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Business & Finance

Jul-Jan trade deficit shrinks 31.97pc to $19.632bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 31.97 percent to $19.632 billion during the first seven months...

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 08:42am

Pakistan

PTA degrades Wikipedia services

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has degraded Wikipedia services in the country on account...

Published 02 Feb, 2023 06:12am

Pakistan

General election not possible before Oct?

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has said that the...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:12am

IMF revises inflation rate upward for Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revised upward the inflation rate for Pakistan, ie, from 19.9...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 11:17am

High inflation, low growth and falling forex: Country confronted with variety of challenges: MoF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is currently confronted with the challenges such as high inflation, low growth and low levels of...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:18am

Jan food prices rise 43pc YoY

CPI-based inflation hits 48-year high

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:10am

Pakistan

Unlicensed third parties: PTA takes serious notice of providing illegal internet services

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has taken serious note of providing illegal internet services...

Published 01 Feb, 2023 05:58am

IMF revises Pakistan’s GDP growth projections downward

Brings it down to 2% for 2023 in World Economic Outlook Update

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:26pm

Fitch says PKR to further weaken

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani rupee is expected to weaken further, particularly with the country’s balance of payments...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 11:30am

Jul-Dec: govt has borrowed $5.595bn

ISLAMABAD: The government has borrowed $5.595 billion from multiple financing sources including $1.166 billion from...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 08:56am

Govt team tries to persuade IMF to unlock lending

Fund asks Pakistan to withdraw untargeted subsidies, reduce circular debt and meet petroleum levy

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 01:18pm

Technology

Monthly data of PTA”: Number of cellular subscribers, broadband penetration declines

ISLAMABAD: The number of cellular subscribers, broadband penetration, mobile teledensity as well as total...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Pakistan

HEC ordinance likely to be amended despite opposition

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is moving ahead with the proposed amendments to the Higher Education Commission...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

SBP orders dealers to facilitate IT, ITeS exporters

ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan has directed authorised dealers to swiftly facilitate IT and ITeS exporters,...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Talks with IMF team: Doubts exist about Dar-led team’s capability

ISLAMABAD: The business community and agriculturalists have shown serious concerns over the capability of Finance...

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 09:03am

Business & Finance

PKR slide likely to fuel inflation in a big way

ISLAMABAD: The depreciation of Pak rupee by 13.5 percent by Friday in the interbank rate will raise inflation to 35...

Updated 30 Jan, 2023 09:26am

Pakistan

N-50: NHA approves award of dualisation works to NLC

ISLAMABAD: The National Highways Authority (NHA) Executive Board approved the award of works for “Dualisation and...

Published 29 Jan, 2023 03:15am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI up 0.45pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended 26th January 2023 recorded an...

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

Business & Finance

Minister vows to take up IT industry’s problems with PM soon

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for IT and Telecommunication Syed Aminul Haque has decided to raise the issues of the IT...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:26am

IMF team to arrive on 31st

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission will visit Pakistan from January 31-February 9 to continue...

Updated 27 Jan, 2023 09:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 24	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 24	278.33
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
India Sensex / Dec 24	78,472.87
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 24	38,986.40
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 24	17,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	5.99 ▲ 1.00 (20.04%)
Next Capital / Dec 24 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	8.90 ▲ 1.00 (12.66%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Dec 24 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	9 ▲ 1.00 (12.50%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 24 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.13 ▲ 1.47 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 24 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 24 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	15.58 ▲ 1.42 (10.03%)
Mandviwala / Dec 24 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	16.59 ▲ 1.51 (10.01%)
Blessed Tex. / Dec 24 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301.77 ▲ 27.43 (10.00%)
Crescent Cotton / Dec 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5.00 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Dec 24 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	10.58 ▼ -1.18 (-10.03%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 24 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36 ▼ -4.00 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 24 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	33.95 ▼ -3.77 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 24 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	26.16 ▼ -2.90 (-9.98%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Dec 24 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	9.85 ▼ -1.07 (-9.80%)
National Silk / Dec 24 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	50.01 ▼ -5.43 (-9.79%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 24 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.10 ▼ -0.40 (-8.89%)
Crescent Fib. / Dec 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	40.16 ▼ -3.81 (-8.66%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 24 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	11.55 ▼ -1.05 (-8.33%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	126,573,463 ▲ 0.05
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	66,984,381 ▲ 0.49
Cnergyico PK / Dec 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,471,663 ▼ -0.27
Pak Elektron / Dec 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,651,653 ▼ -1.53
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	36,108,956 ▼ -0.18
Sui South Gas / Dec 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,467,532 ▼ -0.50
P.T.C.L. / Dec 24 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,030,118 ▼ -1.31
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,441,264 ▲ 3.35
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 24 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	28,106,970 ▼ -0.18

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