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Japan’s Nikkei set for weekly decline despite weak yen tailwind

TOKYO: Japan’s Nikkei share average on Friday was headed for its worst week since early November despite the...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 11:13am

Technology

Sony buys 10% of ‘Elden Ring’ owner for $320mn

TOKYO: Japanese electronics titan Sony said Thursday it had paid more than $300 million for a 10 percent stake in...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 03:11pm

Business & Finance

Sony quarterly net profit jumps but forecast unchanged

TOKYO: Sony’s net profit jumped in the second quarter thanks to stronger sales in gaming, music and imaging sensors,...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 02:05pm

Technology

Sony to release PlayStation 5 Pro on November 7

PARIS: Sony said Tuesday it would launch an upgraded version of its flagship games console with better graphics and...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 09:43pm

Business & Finance

Sony, India’s Zee settle dispute over scrapped $10bn merger

BENGALURU: India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises and Sony’s unit in the country have agreed to withdraw all claims...

Published 27 Aug, 2024 04:53pm

Business & Finance

India flags cricket rights concerns with Disney-Reliance $8.5bn merger

NEW DELHI: India’s antitrust body has reached an initial assessment that the $8.5 billion India merger of Reliance...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 10:53am

Technology

Sony posts 10% profit rise in Q1, beating estimates

TOKYO: Sony on Wednesday booked a 10% rise in operating profit in the April-June quarter, beating analyst estimates....

Published 07 Aug, 2024 11:39am

Technology

Sony stresses PlayStation user engagement as hardware sales taper off

TOKYO: Japan’s Sony on Thursday emphasised the strength of user engagement with its gaming platform as sales of the...

Published 30 May, 2024 11:49am

Markets

Japanese shares rise on Sony, chip stocks boost; caution ahead of US data weighs

TOKYO: Japanese shares rose on Wednesday, led by Sony Group and chip-related stocks, although caution ahead of a key...

Published 15 May, 2024 10:07am

Business & Finance

Sony and Apollo propose $26bn Paramount offer, WSJ reports

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and private equity firm Apollo Global Management have made a $26 billion cash...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:35pm

Business & Finance

Sony unit continues merger talks with India’s Zee

BENGALURU: The Sony Group continued to hold talks with Zee Entertainment Enterprises to merge their businesses in...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 11:49am

Life & Style

Zee asks Sony’s Indian arm for extension of merger deadline

MUMBAI: India’s Zee Entertainment Enterprises said in a stock exchange filing on Sunday that it had sought a further...

Updated 18 Dec, 2023 08:36am

Branded mobile phones: Customs’ values on import of 1,160 models revised

ISLAMABAD: The Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has rationalized customs values on the import of...

Updated 15 Dec, 2023 10:01am

Business & Finance

Sony Q2 profit falls 29%, hit by chips division

TOKYO: Sony’s operating profit fell 29% in the July-September quarter, below estimates, as the company was hit by a...

Published 09 Nov, 2023 11:43am

Business & Finance

Sony quarterly profit tumbles as movie business disappoints

TOKYO: Japan’s Sony logged a hefty drop in first-quarter profit, hurt in part by a weaker performance from its...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

Business & Finance

India clears Sony-Zee deal to form $10bn entertainment powerhouse

NEW DELHI: India paved the way on Thursday for a $10 billion media and entertainment powerhouse, giving Zee...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 05:34pm

Technology

Sony Q1 profit tumbles as movie business disappoints

TOKYO: Japan’s Sony on Wednesday said first-quarter profit tumbled due to weaker performances from its movies and...

Published 09 Aug, 2023 12:30pm

World

Indian court dismisses plea by Zee’s ex-chairman, CEO over market regulator ban

BENGALURU/MUMBAI: An Indian tribunal on Monday dismissed an appeal by former Zee Group Chairman Subhash Chandra and...

Published 10 Jul, 2023 04:50pm

Life & Style

New Spider-Man film will not screen in UAE, as region debates values

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates will not screen Sony’s ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’, Vox Cinemas said on...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 03:44pm

Life & Style

Latest Spider-Man spins silver screen gold

LOS ANGELES: ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,’ Sony’s newest chapter in the webslinger series, soared to North...

Published 05 Jun, 2023 12:32pm

Business & Finance

Sony expects profit to slip despite record PlayStation 5 sales

TOKYO: Sony Group Corp on Friday said PlayStation 5 sales will jump by six million units this business year, but...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 05:37pm

Technology

Sony posts record annual profit driven by chip, music units

TOKYO: Sony Group Corp on Friday posted a record annual profit due to strong performance at its music and microchip...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 11:35am

Technology

Sony hikes net profit forecast as weak yen boosts gaming

TOKYO: Sony upgraded its annual net profit forecast on Thursday, saying it expects strong results in its key gaming...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 12:02pm

Technology

‘Call of Duty’ to be released on Nintendo Switch, Microsoft says

TOKYO: The hugely popular “Call of Duty” game franchise will become available on Nintendo’s Switch console if the...

Published 07 Dec, 2022 02:39pm

Business & Finance

Zee, Sony unit merger approved by India’s competition regulator

NEW DELHI: India’s competition regulator on Tuesday approved a merger between the Indian unit of Japan’s Sony ...

Published 05 Oct, 2022 07:02am

Business & Finance

Zee, Sony unit merger gets approval from India competition regulator

NEW DELHI: India’s competition regulator on Tuesday approved a merger between the Indian unit of Japan’s Sony and...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 07:48pm

Business & Finance

Sony, Zee offer concessions to ease India watchdog worry over merger

NEW DELHI: A unit of Sony Group and India’s Zee Entertainment have proposed offering concessions such as pricing...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:52pm

Life & Style

'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' crushes Idris Elba's 'Beast' with $21mn debut

LOS ANGELES: 'Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero' topped the box office in its debut, beating expectations by collecting...

Published 22 Aug, 2022 06:46pm

Life & Style

Anime 'Dragon Ball' roars to top of N.American box office

LOS ANGELES: Computer-animated martial arts film "Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero," the 21st in the Japanese ...

Published 21 Aug, 2022 11:02pm

Technology

Sony launches PC gaming gear, expanding beyond PlayStation

TOKYO: Japan's Sony is launching a new brand that will offer PC gaming gear, the company announced Wednesday, as it...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 06:25pm

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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