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Pakistan

Dry weather may hit wheat crop in upper Punjab, KP

ISLAMABAD: The prevailing dry weather may negatively affect wheat crop in upper Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Markets

Gas price hike: Ogra holds public hearing in response to SSGCL’s petition

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) held a public hearing at Karachi on Thursday on a petition of...

Published 08 Apr, 2022 05:28am

Business & Finance

In favour of PIOGCL: Eni Pakistan asked to provide undertaking of HPHL

ISLAMABAD: The Petroleum Division has asked Eni Pakistan Limited to provide an undertaking of Hub Power Holdings...

Published 07 Apr, 2022 05:15am

Pakistan

PTV remains under PTI control even after NA dissolution

ISLAMABAD: The state-run Pakistan Television (PTV) remains under the control of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) even...

Updated 06 Apr, 2022 05:04pm

Cut in prices of petrol, diesel: PM’s relief package termed ‘unsustainable’

OGRA had recommended increasing the price of HSD to Rs213.02 and petrol to Rs205.64 per litre from April 1

Updated 06 Apr, 2022 02:31pm

Markets

Capped prices of petroleum products: Govt to bear additional burden of Rs33bn

ISLAMABAD: Federal government decision to un-change the prices of petroleum products for first half of April will...

Published 01 Apr, 2022 05:41am

Pakistan

Meeting with vendors today: Ministry to seek justification of hike in prices of cars, SUVs

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Industries and Productions has convened a meeting with auto vendors Thursday (Mar 31) to...

Published 31 Mar, 2022 05:11am

Business & Finance

Lack of facilities: SEZs fail to fetch expected FDI

ISLAMABAD: The federal government exempted Rs49.39 billion of custom duties and taxes on the import of plant and...

Published 29 Mar, 2022 06:26am

POL products: Rs114bn collected through PL

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has been able to collect a revenue of Rs114 billion through Petroleum Levy (PL) on...

Updated 20 Mar, 2022 09:02am

Markets

Senate panel told: PSO has invited bids for additional diesel supply

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, was apprised that the Pakistan State Oil (PSO) with 50 percent market...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

Diversion of LNG to households: PD says circular debt likely to soar to Rs398bn by 2025

Petroleum Division tells parliamentary committee circular debt can be contained only through price rationalisation

Updated 18 Mar, 2022 01:49pm

Markets

POL products’ prices remain unchanged

ISLAMABAD: The government is going to pay a heavy sum of Rs 30 billion to keep petroleum product prices at current...

Published 16 Mar, 2022 05:40am

OMCs’ PDCs up to Mar 31st: ECC approves another Rs11.73bn as suppl grant

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet Tuesday approved an allocation of additional...

Updated 16 Mar, 2022 10:03am

Pakistan

Second half of March: Govt will absorb rise in prices of petrol, diesel

ISLAMABAD: The government will absorb an estimated increase in the High Speed Diesel (HSD) ex-depot price of Rs38.10...

Updated 15 Mar, 2022 06:40am

Business & Finance

Construction on govt housing projects stalled: Ministry given task to look into possibility of giving one-time relief to contractors through SRO

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives has been tasked to see how stalled...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

PM’s subsidy decision: PD asks Ogra to calculate amount of OMCs’ PDC receivable

ISLAMABAD: Amid Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) demand for removal of price differential claim (PDC) and a...

Published 03 Mar, 2022 04:39am

Ogra hikes gas prices

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has increased the average prescribed gas prices by up to ...

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 09:45am

Markets

‘Substantial’ raise likely in petroleum products’ prices

ISLAMABAD: The federal government may announce a substantial raise in petroleum products prices up to Rs5.59 per...

Updated 26 Feb, 2022 10:30am

Highest bid of Rs99.99/share received: PC holds bidding of HEC ‘sans CCoP nod’

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission on Monday held bidding for Heavy Electrical Complex (HEC) without prior...

Updated 22 Feb, 2022 10:13am

Pakistan

Senate panel approves two amendments to Ogra bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Cabinet approved two amendments in “The Oil and Gas Regulatory...

Published 17 Feb, 2022 06:37am

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
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Askari Life Assur. / Dec 23 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	6.30 ▲ 0.64 (11.31%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 23 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Hala Enterprise / Dec 23 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	14.51 ▲ 1.32 (10.01%)
Dawood Hercules / Dec 23 Dawood Hercules Corporation Limited(DAWH)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10.00%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 23 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	119.99 ▲ 10.91 (10.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 23 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	226.01 ▲ 20.55 (10.00%)
Masood Textile / Dec 23 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 23 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6 ▼ -0.85 (-12.41%)
Mehmood Tex / Dec 23 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	630 ▼ -70.00 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 23 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.60 ▼ -3.82 (-9.94%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Dec 23 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	829.98 ▼ -80.94 (-8.89%)
Service Textile / Dec 23 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	11.21 ▼ -0.97 (-7.96%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 23 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	14.99 ▼ -1.26 (-7.75%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.51 ▼ -0.88 (-7.73%)
Punjab Oil / Dec 23 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	152 ▼ -11.37 (-6.96%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.08
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.08
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▼ -0.64
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	30,423,419 ▲ 0.11
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.05
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,717,939 ▲ 1.76
Symmetry Group / Dec 23 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	21,897,051 ▲ 0.22
Hub Power Co. / Dec 23 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	20,727,996 ▲ 0.45

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