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Is cash king once again?

Cash can mean different things to different people. Most of us would associate its yield with that on a deposit, but...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

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UK investors see 113bn pounds of BoE bond sales by 2025

LONDON: Bond market experts expect the Bank of England to sell 113 billion pounds ($148 billion) of government bonds...

Published 21 Mar, 2022 07:33am

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JGBs slip after Japan PM Suga offers to step down

TOKYO: Japanese government bond (JGBs) prices slipped on Friday after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he would ...

Published 06 Sep, 2021 06:14am

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China central bank issues guidelines for corporate credit bonds

BEIJING: China’s central bank on Wednesday issued detailed guidelines to promote the high-quality development of...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

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Linker bonds: inflation-proof or inflated expectations?

LONDON: Investors are piling into bonds offering protection from rising consumer prices as they brace for the...

Published 07 Jun, 2021 03:34am

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UAE's Etisalat plans bond sale ahead of euro maturity

That deal comprised two euro-denominated tranches worth 1.2 billion euros each and two US dollar-denominated worth $500 million each. One of the euro tranches is due on June 18.
On Tuesday, Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) , owned by Abu Dhabi state-owned holding company ADQ, was marketing a two-tranche US dollar bond deal.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 05:33pm

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Dollar holds near two-week lows as investors await Fed minutes

Dollar index holds near two-week low.
Aussie, Kiwi dollar slip.

Published 07 Apr, 2021 05:38pm

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Dollar slips, along with yields on US treasuries; lira tanks

Dollar slips from four-month high, following US Treasury yields.
Sterling falls against euro, USD.
The dollar index fell about 0.25% at 91.86, following last week's gain of 0.5%.

Published 22 Mar, 2021 08:29pm

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Reflation bets push German yield curve to steepest since March

German 2s/10s yield curve rises to steepest since March.
Italian risk premium rises from 2015 lows.
Germany auctions 30-year bond with positive yield.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 07:14pm

Business & Finance

Gazprom taps Eurobond market again with 1 billion euro deal

The new bond deal comes just three weeks after Gazprom raised $2 billion also via a Eurobond issue.
Gazprom is leading the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 09:41pm

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Italian bond yields creep up before key votes in parliament

Italy's Conte faces 2 days of parliamentary votes.
BTP/Bund spread at 113 bps vs low of 98 bps week ago.
Markets look ahead to Thursday ECB meeting.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 04:41pm

Business & Finance

Telecom Italia debuts on green bond market with 1-bn-euro sale

Former phone monopoly drew over 3.9 billion euros – lead.
Final guidance on price points to yield of 1.75%.
TIM aims to modernise its networks to cut carbon footprint.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 08:31pm

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Ireland seeking 3-4 billion euros from new 10-year bond

Ireland regularly kicks off its annual funding drive with a syndicated sale and could cover up to a quarter of its funding needs for this year.
Ireland's debt agency said the transaction would be launched in the near future, subject to market conditions.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 07:00pm

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UK govt debt pool with sub-zero yields jumps in December

Almost 1.25 trillion pounds ($1.71 trillion) of gilts, or just over 48% of a total market worth roughly 2.6 trillion pounds.
The market value of negative-yielding euro zone government bonds on the Tradeweb platform stood at around 6.66 trillion euros as of end-December.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 05:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jan 22 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.95 ▲ 0.85 (10.49%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Popular Islamic / Jan 22 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	12.59 ▲ 1.06 (9.19%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.02 ▲ 3.02 (9.15%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 22 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	34.70 ▲ 2.90 (9.12%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 22 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.90 ▲ 1.85 (8.03%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	110.60 ▲ 7.60 (7.38%)
Shezan Inter. / Jan 22 Shezan International Limited(SHEZ)	142.98 ▲ 8.89 (6.63%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.11 ▼ -0.89 (-14.83%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ -0.39 (-11.02%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 22 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	7.86 ▼ -0.92 (-10.48%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 22 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.28 ▼ -0.78 (-9.68%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 22 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37.11 ▼ -3.89 (-9.49%)
Supernet Tech. / Jan 22 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	841.10 ▼ -85.81 (-9.26%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.03 ▼ -29.87 (-8.08%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 22 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	105 ▼ -8.47 (-7.46%)
Mandviwala / Jan 22 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.25 ▼ -1.70 (-7.41%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.03
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.80
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 2.85
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.06
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.28
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▼ -0.09
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.09

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