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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 / 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
FTSE 100 / Dec 30	8,121.01
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14
France CAC40 / Dec 30	7,313.56
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,017.14

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)	3.98 ▲ 0.68 (20.61%)
F. Nat.Equities / Dec 31 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	4.62 ▲ 0.53 (12.96%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.50 ▲ 0.50 (12.50%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	65.45 ▲ 5.95 (10.00%)
Chakwal Spinning / Dec 31 Chakwal Spinning Mills Limited(CWSM)	64.67 ▲ 5.88 (10.00%)
Dadex Eternit / Dec 31 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.52 ▲ 6.41 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 31 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.54 ▲ 13.69 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.82 ▼ -22.64 (-10.00%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	43.35 ▼ -4.81 (-9.99%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	431 ▼ -42.13 (-8.90%)
Hallmark Co. / Dec 31 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	778.99 ▼ -73.50 (-8.62%)
Int. Knit. / Dec 31 International Knitwear Limited(INKL)	16.12 ▼ -1.50 (-8.51%)
IGI Life Ins / Dec 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	14.52 ▼ -1.33 (-8.39%)
Service Textile / Dec 31 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	11.12 ▼ -0.97 (-8.02%)
Supernet Ltd. / Dec 31 Supernet Limited (GEM)(GEMSPNL)	18 ▼ -1.55 (-7.93%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	143,223,293 ▲ 0.52
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.25
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.03
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	39,630,087 ▲ 0.91
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.42
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,921,488 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	30,315,237 ▼ -0.82