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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
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 22	277.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 22	277.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 22	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 22	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 22	1.26
Euro to USD / Nov 22	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 21	5,948.71
Nasdaq / Nov 21	18,972.42
FTSE 100 / Nov 21	8,149.27
Dow Jones / Nov 21	43,870.35
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 21	19,146.17
France CAC40 / Nov 21	7,213.32
India Sensex / Nov 22	78,147.34
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 21	238,340
Petrol/Litre / Nov 22	248.38
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 22	70.18
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 22	2,691.90
Diesel/Litre / Nov 22	255.14

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 22 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.15 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 22 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	620.68 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 22 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 22 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	69.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 22 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	115 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 22 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,084.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 22 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 22 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.35 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	95,563,962 ▲ 0.00
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Nov 22 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	51,499,190 ▲ 0.00
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 22 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	48,260,119 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 22 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	44,585,332 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 22 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	42,849,466 ▲ 0.00
Waves Home Appliances / Nov 22 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	41,650,133 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 22 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	33,841,692 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	25,303,681 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,120,112 ▲ 0.00

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