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French banks stable, Credit Suisse takeover deal welcome

PARIS: Bank of France head Francois Villeroy de Galhau said French banks were stable and profitable and had good...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 01:32pm

Business & Finance

French growth to slow to 0.3 pct in 2023: central bank

PARIS: French economic growth will slow considerably in 2023 due to the energy crisis and inflation, before bouncing...

Published 18 Dec, 2022 11:35am

Markets

ECB to start raising rates gradually this summer

PARIS: The European Central Bank (ECB) will start raising rates gradually this summer, ECB member and Bank of France...

Published 11 May, 2022 12:36pm

Business & Finance

Bank of France optimism undimmed by pandemic woes

PARIS: France's central bank said Sunday that the EU's second-largest economy remained resilient even faced with the...

Published 19 Dec, 2021 11:21pm

Markets

ECB needs to take account of improved financing conditions

Villeroy, who is also governor of the Bank of France, said there was no urgency to decide on the future of the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Programme at the ECB's September meeting because unlike the US Federal Reserve

Published 30 Aug, 2021 01:02pm

Markets

French and Swiss central banks to trial wholesale digital currencies

ZURICH/LONDON: The Swiss National Bank and the Bank of France will trial Europe’s first cross-border central bank...

Published 14 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Business & Finance

French and Swiss central banks to trial wholesale digital currencies

The experiment will focus on the bank-to-bank 'wholesale' lending market rather than everyday public transactions but will be the first time a digital euro and Swiss franc have been fully tested.
The eurozone is adapting to a "strong trend" towards the digitalisation of payments," said Bank of France Deputy Governor Sylvie Goulard.

Published 10 Jun, 2021 05:58pm

World

Short new lockdown shouldn't affect French growth forecast: Villeroy

President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday ordered France into its third national lockdown and said schools would close for three weeks as he sought to push back a third wave of COVID-19 infections that threatens to overwhelm hospitals.
The French central bank said last month that the euro zone's second-biggest economy was set to grow 5.5% this year.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 07:21pm

World

French economy to rebound with 5pc growth: central bank

French growth "will be among the strongest in Europe, clearly above the European average", the governor said.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:45pm

Business & Finance

French economy should recover quickly once COVID curbs ease: Le Maire

If first-quarter growth was maintained through 2021, annual economic growth would come in at 4%, it added.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 12:15pm

Business & Finance

Brexit pushes billions into France: bank chief

PARIS: The Bank of France’s governor said Tuesday that Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union has driven...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Markets

French central bank to exit coal, cap oil and gas investments

Already from this year it said it would turn its back on companies that derive 10% of their revenues from shale oil or gas, tar sands or exploration in the Arctic or deep water.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 12:06pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 30	279.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 30	6,071.17
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,759.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,513.97
Nasdaq / Jan 30	19,681.75
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,646.88
Dow Jones / Jan 30	44,882.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,727.20

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 30	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 30	248,885
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,849.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 30	66.27
Petrol/Litre / Jan 31	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 31 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	37.14 ▲ 3.38 (10.01%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 31 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	17.92 ▲ 1.63 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Gadoon Textile / Jan 31 Gadoon Textile Mills Limited(GADT)	248.04 ▲ 22.55 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 31 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	95.07 ▲ 8.64 (10%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.83 ▼ -4.52 (-9.97%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 31 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	33 ▼ -3.56 (-9.74%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 31 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	11.35 ▼ -1.19 (-9.49%)
Sardar Chemical / Jan 31 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	33.11 ▼ -3.13 (-8.64%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 31 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.61 ▼ -1.43 (-8.39%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)
Fateh Ind. / Jan 31 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	136 ▼ -11.19 (-7.6%)
ZIL Limited / Jan 31 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	216.12 ▼ -17.36 (-7.44%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -0.83
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	43,567,876 ▲ 0.18
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.46
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.12
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,556,244 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▲ 0
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 31 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	15,022,230 ▲ 2.48
Hascol Petrol / Jan 31 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	13,297,950 ▼ -0.1
National Bank / Jan 31 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	12,862,703 ▲ 6.44

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