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Shinzo Abe to meet Hassan Rouhani in New York

YOKOHAMA: Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York next month as

Published 28 Aug, 2019 01:34pm

Sports

Stokes needs less bowling so his batting can blossom: Brearley

England all-rounder Ben Stokes has emerged as one of the team's two best batsmen and must be given assurances by tes

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:40pm

World

British PM Johnson to restrict parliament time before Brexit

LONDON: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will limit parliament's opportunity to derail his Brexit plans by cutti

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:36pm

Markets

Indian shares snap 3 sessions of gains; metal stocks weigh

BENGALURU: Indian shares settled lower on Wednesday after three straight sessions of gains, as worries of a global r

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:31pm

World

UK PM's parliament plan is a threat to democracy: Corbyn

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson's plan to extend the period during which parliament does not normally sit short

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:29pm

Markets

Palm sees strongest gain in a week on weaker ringgit

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures charted their strongest daily gains in a week on Wednesday, pulling out of

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:25pm

Markets

Investors stick with yen as recession fears grow; sterling slides

LONDON: The Japanese yen clung to its recent gains on Wednesday as worries about a global economic downturn grew, wh

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:24pm

Markets

Corn prices ease as crop ratings improve, soy edges up

LONDON: Chicago corn futures were slightly lower on Wednesday as the condition of the US crop improved but soybean p

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:21pm

Markets

Copper ticks higher on China optimism, consumer buying

LONDON: Copper gained on Wednesday amid hopes that stimulus measures would help revive the economy of top metals con

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:11pm

Business & Finance

National Bank of Canada profit beats on growth across businesses

TORONTO: National Bank of Canada reported quarterly profit above analysts' expectations on Wednesday, helped by grow

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:09pm

Markets

Stocks under pressure as bond markets ring recession alarms

LONDON: World stocks slipped on Wednesday as a deepening inversion of the US bond yield curve a day earlier reignite

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:03pm

Markets

Gold holds near 6-year peak on slowdown fears, trade jitters

Gold held close to a more than six-year high on Wednesday, after rising more than 1% in the previous session, as fea

Published 28 Aug, 2019 12:01pm

Markets

Big harvest means France must export 20mn tonne of wheat in 2019/20

PARIS: France will need to export 20.1 million tonnes of soft wheat this season after harvesting its second-largest

Published 28 Aug, 2019 11:43am

Markets

Jordan gets 4 participants in 120,000 tonne wheat tender

HAMBURG: Four trading companies are taking part in the international tender from Jordan's state grains buyer to purc

Published 28 Aug, 2019 11:41am

Markets

Italy's 10-year bond yield hits record low on hopes new government is near

LONDON: Italy's 10-year bond yield fell to a record low below 1% on Wednesday on growing hopes that a new government

Published 28 Aug, 2019 11:38am

Markets

Stocks climb on trade talk vibes

LONDON: Global stock markets mostly rose Tuesday on hopes a trade war will be avoided following the G7 summit in Bia

Published 27 Aug, 2019 05:29pm

Markets

Wall Street erases early gains as trade cheer fades

NEW YORK: The wind fell out of Wall Street's sails in midday trading Tuesday as fading optimism about US-China trade

Published 27 Aug, 2019 05:27pm

World

Trump says 'no bedbugs' at resort he offered for next G7 summit

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump lashed out Tuesday at "false and nasty" rumors that the Trump golf resort he offe

Published 27 Aug, 2019 05:24pm

Markets

Pound gains as UK opposition parties agree front to stop no-deal Brexit

LONDON: The British pound rose on Tuesday as opposition parties vowed to try and pass a law to prevent a no-deal Bre

Published 27 Aug, 2019 04:54pm

Markets

Cocoa steadies, extends technical move out of oversold territory

LONDON: Cocoa prices steadied on Tuesday as the market extended a technical correction, having moved into oversold t

Published 27 Aug, 2019 04:53pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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