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China fails to buy agricultural goods as promised: Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday accused China of backsliding on promises to increase purchases of

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:29pm

Markets

Ivory Coast must overhaul key cocoa sector: World Bank

ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer, earns just a fraction of the crop's potential value and mu

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:28pm

Business & Finance

Amazon to offer job skill training to 100,000 US workers

WASHINGTON: Amazon announced plans Thursday to offer job training to around one-third of its US workforce to help th

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:25pm

Business & Finance

Nigeria to limit bank deposits with central bank to boost lending

LAGOS: Nigeria plans to limit daily bank placements with the central bank and the interest paid on them, in an effor

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:20pm

Business & Finance

IMF job? Ask me later, says Bank of England's Carney

LONDON: Bank of England Governor Mark Carney tried to bat away questions about whether he wants to succeed Christine

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:18pm

Markets

Palm reverses losses to gain on firmer US soyoil

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures gained at the close of trade on Thursday, reversing losses made earlier in

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:17pm

World

Northern Ireland could lose 40,000 jobs in no-deal Brexit

BELFAST: Northern Ireland's civil service has warned that a British exit from the European Union without a withdrawa

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:14pm

EU mulls adding Saudi Arabia to money-laundering grey list

BRUSSELS: The European Union is preparing an overhaul of its listing of countries that pose money-laundering risks,

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:12pm

World

India-US trade talks to restart Friday with little sign of compromise

NEW DELHI: Indian and US trade negotiators will meet on Friday, with little sign of a compromise on a series of prot

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:06pm

Business & Finance

Brazil's Petrobras starts process to sell stake in Argentina unit Mega

BRASILIA: Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petroleo Brasileiro SA has begun the so-called non-binding phase of the pr

Published 11 Jul, 2019 02:00pm

World

French Senate approves tax as US opens digital levy probe

PARIS: France's Senate gave final approval to a tax on big technology companies on Thursday, potentially opening up

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:58pm

Business & Finance

Reckitt to pay $1.4bn to end opioid addiction treatment probes

Reckitt Benckiser has agreed to pay up to $1.4 billion to end US federal investigations into the marketing of an opi

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:54pm

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka leaves rates unchanged to support growth

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's central bank left key interest rates unchanged on Thursday as expected, after cutting them in M

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:52pm

World

EU threatens Turkey with sanctions over Cyprus drilling

BRUSSELS: The European Union is set to curb contacts and funding for Ankara in retaliation for what it calls Turkey'

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:51pm

Markets

Dollar weakness hoists pound, but outlook bleak

LONDON: Sterling gained on Thursday, erasing most losses earlier this week after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:49pm

Business & Finance

Commerzbank hires ING's Roland Boekhout as new head of corporate clients

FRANKFURT: Commerzbank is hiring ING's Roland Boekhout as its new head of corporate clients, replacing Michael Reuth

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:47pm

Business & Finance

Hungary's 2020 budget deficit goal reachable if not all reserves spent

BUDAPEST: Hungary's 2020 budget deficit target of 1% of economic output is achievable if some of the reserves in the

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:46pm

Markets

Heatwave prompts cut in Strategie Grains EU wheat crop forecast

PARIS: Strategie Grains cut its monthly forecast for this year's European Union soft wheat harvest by more than 2 mi

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:37pm

Business & Finance

Trump says Deutsche Bank 'maligned'

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump in a tweet on Thursday said Deutsche Bank AG, which he has done business with,

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:31pm

Business & Finance

Romania central bank votes unanimously to hold rate

BUCHAREST: Romanian central bank board members unanimously decided to keep the benchmark interest rate on hold at 2.

Published 11 Jul, 2019 01:30pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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