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Pakistani Rupee Registers Modest Gains Against US Dollar
The Pakistani rupee posted a marginal gain against the US dollar on Thursday, appreciating by 0.01% in the inter-bank market.
At the close of trading, the rupee settled at Rs. 280.92, up by Rs. 0.04 from the previous day’s close of Rs. 280.96.
In the open market, exchange companies quoted the dollar at Rs. 281.05 for buying and Rs. 282.05 for selling.
The rupee also strengthened against several major currencies. Against the Euro, the PKR rose by 51.92 paisa or 0.16%, closing at Rs. 326.19 compared to Rs. 326.71 a day earlier. The local unit gained 55.31 paisa or 0.15% against the British Pound, settling at Rs. 370.62 versus Rs. 371.18 previously.
The rupee appreciated by Rs. 1.10 or 0.31% against the Swiss franc, closing at Rs. 351.42. Against the Japanese Yen, the PKR strengthened by 1.82 paisa or 0.99% to close at Rs. 1.8263, up from Rs. 1.8445.
The local currency also gained 5.85 paisa or 0.15% against the Chinese Yuan, ending at Rs. 39.52 from Rs. 39.58. It appreciated by 1.35 paisa or 0.02% against the Saudi Riyal to Rs. 74.91, and by 0.97 paisa or 0.01% against the UAE Dirham to Rs. 76.48.
So far in the current fiscal year, the rupee has gained Rs. 2.84 or 1.01% against the US dollar. However, it has declined by Rs. 2.37 or 0.84% since the start of the calendar year.
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Japan’s Animation Biz Grows 15% To Record $25BN Due To Overseas Sales
Japan’s animation industry grew by 14.8% to hit record revenues of $25BN (JPY3.8TR) in 2024, with much of the increase coming from overseas markets, according to a report presented by the Association of Japanese Animations (AJA) at
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Predicting the methylation status of CpG islands from read distribution biases | BMC Genomics
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OpenAI adds reusable ‘characters’ and video stitching to Sora
OpenAI’s Sora app will now let you turn almost anything into a reusable avatar for its AI-generated videos. These “character cameos” are one of several new features that have been added to the Sora 2 video generator, alongside clip…
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Clinical manifestations and treatment of peripheral odontogenic keratocysts: two cases and a literature review | Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases
POKC is a particular type of OKC. Investigating the origin of POKC is critical, and its origin may potentially be deduced based on that of OKC. The most common theory suggests that OKCs arise from remnants of the dental lamina, which maintain…
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Qatar’s PM blames Palestinians for ceasefire violation after attack on Israeli soldier – Dawn
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BYD profit falls 33% as Chinese EV maker doubles down on overseas markets
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BYD’s profits declined 33 per cent in the third quarter, highlighting the urgency of the Chinese electric vehicle maker’s overseas push following Beijing’s campaign against aggressive competition in the domestic sector.
BYD has become the world’s largest and fastest-growing producer of EVs and the chief global rival to Elon Musk’s Tesla. But the third-quarter results show a continued slowdown for the group after a period of breakneck growth.
The Shenzhen-based group on Thursday reported net income of Rmb7.8bn ($1.1bn), compared with Rmb11.6bn from the same period last year. The result fell short of analysts’ expectation of Rmb9.6bn, but was an improvement from Rmb6.36bn in the second quarter.
The company’s stock hit a record high in May after it made breakthrough announcements on battery charging and driverless technology, but second-quarter earnings came in lower than expected, hit by Beijing’s crackdown on aggressive discounting and supplier payment practices. Share have fallen more than 30 per cent from the May peak.
BYD remains the dominant EV force at home, selling about 30 per cent of new EVs so far this year, but it faces intensifying competition from local rivals such as Geely.
These pressures have forced BYD to double down on plans to rapidly expand sales abroad. Along with factories in Brazil, Hungary, Indonesia, Thailand, Turkey and Uzbekistan, it is constructing a fleet of eight purpose-built vessels to ship its cars.
Still, analysts expect BYD to announce further technological breakthroughs in the coming months, including an EV powered by a semi-solid-state battery. The technology, in which the battery’s electrolyte is a gel-like material rather than liquid, promises to increase energy density.
BYD is also testing “gigacasting”, a manufacturing process pioneered by Tesla in which vehicles are pressed with 9,000 tonnes of pressure to cast the underbody. The company said the process would remove the need to install 72 components and make vehicles lighter.
Analysts said they expected a design revamp in 2026, as Chinese consumers have grown weary of the brand’s signature “dragon face” design, which has been in use for seven years.
“This is a more fundamental cause of BYD’s challenges this year,” said Feng Xiao, co-head of China industrial research at CLSA. “BYD is redesigning the look of its cars.”
Revenue for the July to September quarter came in at Rmb195bn, down 3 per cent from the previous corresponding period and below the Rmb216bn forecast by analysts.
Gross margin was 17.6 per cent, up from 16.27 per cent in the previous quarter but still off the 21.89 per cent reported in the third quarter last year. The margin improvement reflects a higher share of premium models in the company’s product mix, including from overseas markets.
BYD’s exports in the first nine months of the year rose 14 per cent to 705,000 cars, according to data from Automobility, a Shanghai-based consultancy, putting it on track to achieve its forecast of 800,000 to 1mn overseas deliveries this year.
The group, which has forecast total sales of 4.6mn this year, has a long-term annual sales target of 10mn cars, with half coming from outside China.
China overtook Japan in 2023 as the world’s biggest car exporter following a boom in shipments of traditional cars with internal combustion engines to developing countries.
But the export mix is shifting, with battery-only and plug-in hybrid vehicles accounting for 35 per cent of shipments so far this year, up from about 20 per cent in 2023 and 2024.
BYD is the biggest driver of this change, capturing about 40 per cent of China’s total EV exports.
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Lankum announce new single, Specials cover ‘Ghost Town’ – Rough Trade Records
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Rough Trade Records are excited to announce a new stand-alone single by Lankum. Originally created for an Oona Doherty dance show ‘Specky…
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Android XR Smart Glasses: What to Look Out For in 2026
Android XR (powered by Google, Samsung and Qualcomm) has proved its worth within extended reality as a pivotal driving force. With Samsung Galaxy XR’s release in October receiving critical acclaim, few…
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