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Central European currencies

Forint trades near two-year-low as markets eye US data

BUDAPEST: Central European currencies were mostly stable on Wednesday, with the Hungarian forint trading near a...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 03:51pm

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Currencies muted as rate hike expectations unable to lift them

BUDAPEST: Central European currencies moved sideways on Wednesday, unable to get significant support from rate hike...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 02:39pm

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Currencies stable, Polish QE schedule in focus

Polish bond yields were unmoved as markets were looking forward to the central bank's schedule of June bond purchases, due later in the day.
Currencies kept hovering near strong levels they recently hit on rate hike expectations that were fuelled by higher-than-expected CPI data and signals from central banks.

Published 31 May, 2021 06:46pm

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Currencies and stocks ease as inflation worries dominate

The Polish zloty slid 0.17% to 4.5300 versus the common currency after firming in the previous session on increased rate hike prospects in the CEE region.

Published 19 May, 2021 02:59pm

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Currencies mixed as focus turns to Czech central bank

Central European rate-setters are facing rising inflation, but look set to keep rates low for the time being to help their economies recover from the effects of the coronavirus.
"This picture, however, cracked somewhat with the GDP result for the first quarter released last week, which showed the economy did better than thought."

Updated 06 May, 2021 05:11pm

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Forint underperforms; investors unwind zloty short bets

The Hungarian forint slid 0.42% to 360.80 per euro, underperforming its peers. It has lost 1% this week.
The currency weakened in low liquidity because of a zloty-forint flow, traders in Budapest said, adding that the forint was also due for a correction after steady gains in the past few weeks.

Published 16 Apr, 2021 04:42pm

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FX firms as global mood brightens

The Polish zloty was 0.54% firmer against the euro at 4.5516, the Czech crown had strengthened 0.09% to 25.8210, while the Hungarian forint was 0.13% stronger at 358.70.
"Over the next few days, the yields of 2-year bonds should remain around 0.05%, while the yields of 10-year bonds should remain close to 1.60%," PKO BP analysts said in a note.

Published 08 Apr, 2021 05:43pm

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Zloty brushes off virus worries to lead FX gains

This is ahead of holidays -- the zloty was underperforming earlier, now it's outperforming... it seems like the main reason is probably the market was long, squaring positions ahead of the Easter holidays.
The zloty was 0.17% firmer against the euro at 4.624. The Czech crown was 0.12% firmer at 26.08 and the Hungarian forint was little changed at 362.10.

Published 01 Apr, 2021 05:05pm

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FX holds gains ahead of ECB meeting

"Today, a positive reception of the ECB's decision by the euro may indirectly support the zloty and the currencies of the region," Konrad Bialas, chief economist at DM TMS Brokers said in a note.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 07:24pm

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Currencies nearly flat ahead of Polish central bank rate decision

The zloty was little changed, edging up 0.1% to 4.5245 per euro.
"Until the decision is published, volatility in the domestic market should remain limited," Bank Millenium wrote in a note.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 06:30pm

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Zloty, forint halt gains, focus turns to Polish central bank meeting next week

The second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit Central Europe's economies hard, and some countries like the Czech Republic and Slovakia are battling a big spike in infections again.
The zloty was flat on the day to trade at 4.5185 versus the euro.

Published 08 Jan, 2021 04:56pm

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Currencies slide as markets eye EU budget veto developments

The Hungarian forint slid 0.43pc and was trading at 358.50 per euro as markets waiting for developments regarding the European Union's budget and coronavirus rescue package.

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:40pm

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Currencies, stocks ease, shrugging off third-quarter GDP rebound

The region's economies rebounded mostly better than expected last quarter. On a quarterly basis.
The data "confirmed a strong recovery in the third quarter in CEE," Erste Bank said.

Published 13 Nov, 2020 05:10pm

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Currencies on roller coaster as US vote count swings; OTP shares shine

Stock markets were mixed, with Budapest's main BUX index jumping by 2.3% and Prague rising 0.4%. Shares in Hungarian OTP Bank extended its gains from Tuesday, rising 1.3%.
Warsaw's main index, however, fell by almost 2%, which some analysts said was caused by concern about the record numbers of Covid cases and profit taking by some players.

Published 04 Nov, 2020 05:47pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 23	278.71
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 23	278.56
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 23	156.57
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 23	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 22	6,086.37
Nasdaq / Jan 22	20,009.34
Dow Jones / Jan 22	44,156.73
India Sensex / Jan 23	76,579.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 23	40,000.30
Hang Seng / Jan 23	19,695.88
FTSE 100 / Jan 23	8,544.98
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 23	21,282.88

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 22	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 22	246,440
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 23	75.19
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 23	2,754.03
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 23	67.06
Petrol/Litre / Jan 24	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Saritow Spinning / Jan 23 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	10.12 ▲ 1.00 (10.96%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 23 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	94.44 ▲ 8.59 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 23 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	30.33 ▲ 2.76 (10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 23 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	37.04 ▲ 3.37 (10.01%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 23 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	72.46 ▲ 6.59 (10.00%)
Dewan Motors / Jan 23 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	46.07 ▲ 4.19 (10.00%)
Mughal Energy / Jan 23 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	21.45 ▲ 1.95 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 23 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	150.99 ▲ 13.73 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Nagina Cot. / Jan 23 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 23 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.92 ▼ -1.21 (-9.98%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 23 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	105.20 ▼ -11.20 (-9.62%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 23 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	60.50 ▼ -6.14 (-9.21%)
Kohat Textile / Jan 23 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	32 ▼ -3.13 (-8.91%)
Ruby Textile / Jan 23 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	6.67 ▼ -0.62 (-8.50%)
Sana Ind / Jan 23 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.60 ▼ -2.64 (-8.45%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 23 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340.01 ▼ -29.89 (-8.08%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 23 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	33.11 ▼ -2.82 (-7.85%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	141,910,406 ▲ 0.58
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	100,218,430 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Cement / Jan 23 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,552,040 ▲ 2.32
Lotte Chemical / Jan 23 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	35,610,583 ▲ 0.74
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 23 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	32,491,903 ▲ 8.59
Bank Makramah / Jan 23 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	30,547,553 ▼ -0.11
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 23 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	26,406,513 ▲ 2.50
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,103,404 ▲ 0.45
D.G.K.Cement / Jan 23 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	16,695,919 ▲ 2.76

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