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Cocoa at 4-month highs after grind data meets expectations

NEW YORK/LONDON: Cocoa futures trading on Liffe and ICE extended their gains to four-month highs on Wednesday following

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:59pm

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Euro down on ECB rate cut talk; yen dips before G20

NEW YORK: The euro headed on Wednesday for its biggest daily decline against the dollar in nearly a year, weakened by ta

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:50pm

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Shares, oil fall on growth concerns; gold rises

NEW YORK: World equity markets and commodities fell on Wednesday as global growth concerns dented investor sentiment yet

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:47pm

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Cotton rebounds from 1-1/2 month low as day's dips prompt buying

NEW YORK: ICE cotton recovered from a 1-1/2 month low to post its largest one-day gain in two weeks on Wednesday, as dec

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:43pm

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Prices gain as stock slump spurs safety bid

NEW YORK: Prices for US Treasuries gained on Wednesday as sinking stock prices spooked investors into scooping up safe-h

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:41pm

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Soybeans jump on tight US supplies, wheat rally stalls

CHICAGO: US soybean futures bucked early profit-taking pressure and rallied to a three-week high on Wednesday on tight U

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:35pm

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Brent crude falls for 6th day as demand worries persist

NEW YORK: Oil prices tumbled for a sixth straight session on Wednesday, with Brent crude falling below $98 per barrel fo

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:31pm

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Chilly forecast drives US natgas futures up for 2nd day

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures ended higher on Wednesday for a second straight day, backed by chilly weather forecasts

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:28pm

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Resource shares hit as TSX drops on global growth worry

TORONTO: Canada's main stock index fell more than 1 percent on Wednesday in a broad selloff, with resource stocks sh

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:25pm

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Wall St ends sharply lower as Apple slides

NEW YORK: US stocks fell in a broad market selloff Wednesday, led by a sharp fall in Apple on worries about slowing dema

Published 17 Apr, 2013 08:21pm

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Obama says unclear who caused Boston blasts

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States did not yet know who was responsible for blasts at

Published 16 Apr, 2013 12:38am

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Police boost security across US after Boston blasts

NEW YORK: US police departments from New York to Los Angeles boosted security and were on heightened alert Monday after

Published 16 Apr, 2013 12:37am

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Two dead, more than 100 reported hurt in Boston blasts

BOSTON: The twin explosions near the finish line of the Boston Marathon Monday killed two people and wounded more than 1

Published 16 Apr, 2013 12:35am

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Security boosted across US after Boston blast

NEW YORK: Security was boosted across the United States after a double blast killed at least two people and injured more

Published 16 Apr, 2013 12:32am

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Video captures Boston terror at the 4:09:44 mark

BOSTON: The digital clock over the finish line read 4:09:44 when two explosions in the historic heart of Boston turned t

Published 16 Apr, 2013 12:29am

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Australia & NZ dlrs suffer sharp reversal as markets spooked

WELLINGTON/SYDNEY: The New Zealand and Australian dollars were nursing hefty losses on Tuesday as disappointing Chinese

Published 15 Apr, 2013 10:46pm

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Gold collapses as investors race for exits, brace for end of bull market

NEW YORK/LONDON: The price of gold bullion tumbled 9 percent in heavy trade on Monday, and shed more than $125 per ounce

Published 15 Apr, 2013 10:43pm

World

North Korea may still hold test missile launch: US official

WASHINGTON: The Pentagon still believes North Korea may be poised for a missile test launch in the coming days even afte

Published 15 Apr, 2013 10:33pm

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Argentina to plant more wheat this year: Exchange

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina will plant more wheat this season than last year thanks to farmer-friendly adjustments to the go

Published 15 Apr, 2013 10:24pm

World

US Supreme Court declines to hear gun rights case

WASHINGTON: Staying out of a raging national debate over guns, the US Supreme Court on Monday declined to weigh in on wh

Published 15 Apr, 2013 10:18pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.10
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 23	5,974.07
Nasdaq / Dec 23	19,764.89
Dow Jones / Dec 23	42,906.95
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,616.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	39,036.85
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,130.86

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 23	241,087.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,618.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 24	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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