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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

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

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

Markets

Kenyan shilling stable versus dollar

NAIROBI: Kenya’s shilling was stable against the US dollar on Monday, data from the London Stock Exchange Group...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:35pm

World

Ukraine says it downed 47 Russia launched drones, 25 fail to reach targets

Ukraine’s air force said on Monday it had shot down 47 out of 72 Russia-launched drones across the country, while 25...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:34pm

Markets

Copper continues rebound, most metals gain on weaker dollar

SHANGHAI: Most base metals rose on Monday, lead by copper, due to a weaker dollar and mild US inflation data that...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:29pm

Business & Finance

Spain’s Q3 GDP quarterly growth confirmed at 0.8%

Spain’s gross domestic product grew 0.8% in the third quarter, the country’s National Statistics Institute (INE)...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:28pm

Sports

Versatile Gonzalez happy to play out of position at Juventus

Nicolas Gonzalez is happy to play out of position for Juventus, the Argentina international said after scoring his...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:24pm

Markets

Euro zone bond yields edge up to one-month high

LONDON: Euro zone bond yields ticked up to their highest level in around a month on Monday as investors continued to...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 02:21pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

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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