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Nasdaq outshines Wall Street peers on tech boost with focus on inflation data

The Nasdaq outpaced its Wall Street peers on Tuesday, boosted by rising megacap technology stocks, while focus...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 09:26pm

Business & Finance

Omnicom, Interpublic nearing merger: WSJ

NEW YORK: Advertising and marketing conglomerate Omnicom Group is in advanced talks to acquire Interpublic Group in...

Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:43am

Markets

S&P 500, Dow touch over one-week highs after business activity data

The S&P 500 and the Dow touched over one-week highs on Friday after data showed a still robust economy, while...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 09:10pm

Life & Style

Warner Bros Discovery, NBA settle legal battle over broadcast rights, WSJ reports

Warner Bros Discovery has settled its breach of contract lawsuit against the National Basketball Association (NBA),...

Published 17 Nov, 2024 10:35am

Markets

Wall St steady as investors favor small caps over Big Tech; banks rally

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were little changed on Wednesday, with declines in heavily weighted technology...

Published 16 Oct, 2024 09:38pm

Opinion

From ‘Doing Business’ report to ‘B-Ready’ report: some reflections

In a statement released on September 16, 2021, World Bank Group (WBG) indicated discontinuation of its ‘Doing...

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 06:40pm

Markets

Wall St rises on AI euphoria after Micron’s upbeat forecast

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday, with the S&P 500 hitting a record high, as Micron’s upbeat forecast...

Published 26 Sep, 2024 07:50pm

Markets

Wall Street mixed as investors await Fed rate clues, data

Wall Street’s main indexes were mixed on Wednesday, with the S&P 500 hovering near record highs, as investors...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 07:47pm

Markets

Wall Street gains as traders raise bets on bigger Fed rate cut

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Friday as investors reevaluated the possibility of a bigger interest rate cut by...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 08:26pm

Markets

Dollar weak as traders add to wagers of big rate cut from Fed

SINGAPORE: The dollar softened on Friday, with the euro and the yen on the rise as investors remained on tenterhooks...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 10:27am

Markets

Wall St muted with weekly gains in sight on rate-cut hopes

Wall Street’s main indexes were largely flat in early trading on Friday as investors took a breather from the week’s...

Published 17 May, 2024 07:31pm

World

Biden admin plans $1bn in new arms for Israel despite Rafah threat

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s administration informed Congress on Tuesday of a $1 billion weapons package for...

Updated 15 May, 2024 03:56pm

Markets

S&P 500 hits record high with earnings, rate outlook in spotlight

Wall Street gained on Wednesday, with the benchmark S&P 500 scaling a new record high, as investors took stock...

Published 07 Feb, 2024 08:34pm

World

Police in Michigan city put on alert after WSJ opinion piece

WASHINGTON: The mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, said the city’s police officers were ramping up their presence across...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Markets

Wall St poised for higher open as rate-cut bets strengthen

Wall Street’s main indexes were set to kick off the last week of the year on a positive note on Tuesday as growing...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 07:51pm

Markets

Wall St rises after soft inflation data; Nike slides

Wall Street’s main indexes gained on Friday after a key inflation reading came in softer than expected, boosting...

Published 22 Dec, 2023 09:00pm

Markets

Wall St eyes higher open after broad sell-off; Micron shines

U.S. stocks were set for a higher open on Thursday, recovering from a broad sell-off on Wall Street in the prior...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 07:59pm

Markets

S&P 500, Dow eye muted open as rate-cut cheer subsides

The S&P 500 and the Dow were poised for a subdued open on Friday after comments from a U.S. Federal Reserve...

Published 15 Dec, 2023 07:53pm

Markets

Wall St advances after Fed hints at rate cuts; Apple scales record high

Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Thursday, with tech giant Apple notching a record high, a day after the Federal...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 08:22pm

World

Putin ‘hopes’ for Russia-US deal on detained Americans

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he wanted Moscow and Washington to arrive at a solution to...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 06:27pm

Technology

Apple to end credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs

Apple is pulling the plug on its credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs Group, the Wall Street Journal reported...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 10:48am

World

Saudi Arabia considers Chinese bid for nuclear plant

Saudi Arabia is considering a Chinese bid to build it a nuclear power plant, the Wall Street Journal reported on...

Published 25 Aug, 2023 10:09am

Technology

Twitter, now known as X, reinstates Kanye’s account: US media

WASHINGTON: X, the social media platform previously known as Twitter, has reinstated rapper and designer Kanye West...

Published 30 Jul, 2023 12:31pm

Markets

Wall St inches up as yields slip on jobless claims data

U.S. stock indexes edged higher on Thursday as a dip in bond yields supported megacap stocks, although investors...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 07:38pm

World

China to post spy facility in Cuba off southeastern US: WSJ

WASHINGTON: China has reached a secret deal with Cuba to place an electronic eavesdropping facility on the island...

Published 08 Jun, 2023 06:48pm

Technology

Facebook given record $1.3bn fine, given 5 months to stop EU-US data flows

DUBLIN: Meta was hit with a record 1.2 billion euro ($1.3 billion) fine by its lead privacy regulator in the...

Updated 22 May, 2023 02:49pm

Technology

Apple restricts use of OpenAI’s ChatGPT for employees: WSJ

Apple Inc has restricted the use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence tools for its employees as...

Published 19 May, 2023 10:21am

Markets

Wall St subdued as consumer sentiment takes hit from rate hikes

Wall Street’s main indexes struggled to gain on Friday as U.S. consumer sentiment slumped to a six-month low,...

Published 12 May, 2023 08:29pm

Technology

Elon Musk says he has found new Twitter CEO

Elon Musk said on Thursday he has found a new chief executive for Twitter, but did not name the person, while the...

Published 12 May, 2023 11:42am

World

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy thanks Bakhmut defenders as Wagner head says town has fallen

KYIV: Fighting around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut remained “particularly hot”, President Volodymyr...

Published 03 Apr, 2023 10:42am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
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
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)
Data Agro / Dec 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	132.83 ▲ 12.08 (10.00%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 26 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	51.25 ▲ 4.66 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Shifa Int.Hosp / Dec 26 Shifa International Hospitals Limited(SHFA)	355 ▼ -35.56 (-9.10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)
LSE Capital / Dec 26 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	5.85 ▼ -0.56 (-8.74%)
Ellcot Spinning / Dec 26 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	100 ▼ -9.34 (-8.54%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	86,204,770 ▲ 1.43
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,766,335 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.64
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.20
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	28,074,225 ▲ 0.01
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.22
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.18

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