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British finance minister Jeremy Hunt

UK’s Hunt says Conservatives will commit to pensions triple lock again

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said the ruling Conservative Party would commit to keeping the...

Published 24 Mar, 2024 03:42pm

World

Ahead of UK budget, Hunt says forecasts ‘have gone against us’

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said there had been a deterioration in the economic forecasts on which...

Published 03 Mar, 2024 01:34pm

World

UK’s Hunt says he hopes to reverse public investment freeze

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday that he hoped in future to reverse the decline in public...

Published 04 Dec, 2023 04:57pm

Markets

UK finance minister Hunt says cannot commit to tax cuts before election

MANCHESTER: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Monday he believed in lowering taxes but could not commit...

Published 02 Oct, 2023 12:21pm

Markets

UK’s Hunt: Still a long way to go in battle against inflation

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said there was still a long way to go to reduce inflation towards...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 12:08pm

Markets

UK’s Hunt drops plans for sovereign wealth funds to pay corporation tax

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt has abandoned plans to make sovereign wealth funds pay corporation tax on...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 01:30pm

World

UK’s Hunt says his budget will get more people into work

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said he would use this week’s budget plan to remove barriers, including...

Published 12 Mar, 2023 04:24pm

World

UK’s Hunt pledges to boost growth but won’t budge on tax hikes

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt will promise on Friday to tackle the country’s weak productivity with...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 02:09pm

World

UK’s Hunt: ‘Tough’ decisions on tax and spending needed to tackle inflation

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt said on Wednesday “tough but necessary” decisions were required to...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 02:08pm

World

UK Tory rivals open truncated leadership race

LONDON: Contenders bidding to succeed Prime Minister Liz Truss were Friday to open a hectic weekend of campaigning,...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 10:31am

Markets

UK finance minister seeks to stem bond rout by rushing forward tax plan

LONDON: New British finance minister Jeremy Hunt, seeking to stem a dramatic loss of confidence among investors in...

Published 17 Oct, 2022 12:35pm

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.50
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01