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Monetary easing: too much, and way too quickly?

If you are a macroeconomy observer still shell-shocked from the effects of the disastrous balance of payment crisis...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 07:57am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.39pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended January 16, 2025, decreased by 0.39per cent...

Published 18 Jan, 2025 05:45am

Business & Finance

World food prices dip 2pc in 2024: FAO

PARIS: World food commodity prices declined by 2.1 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year, the FAO said on...

Published 04 Jan, 2025 06:30am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.26pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended January 2, 2025, decreased by 0.26 per cent...

Updated 04 Jan, 2025 11:53am

Markets

Gold price per tola jumps Rs2,200 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan increased on Friday in line with their rise in the international rates. In the local market,...

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 09:44pm

Markets

Prices of essential food items surge in retail market

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including live chicken/meat, vegetables, pulses, sugar, cooking...

Published 30 Dec, 2024 07:36am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 27, 2024, increased by 0.80...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Markets

Gold price per tola gains Rs1,400 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan gained on Thursday in line with their increase in the international rate. In the local...

Published 26 Dec, 2024 05:44pm

Markets

Gold unchanged at Rs273,400 per tola in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan remained stable on Monday, in line with the international rates. In the local market, the...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 04:39pm

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.38pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended December 19, 2024, increased by 0.38 per ...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

Markets

Gold price per tola gains Rs1,000 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan gained on Wednesday in line with their increase in the international rate. In the local...

Updated 18 Dec, 2024 09:37pm

BR Research

Comfortable in surplus

The current account surplus streak continues for the fourth consecutive month in November, and the surplus in...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 09:13am

Markets

Gold price per tola decreases Rs800 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan decreased on Monday in line with their decline in the international rate. In the local...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 05:40pm

Business & Finance

SPI-based inflation rises slightly

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 12, 2024, increased by 0.07...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.34pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 5, 2024 decreased by 0.34...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 09:16am

BR Research

CPI: MPC mustn’t get distracted by base effect

The downward journey of headline inflation continues, with the CPI clocking in at 4.9 percent in November 2024,...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 08:51am

Prices of kitchen items remain high

PESHAWAR: Prices of grocery items have become dearer in the local market. Rates of vegetables, pulses, live...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 08:50am

Opinion

Falling farm income reverberates across wider economy

One of the key reasons for macroeconomic stability is the decline in commodity prices, driven by both global and...

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 07:26am

SPI inflation falls slightly

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended November 28, 2024 decreased by 0.03...

Updated 30 Nov, 2024 03:14pm

Peshawar: Prices of essential food items remain high

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities remained high in the retail market. According to weekly market survey...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 08:40am

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.67pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended November 21, 2024 increased by 0.67 per cent...

Updated 23 Nov, 2024 03:15pm

Markets

Prices of kitchen items show upward trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of majority of essential kitchen items witnessed an upward trend during the week past as...

Updated 17 Nov, 2024 06:14am

Business & Finance

Week ended Nov 14: SPI inflation up 4.16pc YoY: PBS

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has claimed that Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:45am

Markets

Gold price per tola falls Rs5,500 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan fell on Thursday in line with their decline in international rates. In the local market, the...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 10:16pm

Peshawar: prices of essential food items show mixed trend

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential food commodities was witnessed in the retail market. A weekly-survey...

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 09:13am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up by 0.24pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended November 7, 2024 increased by 0.24...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 08:41am

Business & Finance

NPMC reviews price stabilisation strategies

ISLAMABAD: In the month of October 2024, non-perishable food items experienced a controlled rise of 1.01 per cent as...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:07am

Markets

Gold price per tola decreases Rs700 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan declined on Thursday in line with their decrease in international rates. In the local...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:21pm

BR Research

Oil prices: All eyes on China

Israel’s rather tepid response to the Iranian attack has considerably eased concerns of a full-blown Middle East...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 08:44am

Markets

Gold hits fresh record high of Rs287,900 per tola in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan continued to march upwards on Wednesday in line with their increase in international rates....

Published 30 Oct, 2024 06:25pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	278.70
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	278.50
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	154.99
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
India Sensex / Jan 20	77,073.44
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	38,951.77
Hang Seng / Jan 20	20,075.11
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	8,520.54
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	20,990.31

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 20	76.74
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 20	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 20	242,541
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 20	2,724.84
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 20	67.80
Petrol/Litre / Jan 21	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	3.61 ▲ 0.91 (33.70%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 20 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.60 ▲ 1.00 (13.16%)
Apna Microfin. / Jan 20 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.50 ▲ 0.97 (10.18%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Jan 20 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.61 ▲ 1.06 (10.05%)
Loads Limited / Jan 20 Loads Limited(LOADS)	17 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
AKD Securities / Jan 20 AKD Securities Limited(AKDSL)	24.93 ▲ 2.27 (10.02%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 20 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	18.24 ▲ 1.66 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Jan 20 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	254.47 ▲ 23.13 (10.00%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jan 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	53.44 ▲ 4.86 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Hussain Industries / Jan 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	31.09 ▼ -3.45 (-9.99%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 20 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	334.01 ▼ -35.89 (-9.70%)
Parmount Sp. / Jan 20 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.61 ▼ -0.44 (-8.71%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 20 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	38.04 ▼ -3.46 (-8.34%)
MithchellsFruit / Jan 20 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	279 ▼ -24.10 (-7.95%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Jan 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	19.26 ▼ -1.62 (-7.76%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 20 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	11.80 ▼ -0.99 (-7.74%)
Service Textile / Jan 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	13.82 ▼ -1.16 (-7.74%)
Masood Textile / Jan 20 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52.02 ▼ -4.22 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	101,934,297 ▼ -0.01
Lotte Chemical / Jan 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	59,408,954 ▲ 1.94
Bank Makramah / Jan 20 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	57,604,421 ▲ 0.91
Hub Power Co. / Jan 20 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,888,747 ▲ 0.70
Hascol Petrol / Jan 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,496,536 ▲ 0.17
Dewan Motors / Jan 20 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,438,701 ▲ 1.02
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 20 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,244,731 ▲ 7.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	19,741,577 ▲ 2.08
The Searle Co. / Jan 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	17,062,686 ▲ 4.29

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