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Markets

US bond prices fall on upbeat factory, claims data

NEW YORK: US Treasuries prices fell on Thursday as encouraging data on jobless claims and factory activity supported the

Published 18 Jul, 2013 10:07pm

Markets

C$ gains against a string of global currencies

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar gained against its US counterpart and surged versus a string of other major currencies on T

Published 18 Jul, 2013 10:01pm

Markets

Gold rebounds on crude oil gains, short-covering

NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold rose on Thursday, as gains in crude oil prices and short-covering triggered a rebound rally from t

Published 18 Jul, 2013 09:16pm

Markets

Yen slips ahead of Japan election, US data lifts dollar

NEW YORK: The yen fell across the board on Thursday, hitting a seven-week low against the euro, as traders bet Japan&#39

Published 18 Jul, 2013 09:14pm

Markets

TSX hits 1-1/2-month high as Bernanke reassures

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index advanced on Thursday to its highest level in 1-1/2 months as investors were reass

Published 18 Jul, 2013 09:07pm

Markets

US crude stocks fall near 27mn barrels in three weeks

NEW YORK: US crude oil hit its highest level in 16 months on Thursday, rising above $108 a barrel on signs of a stronger

Published 18 Jul, 2013 09:00pm

Markets

Dow, S&P 500 end at record highs on earnings, Bernanke

NEW YORK: The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs on Thursday after Morgan Stanley and others reported better

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:55pm

Markets

ICE cotton climbs most in two weeks on trade short covering

NEW YORK: ICE cotton future rose on Thursday for the first time in three sessions and posted their biggest gains since e

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:48pm

World

UN rights experts urge Italy to seek return of deported Kazakhs

GENEVA: UN rights experts urged Italy Thursday to do everything possible help the wife and daughter of a Kazakh dissiden

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:23pm

World

Six more cases of MERS virus confirmed: WHO

GENEVA: Six more people, most of them health care workers, have contracted the deadly MERS virus in Saudi Arabia and the

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:21pm

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South Africa, EU seal nuclear energy deal

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa and the European Union on Thursday sealed a 100 million euro ($130 million) nuclear energy de

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:09pm

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Biden eyes trans-Pacific trade deal 'this year'

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday he aims for completion of a huge trans-Pacific trade deal in 2013,

Published 18 Jul, 2013 08:08pm

Markets

C$ firms before Fed, Bank of Canada chiefs speak

TORONTO: The Canadian dollar gained against the US dollar on Tuesday, as traders scaled back bets on greenback strength

Published 16 Jul, 2013 10:09pm

Sports

West Indies beat Pakistan by 37 runs in second ODI

PROVIDENCE: West Indies beat Pakistan by 37 runs in the second one-day international at Providence Stadium in Guyana on

Published 16 Jul, 2013 10:07pm

Markets

Potash Corp drop drags TSX lower, focus turns to Fed

TORONTO: Canadian stocks fell on Tuesday as slumping Potash Corp shares offset gold-miner gains, but market attention wa

Published 16 Jul, 2013 10:03pm

Markets

ICE cotton falls to 2-week low on quiet mills, Texas rain forecast

NEW YORK: ICE cotton fell to a two-week low on Tuesday, pressured by limited mill buying, technical weakness, and foreca

Published 16 Jul, 2013 10:00pm

Markets

Most up as dollar falls; Brent oil hits April high

NEW YORK: Most commodities rose on Tuesday, with Brent crude oil settling at a 3-1/2-month high as US gasoline prices su

Published 16 Jul, 2013 09:58pm

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At least 16 killed in Guinea ethnic violence

CONAKRY: At least 16 people have been burned alive or hacked to death with machetes, and dozens wounded, during two days

Published 16 Jul, 2013 07:37pm

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Israeli PM rejects EU 'external dictates' on borders

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday angrily rejected European Union guidelines barring the b

Published 16 Jul, 2013 07:28pm

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Iran's Rowhani says Syria will overcome crisis

TEHRAN: Iran's president-elect Hassan Rowhani expressed hope Tuesday that the embattled regime of Syrian President B

Published 16 Jul, 2013 07:22pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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