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Print - 2019-03-22
European wheat prices lower in thin trade

European wheat prices lower in thin trade

European wheat prices edged lower in thin trade on Wednesday, marking a pause in the rebound that started last week, with an absence of new fundamental news leaving little to drive the market. The fall was limited by a sharp rise on US markets where price
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
China's iron ore futures fall nearly six percent

China's iron ore futures fall nearly six percent

China's iron ore futures plunged nearly 6 percent on Wednesday, their biggest intraday fall in three months, on expectation of higher supply as Vale SA is set to resume work at its largest iron ore mine in Minas Gerais state. The Brazilian miner said on T
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
PMEX daily trading report
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PMEX daily trading report

On Wednesday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 3,778. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 15.003 billion and the number of lots traded 18,812. Major business was contributed by NSDQ100 a
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Rising no-deal Brexit fears pile pressure on pound
Currency

Rising no-deal Brexit fears pile pressure on pound

The pound plunged on Thursday and was heading for its biggest one-day fall this year on growing fears of a "no-deal" Brexit should British lawmakers hold firm in their rejection of Prime Minister Theresa May's EU divorce deal.
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Asian units gain on Fed's more cautious stance
Currency

Asian units gain on Fed's more cautious stance

Emerging Asian currencies firmed on Thursday as the dollar weakened after the US Federal Reserve surprised markets by bringing its three-year tightening drive to an earlier than expected end. The Fed on Wednesday abandoned plans for any interest rate hike
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Aussie, kiwi soar
Currency

Aussie, kiwi soar

The Australian and New Zealand dollars rallied on Thursday after upbeat domestic economic data badly wrongfooted bears betting on weakness and lengthened the odds on lower interest rates in both countries. The Aussie hit a three-week peak of $0.7169, havi
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Dollar plummets; pound remains weak in New York
Currency

Dollar plummets; pound remains weak in New York

The US dollar fell sharply against a basket of major currencies on Wednesday, after the Federal Reserve held US interest rates steady and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate hikes this year as the central bank flagged an expected slowd
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Norwegian crown surges in European trade
Currency

Norwegian crown surges in European trade

Norway's crown surged on Thursday after the central bank raised interest rates and signalled more tightening would come as the domestic economy strengthened. The relatively hawkish stance, which was expected, contrasted with the dovish shift undertaken by
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Dollar nurses losses in Asian trade
Currency

Dollar nurses losses in Asian trade

The dollar nursed losses in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve roiled markets by abandoning all plans to raise rates this year, a signal its three-year campaign to normalise policy might be at an end. Investors rushed to price in the prospect of r
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Kvitova, Pliskova snub Fed Cup playoffs against Canada

Kvitova, Pliskova snub Fed Cup playoffs against Canada

Petra Kvitova and Karolina Pliskova will snub the Fed Cup playoffs against Canada in April, raising the chances of holders the Czech Republic being relegated from the World Group, the team said Thursday. World number two Kvitova and seventh-ranked Pliskov
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Rushna advances in BoK Women Squash

Rushna advances in BoK Women Squash

Top seeded and Pakistan No. 3 Rushna Mehboob moved to the second round after registering victories against their respective rivals in the ongoing National Bank of Khyber Women Squash Championship being played here at PAF Hashim Khan Squash Complex on Thur
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Juve opt for Asian pre-season amid Ronaldo US rape claims

Juve opt for Asian pre-season amid Ronaldo US rape claims

Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus will play the pre-season International Champions Cup in Asia and not in the United States amid the Portugal star's rape investigation there, the New York Times has reported. Most of the matches take place in the United States
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
French Open increases prize money for 2019

French Open increases prize money for 2019

The French Open announced an 8% increase to its prize money for the 2019 tournament on Thursday, with the men's and women's singles winners to take home 2.3 million euros ($2.62 million). Roland Garros remains the Grand Slam event with the least prize mon
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Japan baseball legend Suzuki ends glittering MLB career

Japan baseball legend Suzuki ends glittering MLB career

Japanese hit king Ichiro Suzuki announced his retirement Thursday, calling time on a record-breaking career that saw him shatter a host of Major League Baseball milestones. The 45-year-old called it quits for the Seattle Mariners after an emotional two-ga
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Finch hopes Australia carry momentum in Pakistan series

Finch hopes Australia carry momentum in Pakistan series

Australian skipper Aaron Finch hopes his team carry the momentum of a series win in India to their five-match series against Pakistan starting in Sharjah from Friday. The Pakistan series is the last chance for Australia to fill any gapes before they defen
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Sindh CM awards Rs 100,000 to players of Qatar event team

Sindh CM awards Rs 100,000 to players of Qatar event team

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in recognition of Lyari's Children Football team, under 10 and 12, has announced a Rs100,000 cash award for each and every player who participated in Qatar football tournament and won. He also announced to develop
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Collagen Karachi, Sindh to clash in Women Throw Ball final

Collagen Karachi, Sindh to clash in Women Throw Ball final

Strong Collagen Karachi and Sindh will clash in the final of the Women Throw Ball Championship while in the Male Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab reached to the semi-final on the third day of the National Throw Ball Women and Men Championship being played he
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
'Strong' outlook for US growth: IMF

'Strong' outlook for US growth: IMF

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday said the US economic outlook remained "strong," a day after the Federal Reserve trimmed its median growth forecasts for the year. "We believe the outlook for the US economy is strong with historically low unempl
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
US weekly jobless claims fall

US weekly jobless claims fall

The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week, pointing to still strong labour market conditions, though the pace of job growth has slowed after last year's robust gains.
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Morgan Stanley takes top spot in ranking of commodities banks

Morgan Stanley takes top spot in ranking of commodities banks

Morgan Stanley brought in the most revenue from commodities of any of the major investment banks in 2018, data from analytics firm Coalition showed on Thursday. The bank beat rival JPMorgan into second place and Citibank and Goldman Sachs into joint third
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

Facebook admits storing passwords in plain text

Facebook on Thursday admitted that millions of passwords were stored in plain text on its internal servers, a security slip that left them readable by the social networking platform's employees. "To be clear, these passwords were never visible to anyone o
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Bank of England keeps rates on hold

Bank of England keeps rates on hold

The Bank of England kept interest rates steady on Thursday and said most businesses felt as ready as they could be for a no-deal Brexit that would likely hammer economic growth and jobs. The BoE said its nine rate-setters voted unanimously to keep interes
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Australian jobless rate hits near eight-year low

Australian jobless rate hits near eight-year low

Australia's jobless rate fell to a near eight-year low in February as a bumper run in employment extended, sending the local dollar sharply higher on expectations the country's central bank won't cut interest rates any time soon.
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Turkey extends tax cuts on goods
Currency

Turkey extends tax cuts on goods

Turkey took another step to boost consumption and its lira in the face of recession by extending on Thursday the deadline for tax cuts on cars and other goods, and raising the withholding tax on some foreign currency deposits. Ankara had imposed the tax c
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Khamenei dismisses Europe trade mechanism as 'bitter joke'

Khamenei dismisses Europe trade mechanism as 'bitter joke'

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday dismissed a trade mechanism launched by European countries to bypass renewed US sanctions as a "bitter joke" and said Europe could not be trusted. "This financial channel they recently set up resemb
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
US trade negotiators to visit China on March 28-29

US trade negotiators to visit China on March 28-29

Senior US officials will visit Beijing for a new round of trade war talks on March 28-29, followed by a trip to the United States by China's top negotiator in April, the Chinese commerce ministry said Thursday. The back-to-back trips come as Washington an
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
FTSE 100 up as oil, miners pull their weight

FTSE 100 up as oil, miners pull their weight

Britain's FTSE 100 rose on Thursday, buoyed by oil stocks and miners, as investors cheered the US Federal Reserve halting policy tightening, while results-driven slumps in engineering firm Renishaw and trading platform IG dented the midcap index. The FTSE
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Most Southeast Asian stocks up on dovish Fed policy

Most Southeast Asian stocks up on dovish Fed policy

Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve abandoned rate hike projections for this year, while concerns over Sino-US trade talks and slowing global growth weighed on the market. Having downgraded their US growth, une
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks down

Hong Kong stocks down

Hong Kong stocks ended lower on Thursday, pressured by tech firms, as concerns about Sino-US trade talks lingered. The Hang Seng index fell 0.9 percent to 29,071.56, while the China Enterprises Index lost 0.7 percent to 11,544.09.
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
No Fed boost for European stocks as banks fall, but chipmakers shine

No Fed boost for European stocks as banks fall, but chipmakers shine

European stock markets fell on Thursday as fears over economic growth and the impact on banks of an accommodative policy message from the US Federal Reserve outweighed any broader lift from its abandoning of further interest rate hikes this year.
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Shanghai stocks rises on dovish Fed stance

Shanghai stocks rises on dovish Fed stance

Shanghai stocks edged higher on Thursday, after the US Federal Reserve took a more accommodative stance at its policy meeting. The blue-chip CSI300 index was unchanged at 3,836.89 points, while the Shanghai Composite Index closed up 0.3 percent at 3,101.4
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Australian shares flat; New Zealand up

Australian shares flat; New Zealand up

Australian shares ended relatively flat on Thursday with strong gains in mining stocks offsetting losses in financials hit by the US Federal Reserve's decision to abandon further rate hikes in 2019. Paring losses just before the bell, the S&P/ASX 200 inde
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Ten-year Treasury yield hits 14-month low

Ten-year Treasury yield hits 14-month low

US Treasuries rallied on Wednesday, taking the benchmark 10-year yield to a 14-month low, after the Federal Reserve said it would hold interest rates steady and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate hikes this year while flagging an expe
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Ten-year Treasury yield hits 14-month low

Ten-year Treasury yield hits 14-month low

US Treasuries rallied on Wednesday, taking the benchmark 10-year yield to a 14-month low, after the Federal Reserve said it would hold interest rates steady and its policymakers abandoned projections for further rate hikes this year while flagging an expe
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Banks stifle Wall Street rally after dovish Fed statement

Banks stifle Wall Street rally after dovish Fed statement

The S&P 500 and the Dow ended lower on Wednesday as interest rate-sensitive financial stocks dragged down the indexes after the US Federal Reserve affirmed a dovish monetary policy stance. While all three major US stock indexes briefly reversed earlier lo
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Thursday's early afternoon trade: Tech powers Wall Street's recovery

Thursday's early afternoon trade: Tech powers Wall Street's recovery

A tech rally led by Apple Inc pushed Wall Street's main indexes higher on Thursday, offseting losses in US lenders after the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates this year. In a big shift to their outlook, policymakers said the Fed's benchm
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Saudi index near-four year high as banks soar

Saudi index near-four year high as banks soar

All of Saudi Arabia's banks rose on Thursday, lifting its stock exchange to a near-four year high following its inclusion in the FTSE Russell's emerging-market index this week. Saudi's Tadawul index will have a weighting of 2.9 percent in the FTSE Emergin
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
German 10-year yield hurtles towards zero percent

German 10-year yield hurtles towards zero percent

Germany's 10-year bond yield hurtled towards zero percent on Thursday, dropping to its lowest since late 2016, a day after the US Federal Reserve abandoned its projections for any rate rises this year given signs of an economic slowdown. The Fed also said
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
German 10-year yield hurtles towards zero percent

German 10-year yield hurtles towards zero percent

Germany's 10-year bond yield hurtled towards zero percent on Thursday, dropping to its lowest since late 2016, a day after the US Federal Reserve abandoned its projections for any rate rises this year given signs of an economic slowdown. The Fed also said
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
New York cotton

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates
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 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

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 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Currency notes: exchange rates
Currency

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Money Market Report
Kerb

Money Market Report

Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Thursday (March 21, 2019).
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Spot dollar rates

Spot dollar rates

Spot Dollar rates from Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co Ltd on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX
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Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX (Formerly National Commodity Exchange Limited - NCEL) Trading Summary on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Thursday (March 21, 2019).

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dollar at Rs 140.2
Currency

THE RUPEE: dollar at Rs 140.2

The rupee hit new lows against the dollar on the money market on Thursday amid strong demand for the US currency, dealers said. Commenting on the surging demand for dollars, some leading marketmen observed that demand for dollars increased on the inter-ba
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
THE RUPEE: dollar at Rs 140.2
Currency

THE RUPEE: dollar at Rs 140.2

The rupee hit new lows against the dollar on the money market on Thursday amid strong demand for the US currency, dealers said. Commenting on the surging demand for dollars, some leading marketmen observed that demand for dollars increased on the inter-ba
Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
BOARD MEETINGS

BOARD MEETINGS

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus Announcements

Dividend/Bonus announcements by the companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am
Proposed right issues

Proposed right issues

Right issues proposed by companies listed on Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Published 22 Mar, 2019 12:00am