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Indian rupee pressured by Fed rate outlook, helped by dip in oil prices

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee is likely to open little changed on Thursday amid expectations that US interest rates will...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 10:15am

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Oil prices surge 4% on worries of escalation in Middle East conflict

HOUSTON: Oil prices surged 4% on Monday, recouping some of the steep losses last week, as clashes between Israel and...

Updated 09 Oct, 2023 08:31pm

Business & Finance

Australia's ANZ sees bigger margins on rising rates, cash profit grows

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group , the country's No. 4 lender, beat estimates for first-half profit as it set...

Published 04 May, 2022 10:33am

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Russian central bank, sovereign fund may hold $140bn in Chinese bonds

SHANGHAI: Russia's central bank and sovereign wealth fund may account for nearly a quarter of foreign holdings of...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 12:26pm

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Aussie, kiwi rally stalls

SINGAPORE: The Australian and New Zealand dollars paused a sparkling rally on Friday as commodity prices cooled and...

Published 23 Oct, 2021 04:01am

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NZ central bank ends bond purchases, paving way for possible rate hikes

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s central bank on Wednesday announced a halt to its pandemic-induced quantitative easing...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

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Oil prices rise on stronger economic outlook, US stockpile draw

Oil prices dropped earlier this week after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies, known as OPEC+, agreed to gradually ease oil output cuts from May.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 01:01pm

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Asia's iron ore futures rise for third day on demand pickup, supply worries

However, Lee said any price upside for iron ore appears limited for now.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 01:07pm

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London copper near 8-year high on stimulus hopes, tight supply

The three-month copper contract on the London Metal Exchange climbed as much as 1.6% to $8,275 a tonne, its highest since Feb. 15, 2013.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:05am

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NZ business confidence improves further in Feb: ANZ survey

The survey's headline measure showed a net 11.8% of respondents expected the economy to improve over the year ahead compared with a net 9.4% in the previous poll in December last year.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 12:17pm

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Financials lift Australian shares higher on central bank's upbeat economic outlook

New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index was trading nearly flat at 13,040.11, even after data showed the island nation's fourth-quarter jobless rate dropped to 4.9%, beating analyst forecasts.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 12:57pm

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Brent crude edges up as optimism over economy trumps demand concerns

Concerns about rising COVID-19 cases globally and renewed lockdowns weighing down fuel demand kept a lid on oil prices.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 11:14am

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Dollar pokes higher as US soft data sours mood; China GDP in focus

The worldwide coronavirus death toll surpassed 2 million on Friday and the World Health Organization has warned the worst could be ahead.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 12:08pm

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Asia shares pare losses as China GDP pips forecasts

Gold prices were undermined by the bounce in the dollar leaving the metal down at $1,824 an ounce, compared to its January top of $1,959.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:42am

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Asia shares pare losses as China economy rebounds

Biden's pick for Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, is expected to rule out seeking a weaker dollar when testifying on Capital Hill on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:20am

Business & Finance

China's economy picks up speed in Q4, ends 2020 in solid shape after COVID-19 shock

Some analysts also cautioned that a recent rebound in COVID-19 cases in the northeast of the country could impact activity and consumption in the run-up to next month's long Lunar New Year holidays.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:17am

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Australia, NZ dollars weaker as investors lured away by higher US yields

Yields on three-year paper was little changed at 0.12%, slightly higher than the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) target of 0.10%.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:26am

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Australia, NZ dollars set to extend winning streak to 7th week

The Aussie stood at $0.7616 having climbed 1.1% for the week to touch $0.7639. That was the highest since June 2018 when it topped at $0.7677, the next major chart target.

Published 18 Dec, 2020 09:52am

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Shanghai nickel jumps on demand outlook, LME benchmark slips

Nickel, used in stainless steel, has gained 13% in the Shanghai bourse this year, while LME nickel has risen around 23% on strong demand from Chinese stainless steel producers and a supply crunch due to an Indonesian export ban.

Published 11 Dec, 2020 10:43am

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Bullish bets on Asian FX hit multi-year highs as 2021 outlook brightens

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) on Wednesday said it stepped in to slow volatility in the baht so that it would not derail economic recovery, after the currency strengthened to a one-year high of 29 baht per US dollar.

Published 10 Dec, 2020 01:16pm

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Shares hit record on vaccine progress, sterling awaits Brexit meeting

Against a basket of currencies the dollar sat at 90.923, which is about half a percent above a two-and-a-half-year low it hit on Friday as short sellers piled in.

Published 09 Dec, 2020 09:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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