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UK retail sales rise 1% in August

LONDON: British retail sales rose 1% in August, official figures showed on Friday. Economists polled by Reuters had...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 02:08pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation stable as central bank rate call looms

LONDON: British inflation was unchanged at 2.2 percent in August, official data showed Wednesday, fuelling...

Published 18 Sep, 2024 01:39pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation slows to central bank’s 2% target

LONDON: British inflation slowed in May to the central bank’s two-percent target, official data showed Wednesday,...

Published 19 Jun, 2024 01:08pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation hits lowest level in more than two years

LONDON: British inflation has slowed sharply to the lowest level in more than two years on falling petrol prices,...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 01:35pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation in surprise drop to 18-month low

LONDON: British inflation unexpectedly slowed in August, data showed Wednesday, hitting an 18-month low and sparking...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 01:02pm

Markets

European shares gain as homebuilders surge

PARIS: European shares closed higher on Wednesday, with UK stocks in the lead after a faster-than-expected slowdown...

Published 20 Jul, 2023 03:12am

World

UK Budget: Hunt sets out his plan for growth

LONDON: British finance minister Jeremy Hunt set out his budget on Wednesday, seeking to snap the world’s...

Published 15 Mar, 2023 06:29pm

World

UK unemployment at historic low but inflation hits wages

LONDON: British unemployment remains near its historical low but wages are still falling in real terms, official...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 05:53pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation drops to 3-month low of 10.5% in December

LONDON: British consumer price inflation fell to a three-month low of 10.5% in December, offering some comfort to...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 12:36pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation slows to 10.7% in November

LONDON: British inflation slowed in November from October’s 41-year peak, data showed Wednesday, but remains...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 01:37pm

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

Markets

Oil, defence stocks support FTSE 100 despite inflation shock

The FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday, lifted by energy and defence stocks, even as hotter-than-expected inflation data...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 01:37pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation accelerates to 41-year peak

LONDON: British inflation has accelerated to the highest level for 41 years, driven by soaring energy, food and...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 01:03pm

Business & Finance

British grocery inflation hit record 14.7% in October

LONDON: British grocery inflation hit 14.7% in October, another new record, and it is still too early to call the...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 01:09pm

World

UK retail sales in surprise rebound

LONDON: British retail sales surprisingly rose overall in July but consumer confidence is at a record-low level as...

Published 19 Aug, 2022 07:30pm

Business & Finance

In UK, workers strike as inflation crushes earnings

LONDON: Railway and postal staff, dockers too. Britain’s workers are striking in vast numbers as decades-high...

Published 18 Aug, 2022 12:25pm

World

UK inflation to hit 15% in early 2023, Citi predicts

LONDON: British consumer price inflation is likely to peak at an annual rate above 15% in the first three months of...

Published 17 Aug, 2022 04:56pm

World

UK body to recommend 4-5% pay rise for 1.5mn health workers

LONDON: British public-sector health workers should receive an annual pay rise of 4-5% this year, a government...

Published 25 Jun, 2022 04:54pm

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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