News Archives for Print - 2018-11-27

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits on Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Libor

LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 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 Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 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 Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Monday (November 26, 2018).

Published 27 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 27 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 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Aaj TV - Tuesday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

China's October soya imports from Brazil double

China's soyabean imports from Brazil nearly doubled in October from a year earlier, customs data showed on Monday, as buyers scooped up shipments on worries over shortages amid trade tensions with the United States, a major supplier. China typically buys

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Vegetable Oil

Indonesia's October palm oil output falls

Indonesia's palm oil production and exports fell in October from the previous month following the peak of the harvest season, while domestic consumption rose on demand for biodiesel, according to the median results of a Reuters survey. Palm oil output fel

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Weddings boost Indian gold demand; activity muted in other hubs

Physical gold demand in India was robust this week as consumers stepped up purchases during the traditional wedding season after domestic rates slipped to a near six-week trough, while gains in global prices weighed on bullion's appeal in other Asian hubs

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Light rains boost Ivory Coast main cocoa crop

Light rains mixed with sunny spells in most of Ivory Coast last week were expected to boost the main cocoa crop in the world's top producer, farmers said on Monday. Farmers said the outlook for the main crop was good. Ivory Coast is in the dry season that

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

Indian rice export prices rise for third week

Rice export prices rose for a third straight week in India as the rupee gained, while an order from the Philippines did little to infuse activity in Thailand and Vietnam. India's 5 percent broken parboiled variety was quoted around $367-$375 per tonne thi

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

EU rapeseed sowings disrupted by drought, more imports possible

A sharp cut in rapeseed sowings in the European Union's main producers has raised industry fears of a smaller than expected 2019 crop and a larger import need. Dry autumn weather caused big cuts in rapeseed sowings in the EU's top producers Germany, Franc

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

Lean business on cotton market

Little business was witnessed on the cotton market on Monday as the ginners were not ready to lower asking prices, 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 Punj

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Canadian canola futures ease

ICE Canadian canola futures eased on Friday for the second straight session, pressured by weaker soy prices and strength in the Canadian dollar. Commercial hedges were lighter until a late flurry, while a lack of export demand is a concern, a trader said.

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

CBOT wheat futures set one-week highs

Chicago Board of Trade wheat futures ended firmer on Friday after setting one-week highs earlier in the session on hopes for improving export demand, traders said. The front-month December wheat contract at the CBOT settled up 1 cent at $4.99-3/4 a bushel

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Cotton

PMEX daily trading report

On Friday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,583. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at 9.851 billion and the number of lots traded 19,584. Major business was contributed by WTI crude oil amo

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Vietnamese coffee prices fall further; Indonesian premium widens

Vietnam's domestic coffee prices fell further tracking lower international prices and on rising supplies from an ongoing harvest, while Indonesian premiums widened due to depleted stocks. Farmers in the Central Highlands, Vietnam's largest coffee growing

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

CBOT corn sets seven-week low

US corn futures closed lower on technical selling on Friday after dropping to their lowest price in more than seven weeks, traders said. Most-active Chicago Board of Trade December corn futures fell 2-3/4 cents to $3.59 a bushel. Earlier, the contract tou

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Asian naphtha, gasoline cracks fall, end week lower

Asia's naphtha crack to Brent crude slipped on Friday marking four straight sessions of declines this week. Concerns of ample supplies continued to weigh on market sentiment despite slightly improved buying interest from North Asian buyers on Friday, trad

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Euronext wheat futures fall after one-week high

Euronext wheat futures fell on Friday as quiet holiday trading in Chicago and a plunge in oil prices encouraged the Paris market to consolidate after an earlier one-week high. Benchmark March milling wheat on Paris-based Euronext settled down 1.75 euros,

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Activities at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 274,565 tonnes of cargo comprising 206,864 tonnes of import cargo and 67,701 tonnes of export cargo including 9,832 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Monday. The total import cargos of 20

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

CBOT soyabean futures fall on US-China trade war

CBOT soyabean futures sagged on Friday amid doubts that the United States and China will make major progress to resolve a trade war at the upcoming G20 leaders' summit in Buenos Aires, traders said. Chicago Board of Trade January soyabeans dipped 2 cents

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Chinese steel prices edge lower

Chinese steel prices edged lower on Friday, shrugging off a decline in inventories to be on track for their worst week since late March amid concerns that less rigid production curbs this winter will lead to surplus supplies. Stocks of steel products held

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Egypt's blue-chip index falls, banks boost Qatar

Egypt's blue-chip stock index fell for a fifth straight day on Monday, while Saudi Arabia edged up as oil prices rebounded moderately after plunging nearly 8 percent at the end of last week. The Egyptian index, which had plunged 3.8 percent on Sunday, fel

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Tokyo stocks gain on Expo cheer

Tokyo stocks closed higher on Monday, led by gains in the construction sector and other firms related to Japan's hosting of the World Expo 2025, with investors paying close attention to talks over the US-China trade war. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index cli

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Monday's early trade: Wall Street rebounds on holiday season hopes

US stocks rebounded on Monday after two bruising weeks, as investors picked up beaten-down energy and financial stocks, while retailers gained on hopes of robust sales on the largest online shopping day of the year.

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Sri Lankan stocks up

The Colombo stock index rose 0.22 percent to 5,943.07 on Monday. It declined 0.41 percent last week following a 0.39 percent fall previous week. It has fallen 6.7 percent so far this year. Foreigners bought a net 17.1 million rupees ($95,000) worth of sto

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Southeast Asian stocks: Singapore leads gains

Southeast Asian stock markets closed higher on Monday, in line with broader Asia, as investors braced for a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the end of the week. Trump and Xi are expected to meet on the sidelin

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Australian, New Zealand shares down

Australian shares were dragged lower on Monday by heavy losses for the mining and energy sectors, as a plunge in oil prices last week inflamed broader fears about slowing global growth and corporate earnings. While Asian share markets put on modest gains

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

China stocks extend losses as risk aversion deepens

China stocks shed early gains to end lower on Monday as investors weighed the confluence of risks in the upcoming US-China trade talks, Chinese economy and global oil prices. Financials were the outliers, anchoring the market and steadying the major indic

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Telecoms, banks lift European shares in post-Thanksgiving rally

European shares closed higher on Monday after new-found optimism on Italy's budget tug-of-war with Brussels lifted shares in Milan while speculation about further mergers and acquisitions in telecoms boosted stocks in the sector. A strong open on Wall Str

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Hong Kong stocks up

Stocks in Hong Kong gained on Monday, shrugging off losses in Mainland China, as investors saw signs of the US Federal Reserve slowing its pace of hiking interest rates. The expectation lifted sectors sensitive to interest rates, such as financials and pr

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

India's NSE, BSE indexes jump

Indian shares rose about 1 percent on Monday in volatile trading, led by gains in index heavyweights HDFC Bank Ltd and consumer goods giants Hindustan Unilever Ltd and ITC Ltd. The benchmark BSE index ended 1.07 percent higher at 35,354.08, while the broa

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

FTSE joins European bounce led by oil, financials; Vodafone rallies

Britain's top share index joined a European rally on Monday as worries about Brexit eased after the weekend vote in Brussels and investors piled back into oil and financials and the battered telecoms sector rallied on dealmaking news.

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Currency

ECB sees inflation still dependent on its support

Inflation in the eurozone remains dependent on "signficant" support from the European Central Bank, the institution's president Mario Draghi said Monday, as risks rise and growth slows in the currency bloc. "To ensure that inflation continues to move towa

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Floods ravage rice production in Niger's Diffa region

Floods destroyed more than 400 hectares (1,000 acres) of rice in Niger's southeastern Diffa region, already beset by deadly attacks by Boko Haram jihadists, the local governor said. Nearly 3,000 tonnes of rice worth 717 million CFA francs (more than one m

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Top banks' commodities revenue up 32 percent

Commodities-related revenue at the 12 biggest investment banks was 32 percent higher in the first nine months of this year than in the same period in 2017, pulled up by volatile power, gas and base metals prices, consultancy Coalition said on Monday. Reve

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

German business confidence falls further

Confidence among German business leaders continued to ebb in November, a closely-watched survey showed Monday, as Europe's largest economy confronts slowing growth and rising risks from abroad. Based on a poll of around 9,000 firms, the Munich-based Ifo i

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Qatar Airways to expand Iran flights despite sanctions

Qatar Airways announced Monday it is expanding operations in Iran, despite US sanctions on the Islamic republic and a Gulf diplomatic rift over accusations Doha was too close to Tehran. The carrier will begin twice-weekly flights to Isfahan in February 20

Published 27 Nov, 2018 12:00am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 21	278.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 21	277.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 21	154.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 21	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 21	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 21	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 20	5,917.11
Nasdaq / Nov 20	18,966.14
Dow Jones / Nov 20	43,408.47
India Sensex / Nov 21	77,137.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 21	38,026.17
Hang Seng / Nov 21	19,620.49
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,069.57
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	18,942.65

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 21	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 21	69.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 21	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 21	2,662.71
Diesel/Litre / Nov 21	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.11 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	611.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 21 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.60 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	114.42 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,048.22 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 21 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	174,389,145 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 21 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	63,973,243 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 21 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	62,996,737 ▲ 0.00
Aisha Steel Mill / Nov 21 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	48,137,561 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 21 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	43,506,391 ▲ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Nov 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	40,852,960 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Nov 21 Telecard Limited(TELE)	36,937,252 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	31,401,025 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,346,592 ▲ 0.00

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