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EPCL: record profits

With double digit growth in the top line and a triple digit jump in the bottom line, Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited

Updated 01 Feb, 2019 07:09am

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Corrosion — the silent menace

Every year, corrosion costs about $3.4 trillion globally, not including the cost of lives and jobs. This adds up to 3 to

Published 28 Nov, 2018 04:40am

Chemicals

ICI 1QFY19

Similar to past trends, ICI’s top-line was led by the polyester division which increased by 27 percent and soda ash busi

Published 29 Oct, 2018 06:31am

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US PET market saved?

A frequent complaint by various sectors is that the NTC takes so long in determining and implementing anti-dumping dutie

Published 23 Oct, 2018 06:23am

Chemicals

Lotte Chemicals – continue to grow

Lotte Chemicals continues on its strong trajectory of rise in sales and profit. With a nearly 50 percent jump in the top

Published 22 Oct, 2018 06:40am

Chemicals

Ethanol’s potential for exports

While there are various uses of sugarcane other than making white sugar, one of the highest potential ones is ethanol. P

Published 18 Oct, 2018 05:50am

Chemicals

Ethanol’s potential for exports

While there are various uses of sugarcane other than making white sugar, one of the highest potential ones is ethanol. P

Published 18 Oct, 2018 05:44am

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PET: looking towards greener pastures

As expected, the United States of America have slapped tariffs of about 44 percent to 60 percent on Pakistan’s exports o

Published 05 Oct, 2018 06:46am

Chemicals

On Nestle’s newest PET packaging

There was a time when the then nascent packaged dairy and juice industry in the country couldn’t stop touting the benefi

Updated 03 Sep, 2018 11:26am

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AkzoNobel profits

AkzoNobel Pakistan (PSX: AKZO) has posted lackluster results with the modest growth in the top-line being offset by a hi

Published 31 Aug, 2018 09:04am

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GLAXO: bullish despite challenges

Those who say ‘no good deed goes unrewarded’ have surely not paid attention to Pakistan’s pharma industry. For years, MN

Published 15 Aug, 2018 06:57am

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Lotte’s jump in profits

Lotte has posted strong financials for 1HCY18 with the bottom line nearly quadrupling YoY. The jump in profits was drive

Published 08 Aug, 2018 05:34am

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FFC rallies on price increase

The heydays of fertilizer’s dominance looked over last year. Depressed urea prices subdued sector profitability despite

Updated 02 Aug, 2018 09:35am

Chemicals

Archroma’s eroding margins

Sometimes top-line growth doesn’t lead to higher profitability, as in the case of Archroma Pakistan. In the first quarte

Published 31 Jul, 2018 06:56am

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Urea off-take slows in June

The monthly urea off-take for June 2018 slid by a massive 43 percent year-on-year, as per the latest statistics released

Published 26 Jul, 2018 07:02am

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Chemical’s contradictory trends

Despite an increasing contribution to exports, Pakistan’s nascent chemical sector is on a downturn. A small part of the

Published 20 Jul, 2018 06:58am

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Decline is sulphuric acid production

Pakistan is mostly self-sufficient in the production of inorganic chemicals such as sulphuric acid, with the surplus exp

Published 21 Jun, 2018 06:46am

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Setting up the basics – chemical sector

When Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, he undertook a number of measures to support India’s import substit

Published 05 Jun, 2018 05:16am

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PET Exports – winsome, lose some

The latest episode in the exports of PET to the EU marks another victory for Pakistan as the WTO rejected the appeal and

Published 18 May, 2018 06:56am

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ICI continues its growth trajectory

ICI continued its double digit growth path for the current financial year with higher revenue across all business divisi

Published 25 Apr, 2018 05:53am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 27	278.47
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 27	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 27	157.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 27	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 27	1.25
Euro to USD / Dec 27	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 26	6,037.59
Nasdaq / Dec 26	20,020.36
Dow Jones / Dec 26	43,325.80
India Sensex / Dec 27	78,791.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 27	40,281.16
Hang Seng / Dec 27	20,096.01
FTSE 100 / Dec 27	8,137.45
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 27	19,830.60

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 26	234,911.70
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 27	69.54
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 27	17,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 27	2,634.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 27	68.72
Petrol/Litre / Dec 28	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 27 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.10 ▲ 1.00 (19.61%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 27 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	4.50 ▲ 0.60 (15.38%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Dec 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1.00 (14.31%)
786 Invest Ltd / Dec 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.15 ▲ 1.00 (13.99%)
Chenab Ltd / Dec 27 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 1.00 (11.61%)
Next Capital / Dec 27 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	10.90 ▲ 1.00 (10.10%)
Image Pakistan / Dec 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	20.31 ▲ 1.85 (10.02%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 27 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.08 ▲ 4.83 (10.01%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 27 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	208.88 ▲ 18.99 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 27 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.10 ▼ -1.00 (-10.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 27 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.15 ▼ -4.46 (-10.00%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Dec 27 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41.71 ▼ -4.63 (-9.99%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 27 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	131 ▼ -14.19 (-9.77%)
Jauharabad Sug / Dec 27 Jauharabad Sugar Mills Limited(JSML)	21 ▼ -2.10 (-9.09%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 27 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.62 ▼ -0.86 (-9.07%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 27 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	200.20 ▼ -19.80 (-9.00%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 27 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243 ▼ -23.05 (-8.66%)
Grays Leasing / Dec 27 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.71 ▼ -0.48 (-7.75%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	104,369,036 ▲ 0.78
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,731,608 ▲ 0.00
TRG Pak Ltd / Dec 27 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	46,907,628 ▲ 1.54
Cnergyico PK / Dec 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	40,110,243 ▲ 0.30
Hascol Petrol / Dec 27 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	34,416,789 ▲ 0.06
B.O.Punjab / Dec 27 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	30,318,392 ▲ 0.04
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Dec 27 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	26,183,062 ▲ 0.50
Sui South Gas / Dec 27 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,823,481 ▲ 3.11
Silk Bank Ltd / Dec 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	25,520,925 ▼ -0.08

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