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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 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 26	157.65
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 26	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 26	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
S&P 500 / Dec 26	6,037.59
Nasdaq / Dec 26	20,020.36
Dow Jones / Dec 26	43,325.80
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,791.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 26	234,911.70
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 27	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,634.16
Diesel/Litre / Dec 27	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 27 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.71 ▲ 1.16 (10.04%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 27 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	124.41 ▲ 11.31 (10.00%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 27 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.41 ▲ 3.22 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 27 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	108.97 ▲ 9.91 (10.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 27 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	17.39 ▲ 1.58 (9.99%)
Shams Textile / Dec 27 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	28.68 ▲ 2.57 (9.84%)

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%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 27 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Sardar Chemical / Dec 27 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	33.04 ▼ -3.63 (-9.90%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Dec 27 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	255 ▼ -26.68 (-9.47%)
Premium Textile / Dec 27 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	351 ▼ -33.21 (-8.64%)
Kohinoor Mills / Dec 27 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	29.50 ▼ -2.53 (-7.90%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Dec 27 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	21 ▼ -1.77 (-7.77%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,341,113 ▲ 1.34
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	49,879,145 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.72
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.07
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	24,578,068 ▲ 0.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	24,568,564 ▲ 0.32
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	24,455,646 ▲ 0.94
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,753,854 ▲ 0.05
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	17,934,003 ▼ -0.06

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