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Feb 02, 2025 اردو ► PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►
Print - 2019-12-28
State Bank of Pakistan conversion rates

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
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Barclays bid rates and maximum rates for payment of interest

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 Commi
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates: buying and selling

Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Currency notes: exchange rates

Currency notes: exchange rates

Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan (NBP) here on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Bill buying rates per unit of currency

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 Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Money Market Report

Money Market Report

Money market report by Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co on Friday (December 27, 2019).
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Spot dollar rates

Spot dollar rates

Spot Dollar rates from Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari & Co Ltd on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI MEESEQ Fund Rates

JLI Meeseq Fund Rates on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
BOARD MEETINGS
Stocks

BOARD MEETINGS

Board Meetings of Companies listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange.

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Member to Member
Stocks

Member to Member

The following transactions member to member subsequently reported on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
THE RUPEE: All-round gains
Money & Banking

THE RUPEE: All-round gains

The rupee managed to get rid of overnight weakness against the dollar on the money market on Friday in the process of trading activity, dealers said.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Shipping Intelligence
Schedules

Shipping Intelligence

Karachi Shipping Intelligence report incorporating changes till 7 am on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX

Pakistan Mercantile Exchange - PMEX (Formerly National Commodity Exchange Limited - NCEL) Trading Summary on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Lahore Grain Market Rates

Lahore Grain Market Rates

Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Friday (December 27, 2019)

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Cotton Spot Rates

Cotton Spot Rates

Official KCA spot rates for local dealings in Pakistan rupees on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Bullion Rates

Bullion Rates

Gold and silver rates in rupees per 10 grams prevailing in major cities on Friday (December 27, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
The Weather

The Weather

The weather report on Friday (December 27, 2019) and the forecast for Saturday (December 28, 2019).

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
New York cotton
Cotton & Textile

New York cotton

The following were the fluctuations observed during the day:

Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Poor weather may hurt Ukraine's late sown winter crops
Commodities

Poor weather may hurt Ukraine's late sown winter crops

Expected adverse weather across Ukraine may significantly damage winter grain crops, especially those that were sown late, consultancy APK-Inform quoted Ukrainian agricultural scientists as saying on Friday. A dry autumn prompted farmers to delay winter g
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
China November crude oil imports hit record high
Energy

China November crude oil imports hit record high

China's crude oil imports hit a record high on a daily basis in November, as refiners operated at high run rates to use up annual import quotas. The world's top oil buyer imported 45.74 million tonnes of crude, equivalent to 11.13 million barrels per day
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Asia fuel oil: VLSFO crack climbs up as IMO deadline nears
Energy

Asia fuel oil: VLSFO crack climbs up as IMO deadline nears

Asia's front-month crack for 0.5% very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) rose on Friday, backed by persistent buying interests and tightening supplies. With less than five days remaining ahead of the IMO deadline to switch to cleaner marine fuels, the 0.5% VLS
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Cotton prices steady, on track for fifth straight weekly gain
Cotton & Textile

Cotton prices steady, on track for fifth straight weekly gain

ICE cotton futures were mostly unchanged on Friday, buoyed by optimism around a US-Sino trade deal and a weaker dollar that overshadowed a dismal export sales report from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). Cotton contracts for March rose 0.02 cent,
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Iron ore futures fall in China and Singapore
Commodities

Iron ore futures fall in China and Singapore

Iron ore futures in China and Singapore edged lower on Thursday as trading activity winds down ahead of the New Year holiday, but a rebound in steel prices kept the raw material's losses in check. Dalian Commodity Exchange's most-traded iron ore contract,
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Egypt gets lowest offer for soyaoil
Commodities

Egypt gets lowest offer for soyaoil

Egypt's state buyer, the General Authority for Supply Commodities (GASC), received on Thursday a lowest offer of 12,880 Egyptian pounds for 6,000 tonnes of soyaoil at a tender for local vegetable oils, traders said. The offer was presented by Watanya. GAS
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Cotton prices little changed on rising activity
Cotton & Textile

Cotton prices little changed on rising activity

Prices showed little changes on the cotton market on Friday as leading mills indulged in forward buying of fine lint to replenish their stock, dealers said. The official spot rate was unchanged at Rs 8800, they added. In ready session, over 6000 bales of
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Activities at Karachi and Port Qasim

Activities at Karachi and Port Qasim

The Karachi Port handled 98,052 tonnes of cargo comprising 72,521 tonnes of import cargo and 25,531 tonnes of export cargo including 6,447 loaded and empty containers during the last 24 hours ending at 0700 hours on Friday.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
US natural gas futures rise to two months peak
Energy

US natural gas futures rise to two months peak

US natural gas futures surged to a near two-month peak on Thursday as weather forecasts turned cooler, which could boost heating demand, and on short-covering as the contract nears its expiry. A day before the contract expires, front-month gas futures for
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
PMEX daily trading report

PMEX daily trading report

On Thursday at Pakistan Mercantile Exchange Limited, PMEX Commodity Index closed at 4,428. The traded value of Metals, Energy and COTS/FX was recorded at PKR 4.057 billion and the number of lots traded was 6,444.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Asia's naphtha falls to two-day low
Energy

Asia's naphtha falls to two-day low

Asia's naphtha crack fell to a two-day session low of $94.73 a tonne on Thursday in muted year-end trade. The gasoline profit margin also fell, hitting a four-session low of $5.63 per barrel as supplies built. Singapore light distillates stocks, which com
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Indonesia sets beef, buffalo meat import targets for 2020
Commodities

Indonesia sets beef, buffalo meat import targets for 2020

Indonesia will likely need to import 60,000 tonnes of buffalo meat for retail consumers, 129,000 tonnes of beef and buffalo meat for the food industry, and 550,000 head of feeder cattle in 2020, an agriculture ministry official said on Thursday.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
FTO office fully committed to making tax system flawless: Sukhera

FTO office fully committed to making tax system flawless: Sukhera

"Enhancing export is a national cause and facilitation to exporters shall be a service to the nation. Resolving the tax matters of exporters should be among the priorities of FBR. The office of the Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) is fully committed to fairly
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Moot on NLF's golden jubilee planned

Moot on NLF's golden jubilee planned

Pakistan Workers Training and Education Trust (we-Trust) is organizing a two-day conference in connection of the National Labour Federation's Golden Jubilee.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Pulses' import drops 21 percent in July-November

Pulses' import drops 21 percent in July-November

Pakistan's import of pulses dropped by 21 percent to $196.923 million in July-Nov 2019, official figures say. Fall in the pulses import now stands at US$51.01 million in July-Nov 2019 from US$247.933 million in July-Nov 2018, Pakistan Bureau of Statistics
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
US Deputy CG attends event held to celebrate Christmas

US Deputy CG attends event held to celebrate Christmas

The US Deputy Consul General in Karachi Jack Hillmeyer on Friday said that minorities' rights are protected in Pakistan as they celebrate their religious & social festivals here freely. He expressed these views while speaking in a Christmas cake cutting c
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Algeria reviews security as Turkey readies Libya intervention

Algeria reviews security as Turkey readies Libya intervention

Algeria's newly elected President Abdelmadjid Tebboune has chaired a rare meeting of the country's top security body to discuss contingency plans for a threatened Turkish military intervention in neighbouring Libya. The High Security Council met on Thursd
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Philippines bans 2 US senators, mulls new visa rules for Americans

Philippines bans 2 US senators, mulls new visa rules for Americans

The Philippines has banned two US lawmakers from visiting and will introduce tighter entry restrictions for US citizens should Washington enforce sanctions over the detention of a top government critic, the president's spokesman said on Friday.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Navy SEAL cleared by Trump called 'freaking evil' by comrades

Navy SEAL cleared by Trump called 'freaking evil' by comrades

A Navy SEAL platoon leader controversially pardoned of war crimes by US President Donald Trump was described as "toxic" and "freaking evil" by fellow Iraq veterans, The New York Times reported Friday. Video testimony to war crimes investigators published
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Japan to send military vessel, planes to Middle East

Japan to send military vessel, planes to Middle East

Japan will send a military vessel and two patrol planes to help protect waterways in the Middle East but will not join a US-led coalition in the region, the government said Friday. The move comes after attacks this year on tankers in the Gulf including a
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
FTSE gains for 11th day on brighter trade view
Stocks

FTSE gains for 11th day on brighter trade view

London's main index rose for the eleventh straight session on Friday, as trade-sensitive stocks cheered further positive signals from the United States and China over signing a Phase 1 deal. The FTSE 100, which is on its best run in three years, added 0.4
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Indian shares end up nearly one percent; state-run banks gain
Stocks

Indian shares end up nearly one percent; state-run banks gain

Indian shares snapped a three-day losing streak to close around one percent higher on Friday as state-run banks surged, while strength in Asian markets on hopes that Washington and Beijing will soon sign the Phase 1 trade deal also boosted sentiment.
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Nikkei dips but market on course for best quarter in two years
Stocks

Nikkei dips but market on course for best quarter in two years

Japan's Nikkei dipped but the broader market firmed on Friday, and is on course to wrap up the quarter with the biggest gains since 2017 on the back of easing US-China trade tensions. The Nikkei share average shed 0.36 percent to 23,837.72, though about a
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
China stocks reverse course to end lower; post fourth weekly gain
Stocks

China stocks reverse course to end lower; post fourth weekly gain

China stocks gave up early gains to close lower on Friday as losses in tech firms offset optimism due to the rebound in November industrial profits, though major indexes posted a fourth straight weekly gain. The blue-chip CSI300 index closed 0.1 percent l
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Australian shares gain on resources, clock third weekly rise
Stocks

Australian shares gain on resources, clock third weekly rise

Australian shares advanced for a third straight week this month, and were set to be one of Asia's top performing indexes in 2019 amid the Sino-US trade war and sluggish domestic economic growth. The S&P/ASX 200 index ended 0.4 percent higher at 6,821.7 on
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Treasury yields fall as year-end approaches
Money & Banking

Treasury yields fall as year-end approaches

US Treasury yields fell on Friday as the debt found support following a selloff that sent yields to one-month highs, with year-end portfolio rebalancing likely helping demand for the bonds. Yields have risen this month as optimism about a trade agreement
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Hong Kong stocks end at five-month high on upbeat China data
Stocks

Hong Kong stocks end at five-month high on upbeat China data

Hong Kong stocks closed at a five-month peak on Friday as investors cheered a rebound in China's industrial profits for November, while hopes that Beijing and Washington will soon sign a trade deal aided sentiment. The benchmark Hang Seng index ended up 1
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
Nasdaq tops 9,000 on boosts from Amazon, trade optimism
Stocks

Nasdaq tops 9,000 on boosts from Amazon, trade optimism

The Nasdaq crossed the 9,000-point mark for the first time on Thursday as all three major Wall Street indexes posted record closing highs, boosted by optimism over US-China trade relations and gains in shares of Amazon.com after a report signaled robust o
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission

China launches powerful rocket in boost for 2020 Mars mission

China Friday launched one of the world's most powerful rockets in a major step forward for its planned mission to Mars in 2020. The heavy lift Long March 5 rocket carrying a Shijian 20 test satellite payload blasted off from the Wenchang launch site on th
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
EU chief doubts securing post-Brexit trade deal in 2020
Global Business Economy

EU chief doubts securing post-Brexit trade deal in 2020

European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has expressed "serious concern" over whether the bloc could conclude a post-Brexit trade deal with Britain within the 2020 deadline. Britain is due to leave the European Union on January 31, but will remain i
Published 28 Dec, 2019 12:00am
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