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Opinion

Shipping costs — another danger for inflation-watchers to navigate

Much like the coronavirus pandemic, and the economic disruption that it has caused, a global shipping crisis looks...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Opinion

From doom to boom, energy stocks power out of Covid shock

Big oil is back. After enduring a near-death experience during the Covid crisis when demand plummeted and being...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Opinion

Early or late cycle? Fast-running bull market unnerves investors

Will history’s longest-ever bull market be followed by one of the shortest? It’s been just over a year since a...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

Opinion

The housing boom, central banks and the inflation conundrum

A multi-year boom in global house prices which even a pandemic has failed to halt is forcing central banks around ...

Published 23 Apr, 2021 05:12am

Opinion

'Bond vigilantes' relaxed on record-high debt as central banks rule

An explosion in crisis borrowing around the world has not yet given so-called "bond vigilantes" sleepless nights or...

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Opinion

Bond markets should brace for tighter central bank squeeze

As the British and Australian central banks prepare to crank up their money-printing presses and the U.S. election...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Opinion

The quarter after the half: Why the next 3 months are key for stocks

ARTICLE: Central bank firepower helped stock market bulls finish the first half of 2020 on a high. Now the rally...

Updated 08 Jul, 2020 10:43pm

Markets

Central banks hint at pandemic stimulus exit, markets aren't buying it

ARTICLE: As strict coronavirus lockdowns end, some central bankers have started hinting at another kind of exit -...

Published 24 Jun, 2020 03:13am

Share buyback juggernaut to roll on, oiled by bond yield collapse

Relentlessly falling borrowing costs worldwide may be setting the stage for a further squeeze in global equity supply, with signs that more companies, especially in Japan and Europe, will exploit the cheap money wave to buy back shares.

Published 06 Aug, 2019 12:00am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 4	277.99
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 4	277.79
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 4	152.16
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 4	0.86
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 4	1.30
Euro to USD / Nov 4	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 4	5,712.69
Nasdaq / Nov 4	18,179.98
FTSE 100 / Nov 4	8,184.24
Dow Jones / Nov 4	41,794.60
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 4	19,147.85
France CAC40 / Nov 4	7,371.71
India Sensex / Nov 5	78,731.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 5	38,537.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 4	71.65
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 4	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 4	244,227
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 4	2,745.40
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 4	69.93
Petrol/Litre / Nov 5	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Nov 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Nov 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Nov 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Nov 5 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Nov 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 5 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00