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GI of Basmati in EU: Reap files 'notice of opposition' against India's claim

LAHORE/KARACHI: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has filed a 'notice of opposition' on December 7...

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Business & Finance

Cane Commissioner extends time for mills to submit record

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has enhanced the date for submitting two-years purchase record and payments by...

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Pakistan

Sugar mills: DCs directed to inspect sugarcane procurement

LAHORE: Cane Commissioner Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has directed the deputy commissioners of all the districts to...

Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am

Markets

Basmati growing areas in Punjab: Hybrid coarse rice varieties may make inroads: Shahzad

LAHORE: Increasing popularity of hybrid coarse rice varieties amongst the growers of Sindh and Southern Punjab has...

Published 02 Dec, 2020 02:49am

Markets

Import of 300,000MT of wheat: PASSCO moves summary to ECC

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation Ltd (PASSCO) has moved a summary which is likely...

Published 28 Nov, 2020 03:04am

Pakistan

Delay in payments to growers: Commissioner warns sugar mills in Punjab of legal action

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has issued notices to 25 sugar mills of the province to furnish grower-wise...

Published 27 Nov, 2020 03:08am

Pakistan

Growers urge govt to set up MSP committees at tehsil level

LAHORE: Growers have urged the Government to develop Minimum Support Price (MSP) Committees at Tehsil level till end...

Published 19 Nov, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Lower prices of Basmati paddy creating unrest among growers

LAHORE: Healthy basmati production, carry over stock from the last season and negligible demand for exports at...

Published 17 Nov, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Maize may suffer like the cotton crop, apprehend stakeholders

LAHORE: Stakeholders have feared that if unchecked sale of unregistered/unlisted maize seed is not stopped by the...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Markets

Farmers reject proposed wheat MSP

LAHORE: Rejecting the new wheat support price at Rs1600 per maund proposed by the government, farmers’...

Published 29 Oct, 2020 02:53am

Pakistan

Stakeholders urge government to tackle GI issue with much care

LAHORE: Stakeholders of the agriculture value chain have urged the government to tackle GI issue with much care,...

Published 24 Oct, 2020 02:41am

Pakistan

Crackdown on illegal weighing bridges for sugarcane

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to carry out crackdown against illegal weighing bridges for sugarcane in...

Updated 23 Oct, 2020 03:10am

Markets

FY2019-20: Cement sector posts Rs20.4bn operation loss

LAHORE: The cement sector posted a core cement operation loss of Rs 20.4 billion in financial year 2019-2020, ...

Updated 22 Oct, 2020 03:18am

Markets

Notification issued for starting crushing season from Nov 15

LAHORE: The Food Department Punjab on Saturday issued a notification with regard to start of crushing season 2020-21...

Published 18 Oct, 2020 02:49am

Pakistan

Ban imposed on burning of crop residue, smoke-emitting vehicles

LAHORE: The Relief Commissioner Punjab has imposed complete ban with immediate effect on burning of any type of crop...

Published 17 Oct, 2020 03:08am

Business & Finance

Ordinance empowers govt to announce cane crushing date

LAHORE: Introducing another amendment in the Sugar Factories (Control) Ordinance 2020, the Punjab government has ...

Published 15 Oct, 2020 03:10am

Markets

Crushing season in Punjab: Probability of enhancing minimum purchase price for sugarcane discussed

LAHORE: Stakeholders of sugar value chain discussed the probability of enhancing minimum purchase price for ...

Published 06 Oct, 2020 03:00am

Business & Finance

Cement’s highest ever dispatches, sale of 5.21m tons in Sept 2020

LAHORE: The cement sector has achieved the highest ever dispatches in September 2020 as total dispatches during the...

Published 04 Oct, 2020 02:47am

Markets

Government acknowledges outbreak of fall armyworm in Punjab, Sindh

LAHORE: Officially acknowledging the outbreak of fall armyworm (FAW) in Pakistan, a new pest causing damage to maize...

Updated 03 Oct, 2020 03:06am

Pakistan

Al-Arabia Sugar Mills pays Rs261m dues to cane growers

LAHORE: Complying with the orders of the Cane Commissioner Punjab office, Al-Arabia Sugar Mills Limited, reportedly...

Updated 02 Oct, 2020 03:06am

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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