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Power tariffs: Quarterly adjustment tanks

After the annual rebasing exercise carried out in July 2024, periodic tariff adjustments to the power tariffs were...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 09:05am

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EFF progress review: don’t let them off the hook!

As the political government gears up to revert the economy back onto a growth path, the IMF mission is set to arrive...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 09:00am

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Pak Datacom Limited

Pak Datacom Limited (PSX: PAKD) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1992 and was converted...

Published 08 Nov, 2024 08:55am

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Lower rice exports: are we prepared?

From a record performance of nearly four billion dollars during the last financial year, Pakistan’s rice exports are...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:33am

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‘Concrete’ challenges continue

Cement’s dispatch numbers for October (roughly 4.36 million tons) are rosier than expected, up nearly 9 percent year...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:27am

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Media Times Limited

Media Times Limited (PSX: MDTL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 2001 and was converted...

Published 07 Nov, 2024 07:21am

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Consumer confidence returns gradually

Signs of stability on the macroeconomic front are slowly but surely starting to reflect in consumer confidence –...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 09:16am

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Favoured to win: Not Pakistan

A little-known fact about Pakistan’s paltry and might one argue, stagnant exports to the world is that the majority...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 09:04am

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GOC (Pak) Limited

GOC (Pak) Limited (PSX: GOC) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1964 and was converted...

Published 06 Nov, 2024 09:00am

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Policy rate cut: caution beyond this point

Doves are in control at SBP. A 250 bps rate cut has been announced, slightly exceeding market expectations. Some...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 09:11am

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Petroleum sales rebound

In October 2024, Pakistan’s oil marketing companies (OMCs) saw a significant boost in petroleum sales, reaching 1.49...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 09:04am

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Gul Ahmed Textile Mills

Gul Ahmed group has been operating as a textile trader since the 1900s. However, the group commenced its...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 08:58am

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Electricity tariffs go down… at the PBS

Electricity consumers in Pakistan paid less this year in October than a year ago. And only 5 percent higher than...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:32am

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MPC meeting: a bonanza is coming

A record month-on-month rise of over a trillion rupees in gross banking advances; nearing nine percent over Sep-24,...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:20am

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Mahmood Textile Mills Limited

Mahmood Textile Mills Limited (PSX: MEHT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1970. The...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:14am

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Q1 surplus – too good to last?

The fiscal numbers for the first quarter are too good to be true. The consolidated fiscal surplus stood at Rs1.7...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 09:07am

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PSO in 1QFY25

Significant headwinds from fuel prices and volume significantly impacted Pakistan State Oil’s (PSX: PSO) financial...

Published 01 Nov, 2024 09:02am

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Interview with Kashan Hasan, CEO & Managing Director – FrieslandCampina Engro Pakistan Limited

‘Nourishing Pakistan with Purpose: A Vision Beyond Dairy’ Kashan Hasan is the CEO and Managing Director of...

Updated 03 Nov, 2024 05:20pm

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Oil prices: All eyes on China

Israel’s rather tepid response to the Iranian attack has considerably eased concerns of a full-blown Middle East...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 08:44am

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Fast…in the slow lane

This bares repeating, and so this column repeats it: in times of economic distress, be a motorcycle manufacturer. A...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 08:40am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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