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Jan cement despatches decline 14.79pc to 3.414 MTs YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 14.79% in January 2024 as the sector registered despatches of 3.414 million...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Markets

Concern at delayed urea distribution

LAHORE: Farmers expressing their grave concern over delayed distribution of 150,000 metric tons of imported urea ...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 04:58am

Business & Finance

Govt may take rice exports to $5bn by 2028: Shahzad Malik

LAHORE: Pakistan has the potential to take its rice exports to US $5 billion by the year 2028 and then double this...

Updated 24 Jan, 2024 04:45pm

Pakistan

HG1 garlic production: Senate body directs NARC to support growers

LAHORE: The Senate Standing Committee on Commerce has directed the National Agriculture Research Centre (NARC), the...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:06am

Pakistan

PKI calls for developing long-term strategy for urea availability

LAHORE: Discussing the current urea shortfall faced by the farmers, Pakistan Kissan Ittehad (PKI) President Khalid...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

Dec cement despatches increase 4.63pc YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 4.63 percent in last month as the industry recorded total despatches during ...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 05:32am

Business & Finance

A think tank for amending laws to improve agri sector

LAHORE: The Agriculture Republic, a think-tank that brainstorms agricultural issues and suggests remedies, says the...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

Business & Finance

Farmers express mixed reaction over agri sector’s performance

LAHORE: Stakeholders expressed mixed reactions over the performance of the agricultural sector during the year 2023...

Published 24 Dec, 2023 04:00am

Pakistan

Sustainable agri practices, other goals: CABI, CropLife Pakistan join hands

LAHORE: The CAB International (CABI), an inter-governmental international organization on agricultural research and...

Published 23 Dec, 2023 06:16am

Business & Finance

Rice exports likely to touch $3bn mark during financial year: exporters

LAHORE: “Rice exporters are hopeful to touch the USD 3 billion mark during the current financial year and are...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Business & Finance

Punjab surpasses 2023-24 wheat cultivation target

LAHORE: The Punjab province has surpassed the wheat cultivation target of 16 million acres set for the year 2023-24...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Business & Finance

APMEPA seeks more incentives to enhance meat export

LAHORE: Pakistan can increase its meat export to US 5 billion dollars per annum from the present level if meat...

Published 08 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Business & Finance

PTA decries hikes in tariff, minimum wage

LAHORE: The Export Standing Committee of the Pakistan Tanners Association (PTA), expressing the inability of their...

Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am

Business & Finance

Nov cement despatches down 2.12pc YoY

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 2.12 percent in Nov 2023. Total cement despatches during Nov 2023 were 3.924...

Published 03 Dec, 2023 02:59am

Business & Finance

CCP issues show-cause notices to eight sugar mills

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab Abdul Rauf has issued show cause notices under the Punjab Sugar Factories...

Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am

Business & Finance

Non-textile sectors: MoC constitutes 21-member ‘Export Advisory Council’

LAHORE: To develop a concrete strategy to boost exports, the Federal Ministry of Commerce has constituted a ...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Business & Finance

President House: REAP going to organise first-ever ‘Biryani Festival’

LAHORE: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is organizing the first-ever domestic ‘Biryani...

Published 28 Nov, 2023 04:56am

Pakistan

Sugarcane crushing: Punjab govt issues notification

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Tuesday issued notification for starting the sugarcane crushing season across the...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Business & Finance

14th hybrid heat-tolerant rice variety: successful trial

LARKANA: Longping High-Tech, a leading Chinese agricultural company, in collaboration with its Pakistani ...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:02am

Business & Finance

REAP concerned at transportation impediments caused by Axle load restrictions

LAHORE: Expressing concern over axle load restrictions recently slapped by the Punjab Government, Haseeb Ali Khan,...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

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
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 26	17,785
Petrol/Litre / Dec 27	252.10

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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