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UK unemployment rises to 4.2 percent: official data

LONDON: UK unemployment jumped to a two-year high in the three months to the end of June, official data showed...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 01:09pm

Business & Finance

UK factories cut prices, helping BoE’s inflation fight

LONDON: Britain’s manufacturers unexpectedly reduced their prices in December by the most since April 2020, welcome...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 01:54pm

Business & Finance

UK consumer price inflation 10.1% in September

LONDON: Britain’s annual rate of consumer price inflation inched up to 10.1% in September, returning to a 40-year...

Published 19 Oct, 2022 12:15pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation eases from 40-year high

LONDON: UK inflation has eased on lower motor fuel costs but remains close to 40-year peaks, official data showed...

Published 14 Sep, 2022 03:38pm

World

UK’s recession-threatened economy wins respite

LONDON: The UK’s recession-threatened economy rebounded in July after a hefty fall the previous month, official data...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 01:10pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation jumps to 40-year peak

LONDON: Britain’s annual inflation rate surged to a 40-year high last month on rocketing energy costs, official data...

Published 18 May, 2022 12:39pm

World

UK unemployment rate steady despite Omicron

LONDON: The UK's unemployment rate remained steady at the end of last year despite the emergence of the Omicron...

Published 15 Feb, 2022 02:03pm

Business & Finance

British inflation hits 10-year high, bolstering rate hike bets

LONDON: British inflation surged to a 10-year high last month as household energy bills rocketed, according to data...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 01:00pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation dips but rate rise still forecast

LONDON: British annual inflation eased to 3.1 percent in September, official data showed Wednesday, remaining close...

Updated 20 Oct, 2021 11:54am

World

UK economic growth picks up in August after July dip

The economy picked up in August as bars, restaurants and festivals benefited from the first full month without COVID-19 restrictions in England, Morgan says

Updated 13 Oct, 2021 12:01pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation surges to 2.1% as economy reopens

The Consumer Prices Index rate surged to 2.1 percent in May, which was the highest level since July 2019.

Published 16 Jun, 2021 11:11am

Markets

UK borrowing dips

LONDON: UK government borrowing fell in April as easing virus curbs buoyed economic activity, but remains elevated...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

Markets

UK inflation more than doubles to 1.5% in April

Core inflation, which excludes energy prices and other volatile items, rose by 1.3% in the 12 months to April, the Office for National Statistics said.

Published 19 May, 2021 11:27am

Business & Finance

UK economy in recovery mode before lockdown easing

LONDON: Britain’s economy began to recover strongly at the end of the first quarter despite only minor easing of...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

World

UK unemployment dips to 4.9%: official data

The rate compared with 5.0 percent in the three months to the end of January, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 11:50am

Business & Finance

Britain's EU exports rebound by 46.6% in February: data

"However, imports from the EU are yet to significantly rebound, with a number of issues hampering trade."

Published 13 Apr, 2021 12:05pm

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

Markets

UK inflation rate unexpectedly drops in February

Wednesday's data from the Office for National Statistics showed that producer prices - which tend to feed through into consumer prices later - were 2.6% higher than the year before in February.

Published 24 Mar, 2021 12:21pm

World

COVID prevalence in England drops, 1 in 80 infected

Around 695,400 people infected, equivalent to about one in 80 people.
In the previous week, the ONS estimated the prevalence to be one in 65 people.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 05:30pm

World

UK unemployment hits 5.0% on virus fallout: official

The rate for the three months to the end of November compares with 4.9 percent.

Published 26 Jan, 2021 12:51pm

World

UK jobless rate rises again, redundancies hit record high

The number of redundancies reached a record high of 370,000 in the August-to-October period, although it decreased in October alone, the Office for National Statistics said.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 05:11pm

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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 23	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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