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Weekly SPI inflation up 0.38pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended December 19, 2024, increased by 0.38 per ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

PM makes body to review ‘allowances to govt servants’

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has constituted a Special Committee to review the proposals received by the...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 09:22am

Pakistan

Development funds: KP govt seeks release of Rs8.46bn

ISLAMABAD: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government while complaining of not receiving funds as per formula has approached the...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 02:43am

2022 Sindh floods: WB Board likely to approve $450m housing project today

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors is likely to approve “Sindh Flood Emergency Housing...

Updated 20 Dec, 2024 08:58am

Pakistan

No consensus yet on Digital Nation Pakistan Bill

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication on Wednesday...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

PRAL restructuring plan endorsed: ECC approves Rs10bn for urea subsidy dues

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Wednesday took several decisions including...

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 03:03pm

Business & Finance

Key economic indicators: Aurangzeb explains improvement

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday said the foundation for...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Business & Finance

Internet shutdown: Govt considering exempting STZs, incubation centres

ISLAMABAD: Amid fear of losing huge orders booking as well as shifting companies outside the country, the government...

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 09:50am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov FY25: Textile group exports up 10.51pc to $7.607bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports increased by 10.51 percent in first five months (July-November) of...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 08:22am

Target set for attaining 50/100 Mbps broadband speed

ISLAMABAD: The government, terming 2025 as year of 5G, has prepared an ambitious target including attaining an...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 03:56pm

Talks on ‘Digital Nation Bill’ inconclusive

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication meeting’s...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 09:36am

Curial agenda on table as ECC meets tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet is scheduled for Thursday (tomorrow), which will...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 08:55am

FDI in telecom sector declines

ISLAMABAD: Telecom industry’s Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) contribution to the national exchequer and investment...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 03:25pm

Technology

National digital commission to be set up: govt

ISLAMABAD: The government on Monday announced to set up a National Digital Commission, headed by Prime Minister...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 01:16pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct LSM output shows -0.64pc contraction YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.64 percent during the first...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:31am

$300m NHSP: Implementation progress moderately satisfactory: World Bank

Objective of the National Health Support Program to strengthen equitable delivery and quality of essential health services at the primary health care level in support of universal health coverage

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 02:38pm

$330m loan agreement inked with ADB for ISPDP additional financing

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan has signed a loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the...

Updated 15 Dec, 2024 09:12am

Govt envisages increasing IT sector exports to $4.2bn

ISLAMABAD: Amid admission that a substantial portion of IT exports revenue remains un-remitted, the government...

Updated 14 Dec, 2024 06:00pm

Business & Finance

SPI-based inflation rises slightly

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 12, 2024, increased by 0.07...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

$425m national transmission modernisation project: World Bank rates implementation as ‘moderately satisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has rated the implementation of “National Transmission Modernization Project” of $425...

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 09:14am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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