighs on Dow, S&P 500

NEW YORK: Dow and S&P 500 are down at midday following a drop in energy shares, while the Nasdaq is up slightly.Shar

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:54pm

Markets

Copper up on speculation of looser China monetary policy

LONDON: Copper rose on Monday as weak Chinese import data prompted speculation about looser monetary policy from Beijing

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:51pm

World

Chiquita suspends Fyffes deal vote, to discuss Cutrale-Safra bid SAO

PAULO: Banana producer Chiquita Brands International Inc adjourned a shareholder vote on a plan to merge with Fyffes Plc

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:47pm

World

US to send field hospital to Ebola-hit Liberia

WASHINGTON: The US military will send a field hospital to Liberia for medical staff fighting the Ebola virus, the Pentag

Published 08 Sep, 2014 06:44pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 23	68.96
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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