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General Electrico to invest $2bn in Africa

WASHINGTON: General Electric announced $2 billion in new investments in Africa through 2018 on Monday, as Washington kic

Published 04 Aug, 2014 07:03pm

Business & Finance

Portugal averts BES disaster with rescue and new bank

LISBON: Portugal narrowly averted a national disaster and a fresh eurozone crisis on Monday by launching a new bank as p

Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:59pm

World

Russia FM predicts 'easier' time with proposed new US envoy

MOSCOW: Russia said on Monday that it will be easier to deal with the incoming new US ambassador than with his "freelanc

Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:49pm

World

Two shot dead by motorist in French town

LILLE: A Frenchman in his 70s and his 40-year-old daughter were shot and killed on Monday when a driver opened fire on t

Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:46pm

World

Senegal ex-leader son back in dock at trial

DAKAR: Lawyers acting for the son of former Senegalese leader Abdoulaye Wade challenged the legitimacy of his accusers o

Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:36pm

World

Somali Shebab claim killing of senior police chief

MOGADISHU: Somalia Shebab said they had carried out a car bombing that killed a senior police chief in the north of the

Published 04 Aug, 2014 06:31pm

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Israel announces 7-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza: army

JERUSALEM: Israel will hold its fire in most of the Gaza Strip for a seven-hour "humanitarian window" on Monday, the mil

Published 03 Aug, 2014 11:03pm

World

Erdogan holds mass election rally in Istanbul

ISTANBUL: Tens of thousands of supporters of Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday massed in Istanbul fo

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:38pm

World

EU sanctions force Aeroflot to suspend low-cost airline

MOSCOW: EU sanctions targeting Russia over its role in Ukraine's conflict have hit Aeroflot's low-cost domestic

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:38pm

World

Civilians suffer in Ukraine clashes as MH17 probe gathers pace

DONETSK: Fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels left at least 10 civilians dead in eastern Ukraine on

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:25pm

World

Iran jails academic for crimes against regime

TEHRAN: A well-known Iranian academic who had a death sentence overturned a decade ago has been convicted and sentenced

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:20pm

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UN school shelling in Gaza 'unacceptable': Hollande

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande said the bombing on Sunday of a UN school in Gaza was "unacceptable" and calle

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:09pm

World

Bertha lashes Turks and Caicos, southern Bahamas

MIAMI: Tropical Storm Bertha dumped heavy rain on the southern Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands on Sunday, as foreca

Published 03 Aug, 2014 09:02pm

World

Libya exodus gathers pace as Tripoli clashes kill 22

TRIPOLI: The exodus of foreigners from Libya gathered pace on Sunday as the government said at least 22 people were kill

Published 03 Aug, 2014 07:00pm

World

Mavericks owner rips IOC after injury: report

DALLAS: Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban blasted the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in the wake of NBA star Paul

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:54pm

World

Death toll from southwest China quake rises to 357: Xinhua

BEIJING: The death toll from a strong earthquake that hit southwest China's mountainous Yunnan province on Sunday ha

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:40pm

World

US Ebola patient 'seems to be improving': CDC chief

WASHINGTON: A US doctor infected with the Ebola virus "seems to be improving," a top US health official said Sunday afte

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:37pm

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Israel confirms firing near Gaza school

JERUSALEM: Israel military confirmed it fired on a target near a UN school in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday,

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:33pm

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British navy evacuates nationals from Libya

LONDON: A British navy ship evacuated British nationals from Libya on Sunday, the defence ministry said, as worsening se

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:30pm

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US says 'appalled' by latest UN school shelling in Gaza

WASHINGTON: The United States said it was "appalled" by the shelling of another UN school in Gaza Sunday and called for

Published 03 Aug, 2014 06:26pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 27	5,970.84
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,699.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Nasdaq / Dec 27	19,238.48
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,090.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,149.78
Dow Jones / Dec 27	42,992.21
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,984.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	70.60
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 27	234,225
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,621.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 28	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 29	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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