Archive for the September 7, 2019
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Gold prices remained under pressure on Friday, as robust US data encouraged a return to riskier assets and hit demand for safe-haven bullion, also sending platinum down 3%. Spot gold was down 0.6% to $1,509.41
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Gold turned positive on Friday, after falling as much as 1% earlier, as a weaker-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls report weighed on the dollar and increased appetite for safe-haven bullion, putting it on course for a
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US corn futures fell to life-of-contract lows on Friday, pressured by disappointing weekly US export data and forecasts for benign weather in the heart of the Midwest crop belt, analysts said. Wheat futures followed corn
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Gold fell 1% on Friday as upbeat remarks from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and improved risk appetite offset a weaker-than-expected US nonfarm payrolls report, putting bullion on track for a second straight weekly loss.
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The ongoing floods triggered by monsoon rains have killed at least 235 people, injured 169 and destroyed 675 houses across the country, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said. According to NDMA latest preliminary damages/losses details
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The accountability court hearing multibillion rupees fake bank accounts case on Friday extended physical remand of a director of Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) for seven days in Park Lane reference filed against
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The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on Friday decided to file a corruption reference against former information minister Sindh Sharjeel Inam Memon on the allegations of having assets beyond known sources of income, besides initiating corruption
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Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan on Friday said the dream of permanent peace in South Asia could not be achieved without resolving the Kashmir issue in
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The social media giants Facebook and Twitter were cooperating very little with Pakistani authorities against spread of fake news on social media through unverified accounts and this cooperation witnessed further low level after August 5
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Islamabad High Court (IHC) Friday turned down former prime minister Raja Pervez Ashraf's petition seeking removal of his name from the Exit Control List (ECL). A division bench of IHC comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah
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