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Walmart Mexico to invest $6bn in 2025

MEXICO CITY: Walmart’s Mexico unit said on Thursday it would invest more than $6 billion in the country this year,...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 07:52pm

Markets

India’s quick-commerce sector may struggle to maintain current growth, Blume Venture’s report says

India’s booming quick-commerce sector may struggle to maintain its current pace of growth as expansion beyond major...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 07:58pm

Business & Finance

Walmart faces some tariff challenges as Wall Street awaits record-breaking sales

NEW YORK: Penny-pinching Walmart shoppers focus much more on getting the lowest prices than on whether products are...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 04:43pm

Business & Finance

Walmart to Gulf Royals: world’s richest add $2trn to their wealth in 2024

The owners of US retail chain Walmart – The Walton family – topped Bloomberg’s annual ranking of the world’s...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 04:58pm

Opinion

Protecting the ‘brand’

Brand valuations are upward bound through the stratosphere in the realm of dollar 150 billion, 200 billion, 350...

Published 28 Nov, 2024 06:27am

Business & Finance

Uncertainty clouds holiday shopping season after mixed forecasts from Walmart, Target

Retailers are in for a mixed holiday season this year ahead of Black Friday and Christmas, marked by watchful...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 07:24pm

World

India raids offices of sellers using Amazon, Flipkart platforms

NEW DELHI: India’s financial crime agency has raided offices of some sellers operating Amazon and Walmart-owned...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 08:23am

World

Online sellers on Walmart’s Flipkart sue India watchdog

NEW DELHI: Three online sellers operating on Walmart-owned Flipkart have sued the Indian antitrust watchdog over an...

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

Business & Finance

Walmart sells $3.74bn JD.com stake

HONG KONG: Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com said on Wednesday top shareholder Walmart had sold its entire stake after...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

Business & Finance

Walmart to lay off hundreds of corporate staff, relocate others

NEW YORK: Walmart is cutting hundreds of corporate jobs and asking most remote workers to relocate to three main ...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Business & Finance

Shoppers lift Walmart earnings as it preps $2.3bn Vizio deal

NEW YORK: Walmart kicked off US retailers’ reporting season on Tuesday with robust fourth quarter results after...

Published 21 Feb, 2024 05:29am

World

Walmart and Adidas cargo aboard, one ship’s voyage to avoid the Red Sea

LONDON: When the Maersk Tanjong set sail from Thailand on December 2, headed towards the Suez Canal to reach the...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:46pm

Business & Finance

Walmart unveils new GenAI search tech for shoppers at CES

NEW YORK: Walmart on Tuesday unveiled two new AI-powered tools at the CES conference in Las Vegas to help shoppers...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 10:36am

Life & Style

Amazon, Walmart court early holiday shoppers in US with limited-time deals

NEW YORK: Amazon, Walmart, Target and other large retailers launched U.S. sales on Monday and Tuesday, dangling...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 04:46pm

World

Water-sharing protests disrupt India’s tech hub of Bengaluru

BENGALURU: Police detained protesters on Tuesday in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru after one tried to commit suicide...

Published 26 Sep, 2023 04:29pm

Business & Finance

Walmart raises 2024 forecast after ‘strong’ quarter

NEW YORK: Walmart raised its full-year forecast on Thursday following a jump in quarterly profits, pointing to solid...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 06:14pm

Business & Finance

Xiaomi bets bigger on India retail stores amid Samsung rivalry

NEW DELHI: China’s Xiaomi will focus on boosting its India sales from retail outlets after years of big bets on...

Published 17 Jul, 2023 03:47am

Business & Finance

Walmart lifts annual sales, profit view on resilient consumer spending

Walmart Inc raised its annual sales and profit targets on Thursday as shoppers sought bargains on essentials such as...

Published 18 May, 2023 06:07pm

Business & Finance

Walmart sees sustained pressure from inflation; to slow hiring pace

NEW YORK: Walmart Inc on Wednesday said inflation would continue to pressure its business this year, and that it...

Published 10 Apr, 2023 06:45am

Business & Finance

Walmart laying off hundreds of US workers

NEW YORK: Hundreds of workers at five US Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find...

Published 24 Mar, 2023 05:55am

Business & Finance

Walmart laying off hundreds of US workers at five e-commerce fulfillment centers

NEW YORK: Hundreds of workers at five U.S. Walmart facilities that fulfill e-commerce orders are being asked to find...

Published 23 Mar, 2023 08:40pm

Business & Finance

Walmart gets cautious on economic outlook

NEW YORK: Walmart Inc struck a cautious note in its economic outlook for 2023 on Tuesday as the retail bellwether...

Published 27 Feb, 2023 07:40am

Business & Finance

Walmart Q4 profits top estimates, but outlook disappoints

NEW YORK: Walmart reported better-than-expected profits over the critical holiday-season quarter Tuesday, but...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 07:18pm

Business & Finance

Walmart has paid most of $1bn tax for PhonePe shifting base to India

BENGALURU: Walmart Inc has already paid the Indian government most of the nearly $1 billion in tax after digital...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

Amazon CEO says job cuts to exceed 18,000 roles

BENGALURU: Amazon.com Inc’s layoffs will now increase to more than 18,000 roles as part of a workforce reduction it...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Walmart employee kills six, himself in Virginia store shooting

CHESAPEAKE: A Walmart employee killed six people and wounded several others before fatally shooting himself at a...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am

World

Seven killed, several wounded in Virginia Walmart shooting

Seven people were killed and several wounded in a shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night,...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 03:40pm

Markets

Wall Street jumps on more evidence of cooling inflation

NEW YORK: The tech-heavy Nasdaq led Wall Street’s main indexes higher on Tuesday as data providing further proof ...

Published 16 Nov, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Walmart hiring fewer US holiday staff this year

NEW YORK: Walmart announced Wednesday it will hire 40,000 workers for the upcoming holiday season, far fewer than...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:17am

Business & Finance

Walmart latest to tap bond market with $5bn offerings

Walmart Inc will raise $5 billion in bond offerings, joining a host of big retailers and restaurant chains to tap...

Published 07 Sep, 2022 04:26pm

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 14	280.68
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 14	280.48
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 14	142.49
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 14	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 14	1.32
Euro to USD / Apr 14	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 11	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 11	5,363.36
India Sensex / Apr 11	75,157.26
Nasdaq / Apr 11	16,724.46
Dow Jones / Apr 11	40,212.71
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 14	33,982.36
Hang Seng / Apr 14	21,367.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 14	8,113.87
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 14	20,831.83
France CAC40 / Apr 14	7,259.65

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 11	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 11	290,466
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 14	61.28
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 14	3,229.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 14	67.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 15	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 15	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Apr 14 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.84 ▲ 0.99 (12.61%)
Ruby Textile / Apr 14 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7.80 ▲ 0.86 (12.39%)
Tariq Corporation / Apr 14 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	14.69 ▲ 1.34 (10.04%)
Secure Logistics / Apr 14 Secure Logistics Group Limited(SLGL)	14.83 ▲ 1.35 (10.01%)
Engro Powergen / Apr 14 Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited(EPQL)	35.27 ▲ 3.21 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Apr 14 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	15.29 ▲ 1.39 (10%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 14 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	31.80 ▲ 2.89 (10%)
J.K.Spinning / Apr 14 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	64.35 ▲ 5.85 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 14 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	1,462.40 ▲ 132.95 (10%)
Frontier Ceram / Apr 14 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	27.50 ▲ 2.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
Habib Ins. / Apr 14 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	7.95 ▼ -1.26 (-13.68%)
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 14 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	1.62 ▼ -0.24 (-12.9%)
Fateh Ind. / Apr 14 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	119.56 ▼ -13.27 (-9.99%)
Sindh Abadgar / Apr 14 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	52.50 ▼ -5.83 (-9.99%)
TPL Life Insur. / Apr 14 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	49.35 ▼ -5.46 (-9.96%)
Hafiz Ltd. / Apr 14 Hafiz Limited(HAFL)	255 ▼ -26.68 (-9.47%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Apr 14 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53 ▼ -5.43 (-9.29%)
Mughal Energy / Apr 14 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	20 ▼ -2.02 (-9.17%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 14 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	16 ▼ -1.59 (-9.04%)
Shahzad Tex. / Apr 14 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	27.26 ▼ -2.61 (-8.74%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 14 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	54,444,707 ▲ 0.23
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 14 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	45,023,605 ▲ 0.5
Pak Elektron / Apr 14 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	40,742,036 ▼ -0.01
Sui South Gas / Apr 14 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,084,018 ▲ 2.37
B.O.Punjab / Apr 14 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	33,174,212 ▲ 0.16
Citi Pharma Ltd / Apr 14 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	25,349,324 ▲ 1.66
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 14 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,776,896 ▲ 0.02
Power Cement / Apr 14 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	14,852,543 ▼ -0.08
Dewan Cement / Apr 14 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	14,486,660 ▲ 0.86
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 14 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	13,484,387 ▼ -0.04

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