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Egypt's GASC buys 120,000 tonnes of Russian wheat

Of the total, GASC bought 60,000 tonnes for shipment May 15-25 and 60,000 tonnes for shipment May 26-June 5, it sai

Published 14 Apr, 2020 02:42pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Jordan cancels tender to buy 120,000 tonnes of wheat

Jordan had received offers from only two suppliers, CHS and Ameropa. The tender will be re-issued for next Tue

Published 13 Apr, 2020 01:37pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast 2019/20 Q2 cocoa grind up 4.4pc by end March

Grinders processed 47,000 tonnes of beans in March, up from 44,000 tonnes in the same period the previous year.

Published 08 Apr, 2020 03:17pm

Commodities

Saudi Arabia asks private sector to import 355,000 T of wheat

Saudi, the world's top oil exporter, has long encouraged its private investors to pour money into agricultural inve

Published 06 Apr, 2020 11:00am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Iraq says expects up to 6 million tonnes of local wheat this season

The local harvest season is expected to begin on April 10, ministry official Mahdi-al-Kaisy said. BAGHDAD: Ir

Published 03 Apr, 2020 01:46pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast 2019/20 cocoa port arrivals seen at 1.645mn T by March 29- exporters

About 10,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 12,000 tonnes to San Pedro between March 23 to Marc

Published 30 Mar, 2020 01:50pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Iraq needs 1mn tonnes of wheat, 250,000 T rice

The wheat import figure is higher than the country had originally planned to purchase from abroad throughout 2020.

Published 25 Mar, 2020 01:32pm

Commodities

Egypt has strategic wheat reserves for 4.7 months

Egypt also aims for domestic wheat production of 4 million tonnes in the next season starting April 15, the agency

Published 19 Feb, 2020 10:26am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Jordan draws 13 participants in 120,000 T barley tender

Jordan on Tuesday bought 60,000 tonnes of wheat in a separate tender. The barley in Wednesday's tender is soug

Published 12 Feb, 2020 02:15pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Thailand sugar production to range between 8-9mn T in 2019-20

Thailand's Baanrai Sugar Industry Company said it saw production at just above 8 million tonnes. The TCSC, whi

Published 11 Feb, 2020 11:20am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals reached 1.378mn T by Jan. 31

Previously exporters had estimated that arrivals from Oct. 1 to Feb. 2 would reach 1.419 million tonnes, compared w

Published 10 Feb, 2020 10:58am

Middle East Africa Commodities

French wheat offered lowest offer at Egypt's GASC tender

GASC is seeking an unspecified quantity of wheat for shipment March 11-25. At its last purchase tender on Jan.

Published 30 Jan, 2020 02:31pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Saudi Arabia's SAGO buys 900,000 tonnes of barley in tender

The barley was purchased at an average price of $224.45 per tonne. DUBAI: Saudi Arabia's state grain buyer SA

Published 27 Jan, 2020 11:23am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Uganda's coffee exports up 5pc in December from a year earlier

Uganda exported 330,248 60-kilogram bags of coffee last month compared to 314,439 bags that the country shipped in

Published 22 Jan, 2020 11:52am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Uganda coffee exports up 7pc year-on-year in November

The east African country shipped 438,815 60-KG bags of the beans, up from 409,940 bags exported in same month a yea

Published 19 Dec, 2019 10:51am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast 2019/20 cocoa grind up 5.5pc by end November

The country is the world's top cocoa producer and vies with the Netherlands for the spot of leading grinder. G

Published 11 Dec, 2019 10:30am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Egypt GASC buys 355,000 tonnes of wheat in tender

Nibulon: 60,000 tonnes of Ukrainian wheat at $222.50 free-on-board (FOB) and $14.97 freight equating to $237.47 cos

Published 10 Dec, 2019 08:30pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Cargill invests over $113mn in Ivory Coast, Ghana cocoa sector

Ivory Coast and Ghana produce some two-thirds of the world's cocoa, but their industry is blighted by poverty, chil

Published 04 Dec, 2019 08:40pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Iraq plans to import 750,000 T wheat next year - grain board

The country had 1.2 million tonnes of wheat as strategic reserves, enough to last for three months. Iraq repla

Published 04 Dec, 2019 12:59pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Saudi Arabia tender seeks 595,000 tonnes of wheat

The wheat is for delivery periods between February and March 2020. SAGO is seeking 360,000 tonnes for delivery

Published 17 Oct, 2019 10:52am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast 2019/20 cocoa port arrivals seen at 132,000 T by Oct. 13

48,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan port and 49,000 tonnes to San Pedro between Oct. 7 and Oct. 13 for

Published 14 Oct, 2019 11:37am

Commodities

Ukrainian wheat offered lowest in Egypt's tender

The international tender from Egypt's state commodities buyer GASC to buy wheat on Tuesday was $201.90 a tonne FOB

Published 08 Oct, 2019 12:36pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Egypt to produce 4mn T white rice in 2019 season

Egyptians consume around 3.2 million tonnes of rice annually. The figure compares to 2.7 million tonnes produc

Published 08 Oct, 2019 11:22am

Middle East Africa Commodities

Copper firms as U.S.-China trade talks move into focus

The metal used in power and construction logged its third straight week of declines last week after soft economic d

Published 07 Oct, 2019 01:41pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Syria issues tender to buy 150,000 T of wheat

Syria's state grains agency has issued an international tender to purchase and import 150,000 tonnes of milling whe

Published 03 Oct, 2019 10:23am

Commodities

Ivory Coast to cap cocoa production at 2mn T to buoy prices

Ivory Coast and Ghana have teamed up in the past few months to impose a minimum floor price to exert more influence

Published 01 Oct, 2019 01:35pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Syria makes second attempt to swap its durum for soft wheat

Swaps are relatively unusual in the wheat market, with cash purchases a more common way of acquiring new supply.

Published 26 Sep, 2019 12:55pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory coast cocoa arrivals up 10.7pc to 2.164mn T by Sept. 22

About 1,000 tonnes of beans were delivered to Abidjan and 3,000 tonnes to San Pedro from Sept. The period from

Published 23 Sep, 2019 03:28pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Morocco confirms cut in soft wheat duty to 35pc

The cut aims at ensuring regular supplies and guaranteeing the stability of the soft wheat price at 260 dirhams per

Published 19 Sep, 2019 02:13pm

Middle East Africa Commodities

Ivory Coast cocoa arrivals to Sept 1 up 11.6pc to 2.148mn tonnes

ABIDJAN: Cocoa arrivals at ports in top grower Ivory Coast reached 2.148 million tonnes for the period from Oct. 1 l

Published 02 Sep, 2019 02:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 20	238,940
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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