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Britain boosts funds to UN nuclear watchdog for Ukraine work by 750,000 pounds

LONDON: Britain said on Wednesday it would increase funding to the United Nations atomic watchdog by 750,000 pounds...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 10:47pm

Markets

FTSE 100 in sight of record high as financial stocks gain

LONDON: Britain’s blue-chip FTSE 100 closed higher on Monday, leaving it less than a percent below the record high...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Business & Finance

Sterling hits all-time low versus dollar, gets BoE’s attention

NEW YORK: The British pound hit an all-time low against the dollar on Monday amid investor concerns that Britain’s...

Published 27 Sep, 2022 04:06am

Opinion

The long arm of the establishment?

The trial in London of a Pakistani man, Gohir Khan, on charges of being hired to assassinate exiled Pakistani ...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 05:03am

Business & Finance

Sterling set for biggest weekly jump in five months

LONDON: Sterling rose on Friday and was set for its biggest weekly gain against both the dollar and the euro since...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 04:49am

Business & Finance

Pound extends day’s losses

LONDON: The pound dipped for a second consecutive day against a broadly stronger dollar on Tuesday and hit its ...

Published 08 Sep, 2021 04:06am

Markets

UK issues 500 million pounds in second sovereign Sukuk sale

"Strong investor demand for this Sukuk meant we achieved a good price for the taxpayer and will help us develop our relationships with Islamic economies around the world."

Updated 26 Mar, 2021 09:25am

Business & Finance

Rolls-Royce plunges to worse than expected $5.6bn loss

That improvement depends on airlines flying 55% of 2019 levels during 2021. Rolls-Royce said its assumption is for travel to gradually improve this year, accelerating in the second-half as vaccine programmes progress.

Published 11 Mar, 2021 12:36pm

Markets

Sudan raises domestic wheat buying price to 13,500 pounds per sack

KHARTOUM: Sudan has raised domestic wheat prices to 13,500 Sudanese pounds per sack, up from 10,000 pounds, as the...

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Business & Finance

Sterling falls against dollar

LONDON: Sterling fell to its weakest in more than two weeks against the dollar on Thursday before a Bank of England...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:47pm

Business & Finance

Sudanese banks to settle remittances at free market price

CAIRO: Sudan’s central bank has asked commercial banks to begin preparations to use the free market rate to ...

Published 02 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

UK jobless rate highest since 2016

LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate hit its highest in nearly five years in the three months to November, when...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Business & Finance

Muted recovery for UK retailers in Dec ends worst year on record

LONDON: British retailers struggled to recover in December from a partial coronavirus lockdown the previous month,...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

World

NASA’s Boeing moon rocket set for ‘once-in-a-generation’ ground test

WASHINGTON: NASA’s Boeing-built deep space exploration rocket, Space Launch System (SLS), is set to fire its...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Business & Finance

Metro Bank looks to raise 3.13bn stg from portfolio sale to NatWest

The deal is at a 2.7% premium on gross book value of the portfolio and is expected to result in a gain of about 83 million pounds, Metro said.
On completion of the deal, Metro Bank's Sept. 30, 2020 total capital plus MREL ratio is expected to improve 400bps to 24.2%.

Published 19 Dec, 2020 01:36am

Markets

Bank of England set to wait for end to Brexit stand-off

The BoE's bond-buying programme is widely seen as its most likely weapon should it need to return to the stimulus pumps.

Published 17 Dec, 2020 10:55am

Markets

Aston Martin shareholders green light third capital injection this year

Shares in the London-listed company, which have lost half of their market value this year, rose 4.5pc to 78.65 pence by 1106 GMT.

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:47pm

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 23	154.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 23	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 23	1.25
Euro to USD / Nov 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 22	5,969.34
India Sensex / Nov 22	79,117.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 22	38,283.85
Nasdaq / Nov 22	18,003.65
Hang Seng / Nov 22	19,229.97
FTSE 100 / Nov 22	8,262.08
Dow Jones / Nov 22	44,296.51
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 22	19,322.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 22	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 22	240,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 23	71.24
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 23	2,716.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 23	70.77
Petrol/Litre / Nov 24	248.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Nov 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	6.82 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Nov 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	593.76 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Nov 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Nov 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Nov 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	70.89 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Nov 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	120.21 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Nov 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,023.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Nov 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Nov 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	12.55 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,135,830 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Nov 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	124,131,268 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Nov 24 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	105,013,176 ▲ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	77,697,371 ▲ 0.00
Treet Battery / Nov 24 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	43,783,366 ▲ 0.00
B.O.Punjab / Nov 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	36,573,763 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Nov 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	32,719,678 ▲ 0.00
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Nov 24 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	27,969,689 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Nov 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	25,874,820 ▲ 0.00

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