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Lofty US home prices persist despite interest rate hikes

Higher borrowing costs are leading to fewer US home sales, but prices are staying elevated in a holdover from the...

Published 07 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

By taking Twitter private, Musk makes daring bet

Elon Musk’s decision to pull Twitter off the stock market allows him to make major changes quickly, but it also...

Published 07 Nov, 2022 05:49am

Opinion

Strong US dollar an unstoppable force endangering other currencies

The dazzling rise of the US dollar, which has hit one record after another, is raising fears of a currency crash of ...

Updated 02 Oct, 2022 06:18am

Opinion

Crypto lending world sways under risk and turmoil

Starting with the lofty goal of competing with traditional banks, cryptocurrency lending giants and their clients ...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

Opinion

Twitter has long been more talk than money

Billionaire Elon Musk is capturing a social media prize with his deal to buy Twitter, which has become a global ...

Published 27 Apr, 2022 05:19am

Opinion

Wheat and corn prices ride the Ukrainian rollercoaster

The crisis between Ukraine and Russia, two of the world’s biggest wheat and corn producers, has sent the...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

Opinion

With Fed set to hike US rates, ‘ultra-cheap money’ era nears end

Consumers, companies and financial markets are bound to see borrowing costs rise as the Federal Reserve gets ready ...

Published 29 Jan, 2022 06:05am

Opinion

Didi departure from NYSE marks end of Wall Street romance with Chinese big tech

The Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing’s announcement that it will delist its shares from the New York Stock...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:19am

Opinion

Iconic corporate names breaking up in trend to boost value

Three multinational giants - General Electric, Johnson & Johnson and Toshiba - this week announced plans to ...

Published 14 Nov, 2021 04:12am

Opinion

To encourage vaccinations, more US firms turn to incentives - and threats

In the wake of full US approval for the Pfizer/BioNTech anti-Covid vaccine this week, more and more American...

Published 28 Aug, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

In the US, camera phones increasingly expose racism

From the death of a black man in Minneapolis to a racist incident in Central Park, camera phones are increasingly being used as a weapon against racism even when justice doesn't always follow.

Published 30 May, 2020 12:06am

Does Assange indictment set dangerous precedent for journalists?

Does the indictment of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the US Espionage Act for publishing classified military and diplomatic documents threaten the constitutional right to freedom of the press?

Published 26 May, 2019 12:00am

'Stan & Ollie,' an intimate portrait of comedic genius

They hung up their bowler hats decades ago, but Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy remain cinema's most iconic comic duo, with a unique chemistry explored in a new feature centered on their careers' tricky end. "Stan and Ollie," marks the first time a feature f

Published 05 Jan, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 10	280.13
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 10	279.93
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 10	147.51
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 10	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 10	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 10	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 6	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 7	5,746.85
Nasdaq / Mar 7	18,211.25
FTSE 100 / Mar 7	8,679.88
Dow Jones / Mar 7	42,829.44
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 7	23,008.94
France CAC40 / Mar 7	8,120.80
India Sensex / Mar 10	74,562.50
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 10	37,040.08
Hang Seng / Mar 10	23,712.63

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 7	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 7	263,203
Petrol/Litre / Mar 10	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 10	66.61
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 10	2,909.50
Diesel/Litre / Mar 10	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 10	66.57

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / Mar 10 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	9.01 ▲ 1 (12.48%)
Askari Life Assur. / Mar 10 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5.58 ▲ 0.57 (11.38%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 10 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	32.15 ▲ 2.92 (9.99%)
Barkat Frisian Agro / Mar 10 Barkat Frisian Agro Limited(BFAGRO)	22.02 ▲ 2 (9.99%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 10 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	44.26 ▲ 4.02 (9.99%)
Apna Microfin. / Mar 10 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	11.25 ▲ 1.02 (9.97%)
Reliance Ins. / Mar 10 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	12.24 ▲ 1.11 (9.97%)
Unicap Modaraba / Mar 10 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.36 ▲ 0.3 (9.8%)
Idrees Tex. / Mar 10 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	17.79 ▲ 1.58 (9.75%)
Arif Habib Corp / Mar 10 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	99.50 ▲ 7.93 (8.66%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Mar 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	6.52 ▼ -0.98 (-13.07%)
Clover Pakistan / Mar 10 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	47.51 ▼ -6.48 (-12%)
Kot Addu Power / Mar 10 Kot Addu Power Company Limited(KAPCO)	33.55 ▼ -4.17 (-11.06%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 10 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.24 ▼ -0.87 (-10.73%)
Khalid Siraj / Mar 10 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	8.50 ▼ -1 (-10.53%)
First Capital Equities / Mar 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	4.32 ▼ -0.48 (-10%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Mar 10 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	72.01 ▼ -7.97 (-9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 10 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.32 ▼ -1.36 (-9.94%)
Elahi Cot. / Mar 10 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.11 ▼ -11.05 (-9.12%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 10 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	758.01 ▼ -65.17 (-7.92%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Cement / Mar 10 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	57,215,949 ▼ -0.44
Sui South Gas / Mar 10 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	23,758,961 ▲ 0.05
Maple Leaf Cement / Mar 10 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	22,469,287 ▲ 1.25
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,454,262 ▲ 0
At-Tahur Ltd. / Mar 10 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	14,561,590 ▲ 2.92
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	13,482,295 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	13,082,415 ▲ 0.08
Pak Petroleum / Mar 10 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	12,810,997 ▼ -2.92
P.S.O. / Mar 10 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	12,459,622 ▼ -9.29
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 10 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	10,984,475 ▼ -0.11

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