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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

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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 / Apr 18	280.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	280.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	142.18
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.33
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.14
UK LIBOR % / Apr 18	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5,282.70
India Sensex / Apr 17	78,553.20
Nasdaq / Apr 17	16,286.45
Hang Seng / Apr 17	21,395.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	8,275.66
Dow Jones / Apr 17	39,142.23
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	21,205.86
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7,285.86
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	34,730.28

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	64.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	299,811
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	3,326.85
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	67.13
Petrol/Litre / Apr 21	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 21	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 18 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	3.44 ▲ 0.99 (40.41%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 18 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.36 ▲ 0.99 (10.57%)
Oilboy Energy / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.91 ▲ 1 (10.09%)
Popular Islamic / Apr 18 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	13.70 ▲ 1.25 (10.04%)
Safe Mix Con.Lt / Apr 18 Safe Mix Concrete Limited(SMCPL)	18.11 ▲ 1.65 (10.02%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 18 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	26.91 ▲ 2.45 (10.02%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	46.70 ▲ 4.25 (10.01%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / Apr 18 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	63.90 ▲ 5.81 (10%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 18 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	35.63 ▲ 3.24 (10%)
Sunrays Textile / Apr 18 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	97.10 ▲ 8.83 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	0.64 ▼ -0.43 (-40.19%)
Shaheen Ins. / Apr 18 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.84 ▼ -1.33 (-18.55%)
Century Ins. / Apr 18 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	41.25 ▼ -8.57 (-17.2%)
Escorts Bank / Apr 18 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5.86 ▼ -0.98 (-14.33%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Apr 18 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.50 ▼ -1.55 (-14.03%)
Habib Ins. / Apr 18 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	6.92 ▼ -0.69 (-9.07%)
Gulshan Sp. / Apr 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	3.18 ▼ -0.3 (-8.62%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 18 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	12.87 ▼ -1.1 (-7.87%)
First Fid. Leasing / Apr 18 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2 ▼ -0.16 (-7.41%)
Zephyr Textile / Apr 18 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.56 ▼ -0.92 (-7.37%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	38,238,255 ▲ 1.64
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 18 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	30,965,499 ▲ 0.18
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	22,907,790 ▲ 0.09
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,544,373 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 18 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,813,509 ▲ 0.94
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,614,194 ▲ 0
Pak Elektron / Apr 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	10,998,433 ▼ -0.42
Habib Bank / Apr 18 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	9,362,714 ▼ -5.52
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	9,098,065 ▼ -0.43
B.O.Punjab / Apr 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	8,925,360 ▼ -0.09

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