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Australia shares hit 3-week closing low; markets pare Feb rate-cut bets after local jobs data

Australian shares finished at a three-week closing low on Thursday after a sharp decline in unemployment pushed...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 11:54am

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Australian shares follow Wall Street lower ahead of US inflation data

Australian shares ended lower on Wednesday, tracking losses on Wall Street, ahead of crucial U.S. inflation figures...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 12:15pm

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Australia shares post weekly loss as China’s stimulus dampens mining appetite

Australian shares rose on Friday but ended the week marginally lower as miners slumped, reflecting dampened investor...

Updated 15 Nov, 2024 04:37pm

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Banks help Australian shares log best week since mid-August

SYDNEY: Australian shares notched up their best week in 12 on Friday, helped by robust gains in banks as the...

Published 11 Nov, 2024 06:03am

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Healthcare, banking stocks boost Australia shares ahead of RBA decision

Australian shares ended higher on Monday, with healthcare and banking stocks rising the most, as investors awaited...

Updated 04 Nov, 2024 11:11am

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Miners help Australian shares close slightly higher

Australian shares closed marginally higher on Monday as gains in miners outweighed losses in financials and energy...

Updated 28 Oct, 2024 11:31am

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Wall Streets opens higher as yields ease

Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Friday, as Treasury yields eased and investors looked ahead to quarterly...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 09:07pm

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Australia shares end slightly higher on Wall Street-led tech boost, as WiseTech jumps

Australian shares closed higher on Friday, underpinned by technology stocks as overnight gains on Wall Street...

Updated 25 Oct, 2024 12:02pm

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Australian shares slip from record high; Rio Tinto drops

Australian stocks fell on Wednesday, slipping from a record high close in the previous session, as shares in iron...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 10:21am

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Australian equities slip as bank losses edge out jump in miners

Australian shares ticked lower on Tuesday with financials leading losses after the central bank left interest rates...

Updated 24 Sep, 2024 12:22pm

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Australian shares snap 7-day rally as Woolworths, Coles weigh

Australian shares declined on Monday, breaking a seven-day winning streak as investors pulled back ahead of the...

Updated 23 Sep, 2024 12:11pm

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Australian shares end near record high ahead of Fed policy meeting

Australian stocks flirted with an all-time high on Tuesday, a day ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy...

Updated 17 Sep, 2024 12:42pm

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Australian stocks higher as mining, gold shine

SYDNEY: Australian shares closed higher on Friday, driven by mining and gold stocks on strong underlying commodity...

Published 16 Sep, 2024 06:08am

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Financials push Australian shares higher; CBA hits record high

Australian shares rose the most in nearly a month on Tuesday, buoyed by banking stocks, with top lenders...

Updated 10 Sep, 2024 12:17pm

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Australian shares end lower as investors weigh mixed earnings, await data

Australian shares ended lower on Thursday as investors assessed a slew of mixed corporate earnings and remained...

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 12:20pm

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Australia shares boosted by corporate earnings, soft US data

Australian shares ended higher on Wednesday, buoyed by better-than-expected corporate earnings from top firms such...

Updated 14 Aug, 2024 12:52pm

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Australian stocks posts worst week since mid-April

SYDNEY: Australian shares rose on Friday, as miners and banks led a broad-based rally, but that was not enough to...

Published 12 Aug, 2024 06:36am

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Australian shares end higher; RBA holds rates and rules out near-term cuts

Australian shares recovered on Tuesday after a brutal sell-off in riskier assets in the previous session, after the...

Updated 06 Aug, 2024 01:28pm

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Australia shares slump more than 3% as US recession worries trigger sell-off

Australian shares slumped more than 3% in their worst trading session in over two years on Monday, joining a global...

Updated 05 Aug, 2024 12:14pm

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Tech rout drags Australian shares to two-week low; resources hit

A rout in local technology stocks, in line with a global sell-off, pressured Australian shares which ended at their...

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 12:03pm

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Australian shares drifts lower, tracking Wall Street

Australian shares drifted lower on Wednesday, tracking the lacklustre end on Wall Street overnight, while a drop in...

Updated 24 Jul, 2024 01:36pm

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Australian shares hit record high as banks and miners gain

Australian stocks rose to an all-time high on Monday, helped by gains in index heavyweights banks and miners, while...

Published 15 Jul, 2024 09:56am

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Australian shares start second half of year on cautious note before RBA minutes

Australian shares closed lower on Monday, starting the second half of 2024 on a sombre note, as political...

Updated 01 Jul, 2024 01:22pm

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Australian shares end flat as miners offset losses in banks, energy; US CPI on tap

Australian shares closed flat on Monday, as miners offset losses in banks and energy stocks, while traders exercised...

Updated 13 May, 2024 12:25pm

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Japan’s Nikkei squeezes out modest gains as yen, Wall Street weigh

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average eked out meagre gains on Thursday, with the yen’s sudden appreciation and a...

Published 02 May, 2024 10:00am

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Australian shares rangebound after Fed warns of rate cut delays; Woolworths slumps

Australian stocks traded in a tight range on Thursday after the US Federal Reserve warned of delays to interest rate...

Published 02 May, 2024 09:58am

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Australia shares end flat as inflation data ends rate-cut hopes

Australian shares ended flat on Wednesday, as gains in financials and gold stocks were offset by losses in the...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 12:13pm

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Australian shares lifted by financials, easing Middle East conflict fears

Australian shares extended gains on Tuesday, as gains in heavyweight financials overshadowed a drop in miners due to...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 12:29pm

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Miners, financials lift Aussie shares, inflation data eyed

Australian shares ended higher on Monday, led by miners and financials, amid fading worries over escalating tensions...

Updated 22 Apr, 2024 12:15pm

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Australian shares end higher as miners surge; US CPI in focus

Australian shares ended higher on Tuesday, propelled by bellwether miners as iron ore prices surged, even as...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 01:54pm

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 22	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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