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Google, Apple, Mozilla move to block Kazakh surveillance system

Alphabet Inc's Google, Apple Inc and Firefox browser maker Mozilla took steps on Wednesday to block the Kazakh gover

Published 21 Aug, 2019 01:07pm

Business & Finance

Royal Bank of Canada profit misses on weakness in capital markets division

Royal Bank of Canada on Wednesday reported an increase in third-quarter profit but missed analysts' estimates as wea

Published 21 Aug, 2019 01:05pm

Markets

European stocks recover before Fed minutes, Jackson Hole gathering

LONDON: European stocks rallied on Wednesday as hopes for more monetary and fiscal stimulus helped assuage worries a

Published 21 Aug, 2019 01:03pm

Markets

Oil up over 1pc, buoyed by US stock drawdown

LONDON: Crude oil futures rose more than 1% on Wednesday after industry data showed a larger than expected drop in U

Published 21 Aug, 2019 01:02pm

World

Hong Kong protest moves to mob-attack subway as bank warns of economic fallout

HONG KONG: A major bank warned on Wednesday that weeks of protests in Hong Kong could hit the economies of the Chine

Published 21 Aug, 2019 01:00pm

Markets

Iran says top waterways won't be as safe if its oil exports cut to zero

GENEVA: If Iran's oil exports are cut to zero, international waterways will not have the same security as before, it

Published 21 Aug, 2019 12:58pm

Business & Finance

US home refinancing activity hits 3-year high

NEW YORK: US homeowners filed the most applications to refinance their current mortgages in over three years as 30-y

Published 21 Aug, 2019 12:56pm

World

Canadian inflation holds steady at 2.0pc in July

OTTAWA: Canada's annual inflation rate held steady in July at 2.0% because of lower costs for services, including te

Published 21 Aug, 2019 12:54pm

Markets

Argentine stock market falls nearly 8pc after new economy minister takes office

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's beleaguered stock market fell nearly eight percent Tuesday after new economy minister Hern

Published 20 Aug, 2019 04:42pm

Markets

Worries over global trade, Italy lead FTSE 100 lower

London's main index ended firmly in the red on Tuesday after new US-China trade jitters and political instability in

Published 20 Aug, 2019 04:34pm

Markets

Argentina in red again, lagging steady Latam markets

Most Latin American currencies edged higher on Tuesday as investors speculated the path of US interest rates amid gr

Published 20 Aug, 2019 04:17pm

World

Saudi Arabia implements end to travel restrictions for Saudi women

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has begun implementing previously announced changes that allow adult women to travel without pe

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:52pm

Business & Finance

Goldman CEO memo calls Apple Card 'a beginning' on launch day

NEW YORK: Goldman Sachs Group Inc officially became a credit-card lender on Tuesday by rolling out its first product

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:50pm

Markets

South Africa's rand pauses recent slide, stocks down

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's rand firmed on Tuesday, pulling back from an 11-month low as long dollar investors took

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:49pm

Business & Finance

Facebook launches tool to let users control data flow

PARIS: Facebook, under pressure to ramp up privacy rules across its platform, said on Tuesday it was rolling out a t

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:38pm

Business & Finance

General Electric ranks among riskiest long-term care insurers: Fitch

NEW YORK: General Electric Co ranks among the riskiest backers of long-term care insurance, suffering from both high

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:30pm

Markets

Sterling briefly jumps after Merkel says will think about Brexit backstop solutions

LONDON: Sterling briefly jumped on Tuesday after German chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union would think

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:29pm

Markets

Dollar falls vs yen, Swiss franc as US yields slide again

NEW YORK: The dollar fell against major currencies on Tuesday, in line with the drop in Treasury yields, as investor

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:28pm

Markets

Arabica coffee, NY cocoa slump to multi-month lows

LONDON: Arabica coffee prices on ICE hit a three-month low on Tuesday, weighed down in part by excess supplies, whil

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:26pm

World

US removed almost 2.7mn barrels of Iranian oil from market: Pompeo

WASHINGTON: The United States has removed nearly 2.7 million barrels of Iranian oil from global markets as a result

Published 20 Aug, 2019 03:23pm

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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