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World stocks rally on easing Omicron fears

LONDON: Global stock markets rallied Tuesday on fading fears over dangers arising from the new Omicron Covid ...

Published 07 Dec, 2021 06:09pm

World

Russia reports first Omicron infections

MOSCOW: Russia has registered its first two cases of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus in its nationals...

Updated 06 Dec, 2021 08:31pm

World

Omicron variant found in at least 15 US states: CDC chief

WASHINGTON: The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been found in about 15 US states so far, but the Delta ...

Published 05 Dec, 2021 08:04pm

World

Britain records 53,945 COVID-19 cases, highest since July

LONDON: Britain recorded 53,945 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily figure since July 17, government...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 10:21pm

World

US announces another case of Covid Omicron variant

WASHINGTON: Health authorities in the midwestern US state of Minnesota announced Thursday they had found another ...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 09:51pm

World

India announces first two cases of Omicron variant

NEW DELHI: India announced its first two cases of the highly infectious Omicron Covid variant on Thursday, months...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 05:25pm

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European stocks, oil prices rebound from Omicron rout

LONDON: European stocks and oil prices rebounded Monday from a pre-weekend slump that was sparked by fears over a ...

Published 29 Nov, 2021 05:34pm

Oil settles down $10/bbl on new variant concerns

NEW YORK: Oil prices plunged $10 a barrel on Friday, their largest one-day drop since April 2020, as a new variant ...

Published 27 Nov, 2021 05:08am

Markets

Japan shares bounce back as upbeat earnings offset virus worries

NEC rose 4.5% after the electronics and IT company posted a surprise return to profits in the April-June quarter

Published 02 Aug, 2021 09:59am

Markets

US Treasury yields slip to 11-day low as growth fears bite

Thirty-year yields dropped 3.3 bps at 1.8965%

Published 19 Jul, 2021 01:01pm

World

Saudi suspends UAE flights due to virus variant

Saudi citizens and residents returning from these countries will be required to quarantine for 14 days.

Published 03 Jul, 2021 03:46pm

World

Indian state tightens curbs on fears of new virus variant

India has recorded 48 cases of the variant so far, with Maharashtra reporting 21 infections -- higher than any other state.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:36pm

World

Russia warns of 'explosive' virus surge

The highly infectious Delta variant, which first appeared in India, represents nearly 90 percent of new cases in Moscow, Sobyanin said.

Updated 23 Jun, 2021 09:13pm

World

UK says Delta variant 60 percent more transmissible

So far there have been 42,323 identified cases of the Delta variant in the UK, according to Public Health England's data, up from 29,892 on June 2.

Published 11 Jun, 2021 06:37pm

World

WHO narrows in on Delta Covid variant

The B.1.617.1 sub-lineage has meanwhile been downgraded to a "variant of interest," and named Kappa.

Published 02 Jun, 2021 02:44pm

World

Vietnam discovers new hybrid virus variant: state media

More than 6,700 cases including 47 deaths have been reported in Vietnam, with the lion's share occurring since April.

Published 29 May, 2021 05:22pm

World

Indian Covid variant detected in Greece

The woman had symptoms but was not hospitalised, the agency statement said. Her symptoms have since subsided and her period of quarantine is over.

Published 25 Apr, 2021 05:28pm

World

Indian Covid variant found in Switzerland: health authority

The virus variant was found in "a passenger who was transiting through an airport," it said, without providing more details about the case.

Published 24 Apr, 2021 05:55pm

World

Germany restricts travel from 'high-risk' India

Germany is the latest of several countries to restrict travel from India over the new variant, following Canada, Britain and Kuwait.

Published 24 Apr, 2021 04:28pm

World

AstraZeneca could have COVID-19 vaccine against variant by end-2021: Austrian newspaper

British and European Union medicine regulators have said that the overall benefits of using the vaccine outweigh any risks of rare clotting.

Published 18 Apr, 2021 06:44pm

World

Britain is investigating variant originating in India

PHE has said it has identified 77 cases of the variant in Britain.

Updated 18 Apr, 2021 06:40pm

World

English variant not linked to more serious infections: study

However they said the Lancet study had the benefit of having used whole-genome sequencing as well as a good variety of patient and disease outcomes.

Updated 13 Apr, 2021 04:31pm

World

Variant sweeps Hungary to world-high weekly Covid death rate

Almost 12,000 coronavirus patients are currently being treated in hospitals, including nearly 1,500 on ventilators.

Published 25 Mar, 2021 08:51pm

World

EU to send extra BioNTech jabs to fight virus variant in Austria

The EU ordered about 40 million doses of the AstraZeneca jab.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:58pm

World

S.Africa virus strain 'offers immunity against other variants'

Identified late last year, the variant fuelled South Africa's second wave of infection and delayed the start of vaccinations in February.

Published 03 Mar, 2021 07:55pm

World

German pupils return to schools despite rising infections

Merkel argued that relaxation measures should be strongly tied to testing, according to participants in the meeting.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 05:45pm

World

Lightning lockdowns curb virus in Melbourne, Auckland

Both the Auckland and Melbourne outbreaks involved the more transmissible virus strain first detected in Britain.

Published 17 Feb, 2021 05:28pm

World

New Zealand's largest city enters lockdown as UK variant found

Ardern's office meanwhile announced that the first batch of coronavirus vaccines arrived in New Zealand on Monday.

Published 15 Feb, 2021 05:30pm

World

UK coronavirus variant rapidly spreading in US, study shows

Rather than individually sequence all of them, they were able to identify a particular anomaly that was a "reliable proxy" for B.1.1.7.

Published 08 Feb, 2021 09:40pm

World

Senegal detects first case of British virus variant

The nation of 16 million people is nonetheless battling a second wave of Covid-19, with the government imposing new restrictions this month, including a night-time curfew in Dakar.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 07:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.50
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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