Thailand's Gulf Energy Development Pcl has raised $733 million after its initial public offering priced at the top end of expectations - marking the country's biggest corporate IPO in more than ten years. The offering underscores a rebound for Thai listin

India is likely to export nearly one-fifth less cotton than previously estimated as pink bollworms are set to eat into the south Asian country's output which was expected to hit a record, industry officials told Reuters on Thursday. Lower exports from the

US soyabean fundamentals are not getting any easier to predict, at least judging by the government's annual long-term forecasts. Market participants will soon take their first peek at US supply and demand figures for the 2018/19 crops, and a sizable revis

The European Union is set for a large sugar beet crop this winter, the first harvest in the bloc's newly deregulated sugar market, industry experts said on Friday. From October, EU farmers became free to grow as much sugar beet as they want and refiners a

Turkey expects US President Donald Trump to stick to his promise not to supply weapons to the Syrian Kurdish militia fighting Islamic State jihadists, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Saturday. "It is our most natural right to expect Trum

The Pentagon is likely to announce in the coming days that there are about 2,000 US troops in Syria, two US officials said on Friday, as the military acknowledges that an accounting system for troops has under-reported the size of forces on the ground. Th

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri said on Saturday that he would not accept Iran-backed Hezbollah's positions that "affect our Arab brothers or target the security and stability of their countries", a statement from his press office said. The stateme

Voters in the Australian state of Queensland went to the polls Saturday in a snap election seen as a test of support for the far-right One Nation party ahead of possible national elections next year. Final opinion polls showed a tight race between the gov

Papua New Guinea police wielding metal rods cleared the final 320 holdouts from a shuttered Australian refugee camp Friday, ending a 24-day standoff that put a global spotlight on Canberra's tough policy on asylum-seekers. Videos and photos posted by the

Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson led a small protest Saturday demanding the British government do more to help a woman jailed in Iran, accusing Boris Johnson of making her situation worse. Thompson said the foreign secretary should "get on a plane" to

Catalonia's former leader challenged Spain and the European Union to respect the result of Catalan regional elections in December, saying Madrid would have to end direct rule if separatists win. Speaking from Belgium where he fled earlier this month, Carl

Ukraine on Saturday held a day of mourning for the millions of victims of a Soviet-era famine, as the war-torn nation's leaders branded it a Russian attempt to destroy the country. The 1932-33 famine, one of the darkest episodes in Ukrainian history, happ

The trilateral meeting between Iran, Russia and Turkey in the Russian resort of Sochi this week was "a right step, at the right time" for stability in Syria, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad. Russia's Vladimir Putin

The Palestine Liberation Organization office in Washington can remain open to discuss peace with Israel and may be able to resume full operations soon, the State Department said Friday. The comment came one week after US officials said the diplomatic miss

The European Union handed Prime Minister Theresa May a 10-day "absolute deadline" to improve her Brexit divorce offer or face failure in persuading EU leaders to open trade talks with Britain at a December summit. Without a deal next month, time will be v

Colombia on Friday marked a year since the signing of a landmark peace deal with Marxist FARC rebels, which President Juan Manuel Santos said had saved thousands of lives. Santos and FARC leader Rodrigo Londono returned to the same Bogota theater where th

French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday proposed a raft of measures to combat the "horrific and shameful" violence against women, as he pledged to make gender equality a major cause of his administration. "Our entire society is sick with sexism," Mac

The Dutch national institute for wartime documentation said Saturday it has been given a rare watercolour painting by Adolf Hitler, believed to be the only one in existence in The Netherlands. The aquarelle - a technique of painting with thin transparent

Bangladesh and Myanmar have agreed to take help from the UN refugee agency to safely repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims who had fled violence in Myanmar, Bangladesh said on Saturday. More than 600,000 Rohingya sought sanctuary in Banglad

Iraqi forces thrust north from the Euphrates Valley into the desert on Saturday, opening up a new front in the drive to flush out fugitive Islamic State group fighters, a commander told AFP. IS has already been driven from all the towns it once held, but

A rumbling volcano on the Indonesian resort island of Bali spewed smoke hundreds of metres into the air Saturday, officials said, just days after thousands were forced to flee over fears it would erupt. Mount Agung belched smoke as high as 1,500 metres (4

A 10-year-old Afghan boy was crushed to death Saturday on board an overcrowded boat carrying scores of migrants headed from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos, Greek news agency ANA reported. Panic erupted when the 66 migrants on board the rickety vesse

Two women allegedly involved in a scandal at a Beijing kindergarten have been detained, police said Saturday, after outrage over the incident sparked a probe into schools nationwide. Authorities in Beijing's Chaoyang district opened an investigation into

Steve Smith produced a defiant unconquered century and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets to leave England reeling as Australia cracked open the first Ashes Test at the Gabba on Saturday. The Australian skipper played one of his greatest Test knocks with

The trophy unveiling ceremony of the Peshawar Football League held here at Lala Rafique Sports Arena on Saturday. Director General (DG) Sports Junaid Khan was the chief guest and formally inaugurated. A total of 10 teams carrying various names will be tak

Opener Murali Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara hit sublime centuries to put India in command of the second Test against Sri Lanka, as the hosts took a 107-run lead on Saturday's day two. The overnight batsmen put together a 209-run partnership to pulverise the

Valtteri Bottas outpaced his Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton to claim pole position with a record-breaking lap in Saturday's qualifying session for Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 28-year-old Finn clocked a best lap in one minute, 36.23

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has postponed semi final of National T20 Cup amid law AND order situation in the wake of sit-in at Faizabad. The match was scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi Saturday. A PCB spokesperson stated that match was postponed due t

Artema Medical/Black Horse Paints will vie against Honda Chenab for the top honours in the Winter Polo Cup 2017 final to be played here at the Lahore Polo Club (LPC) ground on Sunday (today). One of the finalists Artema team includes Daniyal Sheikh, Abuba

Richard Gasquet and Pierre-Hugues Herbert won Saturday's doubles rubber in four sets to put France 2-1 up against Belgium in the Davis Cup final. The French pair defeated Ruben Bemelmans and Joris de Loore 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7/2), 6-4 to leave the hosts requi

Tokyo opened its first new permanent venue for the 2020 Olympics Saturday in a welcome public relations boost for the organisers after a series of setbacks. The opening of the Musashino Forest Sport Plaza, which will host badminton and modern pentathlon f

Brazilian sharp-shooter Rafael Silva smashed a late winner as Japan's Urawa Reds beat 10-man Al Hilal 1-0 on Saturday to win a second Asian Champions League title. The forward, who also scored in last weekend's 1-1 first-leg draw in Riyadh, blasted a supe

Lionel Messi hopes to end his career at Barcelona after ending months of speculation on Saturday by signing a contract extension to 2021, sealing an agreement reached in July, the club announced. Barca had said in the summer that Messi, 30, had committed

Malaysia has begun work on a regulatory structure for digital currencies such as bitcoin, its central bank governor said on Wednesday, aimed at further securing Malaysia against money-laundering and terrorism financing. Governor Muhammad Ibrahim told a co

Tobam, a Paris-based asset management firm, said Wednesday it has launched Europe's first mutual fund investing in bitcoin, as the virtual currency continues to rise in value. Tobam, set up in 2005 and which says it currently manages $8.8 billion in equit

Tobam, a Paris-based asset management firm, said Wednesday it has launched Europe's first mutual fund investing in bitcoin, as the virtual currency continues to rise in value. Tobam, set up in 2005 and which says it currently manages $8.8 billion in equit

Qatar's central bank sought to reassure foreign investors on Thursday that they could change currencies freely, after equity index compiler MSCI said sanctions against Doha had made it more difficult for investors to obtain riyals. Saudi Arabia, the Unite

Currency conversions from Lebanese pounds into dollars have increased since the prime minister's shock resignation, Lebanon's central bank chief said, but at levels "naturally" expected in such conditions. In an interview with the Saudi-owned pan-Arab new

Israel's central bank said on Thursday it plans to buy $1.5 billion worth of foreign exchange in 2018 as part of its programme to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate. It has bought the same amount over the first 10 months of 2

The dollar fell to its lowest since late September against a basket of currencies on Friday as investors grew optimistic about the strength of the euro zone's recovery and lost appetite for the greenback. The euro hit its highest since September 25 agains

The Canadian dollar was little changed against a broadly weaker US currency on Friday and gained 0.4 percent against the greenback on the week, but could face pressure next week if tepid retail sales data is any indication of broader economic health. The

Serbia will issue its first savings bonds, the Serbian debt agency announced on Thursday, in an effort to bolster the country's domestic debt market. The tax-free savings bonds will be issued in both dinars and euros, the preferred foreign currency, and w

Serbia will issue its first savings bonds, the Serbian debt agency announced on Thursday, in an effort to bolster the country's domestic debt market. The tax-free savings bonds will be issued in both dinars and euros, the preferred foreign currency, and w

The Kenyan shilling is expected to firm next week after a court upheld the re-election of President Uhuru Kenyatta. Zambia's kwacha is seen bearish due to scant dollar supply. KENYA - The Kenyan shilling is seen firming against the dollar in the near term

For a currency that has seen some of its biggest ever one-day moves on the back of Brexit, there is a peculiar calm in sterling hedging prices surrounding December's critical European Union summit. For many, the December 13-14 get-together marks a critica

Technology stocks led the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to record high closes on Black Friday, while Amazon and retail stocks got a boost from signs of a strong start to the holiday shopping season. The benchmark S&P 500 and the blue-chip Dow Jones industrials poste

Nearly fifty hedge funds sold over half a billion dollars of shares in Altice USA in the third quarter, according to filings, as the cable company continues to suffer from concerns over its debt level. Altice USA, the second-largest US initial public offe

Nearly fifty hedge funds sold over half a billion dollars of shares in Altice USA in the third quarter, according to filings, as the cable company continues to suffer from concerns over its debt level. Altice USA, the second-largest US initial public offe

Saudi Arabia will ease requirements for foreign institutional investors in its stock market, the securities regulator said on Thursday, as Riyadh seeks to draw more capital into the market before the listing of state oil giant Saudi Aramco. The Capital Ma

Saudi Arabia will ease requirements for foreign institutional investors in its stock market, the securities regulator said on Thursday, as Riyadh seeks to draw more capital into the market before the listing of state oil giant Saudi Aramco. The Capital Ma

India's HDFC Standard Life Insurance Co. is looking to invest more in the capital goods sectors and a range of companies that are expected to benefit from a major government push to build more homes and roads. Funds are likely to be put into cement makers

US Treasury yields rose on Friday but stayed within the tight range they have held for the past week-and-a-half as investors focused on the inflation outlook. Concern about stubbornly low inflation has boosted longer-dated debt and sent the US Treasury yi

US Treasury yields rose on Friday but stayed within the tight range they have held for the past week-and-a-half as investors focused on the inflation outlook. Concern about stubbornly low inflation has boosted longer-dated debt and sent the US Treasury yi

M7 Multi-Let REIT, a new firm set up to invest in industrial and office property, has become the latest business to scrap plans to float in London, pulling a listing that would have raised as much as 300 million pounds ($400 million). M7, which announced

M7 Multi-Let REIT, a new firm set up to invest in industrial and office property, has become the latest business to scrap plans to float in London, pulling a listing that would have raised as much as 300 million pounds ($400 million). M7, which announced

Thailand's Gulf Energy Development Pcl has raised $733 million after its initial public offering priced at the top end of expectations - marking the country's biggest corporate IPO in more than ten years. The offering underscores a rebound for Thai listin

European wheat prices edged lower on Thursday pressured by a strong euro versus the dollar, but trade remained light with US markets closed for Thanksgiving. Benchmark March milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext was down 0.3 percent by 1630 GMT to 162.25

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (November 25, 2017).

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended Saturday (November 25, 2017).

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (November 25, 2017).

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning Saturday (November 25, 2017).

Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Saturday (November 25, 2017).

Firmness prevailed on the money market on Saturday as the rupee managed to hold overnight levels in the process of trading, dealers said on Saturday. The rupee did not show any change versus the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 107.30 and Rs 107.50 res

Firmness prevailed on the money market on Saturday as the rupee managed to hold overnight levels in the process of trading, dealers said on Saturday. The rupee did not show any change versus the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 107.30 and Rs 107.50 res

The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on Saturday (November 25, 2017).

The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (November 25, 2017).

Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Saturday (November 25, 2017).

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

China's sugar imports climbed 60.6 percent in October from the year before to 170,000 tonnes, customs data showed on Thursday, while corn imports jumped to 70,000 tonnes. October sugar imports climbed from last year's 105,042 tonnes, when high internation

Spot basis bids for corn and soyabeans at elevators and processors around the US Midwest on Wednesday were steady to higher due to declining grain sales before the US Thanksgiving Day holiday, merchants said on Wednesday. Farmers also delayed selling soya

Saudi Arabia's main state wheat buying agency, the Saudi Grains Organization (SAGO), said on Thursday it has issued an international tender to purchase 720,000 tonnes of animal feed barely. The tender deadline is November 24, it said. The barley is sought

Basis bids for soyabeans shipped by barge to the US Gulf Coast were narrowly lower on Wednesday as demand ebbed and farmers increased sales following a futures rally, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade January soyabeans hit a roughly two-week high on te

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose 2.5 percent at the weekly auction due to strong winter demand, despite there being a higher volume on offer. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average price of 240.35 taka ($2.80) per kg at the auction on Tuesday, compared with 234.

Brazilian coffee exports are likely to reach a smaller than expected volume in 2017 due mainly to slow farmer sales, the head of exporters association Cecaf told Reuters late on Wednesday. Nelson Carvalhaes said final exporting volumes for the year should

Rice prices climbed this week in India due to an appreciation in the local currency and healthy demand, while rates in Thailand rose on lower supplies. India's 5 percent broken parboiled rice prices rose by $3 to $402-$405 per tonne. "The rupee has apprec

Main buyers kept on the sidelines on the cotton market on Saturday as prices hit season's high in the process of trading activity, dealers said. The official spot rate did not show any fluctuation at Rs 6,600, they said. In the ready session, over 45,000

Turkey's state grain board TMO bought about 96,000 tonnes of corn in international tenders which closed on Thursday, traders said. The TMO had issued eight separate tenders each of 12,000 tonnes, traders said. The TMO reserved the right to purchase 20 per

Hopes for an end-of-year rebound in freight rates for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) have faded as a slow pace of cargoes from charterers threaten to drag rates below breakeven levels, brokers said. Brokers last week predicted that rates could climb to

Spot basis bids for hard red winter (HRW) wheat rose at an elevator on Wednesday in Enid, Oklahoma and held steady elsewhere, aided by the languid pace of farmer sales before the US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday, dealers said. Chicago Board of Trade (C

Light rains last week in most of Ivory Coast's main cocoa growing regions will improve output and quality by helping cocoa trees to better weather the dry season that is just beginning, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world's top cocoa producer,

Vietnam's domestic coffee prices fell due to new harvest supplies, while the market in Indonesia remained lacklustre, traders said on Thursday. Vietnam, the world's second biggest coffee producer, is in its peak harvest season, supported by sunny and dry

China's imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in October nearly doubled from the same month a year ago to the second highest on record, according to customs data, as companies boosted imports of the fuel ahead of the winter heating season. LNG imports ro

Chinese coking coal futures surged more than 5 percent on Thursday to their highest since mid-September, supported by tighter supply amid Beijing's environmental clampdown, with fellow steelmaking commodity iron ore also rallying. China's overall coal imp

US natural gas futures fell to their lowest in almost three weeks on Wednesday ahead of the US Thanksgiving Day holiday on forecasts for less heating demand over the next two weeks. Front-month gas futures fell 4.9 cents, or 1.6 percent, to settle at $2.9

Bolivia's YPBF is considering entering the natural gas retail distribution market in Brazil, which is opening the sector to competition, an executive at the Bolivian state-run gas company said on Friday. Brazilian state-controlled oil company Petroleo Bra

Germany's Bundesbank has no problem finding government bonds to buy for the European Central Bank's stimulus programme and opposes changing the parameters of the 2.55 trillion-euro scheme, one of its directors said on Monday. Joachim Wuermelling, the Bund

Germany's Bundesbank has no problem finding government bonds to buy for the European Central Bank's stimulus programme and opposes changing the parameters of the 2.55 trillion-euro scheme, one of its directors said on Monday. Joachim Wuermelling, the Bund

Canada's main stock index pushed higher on Friday, led by modest gains for its heavyweight financial and energy sectors in a broad rally that helped it notch a 0.7 percent gain on the week. The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended the se

New Zealand's stock exchange NZX has set up a specialist team to generate new public offerings and to target overseas businesses as it faces a dearth of listings and the loss of Xero, its star player. Investors were already fretting about the lack of new

South Africa will use its annual budget next year to outline "decisive" policy to strengthen its fiscal framework, the finance ministry said on Saturday after S&P Global Ratings cut its local currency debt to "junk" status. S&P announced the downgrade on

Uber Technologies Inc plans to move ahead with a deal to bring in Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp as a major investor by disclosing the pricing early next week in formal tender offers to the ride-hailing service's investors, two people fam

Hundreds of white South African farmers on Saturday took to the streets of Pretoria, demanding government action over a wave of murders targeting their communities in rural areas. The march is the latest protest staged over the murder of at least 72 white

Two of Italy's most famous cheeses, Parmesan and Grana Padano, are being produced with milk from emaciated, sometimes lame cows kept permanently indoors, an animal welfare group said Saturday. Compassion in World Farming (CIWF) released film it said it ha

Banks on mainland Europe have cut their exposures to Britain since the Brexit vote last year and are concerned about the legality of cross-border deals once the UK leaves, the European Union's banking watchdog said on Friday. The European Banking Authorit

President Donald Trump has the power he needs to put his top budget aide in charge of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), federal officials said on Saturday, weighing in on a battle for control over the powerful agency.

Cash still dominates consumer payments in the eurozone, even as many Western economies are rapidly moving towards electronic payments, a survey published by the European Central Bank showed on Friday. The figures indicate that the euro zone is one of the

Brazilian telephone carrier Oi SA, which is operating under bankruptcy court protection, appointed Eurico de Jesus Teles Neto as acting chief executive after Marco Schroeder resigned from the post on Friday, the company said in a securities filing. Teles

Bank of Japan board member Hitoshi Suzuki said there is room to debate a fine-tuning of the central bank's yield curve control (YCC) policy, the Mainichi paper reported, signalling the chance it may raise interest rates before inflation hits its target. S

A Mexican court has rejected a company's appeal to lift a ban on commercial planting of transgenic corn in Mexico, passing the matter to the Supreme Court, a lawyer for the firm said on Friday. A federal court in Mexico City rejected the suit by PHI Mexic

It has been closed to visitors for a decade with few noticing. But, when McDonald's announced it would demolish "Store No. 1," a small midwestern US community rallied to save the structure. Built on the site in a Chicago suburb of the first McDonald's fra