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Trump 'very concerned' by risk of violent Hong Kong crackdown

MORRISTOWN: US President Donald Trump said Thursday he is "very concerned" about the risk of a violent Chinese crack

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:23pm

Business & Finance

Apple says it supports 2.4 million US jobs

Apple Inc said on Wednesday it was either directly or indirectly responsible for 2.4 million US jobs, up 20% from th

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:20pm

Markets

Australia shares poised to slip at open, NZ inches lower

Australian shares are set to open lower on Friday, extending falls for a second straight session, on fears of an imp

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:17pm

Business & Finance

SoftBank convertible note helped cut WeWork losses

NEW YORK: Investors may be stumped by some of the finances WeWork owner We Company unveiled this week in its filing

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:15pm

World

North Korea rejects South Korea Moon's dialogue pledge, says it will never have talks

SEOUL: North Korea said on Friday it will never sit down with South Korea for talks again, rejecting a vow by the So

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:11pm

Business & Finance

ANZ reports 5pc rise in third-quarter impaired assets

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group said on Friday its impaired assets rose 5% in the third quarter, as the bank

Published 15 Aug, 2019 11:08pm

Markets

Brazil soy crusher Imcopa ends Petrópolis lease, eyes plant sale

SAO PAULO: Imcopa, one of Brazil's largest processors of non-genetically modified soybeans, has decided to unilatera

Published 15 Aug, 2019 10:21pm

World

Trump says trade war with China will be fairly short

MORRISTOWN, N.J.: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believes China wants to make a trade deal and the tr

Published 15 Aug, 2019 10:19pm

World

Trump says US moving rapidly towards trade deal with Britain

MORRISTOWN, N.J: President Donald Trump said on Thursday the United States and Britain were moving rapidly towards a

Published 15 Aug, 2019 10:16pm

Gibraltar orders Iranian tanker release despite US detention bid

GIBRALTAR: Gibraltar's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspi

Published 15 Aug, 2019 10:12pm

Israel bars visit by two US congresswomen after Trump call

JERUSALEM: Israel said Thursday it will bar a planned visit by two US congresswomen who have supported a boycott of

Published 15 Aug, 2019 10:02pm

Markets

Argentine peso halts slide, closes up more than 4pc

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's peso halted its slide Thursday, closing up more than four percent following three days of

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:35pm

Sports

Federer stunned in straight sets by Rublev at Cincinnati

CINCINNATI: Roger Federer crashed to a third-round defeat in a first-time meeting with Andrey Rublev, who posted a 6

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:34pm

Business & Finance

Walmart lifts profit forecast on strong US sales, limited tariff hit

NEW YORK: Walmart lifted its full-year profit forecast Thursday after better-than-expected results on solid US consu

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:32pm

World

Consumers supporting US economy amid manufacturing slump

WASHINGTON: American consumers appear to be carrying the US economy in their shopping carts as manufacturing slumps

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:31pm

Markets

Dow, S&P 500 end higher in volatile session after rout

NEW YORK: Wall Street stocks finished a choppy session mostly higher Thursday, staging a tentative recovery after st

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:30pm

Markets

London cocoa falls to nearly 3-month low

NEW YORK/LONDON: Cocoa futures on ICE fell on Thursday, with London cocoa dropping to its lowest levels in nearly th

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:24pm

Markets

Cotton futures hit 2-week high on solid US export sales

ICE cotton futures hit a two-week peak on Thursday, gaining for a third straight session, boosted by strong export s

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:10pm

Markets

ICE canola futures rise on crusher demand

WINNIPEG: ICE canola futures rose on Thursday, boosted by demand from crushers.

Crush margins have steadily cli

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:08pm

Sports

Ruthless Australia take control at Lord's

LONDON: Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each as Australia bowled out England for 258

Published 15 Aug, 2019 09:07pm

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 23	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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