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Farm mechanisation: Markup subsidy, risk sharing scheme announced

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced mechanism for “Markup Subsidy and Risk Sharing Scheme for...

Updated 23 Dec, 2022 08:43am

SBP warns of higher risks to food security

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has warned that the country may face higher risks to food security in the...

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:43am

Business & Finance

SBP lowers FY23 growth forecast

KARACHI: Taking into account the destruction caused by floods and the policy focus on stabilization, the State Bank...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Key phrase: ‘structural reforms’

State Bank of Pakistan says prudent monetary and fiscal policies imperative to increase resilience of the economy

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:52am

Around 6pc growth: What did FY22 experience bring to the fore?

KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy achieved a real GDP growth of around 6 percent, for a second consecutive year in FY22,...

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:42am

Business & Finance

July-Nov services sector deficit falls over 50pc to $865m YoY

KARACHI: Services sector is presenting an improved picture with some 50 percent decline in the trade deficit during...

Updated 21 Dec, 2022 10:14am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov CAD shrinks 57pc YoY

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit shrank 57 percent during the first five months of this fiscal year...

Updated 17 Dec, 2022 09:54am

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov workers’ remittances decline nearly 10pc YoY

KARACHI: Inflows of workers’ remittances maintained a declining trend and fell 9.77 percent during the first five...

Updated 15 Dec, 2022 09:59am

PM’s youth loan scheme relaunched

KARACHI: The government has relaunched the Prime Minister’s Youth Loan Scheme with revised features including...

Updated 13 Dec, 2022 09:38am

Business & Finance

Small farmers: Syngenta launches Aaghaz centres

Pakistan: Syngenta Pakistan Limited has stepped up once again for the facilitation of smallholders by successfully...

Published 10 Dec, 2022 07:41am

ECs: SBP further tightening data reporting mechanism

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is further tightening the data reporting mechanism for Exchange Companies...

Updated 10 Dec, 2022 09:58am

Business & Finance

Bank Alfalah signs MoU with Ignite

KARACHI: Intending to leapfrog the digital ecosystem in Pakistan, Bank Alfalah has signed a Memorandum of...

Published 10 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Govt debt stocks hit historic high of Rs50.152trn

KARACHI: The federal government’s total debt (domestic and external) stocks crossed the Rs 50 trillion mark by the...

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 09:31am

Business & Finance

NBP, SIAPEP sign LoI to promote high efficiency irrigation systems

KARACHI: A Letter of Intent (LOI) has been signed between National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) and Sindh Irrigated...

Published 03 Dec, 2022 05:50am

Business & Finance

Payments to Google: SBP rejects allegations

KARACHI: Recent news circulating in some sections of the media that certain payments to Google are stuck at the...

Updated 27 Nov, 2022 09:43am

Policy rate hiked to 16pc to quell biting inflation

Including this 100bps increase, SBP has raised its key rate by 625bps cumulatively in 2022
Policy rate jumps to 23-year high

Updated 26 Nov, 2022 12:48pm

Business & Finance

Digitisation of country’s financial landscape highlighted

KARACHI: In the 15th episode of State Bank of Pakistan’s Podcast series, Sohail Javaad, the executive director of...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 06:58am

Monetary policy to be announced on Friday

KARACHI: The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be held on...

Updated 23 Nov, 2022 09:31am

Business & Finance

Lower imports: Jul-Oct CAD plummets 47pc YoY

KARACHI: The country’s current account deficit fell sharply by 47 percent during the first four months of this...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 03:23am

Business & Finance

NdcTech implements Temenos banking cloud in UAE’s Invest Bank

KARACHI: Invest Bank, a premier commercial bank in UAE, has selected Temenos (SIX: TEMN) to take its digital and ...

Published 19 Nov, 2022 05:49am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	277.97
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	277.77
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	150.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 3	6,049.87
Nasdaq / Dec 3	19,480.91
Dow Jones / Dec 3	44,705.53
India Sensex / Dec 4	80,956.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	39,276.39
Hang Seng / Dec 4	19,742.46
FTSE 100 / Dec 4	8,328.12
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 4	20,195.75

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	70.17
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 4	235,940
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2,644.45
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 4	71.11
Petrol/Litre / Dec 5	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.17 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	639.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	64.26 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	151.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,117.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.57 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 5 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.17 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 5 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	639.72 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 5 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 5 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 5 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	64.26 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 5 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	151.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 5 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,117.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 5 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 5 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.57 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	257,531,069 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Dec 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	213,200,271 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 5 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	89,650,764 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 5 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	75,744,156 ▲ 0.00
Power Cement / Dec 5 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	69,203,491 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,983,939 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 5 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	37,808,495 ▲ 0.00
Symmetry Group / Dec 5 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,391,285 ▲ 0.00
TPL Properties / Dec 5 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	33,952,255 ▲ 0.00

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