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G20 leaders turn focus to climate change

RIO DE JANEIRO: Leaders of the Group of 20 major economies meet on Tuesday to discuss sustainable development and ...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

World

Biden, Xi to meet in Peru on Saturday: US official

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Saturday at the APEC summit in Peru,...

Published 14 Nov, 2024 12:07am

Business & Finance

OECD sees long-term growth prospects almost halving in major economies

PARIS: Growth is projected to almost halve in developed and big emerging market economies in the coming decades,...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 03:12am

Business & Finance

IMF sees ‘pockets of resilience,’ slowing momentum in global economy

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday that first quarter global growth slightly outpaced...

Updated 14 Jul, 2023 07:05am

Markets

China is willing to implement debt disposal framework

BEIJING: China reiterated it is willing to implement a debt disposal framework with other countries, People’s Bank...

Published 14 Apr, 2023 11:02am

Pakistan

Pakistan condemns India’s decision to hold G20 meetings in IIOJK

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday condemned India’s decision to hold Group of 20 meetings in the disputed Himalayan...

Published 12 Apr, 2023 06:11am

Editorials

Fate of LDCs

EDITORIAL: It seems that the United Nations (UN) has finally realised that one of its most ineffective initiatives...

Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Opinion

Economy: we need medication to correct account acidity

On February 19, 2023 there was an article on Bloomberg titled China’s Debt Noose Could Strangle Pakistan by Mihir...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Opinion

World economy faces more pain in 2023 after a gloomy year

This was supposed to be the comeback year for the world economy following the Covid pandemic. Instead, 2022 was...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 06:29am

Middle-income nations, too, facing debt issues

A draft of the G20 leaders declaration acknowledges that problems extend far beyond just the poorest nations

Updated 16 Nov, 2022 10:21am

Business & Finance

IMF’s Georgieva urges G20 leaders to ‘allow trade to do its job’

NUSA DUA: International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva warned G20 leaders on Tuesday against...

Published 15 Nov, 2022 11:20am

World

Britain to urge G20 to take coordinated action on economic instability

NUSA DUA: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will call on the Group of 20 (G20) for coordinated action to address...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 01:25pm

World

Erdogan arrives at Indonesia G20 after Istanbul blast

DENPASAR: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan touched down in Bali, Indonesia on Monday to attend the G20 summit,...

Published 14 Nov, 2022 11:03am

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

Editorials

‘Hard landing’ for poorer nations

EDITORIAL: The World Bank clearly doesn’t feel that the global economy is ready to shake off the effects of the...

Updated 15 Jan, 2022 10:30am

Business & Finance

Only 1.2% of world's top firms make substantial climate disclosures-Arabesque

LONDON: Little more than one percent of 5,000 big companies globally are making substantial disclosures of their...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 11:58am

Opinion

COP26 left a lot to be desired

‘Many people around the world already consider the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow a...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Vaccination of 70pc of world by mid-2022 pledged

ROME: G20 countries should ensure that 70 percent of the global population is vaccinated against Covid-19 by...

Published 31 Oct, 2021 02:43am

World

IEA chief pleads for 'real global action' on climate

PARIS: As head of the organisation that advises countries on energy policy, Fatih Birol has a blunt message to...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 04:44am

Opinion

Rising stagflationary concerns

The world, including developing countries where food inflation is particularly on the higher side, is facing...

Published 24 Sep, 2021 04:40am

Pakistan

Cabinet meets today

ISLAMABAD: The Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (July 6) will discuss geopolitical situation, economic...

Published 06 Jul, 2021 03:48am

Japan concerned at ‘abrupt’ changes in Pakistan's investment procedures

ISLAMABAD: Japan is reportedly unhappy with the government for what it says abrupt changes in procedures for...

Updated 23 Oct, 2021 04:48am

World

G20 finance chiefs to talk Covid recovery, aid to poor countries

But "it is going to be a long and uncertain ascent", Georgieva said.

Published 26 Feb, 2021 11:03am

Opinion

Lagging green spending globally

‘The world’s leading economies have announced economic stimulus packages that will pump approximately US$4.6...

Published 19 Feb, 2021 04:07am

World

G7 seen backing issuance of new IMF SDRs

One IMF expert said a $500 billion boost in SDRs would deliver some $14 billion in added reserves to low-income countries and $60 billion to emerging markets, but others said the yields could be much higher.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 10:58am

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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