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Your rupee last month

Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last month. (September 01 to 30, 2006)

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

The Weather

The weather report on Saturday (October 07, 2006) and the forecast for Sunday (October 08, 2006).

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Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Yarn Prices

Karachi Yarn Market Rate

Karachi Yarn Market Rates on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Yarn Prices

Karachi Yarn Market Rate

Karachi Yarn Market Rates on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Yarn Prices

Faisalabad yarn and fibre prices

Cotton yarn rates in rupees per 10 Lbs on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Yarn Prices

Faisalabad yarn and fibre prices

Cotton yarn rates in rupees per 10 Lbs on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Multan commodities market rates

Commodities market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Lahore Paper Market Rates

Paper market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Hides and skin rates

Hides and skin rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Karachi Plastic/Urea Moulding Compounds Rates

Karachi Plastic/Urea Moulding Compounds Rates on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Grain market rates

Karachi grain market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Karachi chemicals and dyes market rates

Chemicals and dyes market rates in rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Rates of dry fruit

Rates of dry fruit in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Rates of spices and other allied commodities

Rates of spices and other allied commodities in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Jute goods rates

Jute goods rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Raw rubber rates

Raw Rubber rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Milk powder rates

Milk Powder rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Karachi tea rates

Tea rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Dollar's rate in interbank market

Interbank closing rates for dollar on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Kerb buying and selling rate of US dollar

Dollar buying and selling rate in the kerb market in rupees on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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THE RUPEE: dollar higher in open market

Bearish sentiment was seen in the open market on Saturday as the rupee dropped versus the dollar, shedding 10 paisa for buying at 60.65 and slid five paisa for selling at 60.70, respectively.

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THE RUPEE: dollar higher in open market

Bearish sentiment was seen in the open market on Saturday as the rupee dropped versus the dollar, shedding 10 paisa for buying at 60.65 and slid five paisa for selling at 60.70, respectively.

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Poultry rates

Wholesale poultry rates on Saturday (October 07, 2006) and for Sunday (October 08, 2006).

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Rates of Pipe Fittings

Pipe fitting rates in rupees prevailing in the markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Iron, steel and other metal rates

Iron, steel and other metal rates in rupees prevailing on the commodity markets in Karachi on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Automart: car prices in Karachi

The prices of different makes and models of cars prevailing in Karachi in the week ended on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning from Monday (October 09, 2006).

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World Shipping Schedule

Karachi Port's world-wide shipping schedule beginning from Monday (October 09, 2006).

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Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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KKI closing rates of currency notes

Khanani & Kalia International (Pvt) Limited Closing Rates of currency notes on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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World currencies and dollar

Value of the dollar in terms of other world currencies as prevailing in the week ended on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), treasuries' department's currency values in terms of Special Drawing Rights (SDR).

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Open market rates of foreign currencies

Open market rates of foreign currencies supplied by the Forex Association of Pakistan on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Spot dollar rates

Spot Dollar rates from Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co Ltd on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Money Market Report

Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Banks' rates for currency notes (buying and selling)

The selling/buying rates for currency notes of major currencies issued by National Bank (NBP) here on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Bill buying rates per unit of currency

Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits

Interest rates on new foreign currency deposits issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits

Interest rates on old and incremental FCY deposits on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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LIBOR calculating interest on US dollar

London Interbank Offer Rates on for calculating interest on special US dollar on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Conversion for foreign currency deposits

Conversion for foreign currency deposits, DBC/FCBC, special USD bond & profits thereon (excluding FE-25 deposits) on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

Barclays bid rates, maximum rates for payment of interest by authorised dealers on deposits (other than those brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) and on deposits (brought under FE Circular No: 45 of 1985) -- issued by the Foreign Exchange Rates Comm

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State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

Rates applicable for conversion into rupees of Foreign Currency Deposits, Dollar Bearer Certificates, Foreign Currency Bearer Certificates, Special US Dollar bonds and profits thereon by all banks and also for providing forward cover on foreign currency d

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Karachi interbank rates

Karachi interbank rates on Saturday (October 07, 2006).

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Aaj TV - Sunday's schedule

All timings are in PST (Pakistan Standard Time).

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P&G Pakistan and Read Foundation project: safe schooling for building future

The earthquake on October 8 last year changed the face of Northern Pakistan forever. Official death toll reached 87,000 leaving 3.3 million people homeless.

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Response to a mega disaster

I had only seen the pictures of devastation and obliteration on television and newspapers and had no idea what will be the real view, unless I travelled myself to those areas, couple of days after the earthquake played havoc in most parts of Azad Kashmir

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Oil cake market rates

Falling trend was seen on the forward cottonseed oilcake market on Saturday as most of the buyers remained on the sidelines due to lack of interest in new deals, dealers said.

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Selling pressure pulls down cotton prices

Selling pressure pulled the prices lower on the cotton market on Saturday, dealers said. The Karachi Cotton Association (KCA) official spot rate was down by Rs 35 to Rs 2425, without upcountry expenses. Seed-cotton was trading at Rs 1100-1125 in Sindh and

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Indonesian palm oil

Singapore is set to launch crude palm oil futures contracts by the end of 2006, trading palm oil of Indonesian origin on the Joint Asian Derivatives Exchange, an industry official told Reuters on Friday.

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US cotton weekly export sales highlights

USDA cotton export sales highlights for latest reporting week: Net Upland sales of 254,200 RB-a marketing-year high-were 34 percent above the previous week and 30 percent over the prior 4-week average.

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Indian soyaoil, sugar and wheat futures trade higher

Indian soyaoil futures rose on an expected delay in the new soyabean crop reaching the market, while wheat traded higher on Friday on the slow pace of import arrivals. Sugar rose on buoyant demand during the religious festival season, when sales of sweets

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Indian sugar traders hope government to lift ban on exports

Traders in India are expecting New Delhi to lift a ban on exports, the industry in neighbouring Pakistan has urged Islamabad to impose a duty to restrict further imports.

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Vietnam to double rubber output

Vietnam aims to double rubber output to more than 1 million tonnes by 2020 by expanding plantations and increasing yields, a senior industry official told Reuters on Friday.

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New York copper ends firm

Copper futures in New York settled with healthy gains on Friday as chart-based buying boosted prices, extending a midweek technical bounce, sources said. However, further upside potential remained to be seen, given the market's extreme volatility, they sa

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

New York coffee settles with losses

Arabica benchmark coffee futures finished moderately lower on Friday, with a rainy weather forecast in Brazil's coffee growing region dampening prices, traders said. Some players had built speculative long positions based on recent dry conditions in the B

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Soyabean futures weaker

Soyabean futures at the Chicago Board of Trade closed weak on Friday as farmers harvested what could be a record large US soyabean crop, traders said. "There was light two-sided trade today in beans and little change. Forecasts for favourable harvest weat

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New York gold higher

Gold futures recovered minutes before the close on Friday to end a volatile session higher as speculators bought back shorts after failing to take gold to a new low before the weekend.

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New York sugar closes quietly mixed

Raw sugar prices ended mixed on Friday as speculative pressure matched up against trade buying in a market where the longer-term trend appears to be negative over the next few weeks, brokers said.

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Crude oil prices sink, precious metals under pressure

Crude oil prices ducked below 58 dollars this week, calmed by healthy US energy stockpiles, but rebounded slightly after Opec signalled it might cut output to remedy the situation.

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Paranagua suspends port dredging work

The suspension of a dredging program at Brazil's main grain port of Paranagua is expected to impede any increase in future grain exports and disrupt shipping traffic flow, some ship owners and agents said on Wednesday.

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Santos port August movement rises

Brazil's main port of Santos moved 7.4 million tonnes of cargo in August, up 14 percent from the same month in 2005, the Port Authority Codesp said on Friday. The port accounted for 25.9 percent of Brazil's international trade in August.

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Transatlantic clean tanker rates down

The rates in the transatlantic clean tanker market weakened on Wednesday on a heavy buildup of vessels in Europe, ship brokers said. The market outlook was also bleak in the near term as the vessel supply continued to outweigh the strong flow of cargoes t

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Brazilian sugar vessels lineup jumps

The lineup of vessels waiting to load sugar in Brazilian ports jumped to 57 from 49 last week, shipping agent Williams said Thursday. In a report, it said 30 vessels were lined up in the southern port of Santos, up from 27 a week ago. There were 10 vessel

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Singapore bunker fuel prices lower

Singapore bunker prices were lower on Friday, as the premium to fuel oil cargo values stayed around $1-$2 a tonne amid poor demand for a fifth consecutive day.

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Asian freight rates continued to ease

Freight rates for the benchmark Asian route continued to ease from 17-month highs, as the end of the South American grain season and national holiday celebrations in China, South Korea and Taiwan weighed on prices.

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Moong, masoor up on grain market

Moong and masoor prices went up on the grain market on Saturday as buying increased to Iftar items requirements, dealers said. On the cereals side, Moong Punjab was higher by Rs 250 to Rs 3125.

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Activity at Karachi and Qasim ports

The Karachi Port handled 93,825 tonnes of cargo including 82,242 tonnes import, 11,583 tonnes export cargo and 2,897 containers during last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Saturday.

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Chevron, Petronas to pay $281.6 million tax: Chad

US oil major Chevron and Malaysia's Petronas will pay Chad $281.6 million under a deal to end a tax dispute which saw them threatened with expulsion from the central African country, the government said.

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Chevron, Petronas to pay $281.6 million tax: Chad

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Franco-German tensions surface amid EADS crisis

Germany's defence minister warned in a magazine article on Saturday against the French gaining too much influence in aerospace group EADS as signs emerged that a company crisis was rekindling Franco-German tensions.

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India needs $50 billion annually to better infrastructure: Chidambaram

India needs to reforms its pension and insurance sectors and develop a corporate debt market to raise long term funds of $50 billion annually from domestic markets to improve its rickety infrastructure, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said on Sat

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

10 percent growth needed to tackle poverty: Singh

India's economy, Asia's fourth largest, can grow at an annual pace of 10 percent - tackling poverty - if nearly $320 billion is spent fixing creaky infrastructure, the prime minister said on Saturday.

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Cracks appear in big four emerging markets

Brazil, Russia, India and China have long been the darlings of emerging market investors. Now, though, cracks have appeared among the BRICs. After generally outperforming broader emerging market equities since January, the big four combined reversed the t

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Cracks appear in big four emerging markets

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Italy to scrap limit on motorway builders' votes

Italy will scrap a 5 percent limit on construction firms' voting rights in highway operators after the EU signalled such a ceiling would breach EU rules, Italy's minister for EU affairs said on Saturday.

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China bars tourists from shrinking glaciers

China has closed melting glaciers in its north-western Xinjiang region to tourists who littered, polluted and even drove across the ice that provides water to millions, the official Xinhua agency said on Saturday.

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Google to buy YouTube

Internet search leader Google Inc is in talks to buy popular Web video site YouTube Inc for close to $1.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.

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Debt relief slowly curbing Africa poverty: IMF

International efforts to reduce Africa's crippling debt are slowly helping to curb poverty on the continent, but the key to a real breakthrough is stronger economic growth, a top IMF official said on Friday.

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EU warns of 'dangerous spiral' on Turkey bid

European countries are sending Turkey too many negative signals about its EU bid, denting Ankara's desire to enact reforms in a vicious spiral that could end in disaster, a senior European Commission official warned.

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

AirAsia founders eye long-haul airline

The founders of Malaysia-based low-cost carrier AirAsia plan to set up a new budget airline that will operate long-haul flights, a business weekly reported. The Edge, citing unnamed sources, said the new airline, which would be privately owned, might begi

Published 08 Oct, 2006 12:00am

Morocco seeks investment in state land

Morocco is eager to lure more foreign investors from Europe and the Arab Gulf region to help it modernise its agriculture as it prepares to lease more state-owned farms, a farm official said on Friday. The government leased a first batch of state-owned fa

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Previous Day

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 10	278.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 10	278.58
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 10	157.84
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 10	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 10	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 10	1.02

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 10	5,824.15
India Sensex / Jan 10	77,378.91
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 10	39,100.40
Nasdaq / Jan 10	19,146.19
Hang Seng / Jan 10	19,064.29
FTSE 100 / Jan 10	8,248.49
Dow Jones / Jan 10	41,910.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 10	20,214.79

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 9	237,483
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 10	76.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 10	18,785
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 10	2,716.80
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 10	67.01
Petrol/Litre / Jan 11	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Chenab Ltd / Jan 10 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	8.34 ▲ 1.00 (13.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 10 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.67 ▲ 0.89 (11.44%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 10 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	8.76 ▲ 0.88 (11.17%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jan 10 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.22 ▲ 0.22 (11.00%)
Sakrand Sugar / Jan 10 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	12.27 ▲ 1.12 (10.04%)
Dadex Eternit / Jan 10 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	70.40 ▲ 6.40 (10.00%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 10 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	70.54 ▲ 6.41 (10.00%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jan 10 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	137.50 ▲ 12.50 (10.00%)
Mehmood Tex / Jan 10 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	658.91 ▲ 59.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Jan 10 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.52 ▼ -0.67 (-10.82%)
S.G.Power / Jan 10 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.47 ▼ -1.00 (-10.56%)
JS Mom. Factor ETF / Jan 10 JS Momentum Factor ETF(JSMFETF)	13.42 ▼ -1.58 (-10.53%)
Liven Pharma / Jan 10 Liven Pharma Limited(LIVEN)	144.61 ▼ -16.07 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 10 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.40 ▼ -3.60 (-10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 10 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	126.67 ▼ -14.07 (-10.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	63.85 ▼ -7.09 (-9.99%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 10 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	55.40 ▼ -6.15 (-9.99%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jan 10 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	11 ▼ -1.20 (-9.84%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	195,296,323 ▼ -0.06
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	48,682,503 ▼ -0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,460,848 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 10 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	31,825,296 ▲ 0.77
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 10 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	23,629,459 ▲ 0.34
Pak Elektron / Jan 10 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,144,464 ▲ 1.09
Lotte Chemical / Jan 10 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	19,944,268 ▼ -0.24
Air Link Com. / Jan 10 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	15,918,682 ▼ -5.65
B.O.Punjab / Jan 10 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	15,645,082 ▲ 0.01

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