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Business & Finance

No biotech copycat drug lift off before 2017: Novartis

SWITZERLAND: Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG does not expect copycat versions of biotech drugs to play an important role in

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:41pm

World

East African leaders set new talks deadline for South Sudan

ADDIS ABABA: East African leaders on Monday gave South Sudan's warring sides six weeks to agree on a transitional go

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:40pm

World

US murder suspect in Bali denied private legal consultations: lawyer

CHICAGO: A Chicago-area teenager detained in connection with the death of her mother on the resort island of Bali is not

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:38pm

World

Bombings shut down Zain Iraq network in Kirkuk

DUBAI: A spate of deadly bombings that struck Kirkuk in northern Iraq at the weekend has damaged and temporarily shut do

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:31pm

E-cigs may be tempting non-smoking youths to smoke: CDC study

CHICAGO: Electronic cigarettes may be more tempting to non-smoking youths than conventional cigarettes, and once young p

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:23pm

World

East African countries must cooperate to tighten border security

MOMBASA: East African countries need to work together on tightening porous borders to help halt the movement of militant

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:19pm

Markets

Shares rally on ECB stimulus bet; dollar gains

NEW YORK: Global equity markets rallied on Monday, with the US benchmark S&P topping the 2,000 mark for the first ti

Published 25 Aug, 2014 05:15pm

World

Rival Yemeni protests as talks with Shiite rebels fail

SANAA: Rival protests stoked up tension in Yemeni capital Sanaa on Sunday as a presidential negotiating team abandoned t

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:45pm

World

US strikes targets in northern Iraq near Arbil, Mosul dam

WASHINGTON: The United States on Sunday used aircraft and drones to strike targets in northern Iraq to try to rein in Is

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:39pm

Afghan candidates to reach unity government deal: Obama

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama urged Afghanistan's two presidential candidates to finalize negotiations on formi

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:32pm

World

British Ebola victim flown home

LONDON: A British medical worker was flown home from West Africa on Sunday after becoming the first Briton infected in a

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:26pm

Business & Finance

New Zealand Chorus year profit falls, no dividend

WELLINGTON: New Zealand telecommunications network operator Chorus Ltd's year profit fell 13 percent, the company sa

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:19pm

World

Quake rocks California wine country, dozens injured

NAPA: A 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked wine country north of San Francisco early on Sunday, injuring dozens of people,

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:18pm

World

Behind Indonesia mining deal, newly minted minister, US mining legend

JAKARTA: As negotiations to resolve an increasingly bitter dispute over Indonesian mining rules teetered on the brink of

Published 24 Aug, 2014 09:11pm

World

Five dead after church, hospital shelled in eastern Ukraine: church

KIEV: An artillery attack on a town in eastern Ukraine killed five civilians, three of whom were attending a religious s

Published 24 Aug, 2014 08:58pm

World

Rebels parade captured soldiers

DONETSK: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine paraded dozens of captured soldiers before a jeering crowd on Sunday in m

Published 24 Aug, 2014 08:57pm

Obama to step-up action against ISIS: Republicans

WASHINGTON: Republicans on Sunday called for more aggressive US action to defeat Islamic State militants in Syria and Ir

Published 24 Aug, 2014 07:33pm

World

Kidnappers free US journalist missing in Syria since 2012

DUBAI: Kidnappers in Syria have freed a US journalist missing since 2012, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunda

Published 24 Aug, 2014 07:25pm

World

Congo declares Ebola outbreak

KINSHASA: Democratic Republic of Congo declared an Ebola outbreak in its northern Equateur province on Sunday after two

Published 24 Aug, 2014 07:24pm

Business & Finance

Roche to buy US biotech firm InterMune

LONDON: Roche Holding AG has agreed to buy US biotech company InterMune Inc for $8.3 billion in cash, marking the latest

Published 24 Aug, 2014 07:17pm

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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