News Archives for Print - 2018-06-10

The rupee showed stable trend against the dollar on the money on Saturday in the process of trading activity, dealers said. The rupee depicted no change against the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 118.00 and Rs 118.50 respectively, they said. The rupe

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

THE RUPEE: Firm trend

The rupee showed stable trend against the dollar on the money on Saturday in the process of trading activity, dealers said. The rupee depicted no change against the dollar for buying and selling at Rs 118.00 and Rs 118.50 respectively, they said. The rupe

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Cross Transactions between Client to Client & Financial Institutions

The following were the cross transactions between client to client & financial institutions here on Saturday (June 09, 2018).

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Member to Member

The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Saturday (June 09, 2018).

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Open market rates of foreign currencies

Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Saturday (June 09, 2018).

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Aaj TV - Sunday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Soyameal mixed on European feeds market

Soyameal on the European meals and feeds market was offered in a tight range on Thursday as beneficial US crop weather and technical weakness in Chicago soyameal futures were offset by support from a weaker dollar.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Vegetable Oil

Palm oil higher on European vegoils market

Palm oil on the European vegetable oils market edged higher on Thursday as a weaker dollar and technical gains in CBOT soyaoil futures supported prices. Asking prices for palm oil were mostly between unchanged and $2.50 a tonne up from Wednesday after Mal

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

European gasoline margins slide as crude soars

Benchmark northwest European gasoline refining margins fell sharply on Thursday after a sharp rise in crude prices and higher Atlantic basin stocks. Gasoline stocks in independently held storage at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp refining and storage hub

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Bangladesh tea prices rise

Tea prices in Bangladesh rose at the weekly auction for the fourth time in a row on strong demand for quality leaf, while sales rose despite higher volume on offer. Bangladeshi tea fetched an average of 238.34 taka ($2.7) per kg at the auction centre in t

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

CBOT soyabean futures fall on favourable weather

Chicago Board of Trade soyabean futures fell more than 2 percent on Thursday on favourable US crop weather and fund-driven long liquidation as the new-crop November contract fell below psychological support at $10 a bushel, traders said. CBOT July soyabea

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

South Korean firm buys corn over one million tonnes

Another corn purchase by South Korea's largest feedmaker Nonghyup Feed Inc (NOFI) on Thursday brought a surge of Korean corn buying in the past week to just over 1 million tonnes, traders said. NOFI purchased around 137,000 tonnes of corn to be sourced fr

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Asian gasoline cracks down to one month low

Asia's gasoline crack fell to a one-month low of $6.39 a barrel, pulled down by abundant supplies. Crack value has been trapped in a losing streak since May 23, despite it being a peak season as the Muslim fasting month usually drives up demand. Although

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Indian rice prices fall as Bangladesh output rises

Rice export prices in India fell this week to their lowest this year on sluggish demand before top buyer Bangladesh slaps import duty on exports of the grain after domestic production recovered. Rates for India's 5 percent broken parboiled variety fell by

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

Subdued business on cotton market

Small business was again witnessed on the cotton market on Saturday as spinners were conspicuous by their absence, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 7,500, they added. In the ready session, approximately, 3664 bales of cotton were a

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

CBOT wheat futures higher on global weather worries

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures closed higher on Thursday for a third straight session on technical buying and poor weather in several global production areas that could tighten world stockpiles, traders said. CBOT July soft red winter wheat settled

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Most global grain traders losing access to major Russia's terminals

Most major international grain houses have not been included in a draft list of exporters who will work with the two largest grain terminals in Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk in the new marketing season, sources familiar with the matter said. Com

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Indonesian coffee premiums rise; Vietnam discounts

Indonesia's coffee premiums rose this week as the rupiah recovered from two-and-a-half-year lows against the dollar, but a rising supply during harvest capped the premiums, traders said on Thursday. Premiums for Indonesia's grade 4 defect 80 robusta rose

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

India's May gold imports fall as prices rise

India's gold imports plunged a fifth straight month in May to 48 tonnes as a rally in local prices to near their highest level in 21 months curtailed retail purchases, provisional data from precious metals consultancy GFMS and bank dealers showed. The 60

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

German wheat, rapeseed crop forecasts cut after dryness

The association of German farm cooperatives on Wednesday cut its forecast of Germany's 2018 wheat crop to 22.89 million tonnes, down 6.5 percent on the year after grains suffered from dry weather in past weeks. The cooperatives also cut their forecast of

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Chinese steel futures rise to six-month high

Chinese construction steel rebar futures rose to their highest in six months on Thursday, supported by environmental inspections across the country that helped to ease concerns about a glut and boosted market sentiment. Teams of inspectors have been sent

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Euronext wheat eases after one week high

Euronext wheat turned lower on Thursday afternoon, after touching a one-week high, as a weather rally in Chicago lost momentum and a stronger euro dampened the export competitiveness of west European grain. The market remained underpinned by weather risks

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

India unveils measures to help sugar mills, woo farmers

India has decided to build a 3 million tonne stockpile of sugar to soak up excess supply from the domestic market, and grant soft loans worth 44.4 billion rupees ($661.40 million) to help millers expand ethanol output capacity, the food minister said.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Middle East funds more positive on UAE equities than at any time since January 2017

Middle East fund managers have turned very positive on equities in the United Arab Emirates and are now more bullish on that market than Saudi Arabia for the first time in eight months, a monthly Reuters poll showed on Thursday. UAE bourses have fared poo

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Middle East funds more positive on UAE equities than at any time since January 2017

Middle East fund managers have turned very positive on equities in the United Arab Emirates and are now more bullish on that market than Saudi Arabia for the first time in eight months, a monthly Reuters poll showed on Thursday. UAE bourses have fared poo

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Morocco to issue first sovereign Islamic bond worth 1bn dirhams

Morocco is preparing to issue its first sovereign Islamic bond, or sukuk, worth 1 billion dirhams ($105 million) in the coming weeks after adopting a regulatory framework governing sukuk sales, Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said on Thursday. "The lega

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Morocco to issue first sovereign Islamic bond worth 1bn dirhams

Morocco is preparing to issue its first sovereign Islamic bond, or sukuk, worth 1 billion dirhams ($105 million) in the coming weeks after adopting a regulatory framework governing sukuk sales, Finance Minister Mohamed Boussaid said on Thursday. "The lega

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Canada's TSX to get late-cycle boost, grind out record high

Canada's main stock index will notch a record high by year-end as higher commodity prices and rising interest rates boost cyclical stocks, a Reuters poll found, offsetting investor worries about domestic economic imbalances. Cyclical sectors financials, e

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Want to extend the bull market by $6 trillion? Add women

The secret to unlocking a further $6 trillion of gains in global stocks and adding another ten years to this bull run? Forget tax cuts and share buybacks, women are key, according to research by S&P Global. The United States lags developed country peers i

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Want to extend the bull market by $6 trillion? Add women

The secret to unlocking a further $6 trillion of gains in global stocks and adding another ten years to this bull run? Forget tax cuts and share buybacks, women are key, according to research by S&P Global. The United States lags developed country peers i

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Japan investors buy record amount of Spanish bonds, return to US in April

Japanese investors bought a record amount of Spanish bonds in April, at the start of Japan's financial year, and they returned to US bonds after heavy selling the preceding six months, Ministry of Finance data showed on Friday. They bought 350 billion yen

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Japan investors buy record amount of Spanish bonds, return to US in April

Japanese investors bought a record amount of Spanish bonds in April, at the start of Japan's financial year, and they returned to US bonds after heavy selling the preceding six months, Ministry of Finance data showed on Friday. They bought 350 billion yen

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

UBS declares 'buying time' for emerging market stocks

Swiss Bank UBS urged clients to pile into emerging market stocks on Thursday, declaring it "buying time" for the asset class despite growing concerns about Latin America's biggest economy Brazil. UBS analysts showed a renewed bullishness for Europe, Middl

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

UBS declares 'buying time' for emerging market stocks

Swiss Bank UBS urged clients to pile into emerging market stocks on Thursday, declaring it "buying time" for the asset class despite growing concerns about Latin America's biggest economy Brazil. UBS analysts showed a renewed bullishness for Europe, Middl

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Mutual Funds

China funds get greenlight to back domestic tech giant listings

China's securities regulator approved the launch of six Chinese mutual funds on Wednesday, potentially channeling hundreds of billions of yuan from investors into domestic floatations of overseas-listed Chinese tech giants. The six listed open-ended funds

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Mutual Funds

China funds get greenlight to back domestic tech giant listings

China's securities regulator approved the launch of six Chinese mutual funds on Wednesday, potentially channeling hundreds of billions of yuan from investors into domestic floatations of overseas-listed Chinese tech giants. The six listed open-ended funds

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Foreign investors sell Asian equities for fourth straight month

Asian equities saw sustained foreign selling in May for the fourth straight month as a firmer dollar and political tensions in Italy kept overseas investors away from regional assets. Foreigners sold about $4 billion worth of Asian stocks last month to ta

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Treasuries outlook: US yields dip as trade worries keep market on edge

US Treasury yields were marginally lower on Friday on light volume as traders awaited the outcome of the Group of Seven summit, fretting about growing trade tensions between the United States and its major allies and global economic growth. US President D

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Treasuries outlook: US yields dip as trade worries keep market on edge

US Treasury yields were marginally lower on Friday on light volume as traders awaited the outcome of the Group of Seven summit, fretting about growing trade tensions between the United States and its major allies and global economic growth. US President D

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Wall Street rises, investors eye Fed decision, summit fears ebb

US stock indexes closed higher on Friday as investors shrugged off concerns about global trade tensions but trading volume was relatively light ahead of a busy week of central bank meetings. The S&P 500 stayed in positive territory in the afternoon after

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Greece submits reforms to parliament, aiming to unlock last bailout loans

Greece submitted a draft bill to parliament late on Friday outlining reforms in the energy, pension and labour sectors as the government races to secure the last loans from its international bailout programme. Athens is keen to pass a final review by its

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Airbus deal with Canada's Bombardier set for take-off

Aviation giants Airbus and Canada's Bombardier on Friday said they have finalised a partnership deal on the C Series airliner programme, the latest move in a long-running battle for the skies against US behemoth Boeing. The partnership will see European a

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

PSA interested in Paris car-sharing scheme

PSA is interested in offering a "free floating" car-sharing scheme in Paris, where drivers could pick up a vehicle and leave it elsewhere in the city, and is in contact with city authorities about it, the carmaker told a French newspaper.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Congo mining code regulations signed into law

Regulations to implement Congo's new mining code have been signed into law with no changes, advisers to the prime minister told Reuters on Saturday, despite objections from mining firms that have been threatening legal action. Prime Minister Bruno Tshibal

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

India strikes river, rice deals with China as relations thaw

China and India on Saturday settled a dispute over the flood-prone Brahmaputra river that flows from Tibet to Bangladesh in a sign of growing cooperation between them. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed the agreeme

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

EDP sees merits in Chinese suitor's plans, but offer too low

EDP-Energias de Portugal sees merits in the plans of suitor China Three Gorges (CTG), it said on Saturday, signalling it may be open to an improved offer after rejecting a 9 billion euro ($10.6 billion) takeover proposal as too low. The board of the Portu

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

First Iraq-flagged oil tanker in three decades leaves port

An Iraq-flagged tanker carrying two million barrels of crude oil has set sail for the US, the first such trip in nearly three decades, the oil ministry said Saturday. Iraq, which has been ravaged by a series of wars since the 1980s, is the oil cartel Opec

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Russia's oil output at 11.1m bpd in early June, above quota

Russia's oil production increased to 11.1 million barrels per day (bpd) in the first week of June, far exceeding production limits outlined in a global oil deal, Interfax news agency cited a source as saying on Saturday.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Economists stick to view ECB will end QE this year

The European Central Bank is expected to end its stimulus programme by the end of this year, according to Reuters poll data that shows economists confident following comments from ECB policymakers over the past week reinforcing that view. The latest Reute

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

German industrial production plunges

Industrial production in Germany unexpectedly fell in April after rebounding in March, official data showed Friday, adding to fears of a slowdown in Europe's powerhouse economy. Industrial output fell 1.0 percent month-on-month, federal statistics authori

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Libyan officials look to foreign currency fees to tackle exchange rate

Economy officials in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, have agreed to a three-track reform process including a proposal to impose fees on foreign currency transactions, the central bank said on Saturday. The central bank gave no details of how the fees would w

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Botswana cancels plans to sell troubled power plant to Chinese firm

Botswana has scrapped talks to sell a power station plagued by technical problems to a state-owned Chinese company linked to the plant's builder, an official document seen by Reuters showed. The 600-megawatt coal-fired Morupule B plant, which was commissi

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

China's producer inflation picks up for second time in a row

China's producer inflation picked up for the second month in a row to a four-month high in May, buoyed by stronger commodity prices, suggesting the world's No.2 economy has retained growth momentum despite rocky trade relations with the United States. Ann

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

African currencies week ahead: Ugandan shilling to weaken as central bank stays out of market; others steady

Uganda's shilling is forecast to weaken on expected demand from commercial banks and importers, fuelled by the central bank's lack of intervention, while Ghana, Kenya and Tanzania's currencies are expected to remain steady. UGANDA - The Ugandan shilling i

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Canadian dollar rises

The Canadian dollar strengthened against its US counterpart on Friday as data showing higher domestic wages supported bets for a Bank of Canada interest rate hike next month, even as consensus appeared to elude leaders at a G7 summit. The Canadian economy

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

CEE currencies to strengthen

Central Europe's main currencies are expected to strengthen in the next 12 months on the back of healthy economic growth and expectations for monetary tightening, a Reuters poll of analysts showed in Wednesday. According to the March 2-6 poll, the Czech c

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Dollar's reign likely to be a short one

The US dollar's dominance is forecast to fade soon, with any sudden change in expectations for the policies of other central banks posing the biggest risk, a Reuters poll of currency strategists showed. Nearly 60 percent, or 35 of 60 analysts, who answere

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Dollar, yen climb as G7 leaders gather for tense meeting

The dollar rose on Friday after a four-day losing streak, while the safe-haven yen gained as investors grew cautious over what was expected to be a contentious G7 meeting in Canada on Friday. Despite Friday's gains, the dollar posted its largest weekly dr

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Russia to increase state FX purchases to record high

Russia's finance ministry is expected to increase its daily buying of foreign currency for the state reserves to the equivalent of 18.7 billion roubles ($302 million) after a recent rise in oil prices, a Reuters poll showed on Monday. The median forecast

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Speculators add to bearish bets against dollar

Speculators' net short dollar bets rose slightly in the latest week, after shrinking for six straight weeks, according to calculations by Reuters and Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The value of the net short dollar positions

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Brazil currency rebounds as central bank calms markets

Brazil's currency rebounded sharply on Friday, posting its biggest daily percentage gain against the US dollar in nearly a decade after Central Bank President Ilan Goldfajn stepped up market intervention to pull the exchange rate back from a nearly two-ye

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Total virtual currency sales jump in 2018 but monthly trend slows

Virtual currency sales ballooned to $9.1 billion so far this year, exceeding the $6.6 billion total for all of 2017, a financial technology data provider reported on Monday, but it said the monthly trend actually showed a slowdown if the two biggest offer

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Turkish lira weakens

Turkey's lira weakened against the dollar on Friday, giving up some of the previous session's gains, when it rallied after the central bank raised interest rates more than expected. Bank stocks tumbled more than 2 percent after Moody's downgraded its rati

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Pound rebound to be kept in check by Brexit talks

Sterling is likely to gain this year and by the time Britain leaves the European Union next March will have recouped a chunk of its losses since the June 2016 decision to leave the bloc, a Reuters poll suggested. However, the pound is unlikely to re-test

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Enzo Perez covers for Argentina's injured Lanzini

River Plate midfielder Enzo Perez will replace the injured Manuel Lanzini in Argentina's 23-man World Cup squad, the country's football association said on Saturday.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

I'm on the mend - Salah tells Egypt's President

Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah has told Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi he is well on the road to recovery following a shoulder injury in the Champions League final. "The president was reassured on the health condition of the player 'Mohamed Sala

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Ronaldo's Portugal arrive in Russia for World Cup

Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal arrived Saturday in Russia to begin final preparations for a World Cup campaign that pits them against arch-rivals Spain. The European champions play their Iberian neighbours in the 2014 Winter Olympics host city Sochi in the

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Neymar's Brazil look strong as Germany, Argentina tackle problems

Neymar's acclaimed return ahead of the World Cup supplied Brazil with an immeasurable boost, but holders Germany and Argentina arrive at the tournament confronting inconsistent form and disrupted preparations. The Paris Saint-Germain superstar's swashbuck

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

World Cup replicas selling fast in Vietnam

In a dusty workshop on the outskirts of Hanoi, workers busily mould, set and spray hundreds of replica World Cup trophies as orders flood in ahead of next week's tournament. Demand in football-mad Vietnam is soaring for the hand made plaster models of the

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Under-15 Punjab Open Football in July

Sports Board Punjab (SBP) and Punjab Football Association (PFA) will jointly organize the first Under-15 Punjab Open Football Championship in the third week of July in Lahore. This is for the first time that SBP and PFA are collaborating for promotion of

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Government approves Rs 4 million reward for Davis Cup team

The Government of Pakistan, through the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, has approved a sum of Rs 04 million as reward for the Pakistan Davis Cup team, which performed creditably by beating South Korea, one of Asia's top tennis teams, in the Dav

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Morgan wary of 'competitive' Scotland

England's limited-overs captain Eoin Morgan has promised to take nothing for granted when his side begin their white-ball season away to Scotland on Sunday.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

West Indies stretch lead over Sri Lanka past 400

Kieran Powell missed out on a century but the West Indies further solidified an already dominant position at lunch on the fourth day of the first Test against Sri Lanka in Trinidad on Saturday. West Indies lost three wickets, including Powell for 88, in t

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Australia beat Middlesex by 101 runs

Australia thrashed Middlesex by 101 runs at Lord's on Saturday in their final one-day warm up match ahead of a series with England. Middlesex, set 284 for victory, finished on 182 all out with exactly nine overs remaining. They lost their last six wickets

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Legendary Brazilian tennis player Maria Bueno dies

Maria Bueno, the Brazilian "queen" of tennis, who won three Wimbledon and four US championship singles titles, died Friday in Sao Paulo at age 78, the hospital where she was being treated said. She had been suffering from mouth cancer since last year and

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Thrilling fightback gives Halep first Grand Slam title

Simona Halep fought back from a set and a break down to finally achieve her "dream" of winning a Grand Slam title, beating Sloane Stephens 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 in a gruelling French Open final on Saturday. The world number one had lost all three of her previous

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Frenchman commits suicide in Makkah

A Frenchman has committed suicide by throwing himself off the roof of the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Makkah, Saudi and French officials said Saturday. "A foreigner threw himself from the roof of the Grand Mosque in Makkah" to the courtyard be

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Israel plane fires warning to deter Gaza balloon, kite attacks

An Israeli aircraft fired a warning shot Saturday to deter a group of Gazans preparing to fly a balloon fitted with explosives over the border, in the first such case, the army said.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Canada says no longer aiding Iraqi Kurds

Canadian special forces have ended their training support for Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga fighters, the defense department confirmed on Friday, after Ottawa suspended the assistance in October. Canada is part of the United States-led international coalition a

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Pope urges oil majors to combat global warming and aid poor

Pope Francis asked Saturday that major oil and gas companies respect the 2015 Paris climate agreement to help protect the poor from global warming.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Downed power lines caused October 2017 California fires

Several of the wildfires that ripped through northern California's wine country in October 2017 were caused by downed power lines owned by the local utility company, a probe by investigators found.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

At least two more die in fresh Nicaragua clashes

At least two more people died during violent protests overnight, a Nicaraguan rights group said Saturday, bringing to 137 the death toll since demonstrations demanding President Daniel Ortega's ouster sparked in mid-April.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Disney executive quits amid scandal over 'unwanted hugs'

Disney animation chief John Lasseter said Friday he is quitting, six months after acknowledging in an internal memo that he had made staff feel "disrespected or uncomfortable" with unwanted hugs.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Maldives election body sets September date for presidential election

Maldives presidential election will be held in September, the country's Election Commission chief said late on Friday, a week after the European Union and some Western nations urged the country to hold a transparent, credible poll.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

19 Afghan police killed in Taliban attack on base

At least 19 Afghan police officers were killed Saturday in a pre-dawn raid by the Taliban on a base in the northern province of Kunduz, officials said, hours before the militants announced an unprecedented ceasefire starting next week.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Taliban agrees to unprecedented Eid ceasefire with Afghan forces

The Taliban announced its first ceasefire in Afghanistan since the 2001 US invasion on Saturday, with a three-day halt in hostilities against the country's security forces that was greeted with relief by war-weary Afghans.

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

China to launch broader environmental inspections this month

China will expand environmental inspections to more cities and regions in a new round of checks from this month to April next year, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) said in a statement on Friday, part of a three-year anti-pollution plan. Apar

Published 10 Jun, 2018 12:00am

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 25	277.66
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 25	277.46
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 25	152.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 25	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 25	1.30
Euro to USD / Oct 25	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 25	5,808.12
India Sensex / Oct 25	79,402.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 25	37,913.92
Nasdaq / Oct 25	18,518.61
Hang Seng / Oct 25	20,590.15
FTSE 100 / Oct 25	8,248.84
Dow Jones / Oct 25	42,114.40
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 25	19,463.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 25	71.78
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 25	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 25	245,031.60
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 25	2,747.56
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 25	70.66
Petrol/Litre / Oct 26	247.03

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Oct 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Oct 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Oct 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Oct 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Oct 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Oct 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Oct 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Oct 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Oct 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Oct 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Oct 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Oct 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Oct 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Oct 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Oct 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Oct 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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