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Dollar droops ahead of crucial CPI test; yen under pressure

TOKYO: The dollar traded near a one-month low versus the euro on Wednesday amid lower Treasury yields as traders...

Published 15 May, 2024 09:57am

Editorials

No feel-good factor within general public

EDITORIAL: There is a level of comfort internationally in the improvement of key macroeconomic indicators - higher...

Published 15 May, 2024 05:47am

Markets

Dollar tracks Treasury yields higher, bitcoin holds firm

LONDON: The dollar edged higher on Tuesday, tracking a rise in U.S. Treasury yields as investors questioned whether...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 07:05pm

Markets

Dollar pulls back, bitcoin jumps ahead of ETF approval deadline

SINGAPORE: The dollar paused its rally on Tuesday, as traders reaffirmed their bets for a slew of Federal Reserve...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 10:17am

BR Research

Repatriation back on track?

The repatriation of dividends and profits hit a snag in FY23 where the payments of foreign direct investment were...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 09:16am

ECs can import dollars in cash through cargo or security companies

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Tuesday night allowed the Exchange Companies import of cash US dollars...

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 04:21pm

IPSs settlement: Banks can buy dollars from interbank market: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday allowed banks to purchase US dollars from interbank for...

Updated 01 Jun, 2023 09:04am

Markets

Rupee stablises, settles at 283.82 against US dollar

Currency appreciates 0.02% in inter-bank market

Updated 04 May, 2023 06:44pm

Markets

Dollar eases as US inflation cools

SINGAPORE: The dollar was on the back foot on Thursday after cooler-than-anticipated US inflation data lifted risk...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 10:07am

Editorials

Rise in workers’ remittances

EDITORIAL: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) website notes a rise in March 2023 remittances to 2.532 billion dollars...

Updated 13 Apr, 2023 07:06am

Opinion

How McDonald’s makes money

For consumers McDonald’s is a fast-food chain. However, since the advent of McDonald’s, it has never made...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

Markets

Argentina crop

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s crops brought in 74% fewer export dollars in February, from a year earlier, an industry...

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Markets

Dollar hovers near six-week high as economies strengthen

LONDON/SINGAPORE: The dollar was little changed on Wednesday, continuing to trade near six-week highs on the back of...

Published 22 Feb, 2023 02:33pm

Markets

Rupee back to winning ways, settles at 261.9 against US dollar

Currency records appreciation of 0.23% in inter-bank market

Updated 22 Feb, 2023 08:09pm

Business & Finance

Indus Motor raises Toyota car prices for a third time in 2023

Hike goes as high as Rs890,000

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 07:31pm

Business & Finance

Netflix lays out plans to crack down on account sharing

NEW YORK: Netflix Inc on Wednesday laid out plans to crack down on password sharing for accounts on its streaming...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Business & Finance

PBC satisfied with SBP’s steps aimed at managing liquidity

KARACHI: A Pakistan Business Council (PBC) delegation, led by its Chairman Muhammad Aurangzeb met the Governor of ...

Published 31 Jan, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

SBP’s foreign exchange reserves up

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves rose by $258 million during the last week....

Published 20 Jan, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

OECD sees revenue gains from new tax pact reaching $250bn

PARIS: New cross-border corporate tax rules could yield about a quarter of a trillion dollars in extra revenue for...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Editorials

We’re not acting prudently, so to speak

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending 12 January 2023 rose by 31.75 percent year-on-year...

Published 17 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan

Experts characterise pledges of $9bn as ‘great success’

LAHORE: Terming the Geneva moot as good omen for the country, experts said that pledges of over US nine billion...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am

Markets

Upcoming Chinese holiday, high coal stocks keeping lid on Australian trade

SINGAPORE/ MELBOURNE: Chinese interest in Australian coal has been limited by the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday ...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am

Opinion

Floods 2022

In 2022, record heavy floods in the country caused an estimated economic loss of more than 30 billion dollars. Over...

Published 08 Jan, 2023 03:48am

Business & Finance

Heimtextil-2023: Visa denial to rob exporters of orders worth millions of dollars

KARACHI: Pakistan is likely to lose export orders worth millions of dollars because a number of exporters intending...

Published 06 Jan, 2023 05:58am

Markets

Dollar firm in calm before CPI and central bank storm

SINGAPORE: The dollar was firm on Tuesday leading in to the release of US inflation data and the final Federal...

Published 13 Dec, 2022 09:31am

Business & Finance

Govt urged to allow traders to buy dollars from market

KARACHI: President of the Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) Faraz-ur-Rehman has suggested to the...

Published 13 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Pakistan

Govt has no strategy to tackle economic crisis: ex-minister

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Central Punjab General Secretary Hammad Azhar has said that a new government with a...

Published 06 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Import of coal: CPHGC approaches PMO for approval of foreign exchange

ISLAMABAD: M/s China Power Hub Generation Company (Private) Limited (CPHGC) has approached Prime Minister Office...

Published 02 Nov, 2022 04:37am

Markets

Rupee falls 0.43% against US dollar as political temperature rises

Currency ended its three-session appreciation run to settle at 220.68 against US dollar

Updated 26 Oct, 2022 06:57pm

Opinion

Understanding the forex market

The last few months have been a roller coaster for the Pakistani Rupee (PKR) and there is a lot of talk about market...

Published 23 Oct, 2022 03:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.60 ▲ 0.90 (15.79%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.95 ▲ 0.84 (11.81%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.50 ▲ 0.45 (11.11%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.16 ▲ 3.20 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)
Pak Datacom / Dec 18 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	103.94 ▲ 9.45 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.67 ▼ -0.77 (-11.96%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 18 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	29.20 ▼ -3.15 (-9.74%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.09
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.24
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.29
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▲ 0.05
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.05
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.77
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.15
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -2.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.09

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