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Russian minister urges deficit spending to beat sanctions

MOSCOW: Russia's economy minister urged Monday an easing of budget rules to allow a bigger deficit to finance invest

Published 25 Aug, 2014 08:44pm

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Scots leaders set for last independence TV debate

LONDON: Leaders in Scotland's independence debate will meet on Monday for their final TV showdown of the campaign wi

Published 25 Aug, 2014 08:40pm

Markets

Statoil to keep Rosneft partnership despite Russia sanctions

OSLO: Norwegian energy group Statoil said on Monday it intended to continue its partnership with Russia's Rosneft, d

Published 25 Aug, 2014 08:39pm

World

Experts probe launch failure for EU's satnav project

PARIS: Experts are racing to identify and fix a problem that saw two satellites from Europe's troubled Galileo satna

Published 25 Aug, 2014 08:02pm

Business & Finance

Napa quake hits epicenter of US wine industry

NAPA: Damages could be substantial to the capital of the US wine industry after early Sunday's 6.0-magnitude quake i

Published 25 Aug, 2014 08:01pm

World

170 bodies of African migrants found from Libya shipwreck

GUARABOULI: Libyan rescuers have recovered the bodies of around 170 people after a boat carrying illegal migrants from s

Published 25 Aug, 2014 07:48pm

World

Armed groups in Mali prepare for peace talks

OUAGADOUGOU: Ethnic Tuareg and Arab militias from Mali are gathering for talks this week in Burkina Faso ahead of peace

Published 25 Aug, 2014 07:43pm

World

Qatar aims to prove its role against radical

DUBAI: Qatar, which mediated the release of a US hostage held by Al-Qaeda in Syria, seeks to prove its role in confronti

Published 25 Aug, 2014 07:38pm

World

Libya neighbours back Egypt call to disarm militias

CAIRO: Libya's neighbours on Monday backed an Egyptian call for rival militias in the tumultuous North African count

Published 25 Aug, 2014 07:36pm

World

Slovakia expects Ukraine to keep oil flow

PRAGUE: Slovakia has sufficient oil, petrol and diesel reserves to last 210 days if supplies from Russia through Ukraine

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:51pm

World

Ukraine president 'extremely concerned' about new Russia convoy plan

KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday expressed his "extreme concern" about Moscow's plan to send a s

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:43pm

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Ukraine battles armour from Russia

UKRAINE: Kiev said its forces were battling an armoured column that crossed from Russia on Monday, as Moscow unveiled pl

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:40pm

World

Chinese engineers kidnapped in Turkey: sources

DIYARBAKIR: Suspected Kurdish militants have kidnapped three Chinese engineers in southeast Turkey near the border with

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:31pm

Markets

EU carbon prices edge lower ahead of increased supply

LONDON: European carbon prices edged lower in thin trade on Monday ahead of an increase in supply from government sales

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:28pm

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US judge named to UN panel on Gaza conflict

GENEVA: The head of the United Nations' Human Rights Council announced on Monday he had appointed a US judge to join

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:25pm

Business & Finance

BNP offers to buy BGZ shares at 80.47 zlotys

WARSAW: France's largest listed bank BNP Paribas has offered to buy the shares of its Polish rival BGZ at 80.47 zlot

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:22pm

World

New PM Cerar hints Slovenia might scale back privatisation drive

LJUBLJANA: Slovenia's new prime minister hinted on Monday he might scale back the country's privatisation progra

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:17pm

Markets

French, German markets firm after ECB deflation assurance

PARIS: French bonds and stocks stood firm on Monday in the face of a government collapse, and German markets were also i

Published 25 Aug, 2014 06:01pm

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European stocks start week higher

LONDON: European stock markets jumped on Monday, with Frankfurt's main DAX index gaining 1.83 percent to 9,510.14 po

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:59pm

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Hypersonic weapon detonated after lift-off: US military

WASHINGTON: The US military had to detonate a hypersonic weapon seconds after lift-off Monday due to a technical problem

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:54pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785

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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