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Australia goods trade surplus widens to A$5.95bn in October

SYDNEY: Australia’s surplus on trade goods widened in October, driven by a jump in shipments of gold and liquefied...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 12:13pm

World

Australia’s jobs market comes off the boil, rate cuts still elusive

SYDNEY: Australia’s employment growth slowed in October after a strong run, but the jobless rate stayed low and...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 11:14am

Business & Finance

Australia economy stuck in slow lane, household spending drags

SYDNEY: Australia’s economy stayed stuck in the slow lane in the June quarter as punishing borrowing costs and...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 11:01am

World

Australia May employment blows past expectations, piling pressure on RBA

SYDNEY: Australian employment blew past expectations in May, while the jobless rate edged lower and participation...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 10:10am

World

Australia employment unexpectedly drops, reinforcing rate pause bets

SYDNEY: Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in April after two months of outsized gains, and the jobless rate...

Published 18 May, 2023 10:21am

World

Australia jobs fall 14,600 in Dec, unemployment steady

SYDNEY: Australia employment unexpectedly dipped in December following an outsized gain the month before, while the...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 11:16am

Business & Finance

Australia May trade surplus surges to record on energy boom

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus ballooned to a record in May as exports of coal and liquefied natural gas surged...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 10:40am

World

Australia job vacancies surge as firms struggle to find staff

SYDNEY: Job vacancies in Australia surged to all-time highs in the May quarter as firms struggled to find staff amid...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 09:49am

Markets

Australia trade surplus widens in April on LNG exports

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus widened more than expected in April thanks to rising exports of liquefied natural...

Published 02 Jun, 2022 10:22am

Business & Finance

Australian retailers get holiday boost, but headwinds strengthen

SYDNEY: Australian retail sales climbed to record highs in April as consumers spent big for the holidays, though...

Published 27 May, 2022 11:04am

Business & Finance

Lockdowns cause Australian economy to shrink

SYDNEY: Lockdowns and border controls shrank Australia's economy by 1.9 percent in the third quarter, official...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 10:52am

Business & Finance

Australia's trade surplus surges to record highs in Aug

SYDNEY: Australia's trade surplus unexpectedly widened to a record in August as strength in liquefied natural gas ...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 11:33am

Business & Finance

Australian growth beats forecasts in Q2 but outbreak takes toll

The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported the economy grew 0.7 percent in April-June as household spending and government expenditure jumped

Published 01 Sep, 2021 10:24am

Business & Finance

Australia retail sales edge up

SYDNEY: Australian retail sales rose less than expected in May, with a snap coronavirus lockdown in the country’s...

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:46am

Business & Finance

Australian economy recovers to pre-pandemic levels

As a result, domestic demand accounted for 1.6 percentage points of the GDP increase in the first quarter of 2021.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 10:57am

Markets

Australia economy shrinks 1.1% in 2020

Australia's central bank this week predicted the economy will return to pre-pandemic levels by mid-2021, far earlier than previously forecast.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 11:06am

World

Australia employment rises in Jan as economy emerges from lockdowns

"However, the number of employed people who worked zero hours in early January in the capital cities also reflects some ongoing effects of recent lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne," Jarvis noted.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 12:49pm

Markets

Australia’s exporters weather China squall, find new harbours

SYDNEY: Australia’s trade surplus rose to a six-month high in December as iron ore exports to China easily...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Business & Finance

Australia's exporters weather China squall, find new harbours

"The complete collapse of exports to China has been more than offset by gains in exports to Japan, India, South Korea and Thailand."

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:40am

World

Australia job vacancies recover from pandemic shock to hit record

Vacancies in the private sector climbed 24.2%, from the August quarter, while the public sector saw a rise of almost 17%.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 11:00am

Business & Finance

Australia retail sales surge by a record in Nov

NAB's Strickland noted that news on the virus has been encouraging with community transmission cases falling to eight on Tuesday from 15 on Monday and 30 the day before.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 09:54am

World

Australia Nov jobs soar again in boost to economic recovery

Economists polled by Reuters were predicting an addition of 50,000 jobs with the unemployment rate staying steady at 7%.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:16am

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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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