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China plans record budget deficit of 4% of GDP in 2025, say sources

Chinese leaders agreed last week to raise the budget deficit to 4% of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, its...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 10:42am

Markets

China’s long-term yields hit record lows on easing expectations

SHANGHAI: China’s long-term yields hit record lows in early trade on Monday as easing expectations intensified....

Published 16 Dec, 2024 11:37am

Business & Finance

China’s consumer prices rises slow to 0.3% on year in October

BEIJING: China’s consumer prices rose more slowly in October, while producer price deflation deepened, even as...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 11:12am

World

IMF chief economist says lack of domestic demand fuels China’s export growth

WASHINGTON: China’s industrial policy may be tipping the scales in some specific industries, but it is not the root...

Published 22 Oct, 2024 07:19pm

Business & Finance

UK economy grows in May, boosting new government

LONDON: Britain’s economic output grew better-than-expected in May, official data showed Thursday, handing an early...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 12:36pm

Business & Finance

China consumer prices rise slightly in June

BEIJING: China consumer prices edged up in June, official data showed Wednesday, but fell short of analyst...

Published 10 Jul, 2024 11:10am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits fell 2.3% in 2023

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms fell 2.3% in 2023, their second straight yearly decline, due to...

Published 27 Jan, 2024 10:17am

Opinion

The giant ship of China’s economy will continue to cleave the waves

Since the beginning of this year, the China’s economy has been moving forward, overcoming obstacles and showing a...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 06:22pm

Business & Finance

Moody’s cuts China’s credit outlook to negative

Ratings agency Moody’s on Tuesday cut its outlook on China’s government credit ratings to negative from stable,...

Published 05 Dec, 2023 01:15pm

Business & Finance

China’s Didi Q2 revenue grows as regulatory curbs ease

BEIJING: Revenues at China’s Didi Chuxing rose 52.6% for the April-June quarter from a year earlier to 48.8 billion...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 10:29am

Business & Finance

China seeking private investment in major projects

BEIJING: China is seeking private investment in 4,894 major projects with total investment of 5.27 trillion yuan...

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 03:12pm

World

China’s deflation pressures ease, more steps expected to spur demand

BEIJING: China’s consumer prices returned to positive territory in August while factory-gate price declines slowed,...

Published 09 Sep, 2023 10:09am

Business & Finance

Indonesia Q2 GDP grows 5.17% y/y, above expectation

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s economy grew 5.17% on an annual basis in the second quarter, the fastest pace in three quarters...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 09:24am

World

China’s July economic losses from disasters exceed January-June

BEIJING: China’s direct economic losses from natural disasters surged to 41.18 billion yuan ($5.74 billion) in July,...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 09:53am

World

China relaxes visa, urban residency rules to boost economy

BEIJING: China will allow some foreigners to obtain visas on arrival and rural residents to settle more easily in...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

World

China June new home prices flat in weakest showing this year

BEIJING: China’s new home prices were unchanged in June, the weakest result this year, data showed on Saturday,...

Published 15 Jul, 2023 10:15am

World

China, South Korea agree to strengthen talks on chip industry

China and South Korea have agreed to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on semiconductor industry supply chains,...

Published 27 May, 2023 11:35am

Business & Finance

China industrial profits tumble 18% in April as demand sputters

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms slumped in the first four months of 2023, official data showed on...

Published 27 May, 2023 10:28am

World

G7 to agree tools to counter Chinese economic ‘coercion’

HIROSHIMA: The G7 will agree Saturday on a “common set of tools” to combat economic “coercion” and limit the risk...

Published 20 May, 2023 11:38am

Markets

Offshore yuan weakens past key 7 per dollar as China’s recovery sputters

SHANGHAI/SINGAPORE: The offshore yuan weakened past 7 per dollar on Wednesday for the first time in five months amid...

Published 17 May, 2023 12:14pm

Business & Finance

China’s property investment, sales drop sharply in April on subdued demand

BEIJING: A slide in China’s property investment and sales more than doubled in pace in April, a sharp decline in a...

Published 16 May, 2023 09:51am

World

China’s slow consumer inflation, deepening factory gate deflation to test policy

BEIJING: China’s consumer prices rose at the slowest pace in more than two years in April, while factory gate...

Published 11 May, 2023 10:13am

Business & Finance

China GDP jumps 4.5% in Q1 after zero-Covid scrapped

BEIJING: China’s economy grew 4.5 percent year-on-year in the first quarter, rebounding after the end of zero-Covid...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 01:38pm

Markets

Asia FX, shares weaken as China GDP data fails to lift markets

Asian stocks and currencies were weaker on Tuesday even as China’s economy grew at a faster-than-expected pace in...

Published 18 Apr, 2023 12:01pm

World

China delays release of key economic data

BEIJING: China delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, including its...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

Why is the world worried about China’s property crisis?

BEIJING: China’s troubled property sector suffered another blow this month when frustrated homebuyers stopped making...

Published 24 Jul, 2022 11:29am

Opinion

Economy, ecology: giant step forward

(—Sixth part of the “China in the past decade” series) The past decade since the 18th National Congress of ...

Published 23 Jul, 2022 04:10am

World

China economy recovering but foundation not solid, premier says

BEIJING: China’s economy is recovering but the foundation of that recovery is not solid and more efforts are still...

Published 07 Jul, 2022 05:42pm

Opinion

Apply the new development philosophy for high-quality development

(— First part of the “China in the past decade” series) The past decade since the 18th National Congress of ...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 06:37am

World

China to take targeted, forceful steps to support economy, cabinet says

BEIJING: China will adopt a package of targeted, forceful and effective measures to support the economy, state...

Published 23 May, 2022 05:30pm

Forex
World
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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
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
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

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

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