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District admins directed to ensure start of cane crushing before 25th

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab on Tuesday directed the district administrations to take necessary measures to...

Published 23 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Export of sugar: PSMA links sugarcane crushing to govt permission

LAHORE: The Punjab government has asked the sugar millers to start sugarcane crushing for the season 2022-23 before...

Updated 19 Nov, 2022 10:17am

Pakistan

Anti-smog squad seals five pyrolysis plants

LAHORE: The Environment Protection Department’s anti-smog squad on Wednesday sealed five pyrolysis plants located...

Published 17 Nov, 2022 05:59am

Markets

Start of crushing: Cane commissioner seeks clarification from sugar mills

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has sought clarification from sugar mills in the province for announcing start...

Published 08 Nov, 2022 05:56am

Business & Finance

Oct cement despatches decline 18.46pc to 4.25m tons YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches continued to decline for the consecutive fourth month as total despatches during the month...

Published 04 Nov, 2022 06:11am

Pakistan

Govt urged to ensure full benefits of package reach farmers

LAHORE: Welcoming the “Kissan Package” announced by the federal government, representatives of different...

Published 02 Nov, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

Use of better seed varieties stressed to bring a ‘green revolution’

LAHORE: Pakistan needs to formulate an agricultural policy through consultation of all stakeholders such as ...

Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am

Markets

New ‘extra long grain super hybrid rice’ heat-tolerant seed developed

LAHORE: Pakistani and Chinese agricultural scientists have developed a new ‘extra long grain super hybrid rice’...

Published 15 Oct, 2022 05:38am

Markets

REAP strives to grab Mexican market again

LAHORE: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has launched efforts to get the Mexican rice market reopened...

Published 09 Oct, 2022 05:51am

September cement despatches decline 6.83pc YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 6.83 percent in September 2022 as despatches were registered at 4.276 million...

Updated 08 Oct, 2022 10:43am

Markets

Pak, China firms to sow high-yield chilli on 8,000 acres

LAHORE: Under the umbrella of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) agriculture programme, a Chinese food company...

Published 07 Oct, 2022 05:59am

Markets

SCB likely to fix minimum purchase price at Rs300/maund due to expensive agri inputs

LAHORE: The Sugarcane Control Board (SCB) is likely to meet soon to fix the “minimum purchase price” which may ...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Business & Finance

Reap chairman asks peers to go for value addition

LAHORE: Rice exporters must go for value addition instead of exporting just rice if they want to materialize the US$...

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

Pakistan

Diffculties in rehabilitating farmland after floods: Water-loving crops, changes in farming practices proposed

LAHORE: Stakeholders claiming that flooded soils present significant obstacles in rehabilitation of the agricultural...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 05:57am

Pakistan

Chinese co, Guard Agri despatch relief goods to flood-hit people

LAHORE: Chinese company Longping and Guard Agri Sunday despatched trucks loaded with relief goods to the flood-hit...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 05:45am

Business & Finance

Rice crop losses: production, export targets likely to be missed

LAHORE: Stakeholders have expressed the fear that losses incurred by the rice crop 2022 in Sindh and Southern Punjab...

Published 09 Sep, 2022 06:09am

Pakistan

Summary sent to CM for revising rates of projects

LAHORE: Keeping in view the hardships faced by the constructors due to unprecedented hike in the prices of...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 06:28am

Business & Finance

Aug cement despatches decline 23.98pc to 3.296m tons YoY

LAHORE: Massive reduction in cement demand due to economic instability and day-by-day increasing energy costs ...

Updated 03 Sep, 2022 12:34pm

Business & Finance

PSMA urges govt to allow export of surplus sugar

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) reiterating its demand on Tuesday has appealed to the federal...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Business & Finance

PSMA for export of surplus sugar on priority basis

LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) claiming that Pakistan will have a definite surplus of sugar to the...

Published 16 Aug, 2022 03:59am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 30	279.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 30	278.97
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 30	154.32
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 30	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 30	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 30	6,071.17
India Sensex / Jan 30	76,759.81
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 30	39,513.97
Nasdaq / Jan 30	19,681.75
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 30	8,646.88
Dow Jones / Jan 30	44,882.13
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 30	21,727.20

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 30	72.99
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 30	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 30	248,885
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 30	2,849.50
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 30	66.27
Petrol/Litre / Jan 31	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
Saritow Spinning / Jan 31 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	17.92 ▲ 1.63 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 31 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	37.14 ▲ 3.38 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Mirpurkhas Sugar / Jan 31 Mirpurkhas Sugar Mills Limited(MIRKS)	31.90 ▲ 2.9 (10%)
National Bank / Jan 31 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	70.84 ▲ 6.44 (10%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 31 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.90 ▼ -3.66 (-10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jan 31 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	132.50 ▼ -14.69 (-9.98%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	41.15 ▼ -4.2 (-9.26%)
Sardar Chemical / Jan 31 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	33.11 ▼ -3.13 (-8.64%)
Shahtaj Textile / Jan 31 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	66.31 ▼ -4.69 (-6.61%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Jan 31 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	6 ▼ -0.4 (-6.25%)
Shahmurad Sugar / Jan 31 Shahmurad Sugar Mills Limited(SHSML)	380 ▼ -19.64 (-4.91%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Jan 31 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	280.01 ▼ -13.99 (-4.76%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -0.42
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.24
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.03
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	23,362,368 ▲ 0.18
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,556,244 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▲ 0
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 31 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	15,022,230 ▲ 3.07
Hascol Petrol / Jan 31 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	13,297,950 ▲ 0.05
National Bank / Jan 31 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	12,667,333 ▲ 6.44

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