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Autos wrapped

The end of 2024 marks a year that the automobile industry might prefer to forget and despite a positive growth...

Published 09 Jan, 2025 07:29am

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Autos: Win some, lose some

After monthly sales crossed 13,000 in Jun-24—highest sales in 17 months—automobile sales over the last two months...

Published 12 Sep, 2024 07:23am

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Autos: It’s not over

In a great display of resilience, automobile sales have remained consistently strong on May 24 after delivering a...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am

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Autos: Much ‘adieu’ in 2024

Three percent. That’s the share of imports occupied by automobile CKDs in the 3QFY22—the quarter that marked the...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:32am

Business & Finance

Toyota Pakistan’s chief says 50% of Corolla Cross value comes from localised parts

Indus Motor Company, the assembler of Toyota vehicles in Pakistan, has recently launched its Hybrid Electric Vehicle...

Published 20 Dec, 2023 09:00pm

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Autos: Winter is coming

Warning bells had been wrung. Automakers were keeping shutters down on their production facilities and imported CKD...

Published 13 Dec, 2023 09:09am

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Autos: The scatter here is too great

The headlines haven’t changed—automobile volumes are down (in FY23, volumes shrank by 55 percent for passenger cars,...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 08:44am

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Autos: Breaking speed

Are bank lending rates finally too prohibitive for car buyers to seek out new auto loans? With 6M-kibor close to 22...

Published 15 Jun, 2023 08:38am

Business & Finance

Auto sales suffer massive fall of 66% YoY to 9,211 units in March

Non-availability of CKD kits, escalating prices, expensive auto financing drive decline on a yearly basis
Sales are, however, higher on a monthly basis

Published 11 Apr, 2023 07:23pm

Business & Finance

Agriauto extends partial plant shutdown in April as auto woes worsen

Says this is because of reduction in production volumes of customers, which includes Suzuki, Toyota and Atlas Honda

Updated 04 Apr, 2023 02:10pm

Markets

KSE-100 gains 0.42% over hope of Saudi Arabia support

The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) witnessed another range-bound session on Tuesday, but positive momentum prevailed...

Published 13 Dec, 2022 06:38pm

Pakistan

Facing massive economic headwinds, companies in Pakistan struggle to keep operations going

Facing energy shortages and an overall decline in demand, companies in Pakistan are either announcing shutdown of...

Updated 12 Dec, 2022 07:35pm

Business & Finance

Indus Motor Company increases prices of some Toyota vehicles

Rates revised by up to Rs700,000

Published 17 Nov, 2022 07:30pm

BR Research

Autos break down

Lower demand is what this government desires. By hook or by crook. In the automotive industry, whether demand is ...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 08:44am

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Autos: After peak

The automobile industry ended the fiscal year FY22 at the highest volumetric numbers yet amid massive inflation and...

Published 25 Jul, 2022 09:26am

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Autos: Not here to make friends

By 11M, automobile volumes had risen more than 50 percent compared to last year, ready to make a volumetric splash ...

Published 04 Jul, 2022 09:32am

Business & Finance

Auto industry likely to shrink over 30% in FY23: company study

Decrease likely due to high interest rates, inflation, fuel costs, rupee depreciation

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 09:13pm

Business & Finance

Indus Motor Company suspends bookings of all Toyota vehicles in Pakistan

Says currency volatility reason behind decision

Published 08 Apr, 2022 01:16am

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Autos: Much adieu!

Policies can be good or bad, and often not written in stone. They can be improved, amended and evolved. But at ...

Published 03 Jan, 2022 08:00am

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Autos: Pivot!

Only a few months ago—sometime in June—the government was actually mulling over providing a subsidy for car...

Published 23 Dec, 2021 07:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 24	280.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 24	280.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 24	149.74
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 24	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 24	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 24	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 20	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 21	5,667.56
Nasdaq / Mar 21	17,784.05
Dow Jones / Mar 21	41,985.35
India Sensex / Mar 24	77,793.05
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 24	37,670.65
Hang Seng / Mar 24	23,618.98
FTSE 100 / Mar 24	8,686.12
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 24	23,046.22
France CAC40 / Mar 24	8,081.33

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 21	17,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 21	273,319
Petrol/Litre / Mar 24	255.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 24	68.22
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 24	3,018.34
Diesel/Litre / Mar 24	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 24	64.92

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 24 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.99 ▲ 1 (14.31%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 24 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.81 ▲ 1 (10.19%)
Saritow Spinning / Mar 24 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	19.88 ▲ 1.81 (10.02%)
Diamond Ind. / Mar 24 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	30.76 ▲ 2.8 (10.01%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 24 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.72 ▲ 4.16 (10.01%)
Bela Auto / Mar 24 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	183.56 ▲ 16.69 (10%)
East West Ins. / Mar 24 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	63.02 ▲ 5.73 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Mar 24 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Mar 24 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	45.10 ▲ 4.1 (10%)
Imperial Limited / Mar 24 Imperial Limited(IML)	18.70 ▲ 1.7 (10%)

Stock	Price
Jubile Life InsXD / Mar 24 Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited(JLICL)	148.10 ▼ -19.22 (-11.49%)
Pakgen Power / Mar 24 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	112.97 ▼ -12.55 (-10%)
Bunnys Limited / Mar 24 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	20.85 ▼ -2.31 (-9.97%)
TPL Life Insur. / Mar 24 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	60.76 ▼ -6.66 (-9.88%)
JS Global Banking / Mar 24 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	18.30 ▼ -2 (-9.85%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 24 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	48.01 ▼ -5.12 (-9.64%)
Cherat Cement / Mar 24 Cherat Cement Company Limited(CHCC)	251.99 ▼ -25.37 (-9.15%)
Shadman Cotton / Mar 24 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	27.04 ▼ -2.66 (-8.96%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 24 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	300.34 ▼ -26.63 (-8.14%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 24 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.15 ▼ -6.42 (-8.07%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Mar 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	49,087,352 ▼ -0.04
Pak Elektron / Mar 24 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	28,618,034 ▼ -2.68
Pak Refinery / Mar 24 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	27,365,824 ▼ -1.29
Fauji Foods Ltd / Mar 24 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	26,352,530 ▼ -0.31
B.O.Punjab / Mar 24 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	18,341,994 ▼ -0.17
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 24 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	15,522,190 ▲ 1.89
Sui South Gas / Mar 24 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	14,112,978 ▼ -0.86
Pak Int.Bulk / Mar 24 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	11,162,195 ▲ 0.13
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,676,385 ▼ -0.03
K-Electric Ltd. / Mar 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,144,462 ▼ -0.09

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