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World - 2024-12-05

US says Amnesty charge of 'genocide' by Israel 'unfounded'

WASHINGTON: The United States said Thursday it disagreed with a report by Amnesty International that accused Israel...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 11:23pm

Europe

France's Macron seeks new PM after Barnier resigns

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday sought a new prime minister to prevent France from sliding deeper into...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 11:15pm

Middle East

Erdogan urges Assad to find ‘political solution’ to Syria war

ANKARA: Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday called on Syria leader Bashar al-Assad to urgently find...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 09:40pm

Middle East

Dozens dead in Israeli strikes on Gaza; Palestinians say Amnesty ‘genocide’ declaration comes too late

More than 44,500 Gazans have been killed, with thousands of others feared dead under rubble in 430 days of non-stop Israeli aggression against Palestinians

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 11:07pm

Europe

Russia says West ignoring warnings over sending troops to Ukraine

TA’QALI: Russia on Thursday accused the West of failing to heed the Kremlin’s warnings over the dangers of...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:13pm

Middle East

Qatar resumes Gaza mediation: source with knowledge of talks to AFP

DOHA: Qatar has resumed its role as a mediator in efforts to secure a truce in the Israel-Hamas war following a...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:55pm

Europe

France’s Macron hunts for new prime minister as Barnier resigns

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron met allies and parliament leaders on Thursday as he sought to swiftly...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 08:45pm

South Asia

Bangladesh court bans broadcasts of ousted ex-PM’s ‘hate speech’

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi tribunal banned broadcasts of “hate speech” by autocratic ex-premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday,...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:41pm

South Asia

South Korea says in close communication with US since martial law declaration

SEOUL: South Korea has been communicating closely with the United States since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:33pm

South Asia

France denounces Taliban move to block Afghan women’s medical training

PARIS: France on Thursday condemned as “unjustifiable” the Taliban government’s reported plan to ban Afghan women...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 05:00pm

Europe

Russia’s Lavrov and US’s Blinken set to attend OSCE meeting

VIENNA: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken could face off over the war...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 02:25pm

Stocks

Most Gulf markets rise on US rate-cut bets, ahead of OPEC+ meet

Most stock markets in the Gulf edged higher in early trade on Thursday, helped by growing confidence in a likely US...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 01:58pm

Europe

Amnesty report says Israel has committed genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

THE HAGUE: Amnesty International accused the state of Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in the Gaza...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 12:17pm

Europe

Britain drug-cost watchdog says it will recommend Lilly obesity drug

LONDON: Britain’s drugs cost-effectiveness watchdog NICE said on Thursday it will recommend Eli Lilly’s obesity drug...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 12:06pm

Asia

Japan PM Ishiba says no plan to revise joint BOJ statement

TOKYO: Japan’s government has no plans to revise a joint statement with the central bank that focused on pulling the...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 11:29am

South Asia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.7 strikes Western Iran

An earthquake measuring magnitude 5.7 struck Western Iran on Thursday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 01:46pm

USA

Gunman wounds two kindergartners at California school, then kills self

A gunman shot and wounded two children aged 5 and 6 at a California school on Wednesday before shooting himself dead...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 10:57am

Asia

South Korea’s Yoon replaces defence minister as impeachment vote looms

SEOUL: South Korean opposition lawmakers said on Thursday they would vote this weekend to impeach President Yoon Suk...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 01:54pm

Asia

ASEAN ministers to discuss Myanmar at Thailand meeting, Indonesia says

JAKARTA: Members of the Southeast Asian regional bloc ASEAN are planning to hold a ministerial meeting in Thailand...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 10:35am

USA

Top executive shot dead outside New York hotel

NEW YORK: A masked gunman shot dead a top US health insurance executive outside a New York hotel Wednesday in an...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 06:47am

Iran releases Nobel Peace laureate Mohammadi on medical leave

Middle East

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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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

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%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
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%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (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%)

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%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
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%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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