Imran discusses economy with IMF, ADB chiefs
DAVOS: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday held marathon meetings with international agency leaders, business...
Trump revives trade battle with Europe
DAVOS: US President Donald Trump, fresh from calling a trade truce with China, threatened on Wednesday to impose...
Indo-Pak trade plunges in six months
Latest data shows that bilateral trade volume plunged in the first half of this fiscal year.
Foreign LNG firms to invest $500m without off-take guarantees
The basic premise of LNG imports had been to reduce import bill through substitution of expensive furnace oil.
Oil falls on surplus forecast
LONDON: Oil prices fell on Wednesday as a market surplus forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA)...
Small brokers propose changes to new regime
KARACHI: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan’s (SECP) and the stockbrokers association on Wednesday...
OGDC pulls index down by 65 points
Nervous investors started to ditch stocks in exploration and production and other sectors.
Sluggish day on cotton market
MULTAN: The cotton market remained listless on Wednesday as ginners and buyers took to the sidelines owing to...
Gold steady
LONDON: Gold prices were little changed on Wednesday as technical support on expected dovish monetary policy from...
Bank of Canada holds interest rate at 1.75pc
OTTAWA: The Bank of Canada held its key interest rate steady at 1.75 per cent on Wednesday, as expected, but said it...
Global deal over digital tax eludes France, US
DAVOS: France and the United States failed on Wednesday to agree how to push forward a global rewrite of decades-old...
Palm oil surges
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reversed early losses to end 3 per cent higher on Wednesday after an...
India to ease retail trading hours
MUMBAI: Residents of Mumbai will be able to shop and dine out until dawn from late this month as the Indian city...
UK ‘confident’ of British Steel’s Chinese rescue
LONDON: Britain’s government on Wednesday said it expected a Chinese takeover of bankrupt British Steel to...
Costly ‘dieselgate’ may dent Daimler earnings
FRANKFURT MAIN: German auto giant Daimler warned Wednesday that its 2019 earnings could fall short of expectations...