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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 / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.10
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 23	5,974.07
Nasdaq / Dec 23	19,764.89
Dow Jones / Dec 23	42,906.95
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,616.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	39,036.85
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,130.86

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 23	241,087.80
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,618.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	69.13
Petrol/Litre / Dec 25	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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