News Archives for Print - 2013-11-10

Refined tin shipments from top exporter Indonesia rose to 3,314.05 tonnes in October, up four-fold from 785.99 tonnes in September, a trade ministry official said on Thursday. Indonesia also exported 755.72 tonnes of solder in October, the official told R

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian gold traders stay on sidelines

Most gold traders in India stayed on the sidelines on Friday amid high premiums on scarce stocks, while prices of futures consolidated at the keenly watched 30,000 rupee mark. India celebrated Dhanteras, the biggest gold buying festival, and Diwali earlie

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian chana, guar fall on weak demand

Indian chana, or chickpea, futures fell on Friday on slack local demand, favourable weather for sowing and adequate soil moisture. Chickpea is a rabi crop for which sowing starts in October. Key growing areas have received ample rainfall, which is expecte

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian corn seen weak on fresh supply

Indian corn futures are expected to trade lower next week because of supplies from the new season harvest, expectations of better crop and sluggish export demand. Fresh supplies have started coming into the local market and would gain pace gradually, but

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian oilseeds, soyaoil down on profit taking

Indian oilseeds and soyaoil futures were down on Friday afternoon due to profit taking after hitting contract highs in the previous day because of lower supplies in the spot market. Traders said favourable weather condition in Rajasthan, the main mustard

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

US wheat futures fall

US wheat futures fell to a 6-1/2 week low on Friday on forecasts for big supplies, traders said. For the week, the benchmark Chicago Board of Trade December soft red winter wheat contract was down 3 percent, its third straight week of declines. CBOT wheat

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Canadian canola futures rise

ICE Canadian canola futures rose on Friday, snapping a three-day skid, after the US government forecast smaller than expected world soybean stocks, which triggered a 2.3 percent gain in soybeans. US Department of Agriculture forecast global ending stocks

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

China's October soya imports drop 11 percent

China, the world's largest soya buyer, imported 4.19 million tonnes of soyabeans in October, the customs administration said on Friday, down 11 percent from the previous month due to lower supply in the global market. China's soyabean imports dropped in S

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Black Sea wheat crop outlook brighter as sowing improves

Warmer and dryer than normal autumn weather has speeded up the winter sowings campaign in Russia and Ukraine, improving the outlook for 2014's wheat harvest in the Black Sea region, an official and analysts said. Russia and Ukraine, major global wheat exp

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

US Midwest corn, soya bids steady to lower

Corn and soyabean spot basis bids were steady to lower across the US Midwest on Friday after futures surged in the wake of a US Agriculture Department report that showed higher demand for the commodities, grain merchants said. Soyabean futures jumped up m

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

European wheat futures hit two-week high

European wheat futures hit a two-week high on Friday as a falling euro and a big import deal by Algeria bolstered export sentiment. But price movements and volumes were limited on Friday as the market braced itself for long-awaited US government crop esti

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian sugar futures rise marginally

Indian sugar futures rose marginally on Friday, snapping a three-session losing streak, but traders said the contract could fall again due to weak fundamentals. At 1026 GMT, the key December contract was up 0.21 percent at 2,841 rupees per 100 kg on the N

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

European vegetable oils market eases ahead of USDA reports

The European vegetable oils market eased on Friday as players awaited the release of USDA crop and supply/demand reports, which came too late in the European day for a market reaction. "USDA (US Department of Agriculture) data should normally seen bearish

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Export premiums for corn steady

Export premiums for corn at the US Gulf Coast were mostly steady on Friday amid routine demand and rising supplies from a record-large US crop, traders said. US soyabean export premiums were flat in quiet trade following a spike in prices after a bullish

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

China's October copper imports fall

China's copper arrivals fell 11.2 percent in October, coming off an 18-month high in the previous month due to poor price differentials between domestic and international copper markets and as a week-long holiday cut shipments. Arrivals of anode, refined

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Chilly weather drives US natural gas futures up

US natural gas futures ended higher for a fourth straight day on Friday, backed by chilly weather forecasts for the eastern half of the country over the next 10 days that should force more homeowners and businesses to turn up their heaters. Front-month fu

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

New Indian wheat supply won't threaten Australian premiums

India's move to cut wheat export prices has curbed a rally in US wheat futures and cheap cargoes are expected to enter the market after tenders this month, but that is unlikely to erode premiums for higher-quality Australian supplies. Traders say the Indi

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Sterling's rally to fizzle out as BoE holds steady

Sterling's recent rally will fizzle out in the coming year as the Bank of England holds firm on keeping interest rates steady until 2015 at least, despite an improving economic outlook, a Reuters poll found on Wednesday. The United States Federal Reserve

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

South Africa's rand seen steady in 12 months, bad news priced in

South Africa's rand will be stable against the dollar by this time next year but faces a choppy few months before the US Federal Reserve starts cutting back its monetary stimulus, a Reuters poll found on Wednesday. Still, the rand will likely hover around

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Canadian dollar at two-month low

The Canadian dollar touched a two-month low against its US counterpart on Friday after data showed robust US jobs growth in October ddespite a government shutdown The US report fanned expectations the Federal Reserve could move sooner to scale back its mo

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Dollar soars as US jobs data fuels Fed taper talk

The dollar rose across the board on Friday after a report showed an unexpected acceleration in US job growth in October, lifting expectations the Federal Reserve may start scaling back its massive stimulus before the end of the year. Employers added 204,0

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

CEE assets retreat

Central European assets retreated on Friday as good US job growth data knocked down the euro, but optimism may get the upper hand again when the region's states will report third-quarter economic output figures. The Czech crown, however, did not fall furt

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Speculators turn long dollars

Speculative bets favoured the US dollar in the latest week, posting their highest long position since mid-September, according to the latest data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net longs totalle

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Latam currencies sell off

Latin American currencies weakened sharply on Friday after a much stronger-than-expected US jobs report fuelled bets the Federal Reserve may start cutting back on its stimulus program later this year. The Brazilian real fell to 2.33 per dollar for the fir

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian rupee unlikely to strengthen more

The Indian rupee will struggle to gain any ground in the next 12 months due to uncertainty around elections, the country's external deficit and the impact of a possible tapering in the Federal Reserve's stimulus programme, a Reuters poll showed. The poll

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Federer into semi-finals after Del Potro fighback

Roger Federer staged a superb fightback to reach the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals with a 4-6, 7-6 (7/2), 7-5 victory over Juan Martin del Potro on Saturday. Federer had only once failed to reach the last four in 11 previous appearances at the

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Bayern break 30-year-old league record

European champions Bayern Munich set a new record for the longest unbeaten run in Bundesliga history with a 3-0 victory at home to Augsburg on Saturday. Bayern have now gone 37 league matches since their last defeat, at Bayer Leverkusen in October 2012, b

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Russians take Olympic torch on historic spacewalk

Two cosmonauts took the Olympic torch - unlit - for a spacewalk Saturday in a historic showcasing of Russia's Sochi Winter Olympic Games in three months' time. Veteran cosmonaut Oleg Kotov ventured outside the International Space Station (ISS) with the to

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Four held in Andy Murray 'gun scare'

British police said Friday they had arrested four men on suspicion of brandishing a gun at tennis star Andy Murray, although media reports suggest they were fans with nothing more threatening than a tennis racquet. The suspects' car was stopped and search

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

I could play three more Ashes series, says Clarke

Australian captain Michael Clarke has dismissed the idea of being driven into retirement by a degenerative back problem and believes he could play three more Ashes series over the next five years. Clarke will start his sixth Ashes series on November 21, b

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Nadal tops group, helps Wawrinka into last four

Rafael Nadal secured top spot in Group A at the ATP Tour World Finals with a victory over Tomas Berdych that also sent Stanislas Wawrinka into the semi-finals. Nadal had already qualified for the last four of the season-ending event at London's O2 Arena a

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Stoppage time penalty saves Chelsea

Eden Hazard scored from the spot in stoppage time to salvage a 2-2 draw for Chelsea against West Bromwich Albion, who were seconds away from inflicting a first Premier League home defeat on a Chelsea side managed by Jose Mourinho on Saturday. Hazard score

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Lippi's Evergrande clinch breakthrough AFC win

Marcello Lippi's Guangzhou Evergrande broke China's 23-year Asian title drought Saturday when they clinched the AFC Champions League on away goals with a 1-1 draw against FC Seoul. Elkeson's brilliant opener on 58 minutes was quickly cancelled out by FC S

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Ronaldo fires hat-trick for five-star Madrid

Cristiano Ronaldo scored his third hat-trick of the season and Gareth Bale provided another assist as Real Madrid continued their impressive form with a 5-1 win over Real Sociedad on Saturday. Ronaldo opened the scoring from Karim Benzema's pass on 12 min

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Hamzah, Tayyab cruise into PSA semis

Qualifier Syed Hamzah Shah Bukhari and unseeded Tayyab Aslam won their respective quarterfinal matches and secured their unexpected place in Phoenix Open - PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at Life Time Fitness in Tempe in the US state of Arizona.

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Blatter rules out January World Cup in Qatar

FIFA president Sepp Blatter ruled out a January World Cup in Qatar in 2022 and said on Friday November/December was the only alternative to a summer tournament. "The FIFA World Cup can only be played in November/December 2022, no way it's going to take pl

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Ashwin becomes top Test all-rounder

India's Ravichandran Ashwin has achieved the number-one position in the Reliance ICC Player Rankings for Test all-rounders after a stellar performance in the Kolkata Test, which India won by an innings and 51 runs with more than two days to spare against

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Career best Steyn, De Kock help South Africa win series

Dale Steyn returned his best one-day bowling figures while opener Quinton de Kock hit a maiden hundred as South Africa beat Pakistan by 28 runs in the fourth day-night international in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Steyn (5-25) derailed Pakistan in the 47th over w

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Twitter gives NYSE momentum in IPO battle versus Nasdaq

Twitter Inc's successful debut on the New York Stock Exchange could help the Big Board win a title it has never held before: the No 1 US listing venue for technology companies. Nasdaq OMX Group had easily scored the most tech initial public offerings ever

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian bonds fall to 10-week low

India's benchmark bond hit a 10-week low on Friday as an absence of open market operation added to supply concerns, while caution also prevailed ahead of next week's crucial inflation data. Yields rose for a seventh straight session as the central bank is

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Indian bonds fall to 10-week low

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Japan's TSE launches new stock index to boost appeal

The Tokyo Stock Exchange is launching a new index comprised of companies with high return on equity and strong corporate governance to appeal to investors, amid a strong rally in Japanese shares this year. It is the first time that the Tokyo Stock Exchang

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

US stocks tied to optional consumer spending look expensive

Companies that sell consumer goods, such as electronics, cars and appliances, are leading the US market in earnings and share gains, but high valuations and fund managers' big weightings in the sector pose major investment risks. Valuations for the S&P co

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Latam stocks fall, Brazil hits two-month low

Brazilian stocks hit a two month low on Friday, leading Latin American bourses down after strong US payrolls data upped investor expectations for a near-term tapering of monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve. Shares of Brazil's state-run oil company,

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

German Bunds hit two-week low

German Bunds hits two-week lows on Friday after surprisingly strong US jobs gains despite a partial government shutdown fuelled expectations the Federal Reserve could trim its stimulus earlier than thought. A rally in euro zone debt triggered by a Europea

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

German Bunds hit two-week low

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

TSX climbs, records weekly gain

Canada's main stock index rose on Friday after data showing a surprise acceleration in US jobs growth fuelled strong gains in financial and energy shares. The market was also supported by a jump in Talisman Energy Inc after the oil producer said it would

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Treasuries outlook: bond prices fall as job growth tops forecasts

US Treasuries prices fell on Friday after stronger-than-forecast October job growth revised expectations about how soon the Federal Reserve could start to scale back its bond-purchase program aimed at stimulating the economy. Employers added 204,000 jobs

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Treasuries outlook: bond prices fall as job growth tops forecasts

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Dow, S&P end higher for fifth straight week; financials lead

US stocks rose on Friday, rebounding from the previous session's selloff, after an unexpectedly strong payrolls report lent weight to views the world's largest economy is stronger than previously thought. With Friday's advance, The Dow and S&P 500 recorde

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Hyundai, union stuck in a marriage of inconvenience

It takes twice as long on average - over 28 hours - for Hyundai Motor Co to make a car in South Korea than in the United States, even though its domestic plants have far more workers for each production line. Add in high wages, frequent industrial action

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Kuwait expects Opec to keep crude output target unchanged

Kuwait's oil minister said on Saturday he expected Opec to keep its crude oil output target unchanged at its next meeting. Kuwait is a member of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec), the producer group that pumps more than a third of t

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

German parties reach deal on banking union

Angela Merkel's conservatives and the Social Democrats (SPD) have struck a deal on the contours of a European banking union under which a body attached to European finance ministers, not the European Commission, would decide when to close failing banks. S

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

China's inflation hits eight-month high amid tightening fear

China's annual inflation climbed to an eight-month high of 3.2 percent in October as food costs soared, fanning market worries about policy tightening as factory output and investment data pointed to signs of stabilisation in the economy. Inflation, which

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

ICE's takeover of NYSE to close on November 13

IntercontinentalExchange Inc said its takeover of NYSE Euronext would close on November 13, after clearing final regulatory hurdles on Friday. The derivatives exchange and clearing house operator said in December it would buy the owner of the New York Sto

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Thousands protest 'toxic' gold mine in Greece

More than 5,000 people took to the streets of Greece's second-largest city on Saturday, police said, to protest against a controversial gold mine that has frayed relations in a northern village. Protesters carried a banner reading "Toxic dust doesn't have

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

EU freezes vast raft of carbon credits in bid to relaunch ETS

The EU said on Friday it would temporarily freeze 900 million tonnes of carbon emissions quotas to revive prices on its ill-fated CO2 Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to reduce pollution. The agreement to "backload", or postpone the release of these credits

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

IMF gives Portugal next aid tranche, warns of risks

The International Monetary Fund said Portugal was on track with the conditions of its bailout programme and gave the indebted euro zone country another 1.9 billion euros ($2.5 billion). The board also waived certain conditions Portugal was supposed to mee

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

IMF gives Portugal next aid tranche, warns of risks

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

BlackBerry board rejected proposals to break up company

BlackBerry Ltd's board does not believe a break-up of the Canadian smartphone maker is currently in its best interests, even though Microsoft Corp, Apple Inc and Lenovo Group Ltd , among others, have expressed interest in acquiring parts of the company, a

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Chrysler recalls 1.2 million Ram pickup

Chrysler Group LLC said on Friday it is recalling 1.2 million Ram pickup trucks, mainly in the United States, to check for a chassis defect that could cause loss of steering. The automaker, a unit of Italy's Fiat SpA, said steering tie rods may have been

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Ukraine rejects IMF calls to charge more for gas

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich on Friday rejected calls by the International Monetary Fund to make domestic consumers pay more for gas, resisting an unpopular step before a presidential election due early in 2015. The refusal to end subsidies in wh

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Ukraine rejects IMF calls to charge more for gas

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Bernanke, other policymakers point to weakness in labour market

Despite signs of improvement in the US labour market, there is plenty of room for the jobless rate to fall further, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and two other top policymakers said on Friday, in comments that suggested continued support for the U

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Seven dead in Nigeria raid on insurgents plotting 'attacks'

Nigerian security forces staged lethal raids Saturday on suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the northern city of Kano allegedly plotting "suicide attacks" there and in the capital Abuja, the military said. Five suspected "terrorists" and two soldiers died

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

European satellite heading back toward Earth

A large science satellite that mapped Earth's gravity, now doomed by the force, is heading back into the atmosphere, officials said on Saturday. Europe's Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer, or GOCE, was just 99 miles (160 km) above

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Miss Universe to be crowned in Russia for first time

Women representing 86 countries will vie for the Miss Universe crown Saturday at the final of the 61-year-old beauty contest, which is being held in Russia for the first time. But the decision to stage the show in Moscow has sparked a fresh debate over Ru

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

India mum on Prime Minister: Sri Lanka trip amid boycott pressure

India refused to say Saturday whether Premier Manmohan Singh would attend a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka amid local media reports he would likely boycott the event over alleged human rights abuses by Colombo. Singh is being pressed by Indian Tamil gro

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

US Navy to christen new, costly aircraft carrier

The American navy will Saturday christen a new aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, a colossal ship plagued by equally huge cost overruns, at a time of growing budget pressures. The daughter of the former US president, Susan Ford Bales, will break the t

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

French riot police use tear gas on anti-tax protesters

French riot police fired tear gas at hundreds of anti-tax demonstrators in north-west France on Saturday after protesters pelted them and tried to drive a tractor through a barricade, an AFP photographer said. One demonstrator was arrested in Jugon-les-La

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Miami Herald reporter detained in Venezuela

Venezuelan authorities were holding an American journalist from the Miami Herald for a third day on Saturday after he was picked up near the border with Colombia reporting on economic shortages and an upcoming local election, his colleagues said. Bogota-b

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Female US general who overturned sex-assault ruling to retire

The first woman from the US military to go into space has decided to retire after her promotion to a top Space Command job was blocked in the Senate due to her decision to overturn a sexual assault conviction. Former space shuttle astronaut Lieutenant Gen

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Maduro government 'occupies' Venezuela electronics chain

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the "occupation" of a chain of electronic goods stores in a crackdown on what the socialist government views as price-gouging hobbling the country's economy. Various managers of the five-store, 500-employee

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Obama says US needs to update policies on Cuba

President Barack Obama said on Friday that it may be time for the United States to revise its policies toward Cuba, against which it has had an embargo for more than half a century. "We have to be creative and we have to be thoughtful and we have to conti

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

One dead after blast at Paris musical rehearsal: police

One of around 15 people hurt in an accidental explosion during rehearsals for a Paris musical died overnight of a heart attack, police said Saturday. The man, an employee of the show whose heart had stopped when rescue workers arrived on the scene Friday

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Russian protesters throw tomatoes at Dutch king

Russian opposition activists in Moscow threw tomatoes at visiting Dutch King Willem-Alexander on Saturday to protest the January suicide of one of their members turned down for asylum in the Netherlands. None of the tomatoes hit the king, the Ria Novosti

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Iran starts producing new missile system

Iran's Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan on Saturday inaugurated the production line of an anti-missile system dubbed the Sayyad-2 (Hunter 2), media reported. "In order to counter aerial attack, we have put the production of the Sayyad-2 missile system on t

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Greek coastguard holds suspect ship carrying arms

Greek authorities have detained a cargo ship carrying large quantities of weapons and ammunition, the country's coastguard said on Friday. The vessel was lacking proper UN documents for arms shipments in conflict zones and the size of its cargo appeared t

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Saudi Arabia reports two new cases of MERS virus

Saudi Arabia has recorded two new cases of the MERS virus, the health ministry said on Saturday, a day after authorities in neighbouring Qatar reported one new case. Saudi Arabia accounts for a full 52 of 127 deaths worldwide from the Middle East Respirat

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Crude oil tank cars ablaze after train derails in Alabama

Several oil tank cars that burst into flames after a train derailed in rural Alabama were expected to keep burning into Saturday, potentially reigniting the push for tougher regulation of the boom in moving oil by rail. Twenty-five of the train's 90 cars

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Syria rebels recapture army base near Aleppo airport

Islamist rebels retook most of a military base in northern Syria from forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday after two days of fighting in which at least 60 people have been killed, a monitoring group said. The heavy fighting reflects the s

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Egypt to expand Russia cooperation after fall out with US: Foreign Minister

Egypt will expand co-operation with Russia in the wake of a diplomatic spat with long-time ally the United States following president Mohamed Morsi's overthrow, Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said Saturday. The foreign minister, in a interview with AFP, was

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

13 die as Indonesian army helicopter crashes in jungle

Thirteen people died when an Indonesian army helicopter carrying construction workers to build a military outpost crashed in the jungles of Borneo and burst into flames Saturday. The helicopter was carrying 19 crew and construction workers, as well as bui

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Belgium raises Palestinian diplomatic status

Belgium said Saturday it had raised the standing of a Palestinian diplomatic delegation to the country to "mission" status in a show of commitment to a two-state solution in the Middle East. Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders confirmed the change fr

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

US 'working tirelessly' to restore UNESCO funding

The US government is working hard to get Congress to restore its UNESCO funding, Washington's ambassador to the UN cultural arm said on Saturday, after its voting rights were suspended over failure to pay up. UNESCO's granting the Palestinians membership

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Canadian 'child soldier' appeals Guantanamo conviction

Omar Khadr, the Canadian "child soldier" held for a decade at Guantanamo, appealed his terror conviction Friday. Once the US military prison camp's youngest inmate, Khadr has returned to Canada to serve the rest of his term. He filed the appeal with the U

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Ethiopia to bring home illegal workers from Saudi Arabia

The Ethiopian government is repatriating its citizens living in Saudi Arabia illegally, after reports that an Ethiopian was killed by Saudi police, officials said Saturday. Last April, the Saudi government issued an amnesty period giving illegal immigrant

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Nasheed tops Maldives vote, faces shaky run-off

Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed topped Saturday's bitterly-fought presidential elections, but failed to secure a clear majority needed to avoid a tricky run-off, official results showed. Nasheed's Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) immediately pressed for

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Jiangxi Copper sees flat refined copper output in 2014

Jiangxi Copper Corp, China's top producer of the metal, does not expect to increase its output of refined copper in 2014 even though it has the capacity, an executive from its listed unit said on Tuesday, blaming a shortage of scrap material. Consumption

Published 10 Nov, 2013 12:00am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 25	277.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 25	277.73
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 25	154.29
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 25	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 25	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 25	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59
France CAC40 / Nov 22	7,255.01
India Sensex / Nov 25	80,331.40
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 25	38,933.62

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Petrol/Litre / Nov 25	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 25	70.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 25	2,664.27
Diesel/Litre / Nov 25	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 25 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 25 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 25 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 25 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 25 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 25 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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