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Oil marches higher, with few paths seen to alleviate Russian supply disruption

NEW YORK: Oil relentlessly marched higher beyond $110 a barrel on Wednesday, responding to a flood of divestment ...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 04:39am

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Oil price steady, Kazakh turmoil adds to supply concerns

LONDON: Oil prices held steady on Friday, heading for their biggest weekly gains since mid-December as unrest in...

Published 08 Jan, 2022 03:59am

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Oil edges up to new multi-year highs on short supply

NEW YORK: Oil prices edged up to fresh multi-year highs on Tuesday, supported by a global supply shortage and strong...

Published 27 Oct, 2021 04:50am

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Oil up on tight supply, Brent crude nears $80 a barrel

NEW YORK: Oil prices gained on Monday for a fifth straight day, with Brent at its highest since October 2018 and...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

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Oil prices accelerate rise as OPEC+ calls off output talks

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, agreed on record output cuts in 2020 to cope with a COVID-induced price crash.

Published 05 Jul, 2021 10:53pm

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Oil hits over 1-year high on OPEC+ supply discipline, demand prospects

NEW YORK: Oil prices surged on Wednesday, hitting the highest in more than a year on lift from a decision by OPEC ...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 04:13am

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Oil rises to highest since March on demand prospects

OPEC+ decided in April to return 2.1 million barrels per day (bpd) of supply to the market from May to July, anticipating rising global demand despite the high number of coronavirus cases in India, the world's third-largest oil consumer.

Published 01 Jun, 2021 11:15pm

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Oil edges up as rising demand faces Iran supply worries

NEW YORK: Oil prices edged a shade higher on Tuesday as rising demand from the approach of the Northern...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

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Oil prices rise on nagging fears of fuel shortages

NEW YORK: Oil prices settled higher on Tuesday, as lingering fears of gasoline shortages due to an outage at the...

Published 12 May, 2021 04:23am

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Oil gains over 1pc on strong U.S., China economic data

Goldman Sachs said any potential recovery in Iranian oil exports would not be a shock to the market, and full recovery would not occur until summer 2022.

Updated 07 Apr, 2021 12:22am

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Oil prices mixed as U.S. crude inventory draw supports, OPEC+ concerns weigh

OPEC+ has lowered its oil demand growth forecast for this year by 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), a report from its experts panel meeting seen by Reuters showed.

Published 31 Mar, 2021 11:56pm

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Oil falls as Suez Canal opens, dollar rallies; eyes on OPEC+ meeting

Ships were moving through the Suez Canal again a day after tugs refloated the Ever Given container carrier, which had blocked the passage for almost a week.

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 12:05am

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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

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Nasdaq drops 3% on inflation fears, WTI oil loses 7.1%

The tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index slid 3.0 percent to close at 13,116.17, while the broad-based S&P 500 lost 1.5 percent to end at 3,915.46.

Published 19 Mar, 2021 11:09am

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Oil steadies as weaker dollar offsets demand worries

NEW YORK: Oil was steady on Thursday as the impact of a weaker dollar and big US crude inventory drawdown offset...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

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Oil tumbles 4pc as new virus strain revives demand fears

Brent climbed above $50 last week for the first time since March, buoyed by optimism stemming from COVID-19 vaccines.

Published 22 Dec, 2020 12:59am

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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