News Archives for Pakistan - 2019-03-08

Pakistan - 2019-03-08

Business & Economy

Punjab govt increases workers' minimum wages to Rs 16,500

LAHORE: The Punjab government decided on Friday to increase the minimum wages of workers from 15,000 to 16,500 per month

Published 08 Mar, 2019 07:41pm

Industries & Sectors

FCCI welcomes quota for expatriates as trade officers

FAISALABAD: Faisalabad Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FCCI) Acting President Mian Tanveer Ahmed welcomed 20 per cen

Published 08 Mar, 2019 07:32pm

Business & Economy

NAB files 3,484 references, recover Rs 303.767 billion till Jan 31, 2019: Chairman

ISLAMABAD: Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (Retd) Javed Iqbal Friday said that the anti graft watc

Published 08 Mar, 2019 07:26pm

Business & Economy

Govt released Rs 4.246 billion for third quarter installment of development budget

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Government has released Rs 4.246 billion against third quarter installment of development budget.

Published 08 Mar, 2019 06:14pm

Business & Economy

PSX, WOB Pakistan, IFC and PBC join to Ring the Bell for Gender Diversity

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), joined over 70 other stock exchanges around the world to comme

Published 08 Mar, 2019 03:42pm

Markets

Bullion Prices on Friday

KARACHI: Following were the Bullion Prices in Karachi and Lahore on Friday. KARACHI: (per 10 gram) Gold Tezabi

Published 08 Mar, 2019 02:59pm

Politics Policy

KP Governor gives assent to two bills

PESHAWAR: The Governor Khyber Pakhunkhwa has given assent to “Powers of Attorney (Amendment) Bill, 2019” and “Civil

Published 08 Mar, 2019 02:58pm

Global Business Economy

US adds only 20,000 jobs in February; unemployment falls to 3.8pc

WASHINGTON: Job creation ground to a virtual halt in the United States last month as employers in a range of industr

Published 08 Mar, 2019 01:50pm

Politics Policy

Sindh PA adopts MMA legislator’s motion amid rowdy scenes

KARACHI: The privilege motion against leader of the opposition by sole MMA legislator at Sindh Assembly evoked an in

Published 08 Mar, 2019 11:20am

Global Business Economy

BOJ to offer bleaker view on overseas economies, keep policy steady

TOKYO: The Bank of Japan will likely maintain its view the export-reliant economy is expanding moderately but warn of he

Published 08 Mar, 2019 10:55am

Global Business Economy

German industrial orders sag in January

FRANKFURT: Germany saw a sizeable dip in industrial orders in January, preliminary official figures showed Friday, the l

Published 08 Mar, 2019 10:32am

Global Business Economy

Japan's fourth quarter growth revised up to 0.5pc

TOKYO: Japan's economy grew faster than initially thought in the October-December quarter, due partly to strong corporat

Published 08 Mar, 2019 06:07am

Global Business Economy

China's exports and imports plummet in February

BEIJING: China's exports and imports plummeted much more than expected in February, official data showed Friday, adding

Published 08 Mar, 2019 05:33am

Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 16	278.22
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 16	278.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 16	153.65
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 16	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 16	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 16	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 13	6,051.09
Nasdaq / Dec 13	19,926.72
Dow Jones / Dec 13	44,828.06
India Sensex / Dec 16	81,676.46
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 16	39,457.49
Hang Seng / Dec 16	19,769.24
FTSE 100 / Dec 16	8,295.82
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 16	20,352.81

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 13	242,373.80
Petrol/Litre / Dec 16	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 16	70.92
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 16	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 16	2,654.28
Diesel/Litre / Dec 16	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 16 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6 ▲ 1.00 (20.00%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 16 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6.11 ▲ 1.00 (19.57%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 16 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.74 ▲ 0.59 (14.22%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Dec 16 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	1.71 ▲ 0.18 (11.76%)
Gulistan Sp. / Dec 16 Gulistan Spinning Mills Limited(GUSM)	10.66 ▲ 1.00 (10.35%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 16 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	30.31 ▲ 2.76 (10.02%)
Frontier Ceram / Dec 16 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	26.37 ▲ 2.40 (10.01%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 16 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.86 ▲ 2.90 (10.01%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 16 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	35.60 ▲ 3.24 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Leiner Pak Gelat / Dec 16 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	140.29 ▼ -15.59 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 16 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	15.50 ▼ -1.64 (-9.57%)
Shabbir Tiles / Dec 16 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	13.70 ▼ -1.40 (-9.27%)
Hala Enterprise / Dec 16 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	14.05 ▼ -1.33 (-8.65%)
Khyber Textile / Dec 16 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	718 ▼ -66.95 (-8.53%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 16 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	10.91 ▼ -0.97 (-8.16%)
GOC (Pak) / Dec 16 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	62.02 ▼ -5.48 (-8.12%)
Elahi Cot. / Dec 16 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	81.50 ▼ -6.95 (-7.86%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Dec 16 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	41 ▼ -3.40 (-7.66%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 16 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	402,919,788 ▲ 0.11
Pak Int.Bulk / Dec 16 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	75,509,313 ▼ -0.27
Cnergyico PK / Dec 16 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	59,402,940 ▲ 0.12
Pak Refinery / Dec 16 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,656,298 ▲ 2.65
Pak Elektron / Dec 16 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	48,188,715 ▲ 1.28
Treet Corp / Dec 16 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	47,769,875 ▲ 1.46
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 16 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	47,559,743 ▼ -0.14
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 16 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	44,439,472 ▼ -0.12
Sui South Gas / Dec 16 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	41,981,165 ▲ 3.72

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