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MCB: Advances shrink, profits grow

MCB Bank Limited (MCB) posted another quarter of stellar p the pretax profits jumped 41 percent year-on-year,...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 07:30am

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Leather Up Limited

Leather Up Limited (PSX: LEUL) was incorporated as a private limited company in 1990 and was converted into a public...

Published 26 Apr, 2024 07:20am

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HBL profits: Strong and steady

Pakistan’s largest commercial bank, HBL started 2024 from where it left off in 2023. Another record quarterly profit...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 09:05am

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PRL in 9MFY24

Pakistan Refinery Limited (PSX: PRL) has seen significant growth in its bottom line for the nine months of FY24....

Published 25 Apr, 2024 09:01am

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Sazgar Engineering Works Limited

Sazgar Engineering Works Limited (PSX: SAZEW) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1991 and...

Published 25 Apr, 2024 08:58am

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Hope springs eternal, as do false promises

The thing about economic indicators is they can tell whatever story the narrator wishes to sell. A quick look at...

Updated 24 Apr, 2024 03:54pm

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FDI – more of the same

The investment climate in the country is in shambles; and for years the efforts by the authorities have not yielded...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 07:30am

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Husein Industries Limited

Husein Industries Limited (PSX: HUSI) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company by the name of Husein...

Published 24 Apr, 2024 07:20am

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CA surplus – will it sustain?

The current account surprisingly posted a surplus of $619 million in March 24,which is the highest surplus since...

Updated 23 Apr, 2024 10:07am

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Load-shedding: Hiding the inefficiencies

Pakistan once had so much capacity constraints that electricity load shedding was the only way out, a decade ago....

Published 23 Apr, 2024 08:40am

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Avanceon Limited

Avanceon Limited (PSX: AVN) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 2003 and was converted into...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 08:37am

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Transmission bottlenecks

It’s a well-established fact that the power grid supply is higher than the demand in Pakistan, and that is...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 09:09am

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KAPCO - profits despite no revenue

The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) of Kot Addu Power Company Limited (PSX: KAPCO) expired in October 2022, which...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 09:06am

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Worldcall Telecom Limited

Worldcall Telecom Limited (PSX: WTL) is a public limited company incorporated in Pakistan in 2001. WTL commenced its...

Published 22 Apr, 2024 09:05am

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Power generation: The rut continues

For the sixth month running, electricity generation went down year-on-year, as March 2024 generation was recorded...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:55am

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Repatriation picks up!

Repatriation of dividends and profits on net foreign direct investment that had tumbled to negligible level in FY23...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:52am

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Interview with Kashif Hussain Shah - Executive Director, Skills360

“We aim to also create opportunities for job creation and economic growth.” Coach360, a platform for mentoring and...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 07:13am

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Time to miss another opportunity

Lady luck has a strange romance reserved for PML-N. After two years of record high food inflation - averaging above...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:44am

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LSM: 20 months in the red

The longest negative LSM growth streak got longer, as per the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:39am

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KSB Pumps Company Limited

KSB Pumps Company Limited (PSX: KSBP) is a KSB group company incorporated in Pakistan in 1959. The company’s core...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:32am

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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