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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

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

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

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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

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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

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

Middle East Africa 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 23	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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