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Gold eases as US dollar, yields rise in thin trade

NEW YORK: Gold prices edged lower in a subdued holiday-season trading on Monday, weighed down by a robust dollar and...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

US natgas prices ease after hitting 23-month high

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures edged down on Monday from a near 23-month high in volatile trading, as short-term...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Oil prices ease on surplus concerns

NEW YORK: Oil prices edged lower on Monday on concerns about a supply surplus next year and strengthened dollar, in...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Copper prices edge up in thin trade

LONDON: Copper prices edged higher in London on Monday, recovering from last week’s fall below recent technical...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Iron ore rises on expectations of Chinese pre-holiday restocking

BEIJING: Iron ore futures rose on Monday, aided by expectations of restocking by steelmakers in top consumer China,...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

Asian currencies: Ringgit rebounds after 10-day losing streak

BENGALURU: The Malaysian ringgit and Indonesian rupiah rose on Monday as Asian markets breathed a sigh of relief...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Palm oil rebounds on Dalian soyoil, bargain-buying

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures bounced back on Monday, after six consecutive losing sessions, lifted by...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

Dollar hovers close to 2-year high

NEW YORK: The dollar advanced after a drop in the prior session while the euro edged lower on Monday, as market ...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

Yuan inches lower

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan inched lower against the dollar and continued hovering near a key threshold on Monday as a...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Markets

Japan rubber futures ends lower in thin trade

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures edged lower on Monday as trading thinned ahead of the year-end, while investors...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

Indian rupee slips to all-time low

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee weakened to its lifetime low on Monday, pressured by weakness in the offshore Chinese yuan...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Business & Finance

Saudi Arabia was top buyer of Russian fuel oil and VGO in November

MOSCOW: Saudi Arabia was the top destination for Russian sea-borne fuel oil and vacuum gasoil (VGO) exports in...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:33am

Technology

Elon Musk’s X lifts price for premium-plus tier to pay creators

Elon Musk-owned X raised the price of its premium-plus plan in several markets from Dec. 21 as the social media...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:54pm

Sports

India seamer Shami ruled out of remaining two Australia Tests

Seamer Mohammed Shami will not be considered for India’s fourth and fifth Tests in Australia due to a knee injury,...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:51pm

World

Zelenskiy calls Slovak’s Fico dependence on Russia ‘big security issue’ for Europe

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Monday criticised what he said was Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:45pm

Sports

Players on edge after Sinner, Swiatek doping cases

BENGALURU: As Jannik Sinner and Iga Swiatek prepare for the new season after a year in which they fell foul of...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 05:47pm

World

Bangladesh tells India it wants former PM Hasina back for ‘judicial process’

DHAKA: Bangladesh has told neighbor India that it wants former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who fled to New Delhi...

Updated 23 Dec, 2024 11:18pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka’s inflation rate drops to minus 1.7% in November

Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation dropped to minus 1.7% year-on-year in November after easing to minus 0.7% in...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:42pm

Markets

British stocks subdued after data shows zero growth in Q3

The UK’s midcap FTSE 250 index fell on Monday while the FTSE 100 was flat, after data showed British economic output...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:39pm

Sports

Unfazed Konstas ready to answer Australia’s call on Boxing Day

MELBOURNE: Sam Konstas does not yet know whether he will make his debut in the cauldron of the fourth Test against...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:41pm

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 28	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 28	17,785

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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