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Fertiliser plants exempted from gas load-shedding: Ali

ISLAMABAD: The interim government decided to exempt all fertiliser plants from winter gas load-shedding and import...

Updated 13 Dec, 2023 09:44am

Receivables of PSO against PIA reach Rs27.5bn

ISLAMABAD: The accumulated receivable of state-owned Pakistan State Oil (PSO) has reached Rs27.512 billion including...

Updated 09 Dec, 2023 09:10am

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SNGPL petition for 137pc hike: Ogra to hold public hearing sans presence of Member (Gas)

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has scheduled to hold a public hearing on the Sui Northern ...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

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SNGPL seeks 137pc increase in prescribed gas price

ISLAMABAD: The Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited (SNGPL) has sought an increase in prescribed/cost of gas price by...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

PSO allowed Rs3.21 per litre exchange rate adjustment

ISLAMABAD: As the maximum petroleum levy (PL) on petrol can not exceed Rs 60 per litre without parliamentary...

Updated 02 Dec, 2023 03:33pm

Govt embarks on restructuring PIA, PSM, railways

Federal government has periodically been releasing unbudgeted support to pay the salaries of Pakistan Steel Mills employees since 2013

Updated 01 Dec, 2023 12:42pm

Business & Finance

No change in petrol price but diesel’s slashed by Rs7

ISLAMABAD: The interim government on Thursday decided to keep the petrol price unchanged but slashed ex-depot prices...

Published 01 Dec, 2023 04:43am

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Gas sector-related problems getting worse: audit report

ISLAMABAD: Gas sector-related issues have been worsening over the years which include inter alia gas shortage due to...

Published 30 Nov, 2023 04:53am

PLL’s LNG tender: OQT quotes lowest bid

ISLAMABAD: The OQT LNG trader has quoted the lowest bid of $18.4600 per mmbtu for one spot cargo for January 2024 in...

Updated 25 Nov, 2023 08:46am

GIDC collection: Rs341bn remains un-utilised

No Gas Infrastructure Development Cess collection has been released to Inter State Gas Systems (Private) Limited (ISGS) since its establishment in 1996

Updated 22 Nov, 2023 10:06am

PIA sell-off: PC Board tasks FA to prepare plan by Dec-end

ISLAMABAD: The Privatisation Commission (PC) Board has tasked Financial Advisor Ernest & Young-led consortium to...

Updated 17 Nov, 2023 09:45am

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HSD, petrol: Ogra accepts claim of PSO exchange rate adjustment

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) accepted the claim of Pakistan State Oil (PSO) exchange rate...

Published 17 Nov, 2023 06:06am

Petrol price slashed by Rs2.04, HSD’s by Rs6.47

ISLAMABAD: Interim government on Wednesday announced a significant reduction in the ex-depot prices of petroleum...

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:26am

Illegal gas sale to unlicensed third party: PEL secures stay order against PD letter from court

ISLAMABAD: M/s Petroleum Exploration (Pvt) Limited (PEL), a private oil and gas sector company has obtained a stay...

Updated 16 Nov, 2023 09:53am

Business & Finance

Petrol price likely to remain unchanged

ISLAMABAD: The interim government may keep the price of petrol unchanged, and a significant decrease in other...

Published 15 Nov, 2023 06:09am

New gas sale prices notified by Ogra

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) in accordance with the policy guidelines of the federal...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 03:53pm

Markets

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 22	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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