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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 / Dec 31	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 31	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 31	156.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 31	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,017.14
Hang Seng / Dec 31	20,059.95
FTSE 100 / Dec 31	8,125.32

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 31	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 31	71.59
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 31	2,605.88
Diesel/Litre / Dec 31	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.75 ▲ 0.45 (13.64%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	8.33 ▲ 1.00 (13.64%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Dec 31 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.88 ▲ 0.88 (12.57%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.47 (11.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1.00 (11.12%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	39.33 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	65.45 ▲ 5.95 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 31 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.12 ▼ -0.98 (-16.07%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 31 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.60 ▼ -0.90 (-10.59%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 31 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	30.76 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Dec 31 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.50 ▼ -8.72 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Noon Sugar / Dec 31 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	81.31 ▼ -9.03 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	425.82 ▼ -47.31 (-10.00%)
Gammon Pak / Dec 31 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	45.59 ▼ -5.06 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	212,308,919 ▲ 0.42
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.28
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	66,177,767 ▲ 1.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	55,597,038 ▲ 0.69
Pak Refinery / Dec 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,017,805 ▲ 3.54
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.91

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