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Prices of kitchen items show an upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of majority of essential kitchen items witnessed an upward trend during the week past as...

Published 24 Nov, 2024 03:08am

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.67pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended November 21, 2024 increased by 0.67 per cent...

Updated 23 Nov, 2024 03:15pm

Preparatory work on RSF under way: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and International Monetary Fund (IMF) are engaged in preparatory work for Resilience and...

Updated 23 Nov, 2024 05:35pm

Pakistan

‘No directives so far to shut down mobile phone services’

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Major General Hafeezur Rehman (retired), on Thursday,...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Pakistan

Schehzad made adviser to finance minister

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has appointed an investment banker Khurram Schehzad as Adviser to Finance...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Pakistan

Lack of VPN clarity: WISPAP demands unified digital governance framework

ISLAMABAD: The lack of clarity and coordination among various ministries regarding Virtual Private Network (VPN)...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 07:37am

Pakistan

Pakistan, Kazakhstan agree to hold 13th session of JIC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Kazakhstan agreed to hold 13th session of Joint Intergovernmental Commission (JIC) in...

Published 21 Nov, 2024 05:51am

Govt aims to lower tax rates for formal sectors: MoS

ISLAMABAD: Admitting that Pakistan is amongst the countries which has the highest tax rates, Minister of State for...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 03:17pm

Business & Finance

ECC approves ‘winter package’: Eligible consumers to pay Rs26.07/kWh tariff

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a three-month winter...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 09:26am

Business & Finance

PTA rules out any link with internet slowdowns with VPNs

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Tuesday ruled out any connection between recent internet...

Published 20 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Pakistan

Climate change: $500m loan inked with ADB

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the government of Pakistan, on Monday, signed $500 million...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 07:57am

Technology

Jazz officially phases out its 3G services

ISLAMABAD: Jazz has officially phased out its 3G services, reallocating spectrum resources to its 4G network as part...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Pakistan

Senate body terms blockage of VPNs ‘illegal’

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecommunication, fearing millions of ...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:35am

Interest costs to eat up 40pc of 2025 budget: Moody’s

Rating agency says government debt affordability in Pakistan will remain weaker than before the pandemic

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 04:38pm

Business & Finance

FD decides to hire ‘consultant external debt’

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has decided to hire ‘consultant external debt’ to carry out external debt portfolio...

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 08:55am

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct IT, ITeS exports up 35pc to $1.206bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s information technology and IT-enabled services (ITeS) exports remittances comprising...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 06:34am

Govt approaches WB for $200m PHCIP restructuring

ISLAMABAD: The government has approached the World Bank (WB) for restructuring the “Punjab Human Capital Investment...

Updated 18 Nov, 2024 09:27am

There’s ‘nothing to hide’: Aurangzeb

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb while painting a rosy picture of the economy on Sunday...

Updated 18 Nov, 2024 09:14am

Markets

Prices of kitchen items show upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of majority of essential kitchen items witnessed an upward trend during the week past as...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 06:14am

Roll back state control in economy, IMF tells govt

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has asked Pakistan to decrease State intervention in the economy...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 12:59pm

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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