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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 23	278.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 23	277.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 23	163.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 23	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 23	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 23	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 23	3.59

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 23	7,408.30
India Sensex / Jul 23	76,391.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 23	66,422.60
Nasdaq / Jul 23	25,137.69
Hang Seng / Jul 23	25,210.81
FTSE 100 / Jul 23	10,639.17
Dow Jones / Jul 23	51,711.65
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 23	24,763.12
France CAC40 / Jul 23	8,299.09

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 23	92.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 23	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 23	370,401
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 23	4,046.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 23	81.21
Petrol/Litre / Jul 24	331.52
Diesel/Litre / Jul 24	378.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Shaheen Ins. / Jul 23 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	10.16 ▲ 1 (10.92%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 23 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	26.60 ▲ 2.42 (10.01%)
Shams Textile / Jul 23 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	59.14 ▲ 5.38 (10.01%)
UDL International / Jul 23 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	19.79 ▲ 1.8 (10.01%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	49.95 ▲ 4.54 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 23 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,227.87 ▼ -136.43 (-10%)
National Silk / Jul 23 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	266.79 ▼ -29.64 (-10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 23 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	219.48 ▼ -24.39 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 23 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	64.40 ▼ -7.15 (-9.99%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	20.38 ▼ -2.26 (-9.98%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	60,708,062 ▲ 0.22
Pak Refinery / Jul 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	28,413,708 ▲ 1.68
TPL Properties / Jul 23 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	23,346,923 ▼ -0.17
Dewan Cement / Jul 23 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	22,322,213 ▼ -0.02
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,951,441 ▼ -0.01

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 23	278.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 23	277.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 23	163.87
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 23	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 23	1.33
Euro to USD / Jul 23	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 23	3.59

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 23	7,408.30
India Sensex / Jul 23	76,391.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 23	66,422.60
Nasdaq / Jul 23	25,137.69
Hang Seng / Jul 23	25,210.81
FTSE 100 / Jul 23	10,639.17
Dow Jones / Jul 23	51,711.65
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 23	24,763.12
France CAC40 / Jul 23	8,299.09

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 23	92.31
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 23	18,680
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 23	370,401
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 23	4,046.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 23	81.21
Petrol/Litre / Jul 24	331.52
Diesel/Litre / Jul 24	378.66

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