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Sardar Chemical Industries Limited

Sardar Chemical Industries Limited (PSX: SARC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1989 and...

Published 14 Mar, 2024 08:53am

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Petrol price: weighing taxation options

Pakistan will soon be on the drawing board with the IMF for yet another fresh program. Expect the IMF to ask for...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 12:21pm

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Denim exports: clutching at straws

Until 2017, it was Pakistan’s fifth largest export category by value. By 2023, it no longer features even among the...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 08:43am

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Frontier Ceramics Limited

Frontier Ceramics Limited (PSX: FRCL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1982. The company...

Published 13 Mar, 2024 08:35am

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Loan defaults looming?

Finally, small, and mid-size firms in Pakistan are feeling the heat of high interest rates and slowing down economy,...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 12:28pm

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Remittance surge in Feb

Inflow of remittances witnessed a surge in February 2024 by 13 percent year-on-year – shows the latest data released...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 09:11am

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Ghani Global Glass Limited

Ghani Global Glass Limited (PSX: GGGL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 2007. Initially...

Published 12 Mar, 2024 08:58am

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Indus Motors: Better be happy!

Indus Motors expects economic recovery and as a result the demand for its cars to recover slowly, predicting volumes...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 08:39am

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WPI: Gas and power at the core

The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for February 2024 clocked in at 18.66 percent – at a 31-month low, and surely comes...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 08:31am

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Interview with Shagufta Hassan - Vice President Finance & Chief Finance Officer, Aga Khan University

‘AKU is committed to developing, implementing, and maintaining best practices and strategies to enhance equality,...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 08:27am

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Rate cut in the offing?

The bond market is expecting a rate cut soon while the forex players are expecting the currency to be under...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:14am

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Shell Pakistan – returning to profits

The previous couple of years had the bearing on the OMC where despite growth in revenues due to rising prices, the...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:07am

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Interview with Adeela Liaquat Ali Khan, Corporate Affairs & Engagement Director - L’Oréal Pakistan

‘Synergy between women empowerment and financial inclusion is integral to achieving gender equality’ Adeela Liaquat...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:02am

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Oil price: Of Opec, Fed and China

Opec+ did what it was expected to do. The world’s largest oil cartel with nearly 60 percent of the world’s crude oil...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:44am

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Inflation: don’t lower rates on Food (CPI)’s account

The average inflation for the fiscal year 2023-24 may very well be off target, but the taper has most certainly...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:42am

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Dadex Eternit Limited

Dadex Eternit Limited (PSX: DADX) was incorporated in Pakistan as public limited company in 1959. The company is...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:39am

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Nepra: ghosts of the report past

A collective effort is needed to bring stability to real sectors of the economy, as policymaking relies on clarity...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 06:52am

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Oil sales – weak and down

The oil sales by the oil marketing companies during February 2024 plummeted by 8 percent year-on-year. The decline...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 06:49am

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Zephyr Textiles Limited

Zephyr Textiles Limited (PSX: ZTL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1999 and was...

Published 06 Mar, 2024 06:45am

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Gas price & PBS: Never-ending love affair

“Wonderful news on the inflation front” and other message son similar lines were aplenty last Friday when the...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 09:07am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 23	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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