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Dutch discover rare 500-year old wooden shoe

AMSTERDAM: The Dutch are known worldwide for their wooden shoes, but the recent rare discovery of a 500-year-old one...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 01:25pm

Life & Style

Punters throng London’s historic Christmas meat auction

LONDON: Meat traders flung cheap turkeys to the highest bidders in a public auction at London’s historic Smithfield...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 01:20pm

Life & Style

Santa Claus global flight to deliver presents underway

Santa Claus took off early Christmas Eve aboard his reindeer-powered sleigh to deliver presents around the world....

Published 25 Dec, 2024 01:14pm

Sports

Fire, M Gaston Gimenez agree to terminate contract

The Chicago Fire and midfielder Gaston Gimenez, who played for the club for the past five years, reached an...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 01:06pm

World

At least 8 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in West Bank refugee camp

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians in raids on Tuesday on a refugee camp near the...

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 09:11pm

World

Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead

ASTANA: An Embraer passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on...

Updated 25 Dec, 2024 04:35pm

Markets

JGB yields inch down as reaction to BOJ governor’s comments muted

TOKYO: Japanese government bond (JGB) yields inched down on Wednesday as traders showed limited reaction to comments...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 12:12pm

World

Church of England must repent, leading cleric says at Christmas

LONDON: The Church of England’s second most senior cleric Stephen Cottrell will call in a Christmas sermon on...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 12:04pm

Business & Finance

IMF grants Egypt initial approval of $1.2bn fourth review

CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it reached a staff-level agreement with Egypt on the fourth...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 12:00pm

Markets

Thai baht/US dollar little changed on Wednesday

BANGKOK: The Thai baht was little changed against the US dollar on Wednesday. By 0155 GMT, the baht was 0.15% higher...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:53am

Markets

Japan’s Nikkei inches down, trading muted before Wall Street holiday

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average inched down on Wednesday as investors avoided active bets with Wall Street...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:51am

Markets

China’s yuan nears 13-month low in holiday-thinned trading

SHANGHAI: China’s yuan slipped and traded near a 13-month low against the dollar on Wednesday, weighed down by broad...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:50am

Business & Finance

Bank of Korea plans to cut interest rates further next year

South Korea’s central bank said on Wednesday it plans to cut its benchmark interest rate further next year amid...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:48am

Business & Finance

China to focus on stabilising housing market in 2025, housing regulator says

BEIJING: Efforts will continue in 2025 to stabilize and prevent further declines in China’s real estate market,...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:47am

World

South Korea’s Yoon defies second agency summons over martial law

GWACHEON: South Korea’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol did not respond on Wednesday to a second summons by...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:45am

Technology

China’s Xiaomi kicks off EV charging partnerships with Nio, Li Auto and Xpeng

BEIJING: Chinese upstart electric vehicle maker Xiaomi announced partnerships on Wednesday with local EV specialists...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:43am

Markets

China stocks edge down, dragged by small-cap shares; HK market closed

SHANGHAI: China stocks edged down on Wednesday, dragged by small-cap shares, as thematic concept sectors pulled...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:41am

Business & Finance

Toyota global production down for 10th month despite rising sales

TOKYO: Toyota Motor’s global production decreased for a 10th straight month in November, the Japanese carmaker said...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:38am

Technology

SAIC says its EV brand IM Motors secures $1.3bn in Series B funding

BEIJING: China’s SAIC Motor said on Wednesday its EV brand IM Motors has completed a Series B fundraising round,...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:36am

Sports

Brazilian midfielder Oscar returns to Sao Paulo

Former Chelsea midfielder Oscar will return to his former club Sao Paulo on a three-year contract, the Brazilian...

Published 25 Dec, 2024 11:31am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.25
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	6,040.04
India Sensex / Jan 1	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	38,986.40
Nasdaq / Jan 1	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Jan 1	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Jan 1	43,297.03

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,616.87
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	255.38

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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