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China’s industrial profits return to growth in April

BEIJING: China’s industrial profits swung back into positive territory in April while growth over the first four...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 06:30am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits extend gains as outlook improves

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms extended gains for a third month in October, adding to signs of a...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

Markets

Iron ore gains on better China data

BEIJING: Iron ore continued to rise on Wednesday, aided by improved Chinese economic data, although lower...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am

Markets

China’s coal output rises

BEIJING: China’s coal output rose in August, but gains were checked by tightened safety measures in major mining...

Published 17 Sep, 2023 06:05am

Markets

China’s June coal output rebounds

BEIJING: China’s average daily coal production rebounded in June from a six-month low in the prior month, official...

Published 18 Jul, 2023 05:51am

Business & Finance

China’s economy slows in May, firming case for more support

BEIJING: China’s economy stumbled in May with industrial output and retail sales growth missing forecasts, adding...

Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits slump in Jan-Feb

BEIJING: Profits at industrial firms in China declined 22.9% in the first two months of 2023 from the year before,...

Published 28 Mar, 2023 06:21am

World

China delays release of key economic data

BEIJING: China delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, including its...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

GHG cut targets: External support remains low: IMF

LAHORE: External support has so far remained below the levels needed to meet Pakistan’s greenhouse gas (GHG)...

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

Business & Finance

China’s factory inflation hits 17-month low, consumer prices speed up

BEIJING: China’s factory-gate inflation eased in July to a 17-month low, defying global cost pressures as slower...

Published 11 Aug, 2022 04:35am

Business & Finance

China’s factory activity contracts unexpectedly in July

BEIJING: China’s factory activity contracted unexpectedly in July after bouncing back from COVID-19 lockdowns the...

Published 01 Aug, 2022 05:54am

Business & Finance

China factory activity dips to lowest in two years

BEIJING: China’s manufacturing activity slumped to its lowest level since February 2020, official data showed...

Published 01 May, 2022 05:11am

Business & Finance

China’s factory inflation hits 13-year high as materials costs soar

BEIJING: China’s factory gate inflation hit a 13-year high in August driven by roaring raw materials prices ...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:36am

Business & Finance

China’s factory inflation hits 13-year high as materials costs soar

BEIJING: China’s factory gate inflation hit a 13-year high in August driven by roaring raw materials prices ...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Markets

China’s refinery output hits record as margins improve on new taxes

SINGAPORE: China’s refinery throughput rose 4.4% in May from the same month a year ago to a record high, as ...

Published 20 Jun, 2021 03:39am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits growth slows in April

BEIJING: Earnings at China’s industrial firms grew at a slower pace in April, with high commodity prices and ...

Published 28 May, 2021 04:08am

World

China’s industrial profits nearly doubled

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms nearly doubled in March from a year ago, as demand for raw materials...

Updated 28 Apr, 2021 10:07am

Business & Finance

China factory activity rises as economic recovery broadens: official

NBS senior statistician Zhao Qinghe said that with China's control of the Covid-19 outbreak, consumer demand returned and "the service industry accelerated its recovery".

Published 31 Mar, 2021 10:49am

Markets

China factory prices rise as industries recover from pandemic

Consumer inflation is also expected to increase given the government's target of a three percent rise for 2021.

Published 10 Mar, 2021 10:14am

Business & Finance

Serbia extends 1 billion euro ECB repo line until March 2022

So far, the NBS has not had the need to use funds from the ECB's repo line, and we do not expect to use them...
Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia and Romania also secured access to euro liquidity last year via repo or swap lines with the ECB in the wake of the pandemic.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:56pm

Business & Finance

China factory activity slows slightly on new Covid-19 wave

BEIJING: Factory activity in China slowed slightly in January, official data showed Sunday, as the country rushed to...

Updated 01 Feb, 2021 09:06am

Business & Finance

China’s industrial profits extend growth in Dec

BEIJING: Profits at China’s industrial firms grew for the eighth straight month in December, suggesting a ...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

China’s economy picks up speed in Q4

BEIJING: China’s economy picked up speed in the fourth quarter, with growth beating expectations as it ended a...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:46am

Business & Finance

China 2020 crude steel output rises to 1.05bn T, sets record for fourth year

Hebei province, accounting for a quarter of China's total capacity, produced 229 million tonnes of crude steel in the first 11 months of last year, defying the target it set in 2018 to keep capacity within 200 million tonnes by end-2020.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 10:30am

Business & Finance

China consumer prices rise in December ahead of Lunar New Year

She added: "I expect that as vaccinations progress, there will be more demand for consumer goods and... prices should increase."

Published 11 Jan, 2021 10:09am

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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