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Opinion

Finally, there’s light at the end of the tunnel

President Dr Arif Alvi has signed the supplementary finance bill 2023 into law. This development will surely lead to...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

‘Jail bharo’ protest

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman appears to be fast running out of his ammunition against the incumbent...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 07:15am

Opinion

Young Bilawal’s mature approach to politics

That Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari is a leader of great power and eloquence is a fact. He has clearly made waves as a...

Published 29 Dec, 2022 05:59am

Opinion

I salute Gen Bajwa

In his last public address as the army chief of Pakistan Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa has censured the ‘anti-army’...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 05:48am

Opinion

Tigris and Euphrates: troubled waters

According to media reports, Iraq has asked Turkey to increase the flow of water downstream along the Tigris and...

Published 18 Jul, 2022 07:09am

Opinion

‘The phenomenon of cryptoassets’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “The phenomenon of cryptoassets” carried by the newspaper the other...

Published 30 Apr, 2022 05:53am

Opinion

SOEs: the Chinese model

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed titled “SOEs: status quo” carried by the newspaper recently. The...

Published 03 Apr, 2022 05:34am

Opinion

UP elections 2022

The first phase of the seven-phase election of India’s most populated state, UP, has been completed and its second...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am

Opinion

Link between national security and economy

The government deserves praise for producing country’s first-ever national security policy. Adviser on National...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Things are not too bad

That the country is surviving on concessional and non-concessional multilateral and bilateral assistance plus...

Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am

Opinion

Afghanistan is a reality...

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed "Afghanistan under the global spotlight" carried by the newspaper on...

Published 13 Sep, 2021 05:46am

Opinion

'Pakistan is our second home'

Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid is said to have described Pakistan as Taliban's second or other home. His...

Published 27 Aug, 2021 04:52am

Opinion

This time India has gone too far!

That India has been trying to be too clever by half is a fact that has found its best expression from its approach ...

Published 17 Apr, 2021 03:28am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 19	278.36
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 19	278.16
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 19	155.92
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 19	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 19	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 19	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 18	5,872.16
Nasdaq / Dec 18	19,392.69
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,199.11
Dow Jones / Dec 18	43,326.87
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,242.57
France CAC40 / Dec 18	7,365.70
India Sensex / Dec 19	79,339.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 19	38,813.58

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 18	241,945.20
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 19	70.19
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 19	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 19	2,613.73
Diesel/Litre / Dec 19	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Textile / Dec 19 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.88 ▲ 0.76 (12.42%)
S.G.Power / Dec 19 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.17 ▲ 1.00 (10.91%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 19 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	10.43 ▲ 1.00 (10.60%)
Data Agro / Dec 19 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	153.16 ▲ 13.92 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 19 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	77.33 ▲ 7.03 (10.00%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 19 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	12.65 ▲ 1.15 (10.00%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 19 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	114.33 ▲ 10.39 (10.00%)
Thatta Cement / Dec 19 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	185.52 ▲ 16.87 (10.00%)
Wah-Noble / Dec 19 Wah Noble Chemicals Limited(WAHN)	249.98 ▲ 22.73 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Ahmad Hassan / Dec 19 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	49.50 ▼ -5.50 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 19 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.55 ▼ -13.39 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 19 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	40.70 ▼ -4.52 (-10.00%)
Shadman Cotton / Dec 19 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	26.80 ▼ -2.95 (-9.92%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 19 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	11.40 ▼ -1.21 (-9.60%)
Ideal Sp. / Dec 19 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	11.30 ▼ -1.20 (-9.60%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 19 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.55 ▼ -1.00 (-9.48%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 19 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	661 ▼ -67.78 (-9.30%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 19 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18.27 ▼ -1.80 (-8.97%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	139,290,885 ▼ -0.09
Cnergyico PK / Dec 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,462,895 ▼ -0.23
B.O.Punjab / Dec 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,162,802 ▼ -0.35
Pak Refinery / Dec 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,507,413 ▲ 1.36
Pak Elektron / Dec 19 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	50,144,684 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,773,842 ▼ -0.31
Sui South Gas / Dec 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	41,964,816 ▲ 2.61
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 19 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,868,206 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 19 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	21,856,915 ▼ -0.29

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