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Shahab Jafry

Opinion

Once upon a fault line

Few people would’ve noticed the irony in the PM going to the Moscow and the Credit Suisse expose, the ‘Suisse...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am

Opinion

‘Bread and circuses’

Roman poet Juvenal coined the famous phrase ‘bread and circuses’ to describe how the republic’s elite used ...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

Opinion

Govt’s only option despite Fund squeeze: Expansionary budget

When it rains, it pours. Financial as well as political pressures are clearly combining to leave the government with...

Published 10 Feb, 2022 04:40am

Opinion

Was all this really about the SBP bill?

Let’s just try and remember that the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) Amendment Bill was about the state bank,...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

Opinion

When the emperor has no clothes

I remember once being lucky enough to squeeze into a talk, midway or thereabout, in Dubai by the late great Middle...

Updated 27 Jan, 2022 10:49pm

Opinion

Cozying up to Comrade Putin?

Prime Minister Imran Khan should be careful, as he cozies up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, that he doesn’t...

Published 20 Jan, 2022 04:21am

Opinion

Art of the impossible

There’s something in the argument, even if it’s been disproved by most analysts and thinkers, that a weak ...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am

Opinion

‘Omicron’s in the rear-view mirror’

After spooking financial markets and swinging the pendulum from greed to fear once again, the Omicron variant of the...

Published 06 Jan, 2022 04:13am

Opinion

A Pyrrhic victory if there was one

IMF’s ‘prior conditions’ have become the government’ biggest problem just when it is facing its toughest ...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am

Opinion

Broken record policy

State Bank Governor Dr Reza Baqir must know something that a lot of other people do not. Not experts, analysts,...

Published 23 Dec, 2021 04:23am

Opinion

Questions the MPC didn’t answer

There were no surprises at all in the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting. Parts of the market tilted towards a...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Opinion

When Omicron felt good

Nobody will admit it, but you can be sure that the emergence of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus made some...

Published 09 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Petrodollars to the rescue?

You can bet that somebody in the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) had a good laugh at the way the Pakistani stock...

Published 02 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Opinion

Bailout programme in the bag?

Excuse the stock market for not saluting the staff-level agreement with the IMF (International Monetary Fund),...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 05:18am

Opinion

EM currencies: King dollar brings bad news

The money market didn’t take Shaukat Tarin’s assurance about the IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme ...

Published 18 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Opinion

Markets really hate uncertainty

Markets across Asia rallied on Tuesday as Tokyo, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney, Singapore, Wellington, Taipei, Manila...

Updated 11 Nov, 2021 01:13pm

Opinion

Global growth or stagflation?

Traders began this November, historically the best month for equities, by largely stepping out of the market because...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am

Opinion

Saudi deal, riyal politik, and…

Financial markets saluted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s move to secure yet another bailout package from Saudi Arabia...

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

Opinion

Good luck with the rupee

It’s one thing to admit that very crucial talks with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) have broken down for ...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 04:38am

Opinion

Dr Copper flashing an SOS signal?

Good things tend to happen to the global economy when copper rises and bad things when its price falls on global...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 04:14am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	277.97
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	277.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	150.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 3	6,049.87
Nasdaq / Dec 3	19,480.91
Dow Jones / Dec 3	44,705.53
India Sensex / Dec 4	80,956.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	39,276.39
Hang Seng / Dec 4	19,742.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 4	8,328.12
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 4	20,195.75

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	70.17
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 4	235,940
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2,644.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 4	71.11
Petrol/Litre / Dec 5	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	246,707,903 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	89,419,070 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 5 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	87,024,698 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 5 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	67,806,935 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	61,811,720 ▲ 0.00
Power Cement / Dec 5 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	58,501,362 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 5 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	56,938,645 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 5 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	56,115,997 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,870,990 ▲ 0.00

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