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World

Canada, EU to discuss trade accord at summit

MONTREAL: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau prepared Wednesday to welcome senior EU officials for a brief summi

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:28pm

Sports

World Cup hero Roy given first England Test call, Wood sidelined

LONDON: England have give Jason Roy his first Test call-up to face Ireland after the Surrey opener played a key role

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:26pm

Markets

Stock markets little changed, pound under pressure

LONDON: Global stock markets were easier Wednesday after recent record gains in the US while growing concerns about

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:24pm

Markets

ICE Aug white sugar delivery totals 793,350 tonnes

LONDON: A total of 793,350 tonnes of Thai white sugar has been tendered against the August contract on ICE Futures E

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:19pm

Business & Finance

South African subsidiary of carmaker Ford to add 1,200 jobs

JOHANNESBURG: The South African unit of Ford Motor Co said on Wednesday it would hire an additional 1,200 staff at o

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:17pm

Business & Finance

Kuwait Finance House Q2 net profit up 9.4pc year on year

DUBAI: Kuwait Finance House (KFH) , the country's biggest Islamic lender, posted a 9.4% annual rise in net profit in

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:15pm

Business & Finance

London house prices fall at fastest rate in a decade

LONDON: House prices in London fell at the fastest pace in almost 10 years in May, according to official data that a

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:12pm

Business & Finance

Bank of America profit beats as healthy economy fuels loan growth

Bank of America Corp beat estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday, as the United States' second-largest lender's

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:10pm

Markets

Sterling dives amid investor rush to hedge rise in Brexit risk

LONDON: Sterling fell below $1.24 on Wednesday, levels not plumbed for more than two years, as investors continued t

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:09pm

Markets

Euro zone bond yields renew slide, Italian yields at lowest since 2016

LONDON: Euro area government bond yields tumbled on Wednesday after comments by US Federal Reserve officials reinfor

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:05pm

Markets

Copper tumbles from two-week peak as Trump renews China tariff threat

LONDON: Copper retreated from a two-week high on Wednesday after U.S President Donald Trump threatened to impose fur

Published 17 Jul, 2019 02:02pm

Business & Finance

BNP Paribas Asset Management ditches negative yielding EM debt

LONDON: BNP Paribas Asset Management is shedding any negative yielding emerging market debt and expects to make more

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:59pm

Markets

Palm oil gains, tracking stronger crude, soyoil

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reversed early losses to end higher on Wednesday evening, supported by a we

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:57pm

Markets

Gold eases as dollar holds firm after robust US data

Gold slipped on Wednesday as the dollar held near a one-week high on the back of better-than-expected retail sales d

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:56pm

World

IMF to vote on disbursement of final loan tranche to Egypt on July 24

CAIRO: The International Monetary Fund is due to vote on the disbursement of the final tranche of a 2016 $12 billion

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:52pm

Markets

Dubai-based GEMS hires banks for $800mn dual-currency bond

DUBAI: Dubai-based GEMS Education has hired banks to arrange investor meetings ahead of a potential issuance of inte

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:49pm

World

South Africa's retail sales jump in May ahead of expected rate cuts

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's retail sales rose more than expected in May as sales of household goods, furniture and

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:45pm

Business & Finance

Abbott beats profit estimates, raises FY forecast on diabetes device strength

Abbott Laboratories beat analysts' estimates for quarterly profit on Wednesday and raised its full-year adjusted ear

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:42pm

Business & Finance

Russia's finmin, central bank, VEB to split troubled bank's debt

MOSCOW: Russia's finance ministry, the central bank and the state development bank VEB will split among themselves a

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:34pm

Business & Finance

ZTE says Italy's new powers to intervene in 5G will delay deployment

MILAN: Chinese telecom equipment firm ZTE Corp warned on Wednesday that the Italian government's newly strengthened

Published 17 Jul, 2019 01:32pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 27	5,970.84
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,699.07
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Nasdaq / Dec 27	19,238.48
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,090.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,149.78
Dow Jones / Dec 27	42,992.21
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,984.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	70.60
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 27	234,225
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,621.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 28	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 29	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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