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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 / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 19	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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