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Rising capacity payments: EVs to the rescue

Pakistan energy sector has multifaced issues, and the sector has never been seen holistically, with power and...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 06:16am

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EPQL in 1QCY23

Engro Powergen Qadirpur Limited (PSX: EPQL) announced its financial performance for the first quarter of CY23...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 06:12am

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Nadeem Textile Mills Limited

Nadeem Textile Mills Limited (PSX: NATM) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1984. The...

Published 17 Apr, 2024 06:09am

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Pakistan’s extreme energy poverty

The Power Minister during the Eid break felicitated the nation for a Rs3/unit respite in electricity tariff – that...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 08:38am

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Cotton demand: addressing the panda in the room

The uneasy calm continues in the global cotton market. As per US Department of Agriculture’s monthly forecast,...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 08:34am

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Security Investment Bank Limited

Security Investment Bank Limited (PSX: SIBL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1991. The...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 08:33am

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An interview with Anwar Kashif Mumtaz, President, Pakistan Tax Bar Association

‘Documentation is the only way forward’ Anwar Kashif Mumtaz (Advocate Supreme Court) is a Tax and Corporate Lawyer,...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 10:38am

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Ramazan and the remittance rush

Remittances hold a crucial place in Pakistan’s economy. So crucial that the remittances in Pakistan have been...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 08:12am

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Forever an infant: Japanese demand an export ban

The automobile assemblers have a history of protection in Pakistan. The sun is not setting in this import...

Updated 09 Apr, 2024 11:26am

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Favoured or just lucky?

When it comes to savings, the public sector loves to stick to their own kind. According to a review of annual...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 08:34am

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Hallmark Company Limited

Hallmark Company Limited (PSX: HCL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1981. The company is...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 08:31am

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Circular debt mystery: What is the real number?

If it had not been for the World Bank Pakistan Development Update, the common folk would have continued guessing the...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 08:00am

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OMCs sales and smuggling

As per Pakistan Oil Report 2022-23 by OCAC, the petroleum product consumption in FY23 fell by 25 percent - after...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 07:45am

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Interview with Samir Mustapha Chinoy, Chief Operating Officer, International Steels Limited (ISL)

“We have a start-up mentality”, Despite its potential, steel production and development in Pakistan has stalled many...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 07:30am

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Oil prices: Bears out!

It is not quite the panic of 2022, yet, but the international oil market has continued to heat up. Now nearing a...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 09:41am

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Startups in misery?

Pakistan’s startup landscape largely led by tech startups in terms of both funding and growth has made significant...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 09:39am

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Pioneer Cement Limited

Pioneer Cement Limited (PSX: PIOC) was set up as a public limited company in 1986. With its plants located in...

Published 05 Apr, 2024 09:36am

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Rising textile NPLs: who is on the hook?

Not all commercial banks are created equals. And some are certainly better capitalized than others. As the economy...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 06:10am

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Dawood Lawrencepur Limited

Dawood Lawrencepur Limited (PSX: DLL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public listed company in 2004. The company...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 06:05am

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WPI: Much more than it shows

While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am

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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