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Fed jitters dampen trading of Nordea's new CoCo bonds

NEW YORK: Jitters about the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting Wednesday put a damper on trading in Nordea Ban

Published 17 Sep, 2014 05:13pm

World

France drops case against Iranian dissidents after 11-year probe

PARIS: Prosecuting judges in Paris on Wednesday dropped all charges of money laundering and fraud against nine people cl

Published 17 Sep, 2014 05:07pm

World

Separatists vow to speak with single voice in Mali talks

ALGIERS: Malian separatist militias agreed Sunday to speak with a "single voice" in talks with Bamako on ending conflict

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:57pm

World

'All bases covered' in coalition bid to crush IS

WASHINGTON: "All bases are covered" in a US-led multinational coalition against the Islamic State, John Kerry said, as W

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:53pm

World

White House seeks to win over skeptics on Islamic State fight

WASHINGTON: A top White House aide on Sunday defended President Barack Obama's plan to fight Islamic State militants

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:49pm

World

Sweden centre-left opposition holds lead in election-exit poll

STOCKHOLM: Sweden's centre-left opposition was heading for an election victory on Sunday, an exit poll showed, on a

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:45pm

World

British queen urges Scots to 'think carefully' on independence vote

EDINBURGH: Queen Elizabeth II has broken her silence over the Scottish independence vote, telling a member of the public

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:43pm

World

Mali landmine kills UN peacekeeper, wounds four others

BAMAKO: A landmine explosion hit a vehicle carrying UN peacekeepers from Chad on patrol in northeastern Mali on Sunday,

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:37pm

World

Uganda seizes explosives, suicide vests

KAMPALA: Police in the Ugandan capital Kampala seized "substantial amounts of explosives" and suicide vests in raids on

Published 14 Sep, 2014 08:33pm

World

Fourth Sierra Leonean doctor dies from Ebola

FREETOWN: A fourth Sierra Leonean doctor, a woman, died Sunday after contracting the dreaded Ebola virus, the country&#3

Published 14 Sep, 2014 06:00pm

World

Cameron vows to hunt down 'evil' killers of aid worker

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Sunday that Britain would hunt down the killers of an aid worker beheaded by

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:54pm

Syria opposition head seeks support of anti-IS coalition

ABU DHABI: The head of the main Syrian opposition group in exile said Sunday he expected the support of the internationa

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:50pm

World

Arab countries offer to join air campaign on Islamic State: US

PARIS: Arab countries have offered to join the United States in air strikes against Islamic State targets, US officials

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:33pm

World

Post-war counselling awaits Gaza children going back to school

GAZA: Some 500,000 children returned on Sunday to school in the Gaza Strip, where many will be given psychological couns

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:28pm

World

Sinopec sells $17.5bn stake in retail unit to investors

HONG KONG: Sinopec Corp will sell a 107.1 billion yuan ($17.5 billion) stake in its retail unit to a group of 25 Chinese

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:19pm

Markets

Kuwait KNPC names NBK finance advisor for $12bn refinery upgrade

DUBAI: Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) has chosen National Bank of Kuwait's investment banking arm to advise it

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:15pm

Scotland ‘Kirk’ appeals for reconciliation after vote

ROSNEATH: On the last Sunday before Scotland votes on independence, minister urged Scots from the pulpit to work for rec

Published 14 Sep, 2014 05:10pm

Markets

Eskom to raise more debt, get state equity injection

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's government has approved a support package for state-run power utility Eskom, which will

Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:55pm

Life & Style

'No Good Deed' upstages 'Dolphin Tale 2' at box office

LOS ANGELES: Thriller "No Good Deed," the story of an escaped convict who terrorizes a woman and her children inside the

Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:50pm

World

Germany eurosceptic AfD surges to win seats in two states: exit polls

BERLIN: Germany's eurosceptic Alternative for Germany (AfD) party surged to win 10 percent or more of the vote in tw

Published 14 Sep, 2014 04:46pm

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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