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UK economy grows 0.5% in February, beating expectations

LONDON: Britain’s economy grew at a monthly pace of 0.5% in February, figures from the Office for National...

Published 11 Apr, 2025 12:05pm

Business & Finance

UK slashes growth forecast, cuts public spending

LONDON: The UK government halved its 2025 growth forecast on Wednesday as it made billions of pounds of spendings...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 07:01am

World

UK to become first country to criminalise AI child abuse tools

LONDON: Britain will become the first country to introduce laws against AI tools used to generate sexual abuse...

Published 03 Feb, 2025 06:41am

World

UK eyes third Heathrow runway in growth takeoff bid

LONDON: Britain’s finance minister Rachel Reeves is on Wednesday expected to announce controversial plans for a...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 11:43am

Business & Finance

UK economy inches up by lower-than-expected 0.1% in November

LONDON: Britain’s economic output inched up by a lower-than-expected 0.1% in November compared with October, data...

Published 16 Jan, 2025 12:11pm

Markets

Steady sterling on track for best G10 performance against dollar in 2024

LONDON: The pound was little changed on the final trading day of the year on Tuesday, leaving it on track to be the...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 03:27pm

Business & Finance

UK economy in October suffers first back-to-back declines since 2020

LONDON: Britain’s economy shrank for a second month in October in the run-up to the new government’s first...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

Dollar heads for strongest week in a month

NEW YORK: The dollar headed for its best weekly performance in a month on Friday, as investors priced in the...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

World

UK economy grows by just 0.1% in Q3

Britain’s economy grew by a slower than expected 0.1% in the third second quarter of 2024, official figures showed...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 12:12pm

Business & Finance

UK economy grows in May, boosting new government

LONDON: Britain’s economic output grew better-than-expected in May, official data showed Thursday, handing an early...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 12:36pm

Markets

London midcaps touch more than two-year highs as Labour Party returns to power

LONDON: Britain’s domestic-focused stocks logged their best week in more than five months on Friday after a...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:15am

World

Bank of England warns of economic risks from elections

LONDON: Policy uncertainty linked to upcoming elections in France and the United States has increased the risk of...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:51pm

Business & Finance

Sterling bows to dollar strength after UK GDP data

LONDON: The pound eased on Thursday after data confirmed the UK economy entered recession in the second half of last...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

World

UK economy returns to modest growth at start of 2024

LONDON: Britain’s economy returned to growth in January after entering a shallow recession in the second half of...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 03:00am

World

Improving UK economy would be no election game-changer for Sunak

MANCHESTER (England): Falling inflation, the prospect of interest rate cuts and signs that Britain’s economy is...

Published 07 Feb, 2024 05:30am

Markets

Sterling steady, dollar wobbles as markets brace for post-Thanksgiving buzz

SINGAPORE: The dollar kicked off the last week of November on the back foot while sterling held near an over...

Published 27 Nov, 2023 10:06am

World

UK air traffic control outage ‘1 in 15 million’ event: boss

LONDON: The head of British air traffic control on Wednesday blamed a “one in 15 million” event that caused the...

Published 06 Sep, 2023 05:14pm

Business & Finance

UK borrows less than expected in July

LONDON: Britain recorded a smaller-than-expected budget deficit in July, official data showed on Tuesday, giving...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

UK economy grows unexpectedly in Q2 but still lags peers

LONDON: Britain’s economy eked out unexpected growth in the second quarter, laying the ground for more interest...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:30am

UK economy shows unexpected pep in February

LONDON: Britain looks on course to sidestep a forecast recession as businesses reported an unexpected bounce in...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 03:49pm

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 17	280.67
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 17	280.47
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 17	142.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 17	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 17	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 17	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 17	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 17	34,583.29
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 17	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 17	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	300,068
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 17	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 17	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.90 ▲ 5.81 (10%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Apr 18 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	24.08 ▲ 2.19 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 18 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	269.05 ▲ 24.46 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 18 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	97.10 ▲ 8.83 (10%)
Gammon Pak / Apr 18 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	34.02 ▲ 3.09 (9.99%)
Shakarganj / Apr 18 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	43.69 ▲ 3.94 (9.91%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Apr 18 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	20.88 ▲ 1.86 (9.78%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 18 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.29 ▲ 0.34 (8.61%)
EFU General / Apr 18 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	125.95 ▲ 9.6 (8.25%)
Unicap Modaraba / Apr 18 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	3.09 ▲ 0.23 (8.04%)

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.10 ▼ -2.07 (-28.87%)
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.86 ▼ -0.21 (-19.63%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Apr 18 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	28.70 ▼ -5.44 (-15.93%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 18 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.25 ▼ -5 (-9.95%)
Pakistan Services / Apr 18 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	902.02 ▼ -96.42 (-9.66%)
Service Global Foot / Apr 18 Service GlobalFootwear Limited(SGF)	84.15 ▼ -8.12 (-8.8%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6.41 ▼ -0.43 (-6.29%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 18 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	322.01 ▼ -19.32 (-5.66%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Apr 18 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	10.50 ▼ -0.55 (-4.98%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Apr 18 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	21.01 ▼ -0.99 (-4.5%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	3,126,335 ▲ 0.58
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	2,515,456 ▲ 0.85
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	2,108,507 ▲ 5.81
P.S.O. / Apr 18 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	1,641,245 ▼ -0.35
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	1,371,162 ▲ 0.29
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	1,251,697 ▲ 1.14
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Apr 18 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	1,142,406 ▲ 0.08
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	1,114,245 ▲ 0.79
Crescent Steel / Apr 18 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	1,067,738 ▲ 3.29
Sui North Gas / Apr 18 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	1,002,185 ▲ 0.09

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