News Archives for Print - 2018-11-21

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Libor

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Conversion for foreign currency deposits

Conversion for foreign currency deposits, DBC/FCBC, special USD bond & profits thereon (excluding FE-25 deposits) on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday (November 20, 2018).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) - issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Commi

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Aaj TV - Wednesday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Aaj TV - Thursday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Copper reverses rally on stock market losses, trade disquiet

Copper prices slipped on Tuesday after five days of gains, unnerved by a sell-off on share markets and sapped by uncertainty before a meeting of US and Chinese leaders.

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Oil slumps 7 percent as equities slide fuels demand worries

Oil prices tumbled about 7 percent on Tuesday, with US crude plunging to its lowest level in more than a year, caught in a broader Wall Street selloff that was fed by rising concerns about slowing global economic growth. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) c

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Thailand offers some help for rubber farmers

Thailand approved a new subsidy and other measures on Tuesday to help its rubber farmers, who are struggling amid a slump in prices and have threatened protests. The world's biggest rubber producer has been hit by a 40 percent decline in prices over the p

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Tokyo rubber hits fresh 26-month low

Benchmark Tokyo rubber futures slid for the fourth straight session on Tuesday, hitting a fresh 26-month low, as plunging Shanghai futures and a firmer yen against the US dollar dampened market sentiment. "Falling offer prices of physical supply in Thaila

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Raw sugar drops to over six-week low; coffee, cocoa down

Raw sugar futures on ICE declined sharply on Tuesday, largely tracking the fall in crude oil prices, while cocoa and coffee also fell. March raw sugar settled down 0.34 cent, or 2.7 percent, at 12.46 cents per lb. Prices touched an Oct. 5 low of 12.36 cen

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Gold edges up in New York

Gold inched up on Monday as the dollar fell, but the metal stayed in a tight range as investors held off on big moves ahead of the US Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. Spot gold was 0.2 percent higher at $1,224.13 per ounce by 13:45 p.m. EST (1845 GMT) af

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Gold steadies in Asia

Gold prices were steady on Tuesday, after moving in a tight range in holiday-thinned trading, holding above the 1,220 level as the dollar was pressured by weak US economic data and a clouded interest rate outlook. Spot gold was little changed at $1,224.45

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Gold eases in Europe

Gold eased on Tuesday as investors flocked to the dollar and US government bonds amid steep declines in stock markets. Spot gold was down 0.1 percent at $1,223.33 per ounce at 11:19 a.m. EST (1619 GMT), putting it on mark to snap a five-session winning st

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

US MIDDAY: soyabean rebounds

US soyabean futures rose 1.2 percent on Tuesday, bouncing back a day from a sharp decline in a round of bargain buying after prices sank in the previous session to their lowest since Nov. 8, traders said. Wheat futures edged higher, with short-covering in

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

US MIDDAY: gold, silver down

Gold prices edged downward on Tuesday as investors flocked to the dollar and US government bonds amid steep declines in global stock markets, denting appeal for non-interest bearing bullion. Spot gold was down 0.3 percent at $1,220.01 per ounce at 1:35 p.

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

PMEX daily trading report

On Monday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,640. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at 17.882 billion and the number of lots traded 18,737.

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Canadian canola futures fall

ICE Canadian canola futures lost ground on Monday, dragged lower by a steeper plunge in soyabeans, due to renewed trade war fears.

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Chinese steel prices fall to four-month low

Chinese steel prices dropped to their lowest in nearly four months on Monday, pressured by expectations that steel output in the world's top producer will remain strong as cities impose more flexible production curbs this winter. Trade worries also dragge

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Ukraine harvests over 66 million tonnes of grain

Ukraine's agriculture ministry on Monday released the following data on the 2018 harvest. Farmers in Ukraine had harvested 66.4 million tonnes of grain as of Monday, with a yield of 4.65 tonnes per hectare. By the same date last year Ukraine had harvested

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Paris wheat falls to two-month low

Paris wheat futures fell to a two-month low on Monday as export data and a firm euro fuelled growing doubts about the extent to which western Europe can profit from reduced supply in top exporter Russia. A sharp fall in Chicago wheat, which slid 2 percent

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Activities at Karachi and Qasim Ports

The Karachi Port handled 125,907 tonnes of cargo comprising 84,560 tonnes of import cargo and 41,347 tonnes of export cargo including 6,646 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Tuesday. The total import cargos of 84

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

Cotton prices up on rising demand

Rates improved marginally on the cotton market on Tuesday in the process of trading activity, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8,800, they added. Prices of seed cotton in Sindh were at Rs 3000-4000, in the Punjab seed cotton prices

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Russian wheat export prices rise on fall in supply

Russian wheat export prices rose slightly last week on seasonal declines in supply, analysts and traders said on Monday. The world's largest wheat exporter has already exported more than 22 million tonnes of grain since the start of the season, from the 3

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Major Gulf markets drop on oil, weak global trend

All major Gulf stock markets fell on Tuesday with Abu Dhabi suffering its biggest one-day drop since June as bank shares weighed on the index. Oil prices fell on Tuesday and were set to snap a four-day winning streak because of concern about rising global

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Tuesday's early trade: retail, tech stocks lead slide

The S&P 500 hit a three-week low on Tuesday, as weak earnings from retailers including Target and Kohl's as well as a fall in energy shares added to worries for Wall Street, which is still reeling from a technology selloff. Target Corp shares slumped 10.6

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Wall Street tumbles as Apple, internet stocks swoon

US stocks dropped and the Nasdaq fell 3 percent on Monday as investors dumped Apple, internet and other technology shares, further shaking confidence in a group of stocks that has propelled the long bull market. Conflicting signals over the state of play

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Indian shares lower

Indian shares snapped three sessions of gains to end lower on Tuesday, after the outcome of the central bank's meet failed to assuage investors, as they expected implementation of the proposed measures to take time. The broader NSE index ended 1 percent l

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Treasury yields fall to six-week low

US Treasury yields fell to six-week lows on Monday as stocks fell, boosting demand for low-risk US government debt. Major stock indexes slid 2 percent as a slump in Apple shares battered the technology sector while conflicting signals over the state of pl

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Treasury yields fall to six-week low

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

China stocks fall most in three weeks

China stocks dropped the most in three weeks on Tuesday, led by financial and technology shares, as Asian markets tanked after overnight losses on Wall Street and amid rising growth concerns. The blue-chip CSI300 index fell 2.3 percent to 3,218.41, while

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Tokyo stocks down, Nissan plunges over five percent

Tokyo stocks dropped on Tuesday with shares in Nissan diving more than five percent and Mitsubishi also plunging after chairman Carlos Ghosn was arrested over allegations of financial misconduct. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 1.09 percent, or 238.04

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Sliding banks, tumbling technology drag Europe stocks to three-week low

European stocks fell on Tuesday, with banks weighing heavily on worries about slowing economic growth, fading earnings momentum, Italy's budget, and a lower likelihood of rate hikes in Europe next year. The pan-European STOXX 600 index fell 1.1 percent to

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Australian, New Zealand shares down

Australian shares fell on Tuesday, after a sell-off in tech stocks dragged Wall Street, though managed to pare majority of the losses as financials and miners notched surprise gains late in the day. Global stocks shuddered after US tech stocks came under

Published 21 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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