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Qatar Airways has full confidence in Cathay Pacific, eyes bigger stake

KUALA LUMPUR: Qatar Airways has full confidence in Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd and will increase its 10% stake in the

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:18pm

Markets

Yen rises as investors flock to safe-haven assets

LONDON: The Japanese yen rose and 10-year Treasury yields fell on Tuesday as investors fled to safer assets amid wor

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:16pm

Business & Finance

Indonesia central bank's policy easing to go beyond 2 rate cuts

JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank, which surprisingly cut interest rates last week, will keep easing monetary policy

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:13pm

Markets

Corn and soybeans fall on US crop view, wheat down

HAMBURG: Chicago soybean and corn futures fell on Tuesday after the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) gave an over

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:09pm

Markets

Kazakhstan's oil exports to China fall by 22pc in Jan-July

MOSCOW: Kazakhstan's oil exports to China fell by 22% in January-July from the same period a year ago reflecting a r

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:07pm

Markets

Oil rises as hopes grow for US-China trade breakthrough

LONDON: Oil prices rose on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump predicted a trade deal with China after positive

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:06pm

World

Irish unemployment rate inching upwards, revised data shows

DUBLIN: Ireland revised its monthly unemployment rate up sharply to 5.3% on Tuesday with new data showing the metric

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:05pm

Markets

Copper steadies; demand doubts keep prices near two-year lows

LONDON: Copper prices steadied on Tuesday but remained near two-year lows on worries about slowing demand because of

Published 27 Aug, 2019 01:01pm

Markets

Italian bonds trim gains as government talks stall

LONDON: Italian government bonds trimmed gains on Tuesday with yields rising slightly from near three-year lows as t

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:50pm

Markets

Gold gains as US-China trade concerns lift safe-haven demand

Gold rose on Tuesday as uncertainty over the US-China trade dispute kept investors on edge and drove inflows into th

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:48pm

Business & Finance

Norway wealth fund should move more investment to North America, central bank says

OSLO: Norway's $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund should shift billions in investments from European stock markets an

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:45pm

Markets

Sri Lanka rupee slips amid foreign fund outflow worries

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's rupee slipped on Tuesday amid worries over further foreign fund outflows after the central bank

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:40pm

World

Brazil to reject G7 offer of aid to fight Amazon fires

BRASILIA: Brazil will reject an offer of at least $20 million from the Group of Seven wealthy nations to help fight

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:37pm

World

UK opposition will try to change law to force PM Johnson to seek Brexit delay

LONDON: British opposition parties will try to pass a law to force Prime Minister Boris Johnson to seek a delay to B

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:35pm

Markets

South Korean mill buys 30,500 tonnes wheat from US, Canada

HAMBURG: South Korean flour mill SPC Samlip has purchased about 30,500 tonnes of wheat sourced from the United State

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:34pm

Business & Finance

Lloyds tackles scourge of domestic financial abuse with special support team

LONDON: Lloyds Banking Group is launching a specialist economic abuse support team with powers to help liberate thou

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:32pm

Business & Finance

Polish government approves balanced budget for 2020

WARSAW: Poland's government approved a plan on Tuesday to eliminate its budget deficit in 2020, Prime Minister Mateu

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:30pm

Business & Finance

Hungary central bank leaves rates unchanged, as expected

BUDAPEST: The National Bank of Hungary (NBH) left interest rates unchanged on Tuesday, as expected, amid slowing dom

Published 27 Aug, 2019 12:13pm

Markets

Dollar firms as US, China throttle back trade tensions

NEW YORK: The US dollar strengthened on Monday morning, recovering from overnight losses after the United States and

Published 26 Aug, 2019 03:18pm

World

IMF to meet with advisers to Argentina opposition candidate

BUENOS AIRES: A team from the International Monetary Fund was to meet on Monday with economic advisers to opposition

Published 26 Aug, 2019 03:15pm

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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