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Encashment deadline for withdrawn prize bonds extended

KARACHI: The federal government has announced its decision to extend the last date for encashment of withdrawn prize...

Published 28 Dec, 2022 04:12am

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China central bank publishes disclosure rules for credit bonds

The rules are amied at improving the quality of information disclosure, helping enhance transparency and protect investors.

Published 28 Dec, 2020 05:40pm

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Italy's UniCredit says board would never agree to harmful deal

French CEO of UniCredit said M&A was "no panacea".
Mustier at odds with Italy's consolidation drive.
Italy has been seeking buyer for Monte dei Paschi.
JPMorgan says successor will have "big shoes to fill".

Published 02 Dec, 2020 02:15am

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US bank profits recover from early 2020 turmoil, still down from year prior

The industry's profits jumped 173% in the third quarter to $51.2 billion, after firms spent the first half of the year setting aside billions of dollars to offset expected pandemic-driven losses.
The banking industry remains well-capitalized with ample liquidity and has, to date.

Published 02 Dec, 2020 12:24am

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Debt debate – context would not hurt!

Lately, a few commentators have been talking on public debt, and the narrative is populist. In economics, absolute numbe

Updated 03 Dec, 2019 11:39am

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The brave new banking world

‘Banks want to play tech companies,’ read a headline in this newspaper earlier this month. Given a private sector ch

Updated 20 Nov, 2019 06:21am

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Banking: Big five take decent strides

The big five (B5) banks lent almost similar amount to the private sector in 9MCY19, that they did a year ago. The net ad

Updated 05 Nov, 2019 06:16am

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NBP 9MCY19: Sound and strong

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) has continued its strong performance, as reflected by strong profit numbers for 9MCY19.

Updated 31 Oct, 2019 08:11am

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SBP focuses Investment constraints

The SBP in its recently released annual report has incorporated a chapter on factors constraining investment in Pakistan

Updated 30 Oct, 2019 06:46am

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Doing business: beyond World Bank rankings

Pakistan’s poor ranking on the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business indicators is one of the main deterrents to growth in

Updated 28 Oct, 2019 06:40am

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Bank Alfalah: upbeat profits

Bank Alfalah Limited (BAFL) posted double digit year-on-year growth in pretax profits for 9MCY19, despite the challengin

Updated 28 Oct, 2019 06:47am

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Bank Al Habib profits grow

Bank Al Habib Limited (BAHL) is doing pretty well. It posted a sizable 30 percent year-on-year increase in pre-tax profi

Updated 25 Oct, 2019 06:02am

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Demonetization: ‘objective’ matters

It is almost three years since the great macroeconomic experiment of "demonetization" had taken place in India. That so-

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 12:58pm

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Ants, elephants, and SME finance

Access to affordable finance has long been labelled as one of the key obstacles to SME growth in Pakistan. But is that n

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:04pm

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ABL goes smooth

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) announced its 9MCY19 financial results last week, accompanied with an interim dividend of Rs2

Updated 21 Oct, 2019 06:25am

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All is well at MCB

The challenging economic conditions seem to have done no harm to MCB Bank’s profits. The bank also continued with the ri

Updated 18 Oct, 2019 06:02am

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Profits grow at UBL

UBL announced its 9MCY19 financial results yesterday, making good strides, accompanied with an interim dividend of Rs3/s

Updated 17 Oct, 2019 07:25am

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HBL: pretax profits up

Having had a slightly challenging 2QCY19, in terms of profitability, the country’s largest commercial bank, HBL stag

Updated 16 Oct, 2019 06:40am

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Forget the heat - the flow is here

The hot money is getting hotter in Pakistan. At an unprecedented level of $234 million in Sep-19, the year to date inflo

Updated 23 Oct, 2019 01:39pm

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NBP – impressive again

National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) keeps churning profits, and 1HCY19 was no different. Save from a higher effective tax ra

Updated 02 Sep, 2019 05:17am

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Reported fiscal deficit – not too scary

Yesterday, the ministry of finance reported the fiscal deficit number at 8.9 percent of GDP or Rs3.44 trillion. This spa

Updated 28 Aug, 2019 06:57am

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JSBL 1HCY19

JS Bank Limited has had it tough in 2019 so far. That should not come as a surprise as most sectors have had it tough th

Updated 28 Aug, 2019 06:50am

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Scary fiscal deficit – don’t look at it

The country’s total debt and liabilities increased by 35 percent or Rs10.3 trillion in FY19 to reach Rs40.2 trillion – 1

Updated 27 Aug, 2019 11:38am

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Changing sentiments?

Last week the news flow was positive; and the stock market reacted to it with 9 percent recovery. A fresh wave of positi

Published 26 Aug, 2019 06:46am

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BOP: double digit growth

The Bank of Punjab (BOP) rode on the exemplary top line growth, which trickled down to the bottom line, posting a double

Published 26 Aug, 2019 06:05am

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FDI: finding neverland

FDI data is here; FDI isn’t - unless one really counts those peanut-sized net inflows of $73.4 million in July 2019.

Updated 29 Aug, 2019 05:10am

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Askari Bank marches on

The blueprint for banks this season – big, mid-sized and small, has been by and large the same. Bank on higher interest

Published 23 Aug, 2019 05:57am

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The yield curve inversion

The market participated with full heart in the recent PIB auction, indicating that the pulse in rates is peaked. Market

Published 23 Aug, 2019 05:44am

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Current account in control

The current account deficit is down to $579 million in July19; almost one fourth of what was in the July18 – just before

Published 22 Aug, 2019 06:50am

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Bank Al Habib sails smooth

Bank Al Habib Limited (BAHL) posted a strong 1HCY19 financial performance, registering 21 percent year-on-year increase

Published 22 Aug, 2019 06:47am

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ABL 1HCY19: well poised

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) posted its financial results for 1hCY19, accompanied with an interim dividend of Rs2 per share

Published 21 Aug, 2019 05:41am

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BAFL takes steady strides

Having faced a slightly underpay 1QCY19. Bank Alfalah (BAFL) made a strong comeback in the second quarter, posting 14 pe

Published 20 Aug, 2019 05:26am

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Re-profiling of central bank debt

There has been an exercise of re-profiling the government’s central bank debt – conversion of short term government debt

Published 19 Aug, 2019 06:35am

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Sustaining remittances

A good start to FY20, worker remittances for July 2019 as per SBP’s recently released data has risen by 8 percent on a y

Published 19 Aug, 2019 06:08am

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Enough tightening – time to change signals

Since the last monetary announcement in Pakistan, where policy rate was increased by 100 bps, the global market behavior

Published 16 Aug, 2019 05:37am

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UBL: top line and bottom line grow

UBL has made good strides in 1HCY19. The bank announced its financial results for 1HCY19 earlier this week, accompanied

Published 09 Aug, 2019 06:58am

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MCB shines in tough times

MCB Bank announced its 1HCY19 financial results yesterday, continuing the rich tradition of hefty dividends. There was a

Published 08 Aug, 2019 08:00am

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Missing sovereign guarantees

The fate of Rs200 billion power sector Sukuk – to park circular debt in another company, and Rs20 billion market support

Published 08 Aug, 2019 07:39am

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HBL: top line grows, bottom line doesn’t

Having had a decent first quarter, HBL underwent some pressure in the 2QCY1, as a drastic reduction in contribution form

Published 25 Jul, 2019 06:43am

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Pakistan’s economic stepchild

Labour, not textile, is Pakistan’s biggest export. Measured by worker remittance flows, labour export is in fact nearly

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 09:51am

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PEP: Damned if you do, damned if you don’t

This week, the central bank issued a fresh circular concerning opening of bank accounts of politically exposed persons o

Published 19 Jul, 2019 06:41am

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Policy rate: Is this the peak?

Having complied with the IMF raising the interest rates by 150 bps in May 2019 as part of prior action, the Central bank

Published 17 Jul, 2019 07:20am

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SBP doesn’t hold back

It looks like the monetary authority will not pull any punches. Reading between the lines, the State Bank of Pakistan’s

Published 17 Jul, 2019 07:16am

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FDI – is manufacturing the missing link?

Volatile exchange rate, delay in the finalisation of IMF program and weaknesses at the fiscal and external front have al

Published 17 Jul, 2019 07:01am

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
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%)
Askari Life Assur. / Dec 26 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	6.20 ▲ 0.60 (10.71%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 26 Imperial Limited(IML)	21.19 ▲ 1.93 (10.02%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 26 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	15.81 ▲ 1.44 (10.02%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Dec 26 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	11.20 ▲ 1.02 (10.02%)
Dewan Motors / Dec 26 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	42.21 ▲ 3.84 (10.01%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 26 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	99.06 ▲ 9.01 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	132.83 ▲ 12.08 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 26 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.69 ▼ -0.46 (-11.08%)
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%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 26 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	36.01 ▼ -3.99 (-9.98%)
Popular Islamic / Dec 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.56 ▼ -1.48 (-9.84%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 26 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	3.75 ▼ -0.38 (-9.20%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Dec 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.25 ▼ -1.22 (-9.06%)
Hussain Industries / Dec 26 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	20.11 ▼ -1.78 (-8.13%)
United Brands / Dec 26 United Brands Limited(UBDL)	23 ▼ -2.03 (-8.11%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,408,831 ▼ -0.03
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	67,135,769 ▲ 0.91
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	38,806,149 ▲ 5.48
Sui South Gas / Dec 26 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	33,559,500 ▼ -0.52
Cnergyico PK / Dec 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	33,367,944 ▼ -0.09
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	30,254,338 ▼ -0.12
Hascol Petrol / Dec 26 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	27,155,152 ▲ 0.30
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	26,980,436 ▲ 0.27
Sui North Gas / Dec 26 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	26,262,710 ▲ 0.46

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