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US stock index futures

Wall St to test record high on Fed balm as dollar languishes

US stock futures, the S&P 500 e-minis, were up 0.3%, pointing to a steady open on Wall Street. The S&P 500 index closed at 4,197.05 points on Monday, near its lifetime high of 4,238.04 of May 7.
"You see risk appetite remain quite firm, with US futures markets running back towards their recent highs."

Published 25 May, 2021 05:39pm

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Futures extend recovery ahead of US business surveys

Futures up: Dow 0.30%, S&P 0.26%, Nasdaq 0.21%.
Dow e-minis were up 103 points, or 0.3%, S&P 500 e-minis were up 10.75 points, or 0.26%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were up 28 points, or 0.21%.

Published 21 May, 2021 04:56pm

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Futures slip as US calls for pause in J&J's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine

J&J falls after health agencies' recommendation.
Big bank earnings to kick off from Wednesday.
Futures: Dow down 0.33%, S&P dips 0.24%, Nasdaq off 0.04%.

Published 13 Apr, 2021 05:52pm

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Wall Street set to slip as bank stocks fall on hedge fund default concerns

Boeing rises on Southwest's orders for 737 MAX jets.
Archegos-linked stocks extend losses from last week.
Futures down: Dow 0.57%, S&P 0.55%, Nasdaq 0.31%.

Published 29 Mar, 2021 08:15pm

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Canadian dollar retreats from 3-year high as bond yields climb

Loonie touches a 3-year high intraday at 1.2365.
Canadian new home prices rise 1.9% in February from January.
Price of US oil falls 0.9%.
Canadian bond yields rise across a steeper curve.

Published 18 Mar, 2021 09:57pm

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Canadian dollar gains as lower bond yields boost sentiment

Canadian dollar rises 0.3% against the greenback.
Loonie trades in a range of 1.2590 to 1.2685.
Price of US oil dips 0.1%.
Canadian bond yields ease across a flatter curve.

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:34pm

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Futures lower ahead of weekly jobless claims, Powell talk

Futures down: Dow 0.5%, S&P 0.7%, Nasdaq 0.8%.
Ahead of Powell's remarks, the 10-year Treasury yields were at 1.47% but held below last week's one-year high of 1.614%.

Published 04 Mar, 2021 04:53pm

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Futures advance as vaccines, stimulus boost bets on economic rebound

Futures up: Dow and S&P 0.6%, Nasdaq 0.7%.
President Joe Biden also said the United States will have enough COVID-19 vaccine for every American adult by the end of May.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:44pm

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Futures fall as tech stocks slide again

Futures down: Dow 0.6%, S&P 0.4%, Nasdaq 0.7%.
Shares of Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp, Alphabet Inc, Facebook Inc and Netflix Inc were down between 0.6% and 0.9% before the bell.

Published 26 Feb, 2021 06:48pm

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Futures fall on concerns over rising yields, inflation expectations

Futures down: Dow 0.59%, S&P 0.78%, Nasdaq 1.37%
Shares of Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp, Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc, Tesla Inc, Netflix Inc and Amazon.com Inc resumed their declines from the previous week, falling between 1% and 2.9% in trading before the bell.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 06:00pm

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Futures edge higher ahead of business activity data

Futures up: Dow 0.12%, S&P 0.21%, Nasdaq 0.34%
Strong earnings, progress in vaccination roll-outs and hopes of a $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package helped US stock indexes hit record highs at the start of the week.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 05:13pm

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Futures fall ahead of jobless claims data as investors shift away from tech

Futures down: Dow 0.24%, S&P 0.41%, Nasdaq 0.78%.
Wall Street's main indexes hit record highs at the beginning of the week but gradually retreated following a rise in treasury bond yields, which led to fears of higher inflation.

Published 18 Feb, 2021 06:18pm

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Futures muted ahead of retail sales data, Fed minutes

Futures: Dow flat, S&P down 0.06%, Nasdaq off 0.18%
Retail sales are estimated to rise 1.1% in January, helped by the disbursal of another round of pandemic relief checks to households at the beginning of the month.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 06:25pm

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Futures tick lower as energy stocks slip

Futures down: Dow 0.26%, S&P 0.29%, Nasdaq 0.22%.
Chevron Corp, Occidental Petroleum Corp and Exxon Mobil Corp dipped between 0.9% and 1.2% in premarket trading as oil prices retreated on demand fears.

Published 12 Feb, 2021 05:51pm

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Futures edge higher ahead of weekly jobless claims report

Futures up: Dow 0.28%, S&P 0.35%, Nasdaq 0.52%.
Fourth-quarter earnings have also largely topped analysts' expectations, quelling fears of lofty valuations.

Updated 11 Feb, 2021 09:26pm

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Canadian dollar lags other G10 currencies as oil rally stalls

Canadian dollar falls 0.2% against the greenback.
Loonie touches its strongest intraday since Jan. 27 at 1.2712.
Price of US oil decreases 0.8%.
Canadian bond yields were mixed across a flatter curve.

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 11:31pm

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Futures edge higher ahead of jobless claims data

The Dow Jones and S&P 500 indexes closed slightly higher on Wednesday, with Alphabet Inc's shares hitting a record high following strong quarterly results.
Videogame retailer GameStop Corp rose 3.9%, while cinema operator AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc added 2.6% in premarket trading.

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:30pm

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Futures rise on strong results from Alphabet, Amazon; private payrolls data on deck

Amazon.com Inc edged 0.4% higher as its founder Jeff Bezos would step down as CEO and become executive chairman. The retail giant also reported quarterly sales above $100 billion for the first time.
More than 80% of reports from S&P 500 companies so far have surpassed analysts' earnings expectations, with 97% of reports from technology companies beating.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 05:17pm

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Futures climb ahead of Amazon, Alphabet earnings; stimulus in focus

Futures up: Dow 0.82%, S&P 0.86%, Nasdaq 0.84%.
Investors are gauging outlooks from big corporations to justify elevated stock market valuations.

Published 02 Feb, 2021 05:17pm

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Gasoline pushes US consumer prices higher in December

Consumer price index increases 0.4% in December.
CPI rises 1.4% year-on-year.
Core CPI gains 0.1%; increases 1.6% year-on-year.

Published 13 Jan, 2021 08:30pm

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Indian shares flat, IT gains offset worries over new virus strain

Shares of Wipro Ltd rose as much as 3.65%, after the IT services provider on Tuesday signed a $700 million deal with METRO AG to manage METRO AG's units in Germany and Romania.

Published 23 Dec, 2020 09:13am

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Futures rise in choppy trade as election race tightens

Nasdaq futures surge on Big Tech play.
Banks track declines in Treasury yields.
Investors want decisive result and path to stimulus.
Futures up: Dow 0.38%, S&P 1.23%, Nasdaq 2.80%.

Published 04 Nov, 2020 07:46pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 22	278.92
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 22	278.72
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 22	155.66
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 22	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 22	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
India Sensex / Jan 22	76,197.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 22	39,646.25
Hang Seng / Jan 22	19,778.77
FTSE 100 / Jan 22	8,579.82
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 22	21,258.81

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 22	75.52
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 22	2,751.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 22	67.34
Petrol/Litre / Jan 23	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Apna Microfin. / Jan 22 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.49 ▲ 0.96 (10.07%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 22 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	24.29 ▲ 2.21 (10.01%)
Pak Elektron (Pref) / Jan 22 Pak Elektron Limited (Preference)(PELPS)	14.94 ▲ 1.36 (10.01%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jan 22 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	15.51 ▲ 1.41 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Jan 22 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	54.45 ▲ 4.95 (10.00%)
Fecto Cement / Jan 22 Fecto Cement Limited(FECTC)	116.40 ▲ 10.58 (10.00%)
Fateh Sports / Jan 22 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	86.43 ▲ 7.86 (10.00%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 22 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.30 ▼ -0.70 (-11.67%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 22 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	49.95 ▼ -5.55 (-10.00%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 22 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.21 ▼ -3.00 (-9.93%)
Gulistan Sp. / Jan 22 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	11.58 ▼ -1.26 (-9.81%)
TPL Life Insur. / Jan 22 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	51 ▼ -5.50 (-9.73%)
Masood Textile / Jan 22 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	49.05 ▼ -5.27 (-9.70%)
Karam Ceramics / Jan 22 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	55.98 ▼ -5.92 (-9.56%)
Mari Energies / Jan 22 Mari Energies Limited(MARI)	598 ▼ -61.53 (-9.33%)
Hala Enterprise / Jan 22 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	12.10 ▼ -1.21 (-9.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▲ 0.04
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,158,485 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	83,500,175 ▲ 3.03
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▲ 0.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 3.23
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▼ -0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 1.04
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.10
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 22 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	18,601,390 ▼ -0.41

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