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Onion MEP fixed at $1,200 per MT

KARACHI: The federal government on Friday announced fixation of the minimum export price of onion at $1,200 per...

Updated 13 Jan, 2024 09:01am

Business & Finance

Dec workers’ remittances post 5.4pc growth MoM

KARACHI: Inflows of workers’ remittances recorded 5.4 percent growth in December 2023 compared to November 2023, the...

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 09:56am

Pakistan

Onion prices rise due to increased export demand

KARACHI: Prices of onion, a running staple food in every household, shoot up to Rs 250 per kg in the domestic retail...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Markets

Forex reserves hit 23-week high

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) foreign exchange reserves recorded a notable increase of $ 1.3 billion...

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

Business & Finance

45,000MTs of imported urea arrives

KARACHI: A second vessel carrying some 45,000 metric tons imported urea has reached Pakistan for domestic ...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Banks’ retail transactions: Q1 share of digital payments soars to 80pc

KARACHI: The share of digital payments in retail transactions of the banking system increased to 80 percent during...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 07:19pm

SBP terms FY23 ‘extraordinarily challenging’

KARACHI: The fiscal year 2023 was extraordinarily challenging, with a host of external and domestic shocks,...

Updated 30 Dec, 2023 08:16pm

Foreign investors: Jul-Nov profit repatriation soars 312pc to $532m YoY

KARACHI: Repatriation of profit and dividends by foreign investors posted a notable 312 percent growth during the...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 08:53am

Six major currencies: ECs implement new exchange rate mechanism

KARACHI: Following the directives of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan...

Updated 28 Dec, 2023 09:40am

Budgetary support during Jul 1-Dec 16, 2023 period: Govt borrowing jumps 200pc to Rs2.876trn YoY

Entire amount was borrowed from the SBP and scheduled banks to finance the fiscal deficit

Updated 27 Dec, 2023 09:54am

Open market exchange rate calculation: Mechanism finds favour with ECAP

Exchange Companies Association of Pakistan appreciates State Bank of Pakistan’s efforts for stability of exchange rate

Updated 26 Dec, 2023 10:02am

Open market: SBP unveils new exchange rate mechanism

KARACHI: In order to ensure transparency and credibility to the process of compiling open market exchange rate, the...

Updated 23 Dec, 2023 02:50pm

Nov C/A posts $9m first monthly surplus after June

KARACHI: After posting deficits for four consecutive months, the country’s current account improved significantly...

Updated 19 Dec, 2023 10:01am

Business & Finance

PBA launches ‘Shared E-Know Your Customer’ platform

KARACHI: Pakistan Banks Association (PBA), under the guidance of the State Bank of Pakistan, has launched “Shared...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Business & Finance

Key policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday kept the policy rate...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 05:33am

RDA inflows hit record high of $7.035bn

KARACHI: Gross inflows of the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) rose to an all—time higher level of $ 7.035 billion at...

Updated 12 Dec, 2023 08:45am

Digital payments: SBP launches ‘Raast P2M’ service

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has launched an interoperable Raast Person to Merchant (P2M) service to...

Updated 06 Dec, 2023 09:50am

Jul-Oct govt debt stocks increased by Rs1.641trn

Business & Finance

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
FTSE 100 / Dec 3	8,359.41
Dow Jones / Dec 3	44,705.53
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 3	20,016.75
France CAC40 / Dec 3	7,255.42
India Sensex / Dec 4	19,739.03
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	39,276.39

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 2	235,340
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 3	17,685
Petrol/Litre / Dec 4	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	70.17
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2,644.45
Diesel/Litre / Dec 4	258.43

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	7.37 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Dec 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	627.86 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Dec 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Dec 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Dec 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	68.40 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Dec 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	150.94 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Dec 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	1,123.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Dec 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Dec 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	13.47 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Dec 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	246,707,903 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	89,419,070 ▲ 0.00
Hascol Petrol / Dec 4 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	87,024,698 ▲ 0.00
Pak Elektron / Dec 4 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	67,806,935 ▲ 0.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 4 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	61,811,720 ▲ 0.00
Power Cement / Dec 4 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	58,501,362 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	56,938,645 ▲ 0.00
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 4 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	56,115,997 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Dec 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,870,990 ▲ 0.00

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