News stories for Faisal Hafeez

Faisal Hafeez

Opinion

Completing the petroleum value chain

Petroleum products, including crude oil, have the highest share in Pakistan’s external trade. Approximately 20% of...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

Perspectives

Government-transition and PSX performance

More than 1/4th of the total market capitalisation of companies listed at the Pakistan Stock Exchange was added in...

Updated 12 Feb, 2024 04:01pm

Perspectives

Solving the ‘current account deficit’ problem

Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) reduced to 1.2% of GDP in FY23 and it is expected to remain at a similar...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:30am

Perspectives

The ‘how to’ problem of Pakistan’s economy

Pakistan’s economy has probably attained a balance on the external account side at high interest rate. But this is...

Published 11 Jan, 2024 09:00am

Perspectives

Pakistan’s transition from the IMF’s SBA 2023 to the EFF 2024

The negotiation on the ninth review (of a total eleven) of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Extended Fund...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 08:55am

Perspectives

The dynamics of debt restructuring in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka suspended normal debt servicing of several categories of its external debts in April 2022, followed by...

Published 28 Dec, 2023 09:00am

Opinion

Foreign currency requirement for taming inflation

In the year 2016 an operational limit to the debt-ceiling was introduced whereby the annual federal deficit...

Updated 30 Nov, 2023 05:17am

Perspectives

There is a missing policy mix when it comes to fiscal discipline

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has raised policy rates by 1,500bps since it started taking action to bring back...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 10:25am

Perspectives

Pakistan govt’s performance and accountability

Business organisations follow the process of strategic planning for setting goals. The process involves conducting a...

Published 09 Jun, 2023 12:55am

Perspectives

Pakistan ‘borrows’ growth from its future

Pakistan’s external debt repayment problem is attracting more attention than the base problem of rapidly increasing...

Published 30 May, 2023 04:43pm

Perspectives

Mapping the 2008 and 2023 economic crises in Pakistan: some similarities, several differences

An increase in prices of commodities in the international market brings significant challenges for Pakistan and its...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:23pm

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
Dow Jones / Dec 18	43,326.87
India Sensex / Dec 19	79,339.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 19	38,813.58
Hang Seng / Dec 19	19,801.52
FTSE 100 / Dec 19	8,101.87
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 19	20,040.57

Item	Value
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 10 Grams PKR / Dec 19	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 19	2,613.73
Diesel/Litre / Dec 19	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
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%)
Din Tex. / Dec 19 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	53.70 ▲ 4.88 (10.00%)
Liven Pharma / Dec 19 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	77.33 ▲ 7.03 (10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 19 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	364.54 ▲ 33.14 (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
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.48 ▼ -0.23 (-13.45%)
Kohinoor Spining / Dec 19 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	6.35 ▼ -0.92 (-12.65%)
Media Times Ltd / Dec 19 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2 ▼ -0.25 (-11.11%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	5.83 ▼ -0.71 (-10.86%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 19 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6.80 ▼ -0.82 (-10.76%)
Dewan Cement / Dec 19 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	8.60 ▼ -0.98 (-10.23%)
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 19 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	8.01 ▼ -0.90 (-10.10%)
United Brands / Dec 19 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	23.27 ▼ -2.59 (-10.02%)
Yousuf Weaving / Dec 19 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	3.86 ▼ -0.43 (-10.02%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,617,915 ▼ -0.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,845,922 ▼ -0.41
Cnergyico PK / Dec 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,132,550 ▼ -0.71
B.O.Punjab / Dec 19 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,162,802 ▼ -0.96
Pak Elektron / Dec 19 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,891,574 ▼ -1.73
Pak Refinery / Dec 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,507,413 ▼ -1.38
Sui South Gas / Dec 19 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	41,964,816 ▲ 1.76
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 19 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,868,206 ▼ -0.86
Symmetry Group / Dec 19 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,696,696 ▲ 1.11