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Demand destruction at play

The current account almost stood in balance (deficit of $8 mn) in September due to lower import payment bill. The...

Published 24 Oct, 2023 08:17am

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Power generation: Gradually inching up

The worst is behind us. All high frequency data points are increasingly pointing out that much. After LSM numbers...

Published 24 Oct, 2023 08:13am

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Thal Limited

Thal Limited (PSX: THALL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1966. The principal activity...

Published 24 Oct, 2023 06:53am

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LSM: Green after a long time

The jinx is finally broken. After 13 long months of consecutive negative growth – the Large-Scale Manufacturing...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:57am

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PSO – a turnaround in earnings

Pakistan State Oil Company Limited (PSX: PSO) announced its financial performance for 1QFY24 last week with an...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:56am

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Pakistan Synthetics Limited

Pakistan Synthetics Limited (PSX: PSYL) was incorporate in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1984 and was...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:56am

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Cotton crop: over-estimated?

The tussle over cotton crop estimates is now out in the open. Earlier this week, this newspaper had reported that...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 08:51am

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PRL on growth trajectory?

FY23 was a difficult year for the economy of Pakistan. The downstream oil and gas sector’s earnings were...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 08:48am

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United Distributors Pakistan Limited

United Distributors Pakistan Limited (PSX: UDPL) is incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company. The...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 08:46am

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Pakistan Oilfields Limited

Pakistan Oilfields Limited (PSX: POL is a subsidiary of the Attock Oil Company Limited (AOC), and is engaged in the...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 09:28am

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Cotton prices: exuberance is over?

Manipulation has once again struck the cotton market. Reportedly, after the Federal Committee on Agriculture (FCA)...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 08:50am

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Too soon to call

Last month, this column questioned whether the slow rise in cement offtake was an indicator that there is revival in...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 08:45am

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Power sector planning critical to sustainability

Pakistan’s energy sector (especially power) is facing a trilemma of affordability, access, and sustainability, and...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 08:39am

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EPQL – earnings up in 9MCY23

Engro Powergen Qadirpur (PSX: EPQL) announced its financial performance for the nine months of 2023 recently with a...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 08:37am

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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 18 Oct, 2023 08:35am

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OMCs – weak monthly volumes

The oil marketing segment has been hit hard by weaker volumes amid escalating prices, shrinking margins, weaker...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 08:54am

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Sazgar: Tuk-tuk boom

From making small-time rickshaws and tractor wheel rims to making road-dominating SUVs, Sazgar’s jump in the last...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 08:49am

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Karam Ceramics Limited

Karam Ceramics Limited was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1979. The company is engaged in...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 08:37am

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Oil risk premium returns

Oil bears couldn’t stay the course for long. Not of the fault of their own this time though but the bear run...

Published 16 Oct, 2023 06:33am

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Cotton outlook: rangebound?

The October report card brings tense news for cotton watchers. Despite a dramatic rise in local production – where...

Published 16 Oct, 2023 06:30am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 23	278.69
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 23	278.43
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 23	156.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 23	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 23	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 23	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
India Sensex / Dec 23	78,595.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 23	39,161.34
Hang Seng / Dec 23	19,857.04
FTSE 100 / Dec 23	8,068.16
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,830.32

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 23	69.79
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 23	2,632.38
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 23	68.96
Petrol/Litre / Dec 24	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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