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Prices of essential food items show mixed trend

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential food commodities, like live chicken/meat, sugar, flour, dates, pulses,...

Published about 17 hours ago

Prices of essential kitchen items show declining trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of the essential kitchen items have witnessed declining trend during this week past against...

Updated a day ago

Pakistan

Eid shopping slowly gaining momentum

KARACHI: Despite a slow start Eid shopping has been gaining momentum. “No matter what the economic condition is,...

Published a day ago

Markets

After hitting record high, gold price per tola falls Rs2,000 in Pakistan

After hitting record high in the previous session, gold prices fell in Pakistan on Friday, in line with their...

Updated 3 days ago

Opinion

Pakistan in dire need of reforms

The economic situation in Pakistan remains complex, with fluctuating growth rates, high prices of commodities, and...

Published 21 Mar, 2025 06:45am

Wheat, sugar and rice stocks: ECC directs ministries to submit monthly updates

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 09:38am

Markets

Peshawar: Prices of essential items remain steady

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, including live chicken/meat, vegetables, dates, cooking oil/ghee,...

Published 17 Mar, 2025 05:29am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.22pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended March 13, 2025, increased by 0.22per cent...

Published 15 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Markets

Govt mulling importing sugar as prices soar

ISLAMABAD: Following the local refined sugar prices touching Rs8,400 per 50-kg from Rs6,100 per 50-kg bag within the...

Published 13 Mar, 2025 06:40am

Markets

Gold prices hold steady in Pakistan for second day

Gold prices held steady in Pakistan for the second consecutive day, as the yellow metal was sold at Rs306,000 per...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 06:23pm

Survey shows prices of essential food items remain high

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food items remained high in the open market, according to a weekly market survey...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 08:42am

Markets

FAO says global food commodity prices rise in Feb

ROME: Global food commodity prices rose in February, driven by higher sugar, dairy, and vegetable oil prices, the...

Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:17am

Prices of essential kitchen items show mixed trend

ISLAMABAD: The prices of the essential kitchen items have witnessed a mixed trend during this week past against the...

Updated 09 Mar, 2025 09:24am

BR Research

Inflation plummets, but pain persists

Inflation continues its downward trajectory, with the headline number dropping to a nine-year low of 1.5 percent in...

Published 05 Mar, 2025 07:22am

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Feb CPI inflation clocks in at 1.5pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation clocked in at 1.5 percent on a Year-on-Year (YoY) basis in...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

Business & Finance

Business community leader condemns ‘artificial’ price hike

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 04 Mar, 2025 06:30am

Essential commodities: PM for ensuring availability, price stability

Issues directives regarding control of sugar prices

Updated 03 Mar, 2025 04:12pm

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.38pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended February 27, 2025, increased by 0.38 per...

Updated 01 Mar, 2025 02:21pm

Markets

Gold price per tola falls Rs2,500 in Pakistan

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

Published 28 Feb, 2025 08:26pm

Markets

Gold price per tola falls Rs2,400 in Pakistan

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

Published 26 Feb, 2025 03:53pm

Markets

Lahore Grain Market Rates

LAHORE: Grain and other commodity rates in rupees on Akbari Mandi on Tuesday (February 25, 2025)...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:11am

Markets

Gold price per tola decreases Rs800 in Pakistan

Gold price per tola fell Rs800 in Pakistan, in line with their decline in the international rates. In the local...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 05:03pm

Markets

Gold price per tola falls Rs2,000 in Pakistan

After hitting record peak in the previous session, gold price per tola fell Rs2,000 in Pakistan, in line with their...

Updated 21 Feb, 2025 10:21pm

Markets

Gold price per tola gains Rs1,000 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan gained further on Tuesday in line with their rise in the international rates. In the local...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 05:42pm

Markets

Gold price per tola increases Rs1,700 in Pakistan

Gold prices in Pakistan registered an increase on Monday in line with their rise in the international rates. In the...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 04:57pm

Sugar and other essential commodities: ECC concerned over continuous rise in prices

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has expressed serious concerns over the...

Updated 13 Feb, 2025 09:25am

PSMA drawn into talks: Govt acts to stabilise retail prices of sugar

ISLAMABAD: The refined sugar prices over the past three months have witnessed an increase of Rs1,100 per 50-kg bag...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 09:14am

Business & Finance

Sugar, vegetable oils decline: World food commodity prices fall in January: FAO

ROME: Global food commodity prices fell in January, led by sharp declines in sugar and vegetable oils, the Food and...

Published 08 Feb, 2025 06:30am

Markets

Gold price per tola crosses Rs300,000 for first time in Pakistan

Gold prices continued to surge in Pakistan on Friday, in line with their increase in the international rates. In the...

Updated 07 Feb, 2025 09:34pm

Markets

Gold prices hit record high as investors move to safe-haven amid tariff war

In Pakistan, gold price per tola reaches near Rs300,000 for first time in history

Updated 05 Feb, 2025 08:49pm

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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