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Sindh Barrages Improvement Project: World Bank mulling extending $72m additional financing

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank is considering extending additional financing covers of around $ 72 million to bridge the...

Published 28 Feb, 2024 06:10am

Pakistan planning to implement carbon pricing mechanism: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is planning to implement carbon pricing mechanism – a policy tool to lower greenhouse gas...

Updated 27 Feb, 2024 09:43am

Kharian-Pindi Motorway: NHA recommends PC-1

ISLAMABAD: The National Highway Authority (NHA) Executive Board recommended the PC-I for the approval of Central...

Updated 26 Feb, 2024 09:03am

2.27m cellphones made/assembled locally in Jan

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing/assembling plants manufactured/assembled 2.27 million mobile handsets during the...

Updated 25 Feb, 2024 09:03am

Weekly SPI up by 0.04pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on February 22, 2024 increased by 0.04 per cent due to...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:47am

Jul-Jan borrowing stands at $6.3bn

Country receives $331.59 million in January 2024

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 06:44pm

Business & Finance

Number of cellular subscribers increases: PTA

ISLAMABAD: The number of cellular subscribers increased from 189.44 million by end December 2023 to 190.18 million ...

Published 23 Feb, 2024 06:36am

Business & Finance

‘PE’: AIC concerned at implications of tax law definition

ISLAMABAD: The Asia Internet Coalition (AIC) comprising global digital media giants has expressed serious concern...

Published 22 Feb, 2024 06:55am

July-January FY24: Trade deficit shrinks 32.7pc to $13.16bn YoY

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says exports increased by 7.87 percent to $17.778 billion

Updated 21 Feb, 2024 01:04pm

Next IMF programme: Fitch says political uncertainty may complicate efforts

ISLAMABAD: The close outcome of Pakistan’s elections and resulting near-term political uncertainty may complicate...

Updated 20 Feb, 2024 09:35am

Business & Finance

July-January 2023-24: IT & ITeS exports increase by 12.7pc

ISLAMABAD: The IT and IT-enabled Services (ITeS) export remittances comprising computer services and call centre...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Business & Finance

H1 mobile phone imports soar 138.08pc to $987.539m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $987.539 million during the first half (July-January) of the...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 03:01am

Textile group: Jul-Jan exports decline 2.99pc to $9.738bn YoY

Exports in January 2024 were $2.792 billion (provisional) as compared to $2.822 billion in December 2023

Updated 17 Feb, 2024 04:17pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan period: Petroleum group imports drop 12.06pc to $9.332bn

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 12.06 percent during the first seven months...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation jumps 34.25pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 34.25 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis due to...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

LSM attains negative growth in 1H

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.39 per cent during the first...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

Fixed broadband services: PTA all set to transition to OFC infrastructure

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) is all set to transition from legacy copper-based networks to...

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 09:47am

Moody’s speaks of elevated political uncertainty

Prolonged delays in formation of govt will increase policy and political uncertainty at a time when it faces very challenging macroeconomic conditions

Updated 15 Feb, 2024 11:56am

Business & Finance

Opensignal has ranked Jazz winner in key categories

ISLAMABAD: Opensignal – the global independent analytics company specialising in quantifying global mobile network...

Published 15 Feb, 2024 05:39am

Pakistan

NHA briefs Senate body on Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project

ISLAMABAD: The cost of the Hyderabad-Sukkur Motorway project – a crucial stretch for the completion of the...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 02:34am

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
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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