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Rice exports: quarterly roundup

Pakistan’s basmati rice exports surged strongly in March 2023, if reports from PBS are to be believed. Dollar...

Published 27 Apr, 2023 07:01am

BR Research

Basmati: losing traditional markets?

That Pakistan’s rice exports are all set to decline massively in the ongoing fiscal now appears to be a foregone...

Published 25 Nov, 2022 09:01am

Business & Finance

Reap chairman asks peers to go for value addition

LAHORE: Rice exporters must go for value addition instead of exporting just rice if they want to materialize the US$...

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

BR Research

Sindh rice crop: separating fact from speculation

Last week, rumor mills went in overdrive in farmer Whatsapp groups, claiming that government of Pakistan was...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 08:45am

Pakistan

REAP to hold two ‘Biryani festivals’ in Tehran on 27th

LAHORE: The Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) is going to hold two “Biryani Festivals” in Tehran on...

Published 24 Jul, 2022 05:04am

BR Research

Rice exports: new heights

Pakistan’s rice exports have made a fresh record this fiscal, reaching 4.5 million metric tons (MMT) during...

Published 21 Jun, 2022 09:49am

BR Research

Food prices: is basmati next?

According to weekly SPI, basmati (broken, average quality) national average price has closed in on Rs 100 per kg in...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 08:17am

Markets

Punjab registers record rice production of 5.766m tons

LAHORE: Punjab produced record rice production of 5.766 million tons, both basmati and non-basmati, for the year...

Published 26 Nov, 2021 05:15am

BR Research

Rice exports: cautious optimism?

Pakistan’s rice exports staged a comeback during Q1-FY22, rising against low base from Covid quarter during same...

Published 01 Nov, 2021 07:35am

BR Research

Basmati: damn thy luck!

According to PBS, quantum of basmati exports increased by 40 percent during 2MFY22, highest volumetric increase...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 07:35am

BR Research

An interview with Shahid Hussain Tarer, Managing Director Galaxy Rice Mill (Pvt.) Limited

“Agri-exporters cannot demand price premium without attracting foreign delegations” Shahid Husein Tarer is the...

Published 20 Sep, 2021 07:40am

India seeks to harm Pakistan’s position in basmati markets

LAHORE: From biryani to pilau, Pakistan and India's shared culinary landscape is defined by basmati, a distinctive...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

GI of Basmati: EU accepts ‘reasoned statement’ against India

LAHORE: The European Commission (EU) has accepted the ‘reasoned statement’ submitted by the Rice Exporters...

Published 09 Mar, 2021 05:45am

Pakistan

REAP files reasoned statement in opposition to India’s claim on GI tag for Basmati

KARACHI: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) has successfully filed the Reasoned Statement in opposition ...

Updated 09 Feb, 2021 10:12am

Markets

PSC approves 47 new seed varieties of different crops

LAHORE: Punjab Seed Council (PSC) on Thursday approved 47 new seed varieties of different crops which include 7 BT...

Published 29 Jan, 2021 04:55am

Basmati rice registered as GI

LAHORE: Pakistan has registered Basmati Rice as Geographical Indication (GI) under Geographical Indications Act ...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 31	279.03
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 31	278.88
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 31	155.19
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 31	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 31	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 31	1.04

Stock	Volume
Hang Seng / Jan 30	20,225.11
S&P 500 / Jan 31	6,040.53
India Sensex / Jan 31	77,500.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 31	39,572.49
Nasdaq / Jan 31	19,627.44
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	8,673.96
Dow Jones / Jan 31	44,544.66
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	21,732.05

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 31	72.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	250,171
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 31	2,798.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 31	65.88
Petrol/Litre / Feb 1	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Ind. / Jan 31 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	10.21 ▲ 1 (10.86%)
IGI Life Ins / Jan 31 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	15.13 ▲ 1.38 (10.04%)
Sana Ind / Jan 31 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	28.77 ▲ 2.62 (10.02%)
Tariq Corporation / Jan 31 Tariq Corporation Limited(TCORP)	16.91 ▲ 1.54 (10.02%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 31 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	15.72 ▲ 1.43 (10.01%)
Redco Textile / Jan 31 Redco Textiles Limited(REDCO)	24.17 ▲ 2.2 (10.01%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 31 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	53.74 ▲ 4.89 (10.01%)
Pak Leather / Jan 31 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	32.63 ▲ 2.97 (10.01%)
Dandot Cement / Jan 31 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 31 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.86 ▼ -6.1 (-10.01%)
D.M. Textile / Jan 31 D.M. Textile Mills Limited(DMTX)	63 ▼ -7 (-10%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jan 31 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	189 ▼ -21 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jan 31 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	10.41 ▼ -1.15 (-9.95%)
National Silk / Jan 31 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	40.84 ▼ -4.51 (-9.94%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jan 31 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.83 ▼ -0.76 (-8.85%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 31 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	109.56 ▼ -10.44 (-8.7%)
Kohinoor Mills / Jan 31 Kohinoor Mills Limited(KML)	31.05 ▼ -2.9 (-8.54%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jan 31 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.28 ▼ -0.66 (-8.31%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 31 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,672,997 ▲ 0.14
Sui South Gas / Jan 31 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	48,364,956 ▼ -1.33
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 31 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	36,344,486 ▼ -0.06
Waves Home Appliances / Jan 31 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WAVESAPP)	33,226,540 ▼ -0.77
Bank Makramah / Jan 31 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	31,509,642 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Jan 31 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,873,860 ▲ 0.2
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 31 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,969,744 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Jan 31 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,492,313 ▼ -0.57
Treet Battery / Jan 31 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	15,390,342 ▲ 1.07

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