Trends - Lunar New Year holiday

Lunar New Year holiday

Chinese fret over infecting elderly as holidays prompt COVID warnings

BEIJING: People in China worried on Thursday about spreading COVID-19 to aged relatives as they planned returns to...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 10:08am

World

South Korea reports second-highest COVID count ahead of holiday

SEOUL: South Korea posted its second-highest daily number of coronavirus cases on Sunday, despite extended COVID-19...

Published 23 Jan, 2022 01:15pm

World

Xi'an restarts some public transport after coronavirus lockdown

BEIJING: The Chinese megacity of Xi'an has partially resumed public transport, according to official announcements,...

Published 19 Jan, 2022 09:34am

Business & Finance

China industrial output, retail sales surge in pandemic rebound

"Even though we do see improvement on the global economic environment, they are still very cautious," said OCBC Bank's head of Greater China research Tommy Xie, on the issue of unemployment.

Published 15 Mar, 2021 10:38am

Markets

Yuan inches higher on PBOC's prudent stance and strong holiday sales

By midday, the global dollar index rose to 90.958, while the offshore yuan was trading at 6.4388 per dollar.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 11:56am

Markets

Iron ore rallies for fifth day, set for 6% weekly gain on demand hopes

"Australian miners' output is expected to lift only marginally, leaving the Brazilian giant, Vale, crucial to the overall recovery in supply," he said in a monthly outlook.

Published 10 Feb, 2021 11:36am

World

South Korea daily coronavirus cases drop ahead of Lunar New Year

South Korea on Saturday eased curfews on more than half a million restaurants and other businesses outside the capital Seoul, letting them stay open an hour later, amid a public backlash over tight curbs to contain COVID-19.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 11:31am

Markets

China demand prospects lift iron ore in light pre-holiday trade

Rebar on the Shanghai Futures Exchange rose 2.3% by 0330 GMT and hot-rolled coil jumped 3.1%, both also up for a third straight session. Stainless steel gained 0.2%.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 11:02am

World

China reports small uptick in new COVID-19 cases

The number of travellers during the period, when hundreds of millions typically return home for family visits or go sightseeing, is expected to be down sharply this year amid heightened precautions.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 11:59am

Markets

China 2020 meat imports close to 10mn tonnes, up 60% on year

Testing of imported chilled foods for the novel coronavirus during the second half of 2020 slowed imports but arrivals still kept up a healthy pace.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 10:05am

Markets

China's yuan strengthens on pre-holiday demand even as dollar firms

Ming Ming, an analyst at CITIC Securities, said if the rise in US rates on the fiscal boost expectations is accompanied by a global rebound, the spread between Chinese and US rates is more likely to remain wide, which should support the yuan.

Published 12 Jan, 2021 12:36pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Diesel/Litre / Dec 23	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.90 ▲ 0.75 (14.56%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.16 ▲ 0.40 (10.64%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Dec 23 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	10.70 ▲ 1.00 (10.31%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 23 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)

Stock	Price
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 23 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.03 ▼ -3.45 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 23 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.60 ▼ -3.82 (-9.94%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	13.87 ▼ -1.47 (-9.58%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	37 ▼ -3.67 (-9.02%)
National Silk / Dec 23 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.51 ▼ -4.93 (-8.89%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.13
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.11
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 1.12
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	39,117,389 ▲ 0.54
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	34,380,675 ▲ 1.32
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,181,561 ▲ 2.11
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.30
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	22,462,415 ▲ 1.90