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Pakistan

Speakers call for increased investment in agri research

LAHORE: Pakistan needs to invest in agricultural research, controlling post-harvest losses, introducing modern...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Business & Finance

Construction sector hit by steep rise in material cost, claims CAP

LAHORE: Unbridled increase in the construction materials during the last one year has brought the construction ...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

Pakistan

PFMA Punjab threatens to shut down milling operations from Tuesday

LAHORE: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab on Saturday threatened to shut down milling operations from...

Published 14 Nov, 2021 04:12am

Southern Punjab, Sindh: Sugarcane crushing season to begin on 15th: mill owners

LAHORE: Following assurance of the Prime Minister of no more coercive measures and resolving the issues faced by the...

Updated 13 Nov, 2021 10:14am

Pakistan

Supplies of sugar in Lahore run dry

LAHORE: Shopkeepers in the biggest wholesale market of the province, Akbari Mandi, claimed on Tuesday that the ...

Published 10 Nov, 2021 05:47am

Markets

Deadly Fall Armyworm likely to attack potato, other crops

LAHORE: After showing its muscle to maize crop, Fall Armyworm (FAW) has started shifting its manifestation on potato...

Published 07 Nov, 2021 05:39am

Cement despatches decline 9.07pc in Oct

LAHORE: Cement despatches during the first four months of current fiscal year 2021-22; both domestic and exports ...

Published 05 Nov, 2021 02:29am

Markets

$2.5bn rice export target set

LAHORE: The Federal Ministry of Commerce in consultation with the Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has...

Published 04 Nov, 2021 04:32am

Markets

Sugarcane crushing season will begin on 15th

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department on Tuesday notified start of sugarcane crushing season 2021-22 in the province...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Markets

Punjab sets sugarcane support price at Rs225 per maund

LAHORE: The Punjab government has reportedly approved Rs225 per maund as the minimum purchase price for the ...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

Markets

DCs directed to ensure sugar sale at govt-notified prices

LAHORE: Cane Commissioner Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo taking notice of unbridled increasing prices of the...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

Markets

Crushing season 2021: Cane Commissioner asks sugar millers to start preliminary preparations

LAHORE: The Punjab Cane Commissioner has directed the occupiers of all the sugar factories/mills across the province...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Sugarcane: Rs225/maund minimum purchase price proposed

LAHORE: The Sugarcane Control Board Punjab has reportedly pitched the Minimum Purchase Price (MPP) for the sugarcane...

Published 17 Oct, 2021 04:41am

PSMA chief says unable to start crushing

LAHORE: Sugar millers have expressed their inability to start the crushing season 2021-22 because of refusal by the...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 05:50am

Markets

Crushing season 2021-22: Punjab govt forms ‘Sugarcane Control Board’

LAHORE: The Punjab government has constituted “Sugarcane Control Board” for the crushing season 2021-22 to work...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

Cement sector hit by increase in international coal prices

LAHORE: Continuous increase in coal prices globally has badly affected the cement industry in Pakistan which is...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 04:14am

Punjab likely to achieve increased rice production this year

Markets

Business & Finance

Sale/transfer of sugar mills sans NOC banned in Punjab

LAHORE: The Punjab government has banned sale or transfer of sugar mills in the province without obtaining a No...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

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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