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Petrol price hiked by Rs10 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The government has jacked up the prices of petrol and kerosene oil by Rs 10 per litre and Rs 5.78 per...

Updated 16 Apr, 2023 10:05am

Business & Finance

NA body told how country can avail oil facility from Russia

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is bound to avail discounted oil facility only under the sanctioned cap of $60 per barrel from...

Published 14 Apr, 2023 05:59am

Pakistan

Expected extreme monsoon rainfall, flooding may delay next elections: NDMA

ISLAMABAD: The upcoming elections in the country may be delayed due to the expected extreme monsoon rainfall and...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 06:37am

Invoking Article 170 (2) of Constitution: PAC directs AGP to conduct Nepra’s audit in 15 days

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Tuesday directed the Auditor General of Pakistan (AGP) to carry out...

Updated 12 Apr, 2023 08:35am

Business & Finance

POL products’ prices kept unchanged

ISLAMABAD: The federal government on Friday kept the prices of petrol and high-speed diesel (HSD) unchanged for the...

Published 01 Apr, 2023 07:21am

Markets

Dhabeji SEZ to get 250MW of power by June next year, NA panel told

ISLAMABAD: Dhabeji Special Economic Zone (DSEZ) will be supplied 250 MW of power by June 2024 with a delay of five...

Published 30 Mar, 2023 06:35am

Up to Rs14 cut in ex-depot fuel prices likely

ISLAMABAD: Federal government may announce a substantial reduction in ex-depot fuel prices up to Rs14 per litre ...

Updated 30 Mar, 2023 08:31am

Financing fuel subsidy: Rich to pay Rs100 more per litre: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government will finance the fuel subsidy (discounted fuel) by charging Rs100 per litre more from the...

Updated 23 Mar, 2023 09:31am

Petrol subsidy to bikers: two options under study

ISLAMABAD: On an average consumption of 17.5 litres per month, the two options under consideration for petrol...

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 08:58am

Business & Finance

Ogra convenes meeting on exchange rate mechanism

ISLAMABAD: The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) has convened a meeting to brief and align all the ...

Published 18 Mar, 2023 06:14am

Fuel prices increased

ISLAMABAD: The federal government Thursday allowed a substantial raise in the prices of petroleum products, ie, up ...

Updated 16 Mar, 2023 09:59am

Business & Finance

KPT seeks tariff revision

ISLAMABAD: Loss-making state entity, the Karachi Port Trust (KPT) has sought revision in its tariff to meet the...

Published 15 Mar, 2023 06:01am

PL on HSD to go up by Rs5/litre

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is most likely to increase the petroleum levy (PL) on high-speed diesel (HSD) by...

Updated 15 Mar, 2023 08:50am

PL: Govt projects Rs175bn revenue shortfall

The government expected to raise rate of PL on high-speed diesel by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per litre

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:03am

SSGC seeks 26.9pc raise in gas prices

ISLAMABAD: The Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) has filed a petition for an increase of 26.9 percent or Rs83.16 per...

Updated 03 Mar, 2023 09:00am

IP gas project: Govt has sought relaxation from US, PAC informed

ISLAMABAD: Federal government has sought relaxation from the US administration on Iran-Pakistan (IP) Gas Pipeline...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am

Business & Finance

Petrol price reduced by Rs5; diesel’s remains unchanged

ISLAMABAD: Federal government on Tuesday has announced to roll back per litre ex-depot price of petrol by Rs 5 per...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

First half of March: Fuel prices may be kept unchanged by adjusting PL

ISLAMABAD: The federal government may keep the prices of fuel unchanged in the first half of March (1-15) by...

Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:35am

Pakistan

Action sought against accused in Broadsheet LLC case

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel, on Thursday, termed the payment record of $1.5 million (Rs234m) to fake...

Published 24 Feb, 2023 06:00am

Body tasked to achieve budgeted GIDC target

Out of the total outstanding amount on account of GIDC, Rs 16 billion amount is outstanding against state-owned OGDCL, PPL due to circular debt.

Updated 19 Feb, 2023 07:28pm

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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