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Austria imposes full lockdown, Germany may follow, as Covid grips Europe

VIENNA/BERLIN: Austria will become the first country in western Europe to reimpose a full COVID-19 lockdown, it said...

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 06:24pm

OICCI survey reveals 'record improvement' in business confidence

KARACHI: The Overseas Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (OICCI) shared the results of its comprehensive...

Updated 24 Aug, 2021 09:59am

UK economy rebounds in second quarter as lockdown eases

LONDON: Britain’s economy rebounded 4.8 percent in the second quarter as the government began relaxing lockdown...

Published 13 Aug, 2021 05:14am

Pakistan

AKRA requests PM for normal functioning of restaurants

KARACHI: All Karachi Restaurants Association (AKRA) has requested Prime Minister Imran Khan for permission of normal...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Pakistan

PM says Sindh can extend lockdown restrictions by another week

Premier says provinces are independent in making their decisions with regards to controlling spread of Covid-19

Published 01 Jun, 2021 11:35am

World

Scotland to ease some COVID-19 restrictions early

She said people would be permitted to travel anywhere within Scotland to see family and friends for outdoor meetings from April 16, ten days earlier than planned, and those meetings could from then take place with six people from up to six households rather than four from two households.

Published 13 Apr, 2021 06:31pm

Markets

Sterling falls versus stronger dollar, stabilises versus euro

The UK's 2-year gilt yield also rose in early trade on Tuesday, up as much as 3 basis points at the 8-day high of 0.112pc.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 01:00am

Markets

Oil rises as traders expect OPEC+ to hold output cuts

Brent oil rose 26 cents to $64.83 a barrel by 1:08 p.m. EDT (1708 GMT). U.S. crude rose 47 cents to $61.44 a barrel.

Updated 30 Mar, 2021 12:01am

Business & Finance

UK retail sales attempt recovery from lockdown slump

LONDON: British retail sales recovered somewhat in February, helped by demand for home improvements and garden items...

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 10:52am

World

Belgium can still avoid third coronavirus wave

After a long plateau phase, we are now at the foot of what could become a new wave. It is still possible to turn a wave into a wavelet.
Daily new infections have been creeping higher in Belgium in recent days and the latest seven-day average now stands at 3,266, a rise of 34% from last week.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 07:21pm

World

Britain brings in new paperwork for lockdown travellers

Under current lockdown rules, holidays are banned and only those travelling for specific work or family reasons are allowed to go abroad. The government said the new form would help it to police those rules.
Britain has said that people might be able to travel again from mid-May, with more information due in mid-April.

Published 05 Mar, 2021 08:51pm

World

Australia says active COVID-19 cases at near 2-month low

Australia has escaped a high number of casualties from the new coronavirus, with just over 28,800 infections and 909 deaths, aided by strict lockdown measures and social distancing rules.

Published 09 Feb, 2021 12:43pm

World

A year after COVID-19's arrival, India's active cases fall

A year ago, a student from the southern state of Kerala tested positive for COVID-19 after returning to India from Wuhan in China, the global epicentre of the virus.
India was reporting fewer cases until April 2020, but from May onwards cases started rising and peaked by mid-September to close to 100,000 daily cases.

Published 30 Jan, 2021 06:11pm

Markets

Ukraine central bank keeps key rate at 6% despite rising inflation

The central bank gradually brought the rate down to 6% in June 2020 from 18% in April 2019.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:08pm

World

Swiss plan to extend COVID-19 restrictions to end of February

Exemptions for regions less severely hit by the coronavirus have been scrapped.
Infection rates have remained stubbornly high, and despite the good news of vaccinations starting.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 06:26pm

World

Hungary should extend partial lockdown beyond Monday, surgeon general says

The government has the authority to make a decision (about the protective measures).
However, the pandemic is ongoing, and case numbers have risen sharply in neighbouring countries, which means that upholding the (existing) measures is justified.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 04:54pm

Markets

South Africa's rand muted as investors eye COVID-19 council meeting

At 0625 GMT, the rand edged down 0.07% to 15.0000 against the dollar from an overnight close of 14.9900.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:09pm

World

EU starts to ease bans over UK virus strain; WHO to meet

The major British transit hub said it would reopen from midnight local time (2300 GMT) for travellers with a negative result.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 11:13am

Forex
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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 22	67.34
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Elektron (Pref) / Jan 22 Pak Elektron Limited (Preference)(PELPS)	14.94 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▼ -0.70 (-11.67%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.21 ▼ -3.00 (-9.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 22 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.58 ▼ -1.26 (-9.81%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.98 ▼ -5.92 (-9.56%)
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	598 ▼ -61.53 (-9.33%)
Hala Enterprise / Jan 22 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	12.10 ▼ -1.21 (-9.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,158,485 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,500,175 ▲ 3.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.23
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,601,390 ▼ -0.41

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