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IT exports on a rise

IT exports have been growing consecutively over the past four months. As per the latest data, the IT exports for...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:07am

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Cement: Sizing it up

Though still trailing above Rs1200, average cement price across Pakistan in the last recorded week (of Jan 19) has...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:03am

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Ghani Glass Limited

Ghani Glass Limited (PSX: GHGL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a limited liability company in 1992. GHGL is a...

Published 23 Jan, 2024 09:01am

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Gas reforms: Promising but challenging

The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s much-awaited First Review report was made public last week, and the details...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 07:14am

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Unwavering smog

The air quality of Punjab and specifically of Lahore has persistently been worst over the last two months. A mixture...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 07:12am

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Sana Industries Limited

Sana Industries Limited (PSX: SNAI) was incorporated as a public limited company in 1985. The principal activity of...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 07:08am

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Current account: Food and oil to the rescue

The current account is back in surplus after five months as the December 2023 balance of payment clocked in at a...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:34am

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Cement: Staying alert

FY23 wasn’t a great year for the cement industry, whether it was the considerable reduction in offtake, both to...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:30am

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Interview with Bader Ali Habib, Regional Head – Proximity Markets at Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism

‘Our commitment is to offer Pakistanis exciting new itineraries’ Bader Ali Habib is a destination marketing expert...

Published 19 Jan, 2024 09:23am

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Power game: Too costly

December of 2017 had higher electricity generation than December of 2023. It is this bad. The 1HFY24 power...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:07am

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FDI in 1HFY24

The recent data released by the central bank shows that FDI in the country during December 2023 jacked up by 60...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:04am

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Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited

Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (PSX: MUGHAL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in...

Published 18 Jan, 2024 09:01am

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LSM and wearing apparel: Doing it wrong again

Industrial activity continues to be suppressed, as the Large Scale Manufacturing index for Jul-Nov FY24 returned...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:34am

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Autos: Much ‘adieu’ in 2024

Three percent. That’s the share of imports occupied by automobile CKDs in the 3QFY22—the quarter that marked the...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:32am

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Buxly Paints Limited

Buxly Paints Limited (PSX: BUXL) was incorporated in Pakistan as private limited company in 1954 and then was...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:29am

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Excessive billing response: Unconvincing

In what appears a whitewashing exercise for the power distribution companies’ daylight robbery, the Power...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 08:59am

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Oil prices – bracing for a rally?

The global oil market has seen falling oil prices in recent times – from the high of $90 a barrel in Sept-23 to a...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 08:54am

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TPL Trakker (Private) Limited

TPL Trakker (Private) Limited (PSX: TPLT) was incorporated in Pakistan in December 2016 as a private limited...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 08:52am

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Autos’ downward spiral

Very evidently, car buyers have gone into what’s starting to look a lot like a prolonged winter hibernation. In the...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:49am

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Petroleum imports 1HFY24

Unlike the previous years like FY22 when the petroleum imports were rising, FY23 was a year where the oil imports...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 07:47am

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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