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Most Asian FX struggle on weak China data

BENGALURU: Most Asian currencies were muted on Thursday, while equities struggled to make headway, as investors...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Business & Finance

Indian rupee falls for sixth straight year

MUMBAI: The Indian rupee’s decline in 2023 was the smallest in a six-year losing streak, while volatility hit...

Published 30 Dec, 2023 06:28am

Markets

Asian FX sell-off deepens; won rises on BOK hike

Most Asian currencies slipped on Wednesday, hurt by weak global market sentiment ahead of the minutes of the most...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 10:21am

Markets

Asian FX and stocks climb as Powell brings no surprises

Most of emerging Asia's stocks and currencies rose on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ...

Published 12 Jan, 2022 10:45am

Markets

South Korean shares rise on upbeat trade data, fading volatility woes

The KOSPI has risen 5.70% so far this year, and/ gained 8.0% in the previous 30 trading sessions.

Published 01 Feb, 2021 11:51am

Markets

China's onshore yuan forwards surge to highest level this year on tighter liquidity

One-year onshore dollar/yuan swap points rose to 1,500 points on Tuesday, the highest since Dec. 30, 2020, up from 1,423 points at the previous close.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 10:36am

Markets

South Korea shares slip on profit-taking; post 11th weekly gain in 12

The won ended at 1,103.2 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.45% lower than its previous close at 1,098.2.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 12:30pm

Markets

China's yuan eases, set for weekly rise on dollar weakness

The global dollar index fell to 90.099 from the previous close of 90.108.

Published 22 Jan, 2021 11:00am

Markets

Exports data boosts S. Korea, Taiwan shares; Rupiah firms before rate review

S. Korean shares set for third straight day of gains.
Taiwan 2020 export orders hit record high.
Bank Indonesia seen holding rates.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 10:32am

Markets

South Korea stocks gain over 1.5% as market sees further US stimulus

The won was quoted at 1,101.6 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.12% higher than its previous close at 1,102.9.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 12:04pm

Markets

China's yuan firms as dollar slips on spending talk

The global dollar index fell to 90.371 from the previous close of 90.421.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:16am

Markets

South Korea to step up monitoring of FX liquidity for non-banking institutions

As part of the guidelines, financial authorities will introduce three indicators to help monitor the dollar funding and operation of non-banking companies, the finance ministry said.

Published 20 Jan, 2021 11:12am

Markets

Dollar retreats from one-month high as traders eye Biden's FX policy

Such large positions suggest that traders would be relatively more inclined to reduce their positions than add to already big bets.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 10:27am

Markets

South Korea stocks drop as soft US data, virus woes offset upbeat China data

The won was quoted at 1,103.5 per dollar on the onshore settlement platform, 0.37% lower than its previous close.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:32am

Markets

China's yuan eases as dollar rebounds on higher US yields

The global dollar index rose to 90.405 from the previous close of 90.296.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 10:10am

Markets

South Korea stocks rise in volatile trading, retail investors pour in

The KOSPI trading volume index was at 968.55 million shares. Of the total traded issues of 905, the number of advancing shares was 129.

Published 11 Jan, 2021 11:39am

Markets

Dollar wallows near multi-year lows after Democrats take control of Senate

Currency markets were largely unperturbed by scenes of chaos in Washington as supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump stormed Capitol Hill.

Published 07 Jan, 2021 10:17am

Markets

Dollar gets respite as virus surge, Georgia runoffs curb risk sentiment

The euro was steady at $1.22535 after reaching $1.231 on Monday for the first time since April 2018.

Published 05 Jan, 2021 10:41am

Markets

Dollar slips in to 2021 as investors ride downtrend

Against a basket of currencies the dollar was a fraction below where it ended 2020 at 89.766.

Published 04 Jan, 2021 10:42am

Business & Finance

China's Yahua agrees five-year deal to supply lithium to Tesla

"We expect Ganfeng will continue to be the major if not largest lithium hydroxide supplier of Tesla on the back of this strong demand."

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:14pm

Markets

Russian rouble steadies, stocks rise on last trading day of 2020

The Moscow Exchange will be closed for four days from Dec. 31 to Jan. 3, but many traders will be away from their desks for longer as Russia's holiday season ends on Jan. 11.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:12pm

Markets

Dollar hits two-year lows as traders ignore US stimulus delays

Although the agreement avoids a chaotic no-deal exit, it does not cover services, which make up 80% of the British economy.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 02:44pm

Markets

BOK to extend loans by six months to keep credit flowing to debt mkt

The Bank of Korea provided financing to a SPV which directly purchased 3 trillion won.

Published 24 Dec, 2020 10:31am

Markets

South Korea central bank extends Fed currency swap line for another six months

The Bank of Korea had suspended dollar auctions after injecting a total $19.872 billion through six separate auctions.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 11:22am

Markets

South Korean shares fall as virus worries overshadow US stimulus hopes

South Korea's central bank said it has agreed to renew an existing currency swap agreement with the Fed by another six months to at least Sept. 30, 2021.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:04am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 31	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 31	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 31	156.20
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 31	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 31	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 30	5,906.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 30	39,894.54
Nasdaq / Dec 30	19,486.79
Dow Jones / Dec 30	42,573.73
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 30	19,909.14
India Sensex / Dec 31	78,017.14
Hang Seng / Dec 31	20,059.95
FTSE 100 / Dec 31	8,125.32

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 30	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 30	241,430.80
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 31	71.59
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 31	2,605.88
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 31	68.74
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hira Textile / Dec 31 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	3.75 ▲ 0.45 (13.64%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	8.33 ▲ 1.00 (13.64%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Dec 31 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7.88 ▲ 0.88 (12.57%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 31 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	9.38 ▲ 1.00 (11.93%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 31 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.47 (11.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1.00 (11.12%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 31 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	15.70 ▲ 1.43 (10.02%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 31 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	39.33 ▲ 3.58 (10.01%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 31 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	65.45 ▲ 5.95 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 31 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.12 ▼ -0.98 (-16.07%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 31 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	7.60 ▼ -0.90 (-10.59%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 31 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	30.76 ▼ -3.42 (-10.01%)
Frontier Ceram / Dec 31 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	42.91 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Dec 31 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	78.50 ▼ -8.72 (-10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Dec 31 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	203.81 ▼ -22.65 (-10.00%)
Noon Sugar / Dec 31 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	81.31 ▼ -9.03 (-10.00%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Dec 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	425.82 ▼ -47.31 (-10.00%)
Gammon Pak / Dec 31 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	45.59 ▼ -5.06 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	212,308,919 ▲ 0.42
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	111,551,930 ▼ -0.05
B.O.Punjab / Dec 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	84,182,656 ▲ 0.28
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 31 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	66,177,767 ▲ 1.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 31 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	55,597,038 ▲ 0.69
Pak Refinery / Dec 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,017,805 ▲ 3.54
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 31 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	48,777,302 ▼ -0.02
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	45,320,218 ▲ 0.24
Pak Elektron / Dec 31 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	36,348,761 ▼ -0.91

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