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PFMA Punjab rejects wheat release policy

LAHORE: Flour millers while rejecting the wheat release policy of the Punjab Food Department (PFD) has announced ...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm creates panic among growers

LAHORE: High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm on different crops during the current season, especially on maize, ...

Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

FrieslandCampina to set up solar park on 15 acres of land

LAHORE: FrieslandCampina, formerly known as Engro foods, is going to set up a solar park on 15 acres of land with a...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Cement sector posts 22.77pc growth YoY

LAHORE: The cement sector posted a growth of 22.77 percent in August 2021 as total cement despatches during the said...

Updated 04 Sep, 2021 11:00am

Pakistan

Subsidising silage machines: Punjab govt approves Rs667m project

LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved a Rs667 million two years project to subsidize silage machines to help ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Pakistan

L&DDD to launch 'save buffalo calves' programme

LAHORE: Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development Department (L&DDD) is soon launching the third phase of 'save...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Markets

Farmers oppose two-crop rice production trend

LAHORE: Irked by the increasing trend of having two rice crops in a season in Punjab, both the public sector and...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

Markets

First tranche: Ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat arrives

LAHORE: A ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat, first tranche of the 300,000 metric tons for the Pakistan...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Pakistan

PFD to launch project to offer fresh fish to consumers

LAHORE: Punjab Fisheries Department (PFD) is going to launch a project under which model standard outlets offering...

Published 11 Aug, 2021 04:27am

Pakistan

Broiler farmers call for reducing input cost

LAHORE: The broiler farmers have called for reducing the input cost of raising chickens, application of agricultural...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Pakistan

Heavy rains and holidays hit cement demand in July 2021

LAHORE: Monsoon rains and holidays on account of Eid-ul-Azha during the month of July 2021 seriously affected the...

Published 04 Aug, 2021 04:14am

Business & Finance

Call for exempting small, marginal farmers, developing simple system for taxation

LAHORE: If agriculture income is to be taxed to increase tax to GDP ratio, then the government should exempt small...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am

Markets

Rs5,000 per maund price for cotton insufficient: growers

LAHORE: Differing growers' organizations have termed the support price of Rs 5,000 per maund for the cotton ...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:14am

Pakistan

Punjab will provide 100,000mt of wheat to KP

LAHORE: Punjab will provide 100,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to meet its grain requirements...

Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:21am

Pakistan

Privatisation of local agri research institutions opposed

LAHORE: Privatisation of provincial agricultural research institutions, especially Ayub Agricultural Research...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Markets

TCP inks MoU with PASSCO for importing 1.5m metric tons of wheat

LAHORE: The Trading Corporation of Pakistan (TCP) has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 03:59am

Business & Finance

Milk production: Punjab govt to launch Rs5.2bn project

LAHORE: Livestock & Dairy Development Department (L&DDD) is going to launch a project for ‘Genetic...

Published 07 Jul, 2021 04:28am

Cement despatches increase by 20.12pc in 2020-21

LAHORE: Launch of construction activities under Naya Pakistan Housing Scheme and good Public Sector Development...

Published 03 Jul, 2021 03:19am

Business & Finance

Strong banking system proposed: RR&DB floats idea of SPV to enhance rice export to Iran

LAHORE: The Rice Research & Development Board (RR&DB) Punjab has proposed the federal government for ...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:19am

Markets

Growers oppose proposal to levy on hybrid maize seeds

LAHORE: Proposal to levy 17 percent sales tax and 3 percent value added tax on hybrid seeds of maize in budget...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

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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