Euro zone bond yields nudge up, flash inflation looms

French consumer prices rose 2.5 percent in October, just shy of the highest inflation level since March 2012, data on Wednesday showed

Dollar at 16-month peak, yen weakens as BOJ in no hurry to exit stimulus

The dollar index, a gauge of its value versus six major peers, climbed to a fresh 16-month high to hit 97.06

Oil prices rise for first time in three days, but trade war drags

Both crude benchmarks have fallen about $10 a barrel from four-year highs reached in the first week of October and are on track to post their worst monthly performance since July 2016

China factory growth weakest in over two years, slump in export orders deepens

The official PMI - which gives global investors their first look at business conditions in China at the start of the last quarter of the year - fell to 50.2 in October, the lowest since July 2016 and down from 50.8 in September

PSX gains 155 points amid volatile trading

Indices swayed violently in both directions all day long KARACHI: After putting up a confused show on Tuesday, the Pakistan Stock Exchange...

Apple expected to unveil iPads with facial recognition

Apple Inc on Tuesday is expected to unveil updates to its Mac computers and iPads that include facial recognition features that have...

Asad Umar defends move to approach friendly countries, IMF for financial assistance

Mr Umar rebuffed the impression that the government’s vacillation on the IMF programme had spawned the stock market crash and told the house that the KSE-100 benchmark index had nosedived by 15,000 points even when the previous PML-N administration was in power

Asian stocks rally as weaker yuan eases fear of more tariffs

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index jumped 1.4 percent to 21,434.38 after official data showed that its unemployment rate eased to 2.3 percent in September, from 2.4 percent a month earlier

Dollar holds firms, yuan at 10-year low on fresh Sino-U.S. trade anxiety

The dollar index, a gauge of the currency’s strength against six major peers, traded at 96.66, up 0.1 percent on Tuesday

Turkish arm of Abraaj looking to sever ties & become independent: Report

Canadian asset management group, Brookfield is said to be in negotiations with the Turkish entity of Abraaj to acquire it, according to people aware of the talks

High oil prices hurt consumers, dent fuel demand: IEA chief

Major emerging Asian economies such as India and Indonesia have been hit hard this year by rising crude oil prices, which despite falls this month are up by around 15 percent since the start of 2018

HBL reinventing itself under new president

The HBL CEO aims to transform it into an IT company with a banking license

PSX surges on higher volumes, index gains 897 points

PSX registers an accumulative gain of 3,739 points in four trading sessions KARACHI: Trading resumed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on an...

Trump’s Iran sanctions resolve faces test from oil-thirsty China, India

With just days to go before renewed sanctions take effect Nov. 5, the reality is setting in: three of Iran’s top five customers – India, China, and Turkey - are resisting Washington’s call to end purchases outright

PSO profits decline 19% to Rs4,181m in 1st quarter FY19

PSO posted a gross profit of Rs10.91 billion in the first quarter of FY19, gross margins were recorded at 3.89% in the first quarter of FY19 against 3.55% in prior year