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Cement: Checking expectations

Despite a month-on-month downtick in cement industry dispatches during Oct-23 which is likely seasonal in nature, in...

Published 14 Nov, 2023 08:21am

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Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited

Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited (PSX: PRWM) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1991. The...

Published 14 Nov, 2023 08:19am

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Nano lending-regulate without killing it

Nano lending is new in Pakistan and is going through a teething phase. It has both registered and unregistered...

Updated 13 Nov, 2023 12:15pm

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Remittance respite

Remittances to the country stood at $2.5 billion in October 2023, which is 9.6 percent up from the previous month...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:47am

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Nimir Resins Limited

Nimir Resins Limited (PSX: NRSL) was incorporated in Pakistan in 1964 as a public limited company and then converted...

Published 13 Nov, 2023 06:44am

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Gas tariffs: Are ‘fixed charges’ legal?

The Oil & Gas Regulatory Authority finally notified the revised consumer-end gas prices – two weeks after the...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 08:39am

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Cuts and scrapes

Assembly plants for Indus Motors (PSX: INDU) will remain closed for another 6 days after the company completes its...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 08:34am

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Merit Packaging Limited

Merit Packaging Limited (PSX: MERIT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1980. The principal...

Published 10 Nov, 2023 08:31am

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Provincial cotton output: a deeper look

Earlier this week, BR Research noted that “the 2023-24kharif season might be the first time in history when cotton...

Published 08 Nov, 2023 08:47am

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OGDC in 1QFY24

The profitability of the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (PSX: OGDC) slipped by eight percent year-on-year...

Published 08 Nov, 2023 08:44am

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Image Pakistan Limited

Image Pakistan limited (PSX: IMAGE) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1990. The company...

Published 08 Nov, 2023 08:42am

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Forward export hangover

The currency is under pressure again. There is dip-by-dip depreciation every day. It has depreciated by 2.9 percent...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 08:37am

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Pakistan’s state of statistics: SBP’s timely call

“The current state of timeliness…of statistics does not bode well for reform outcomes, policy diagnosis, investment...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 08:25am

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Mari Petroleum Company Limited

By operating the country’s largest gas reservoir at Mari Gas Field, Daharki, Sindh, Mari Petroleum Company Limited...

Published 07 Nov, 2023 08:22am

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Cotton: wither Punjab miracle?

It’s official. According to a news report by this paper over the weekend, ginning factories across the country saw...

Published 06 Nov, 2023 06:33am

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Lucky break!

Demand in the cement industry has taken a rather unexpected turn amid the economic quagmire the country has been...

Published 06 Nov, 2023 06:29am

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Matco Foods Limited

Matco Foods Limited (PSX: MFL) was established as Matco Rice Processing Private Limited in 1964. The company was...

Published 06 Nov, 2023 06:28am

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50 shades of ‘grey trade’

The crackdown on smuggling is yielding results. However, the food items smuggled through grey channels are still...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 08:45am

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Petroleum sales and some recovery?

Monthly petroleum sales in the country have been weakening due economic slowdown, rising inflation, and depreciating...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 08:42am

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Balochistan Glass Limited

Balochistan Glass Limited (PSX: BGL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1980. The principal...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 08:39am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 28	279.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 28	279.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 28	150.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 28	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 28	1.26
Euro to USD / Feb 28	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Feb 28	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 28	5,954.50
India Sensex / Feb 28	73,198.10
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 28	37,155.50
Nasdaq / Feb 28	18,847.28
Hang Seng / Feb 28	22,941.32
FTSE 100 / Feb 28	8,809.74
Dow Jones / Feb 28	43,840.91
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 28	22,551.43
France CAC40 / Feb 28	8,111.63

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 28	69.76
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 28	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 28	257,639
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 28	2,857.83
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 28	65.25
Petrol/Litre / Mar 2	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 2	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Beco Steel Ltd / Feb 28 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	9.60 ▲ 1 (11.63%)
Merit Packaging / Feb 28 Merit Packaging Limited(MERIT)	10.59 ▲ 1 (10.43%)
Internationl Packaging Films / Feb 28 Internationl Packaging Films Limited(IPAK)	22.28 ▲ 2.03 (10.02%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Feb 28 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	424.64 ▲ 38.6 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Feb 28 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	88.33 ▲ 8.03 (10%)
Sanghar Sugar / Feb 28 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	49.60 ▲ 4.51 (10%)
Khyber Tobacco / Feb 28 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	302.01 ▲ 27.46 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Feb 28 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	85.72 ▲ 7.79 (10%)
AGP Limited / Feb 28 AGP Limited(AGP)	189.72 ▲ 17.25 (10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Feb 28 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	14.11 ▲ 1.28 (9.98%)

Stock	Price
First Elite Cap.Mod / Feb 28 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	7.40 ▼ -0.97 (-11.59%)
Kohinoor Energy / Feb 28 Kohinoor Energy Limited(KOHE)	22.59 ▼ -2.51 (-10%)
Dadex Eternit / Feb 28 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	73.05 ▼ -8.12 (-10%)
EMCO Industries / Feb 28 Emco Industries Limited(EMCO)	25.66 ▼ -2.85 (-10%)
Pak Datacom / Feb 28 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	94.84 ▼ -10.53 (-9.99%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 28 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	29.56 ▼ -3.28 (-9.99%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Feb 28 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	11.58 ▼ -1.27 (-9.88%)
Data Agro / Feb 28 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	88 ▼ -9.64 (-9.87%)
S.G.Power / Feb 28 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.12 ▼ -0.98 (-9.7%)
Dewan Textile / Feb 28 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.70 ▼ -0.76 (-8.98%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Feb 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	71,837,021 ▼ -0.21
Pak Int.Bulk / Feb 28 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	51,942,475 ▲ 0.64
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	42,417,350 ▼ -0.04
National Bank / Feb 28 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	27,430,703 ▲ 3.96
GhaniGlobalGlass / Feb 28 Ghani Global Glass Limited(GGGL)	21,659,838 ▼ -0.15
At-Tahur Ltd. / Feb 28 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	17,624,004 ▼ -3.28
Maple Leaf Cement / Feb 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	16,353,261 ▲ 2.21
Sui North Gas / Feb 28 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	15,824,842 ▲ 1.11
Sui South Gas / Feb 28 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,522,331 ▼ -0.7
B.O.Punjab / Feb 28 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	13,562,631 ▼ -0.09

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