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Economic reform agenda: Govt has no room for complacency, says Aurangzeb

Finance minister briefs the National Assembly Standing Committee on Finance on the government’s commitments to IMF

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:25am

Business & Finance

Lowest in six years: Nov inflation slows down to 4.9pc

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 4.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:09am

Amendment to agri tax law: Provinces miss deadline

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has admitted that the provincial governments have missed the deadline to amend...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:12am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov exports up 12.57pc to $13.691bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 12.57 per cent during the first five months (July-November) of current...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:20am

World Bank rates IFRAP implementation as ‘moderately unsatisfactory’

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has rated the overall implementation progress of the “Integrated Flood Resilience and...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 03:00pm

5G launch: 2600 band’s 140MHZ deficit constitutes NERA’s key concern

ISLAMABAD: The unavailability of 140 MHZ in the 2600 band - the most suitable for launch of 5G in the country...

Updated 01 Dec, 2024 10:02am

SPI inflation falls slightly

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended November 28, 2024 decreased by 0.03...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 03:14pm

Registeration of VPNs: deadline extension likely

ISLAMABAD: The government is likely to extend the deadline for registering virtual private networks (VPNs) till end...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 02:32pm

Technology

‘Digital community struggling to maintain their livelihoods’

ISLAMABAD: Five months into widespread internet disruptions, Pakistan’s digital community remains trapped in a web...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 07:07am

TA and lending programme: ADB wing says highest level of divergence displayed

ISLAMABAD: The Independent Evaluation Department (IED) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said that Pakistan...

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 02:26pm

In violation of IMF’s EFF: Ministry drafts incentive plan for semiconductor industry

ISLAMABAD: In violation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ongoing Extended Fund Facility (EFF) program,...

Updated 29 Nov, 2024 02:23pm

Business & Finance

Sustained recovery expected: FD foresees Nov inflation to range between 5.8pc and 6.8pc

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division is anticipating sustained economic recovery in the ongoing fiscal year, inflation to...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 09:28am

Budgeted $9bn time deposits: EAD says country gets no amount in Jul-Oct FY25

Government budgeted $3 billion time deposit for the last fiscal year 2023-24 including $2 billion from Saudi Arabia and one billion from UAE

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 02:38pm

Business & Finance

Govt tells World Bank: Agri tax legislation to be completed in next Jan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb, Tuesday, apprised the World Bank ...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 06:44am

Jul-Oct: $1.723bn borrowed from multiple sources

ISLAMABAD: The country borrowed $1.723 billion from multiple financing sources during the first four months...

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 03:59pm

18th Amendment, SC decisions: Aurangzeb advocates for AGP Act revision

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance, Muhammad Aurangzeb acknowledged the need for revising Auditor General of...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

Adviser says cut in policy rate helped govt save Rs1.3trn

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Finance Minister on Economic and Financial Reforms Khurram Schehzad, while painting a rosy...

Updated 26 Nov, 2024 09:10am

Intelligence-sharing: FD to ink MoU with FMU and FIU of Belarus

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division would sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Financial Monitoring Unit and...

Updated 26 Nov, 2024 09:35am

Business & Finance

EVs to erode $5.68bn in road transport revenues: ADB

ISLAMABAD: Over 80 percent of road user revenues in Pakistan are from fuel-based revenues, involving an amount of...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

Cell phones: Jul-Oct import registers negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $420.799 million in the first four months (July-October) of the...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 02:44pm

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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