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Mariam Afzal

Supplements

It’s time to reflect

As the country commemorates the Resolution Day today, it is important to reflect on the ideals that were envisioned...

Updated 23 Mar, 2024 05:14pm

Opinion

Unraveling the lipstick effect truth

Let’s get ourselves familiarized with the lipstick effect. It happens during the times of economic downturns and...

Updated 12 Feb, 2024 05:46pm

Opinion

Consequences of frequent borrowing

The government of Pakistan has a plan of borrowing yet another time from commercial banks over next three months. We...

Updated 27 Sep, 2023 07:06am

Opinion

Acting on autopilot

From 13.25% policy rate in 2020 to all time high of 22% in 2023, the state of Pakistan’s economy still seems to...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Supplements

Hope and optimism

TEXT: Since childhood we grew up listening about the assets we have been bestowed with. Fertile arable land and...

Published 14 Aug, 2023 06:29am

Opinion

Underutilisation of remittances in economy

Don’t count your chicken before they hatch is an idiom that goes quite well with our situation. Quite often we see...

Updated 09 Aug, 2023 03:58pm

Opinion

An upcoming catastrophe

The recommendations we are going to discuss here may create unrealistic expectations from the authorities as we are...

Published 30 Apr, 2023 05:10am

Opinion

The dilemma of price disparity

Seeing monthly inflation rates sends shiver down the spine as the rates are skyrocketing along with declining rupee...

Published 02 Apr, 2023 03:02am

Opinion

The perils of politics in Pakistan

We all have heard the story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin in our childhood. Well it’s still relevant today in terms...

Updated 22 Mar, 2023 06:50am

Opinion

The wrong state of affairs

It wouldn’t be wrong to say that the issues with the Pakistan’s economy are deep rooted, while controllers of ...

Published 09 Feb, 2023 06:41am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	155.22
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 18	5,872.16
India Sensex / Dec 18	79,372.61
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	38,741.83
Nasdaq / Dec 18	19,392.69
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,666.12
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,199.11
Dow Jones / Dec 18	43,326.87
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,242.57

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.19
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 18	241,945.20
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,609.22
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.06
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First AL-Noor Mod. / Dec 19 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.79 ▲ 0.56 (17.34%)
S.G.Power / Dec 19 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.17 ▲ 1.00 (10.91%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 19 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.48 ▲ 1.23 (10.04%)
Attock Cement / Dec 19 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	285.20 ▲ 25.93 (10.00%)
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%)
Sardar Chemical / Dec 19 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	37.95 ▲ 3.45 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 19 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18.06 ▼ -2.01 (-10.01%)
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 19 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	40.47 ▼ -4.50 (-10.01%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 19 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	12.60 ▼ -1.40 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 19 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 19 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.55 ▼ -1.00 (-9.48%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / Dec 19 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	11.51 ▼ -1.20 (-9.44%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Dec 19 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	81 ▼ -8.35 (-9.35%)
Hoechst Pak. / Dec 19 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	2,506 ▼ -252.82 (-9.16%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 19 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	663 ▼ -65.78 (-9.03%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	139,290,885 ▼ -0.04
Cnergyico PK / Dec 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,462,895 ▼ -0.14
B.O.Punjab / Dec 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,162,802 ▼ -0.14
Pak Refinery / Dec 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,507,413 ▼ -0.03
Pak Elektron / Dec 19 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	50,144,684 ▲ 0.62
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,773,842 ▼ -0.11
Sui South Gas / Dec 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	41,964,816 ▲ 2.60
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 19 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,868,206 ▲ 0.16
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 19 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	21,856,915 ▼ -0.17