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France wins jobs at Morgan Stanley and other investments ahead of key summit

PARIS: France said Morgan Stanley would open a new European office in Paris, while two other companies announced a...

Published 12 May, 2024 11:53am

World

G7 finance meeting marred by divisions over seizing Russian assets

SAO PAULO: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday publicly challenged U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 10:57pm

World

Elon Musk to attend business conference in France and meet Macron

PARIS: Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk will attend a business conference close to Paris and meet French President...

Published 15 May, 2023 12:54pm

World

France vows economic reforms to continue after debt downgrade

STOCKHOLM: France will go ahead with structural reforms to overhaul its economy after credit ratings agency Fitch...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 02:00pm

World

France a 'reliable' US ally but needs to engage China: minister

WASHINGTON: France is a "strong and reliable" US ally, the country's Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire told AFP on...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 10:39pm

World

France says tax on tech giants ‘blocked’ in global talks

PARIS: International talks aimed at taxing global tech giants that only declare profits in a few jurisdictions have...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 05:05pm

Opinion

Europe in crossfire of US-China economic rivalry

The economic confrontation between the United States and China has put Europe in the crossfire, with Washington’s...

Published 05 Feb, 2023 03:10am

World

France urges ‘EU industrial policy’ to counter US subsidy

BRUSSELS: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire called on Monday for a new European policy to protect the EU’s...

Published 16 Jan, 2023 09:40pm

World

France and Germany eye ‘aggressive response’ to US Inflation Reduction Act

PARIS: France and Germany are eyeing an ‘aggressive response’ to the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), said the...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

World

US green plan should be 'wake-up call' for EU industry: French minister

WASHINGTON: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire on Friday said Washington's $430 billion plan to spur...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 01:09am

World

France to spend 8.4bn euro to help companies with energy bills

PARIS: France will spend 8.4 billion euros ($8.67 billion) to help companies pay their energy bills, in a bid to...

Published 20 Nov, 2022 04:16am

Markets

Ending Ukraine war ‘best thing’ to mend world economy: Yellen

NUSA DUA: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heaped pressure on Russia on Monday ahead of the G20 summit in...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 09:42am

World

French finance minister says he's ‘worried’ about Britain

PARIS: French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday he was concerned about the situation in Britain, where...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 12:23pm

Business & Finance

TotalEnergies, CMA CGM agree to cut prices to help French consumers

PARIS: French oil major TotalEnergies and shipping giant CMA CGM announced further measures to cut prices on Friday,...

Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am

Business & Finance

French borrowing at ‘danger level’, says finance minister

PARIS: France’s borrowing has a reached a “danger level”, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Monday amid...

Published 28 Jun, 2022 06:10am

World

France freezes 850 million euros of Russian assets

PARIS: France has seized around 850 million euros ($920 million) of Russian oligarchs’ assets on its soil, Finance...

Published 20 Mar, 2022 09:34pm

World

World heading for 1973-type energy shock: French minister

PARIS: The spike in energy prices caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine will produce effects comparable to the 1973 oil...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 03:11pm

World

French Finance Minister: still room for further sanctions against Russia

PARIS: France and Europe still have margin for manoeuvre to implement further sanctions against Russia for invading...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 12:49pm

World

EU wants to cut ‘all links’ between Russia and global financial system

PARIS: The European Union wants to cut all links between Russia and the global financial system, France’s finance...

Published 26 Feb, 2022 04:37am

World

EU wants to cut 'all links' between Russia and global financial system: France

PARIS: The European Union wants to cut all links between Russia and the global financial system, France's finance...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 02:49pm

Markets

Oil rises 1.5% as OPEC+ agrees to planned output increase

Oil prices rose 1.5% on Tuesday as OPEC+ producers agreed to stick with their planned increase for February based on...

Published 05 Jan, 2022 12:10am

Markets

France to work with UAE on renewable and hydrogen projects

PARIS: French finance minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday that France will work with the United Arab Emirates on...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:47am

IMF, G20 fret over supply chain bottlenecks, inflation fears

WASHINGTON: Global finance officials gathered in Washington on Wednesday were focused on finding a way to alleviate...

Updated 15 Oct, 2021 09:25am

Business & Finance

We're one millimetre from a corporate tax deal, France's Le Maire says

LONDON: The world is one millimetre away from a deal on global corporate taxes and an agreement could be signed in...

Published 06 Oct, 2021 02:37pm

Opinion

EU budget battle looms, as economy lifts out of crisis

European governments have spent hand over fist, despite ballooning public debt, to prevent the coronavirus pandemic...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:36am

World

Macron urged to scrap ailing party

PARIS: Key allies of French President Emmanuel Macron have called for him to scrap his under-performing political...

Updated 06 Sep, 2021 07:51pm

World

Afghanistan a wake-up call for Europe on defence, leadership

"EU member states have to build the single market for finance and also they need to reach a political agreement on the banking union, in order to have more funds for new technologies," Le Maire says

Updated 04 Sep, 2021 09:11pm

World

France's Covid relief spending hits 240bn euros: minister

PARIS: The French government has extended 240 billion euros ($283 billion) in financial aid to businesses hammered ...

Published 30 Aug, 2021 04:48pm

G20 endorses historic global tax reform

VENICE: G20 finance ministers on Saturday gave their backing to a historic deal to overhaul the way multinational...

Published 11 Jul, 2021 05:54am

Business & Finance

France's Finance Minister eyes public deficit of 9.4% in 2021

Le Maire also told France 2 television he expected economic growth to return in early 2022 to pre-COVID 19 crisis levels.

Updated 31 May, 2021 11:02am

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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