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Sugar shortage in Lahore likely to be overcome today

LAHORE: Sugar supplies are likely to be normalized from Saturday in the provincial metropolis as over 600 metric ...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Ex-mill, retail sugar price rejected: PSMA offers govt to pick entire stock from mills

LAHORE: Rejecting the ex-mill and retail sugar price fixed by the Punjab government, Pakistan Sugar Mills ...

Updated 04 Apr, 2021 09:52am

Punjab govt notifies Rs80/kg ex-mill sugar price

LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, the Punjab government on Friday notified the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs 80 per...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Business & Finance

Cement sector posts 44.39pc growth in March

LAHORE: Cement sector posted the highest-ever monthly growth of 44.39 percent in March 2021, due to massive increase...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

Punjab govt likely to fix ex-mill, retail price of sugar

LAHORE: The Punjab government has started deliberations on fixing the ex-mill and retail price of sugar for ...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Markets

Punjab to initiate wheat procurement drive from April 1

LAHORE: The Punjab food department will launch wheat procurement drive 2021 across the province from April 01 and ...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Supply line: Sugar mills offer conditional support to Punjab govt

LAHORE: Sugar crisis will be over soon as Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has conditionally offered the...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Pakistan

Sugar crisis may worsen in days to come

LAHORE: Sugar crisis due to unannounced strike by the sugar dealers after the action taken by the Federal...

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 10:54am

Business & Finance

Punjab Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Ord 2020 expires

LAHORE: Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 promulgated by the Punjab government on September 24,...

Updated 24 Mar, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Procurement of wheat: PFD to borrow over Rs160bn

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department (PFD) is likely to borrow over 160 billion for procurement of 3.5 million tons of...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Markets

Chicken price drops by Rs50 per kg

LAHORE: Chicken meat price has dropped by Rs50 per kilogram during the last one week after touching an all time high...

Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am

Markets

Crushing season 2020-21: Sugar production likely to surpass initial official estimates

LAHORE: Sugar production during the crushing season 2020-21 is expected to surpass the initial official estimates ...

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:25am

Pakistan

Dairy sector for genetically improving local breeds

LAHORE: Dairy sector stakeholders have stressed the need for genetically improving potential of local breeds (Neeli...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 10:31am

Pakistan

Cement sector posts nominal growth; export declines

LAHORE: The cement sector posted nominal growth in February 2021 as compared to February 2020 while export side...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Markets

Chicken price surges by Rs8

LAHORE: The price of chicken meat has once again jumped by eight rupees to Rs 339 per kilograms in the provincial...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

Business & Finance

‘Significant investment in modern agri-storage critical’

LAHORE: Immediate significant investment in modern agri-storage is critical to address country’s post-harvest...

Published 28 Feb, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

Procurement of wheat: Govt urged to set up farmers' markets to reduce middlemen's role

LAHORE: To reduce the role of the middlemen in procurement of wheat and help growers to earn a suitable return on...

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 10:22am

Pakistan

Another FIR registered against Tandlianwala Sugar Mills

LAHORE: Muzaffargarh Police have registered an FIR against Rehman Hajra Muzaffargarh unit of the Tandlianwala Sugar...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:38am

Pakistan

Two FIRs registered against Tandlianwala Sugar Mills

LAHORE: The local police station of district Faisalabad has lodged two separate FIRs against Tandlianwala Sugar ...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Gur production: ‘Govt must allow setting up of mini/micro sugar mills’

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, an agricultural think-tank, has proposed the government to allow setting up of...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 26	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 26	278.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 24	157.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 24	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 24	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 24	1.04

Stock	Volume
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 23	19,848.77
S&P 500 / Dec 24	6,040.04
Nasdaq / Dec 24	20,031.13
Hang Seng / Dec 24	20,098.29
FTSE 100 / Dec 24	8,136.99
Dow Jones / Dec 24	43,297.03
France CAC40 / Dec 24	7,282.69
India Sensex / Dec 26	78,475.29

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 24	70.10
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 24	240,487.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 24	2,616.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 24	68.78
Petrol/Litre / Dec 26	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 26 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.99 ▲ 1.00 (16.69%)
Next Capital / Dec 26 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	9.90 ▲ 1.00 (11.24%)
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16.45 ▲ 1.50 (10.03%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 26 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	44.96 ▲ 4.09 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Altern Energy / Dec 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	22.65 ▲ 2.06 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 26 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	23.10 ▼ -2.57 (-10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Dec 26 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	18.45 ▼ -2.05 (-10.00%)
Fateh Ind. / Dec 26 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	120.56 ▼ -13.38 (-9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.54 ▼ -1.50 (-9.97%)
Arctic Textile / Dec 26 Arctic Textile Mills Limited(ARCTM)	21.60 ▼ -2.37 (-9.89%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 26 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24 ▼ -2.33 (-8.85%)
Equity Modaraba / Dec 26 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3 ▼ -0.29 (-8.81%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	93,301,142 ▲ 1.50
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,900,564 ▲ 6.41
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -1.65
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.16
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.19
B.O.Punjab / Dec 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,003,113 ▼ -0.11
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.87
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.09

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