Gold prices fell on Friday and were on track for a third consecutive weekly decline, as a stronger dollar and hawkish signals from the US Federal Reserve weighed on the non-yielding metal. Spot gold was down 0.6% at $4,184.33 per ounce, as of 0211 GMT. The contract was down 0.9% so far this week. US gold futures for August delivery fell 1% to $4,202.10. Markets in mainland China and Hong
Oil prices fell almost 3% on Thursday to their lowest since the first trading day of the Iran war, as a U.S.-Iran interim deal to end the conflict, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease sanctions on Tehran boosted the global supply outlook. Brent crude futures were down $1.53, or 1.9%, at $78.02 a barrel at 1326 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate fell $2.22, or 2.9%, to $74.57 a barrel.
Buying momentum continued at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) after the US and Iran signed an interim peace deal, with the benchmark KSE-100 Index gaining nearly 1,100 points during the opening minutes of trading on Thursday. At 9:30am, the benchmark index was hovering at 181,594.40, up by 1,083.38 points or 0.6%. Buying was observed in key sectors, including automobile assemblers, cement,
Select Technologies Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Air Link Communication Limited, said on Thursday that the registration of eligible investors for the Initial Public Offering (IPO) of Select Technologies Limited commenced on 17th June. As per a statement, the company said that the registration will continue until 3pm on June 23, 2026, ahead of the company’s book building process schedul
The government has initiated the hiring of an Independent Verification Agency (IVA) to oversee and validate reforms under a USD 400 million Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded programme aimed at improving the governance and financial performance of 39 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the National Highway Authority (NHA), which collectively carry liabilities of nearly USD 12 billion. These ent