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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

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

Business & Finance

NPMC notes significant decline in inflation

ISLAMABAD: National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting revealed significant declining trend in inflation over...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:33am

BR Research

Inflation: Busting myths

As the headline inflation clocked in at a surprisingly low 6.9 percent for September 2024, skeptics were quick to...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 08:18am

BR Research

The inflation respite

Who would have thought the often-mocked State Bank of Pakistan’s medium-term inflation target range of 5-7 percent...

Published 02 Oct, 2024 09:12am

Markets

PM Shehbaz expresses satisfaction over ease in inflation

Pakistan’s headline inflation projected to decline and range between 9.5-10.5% in August

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 12:01am

Pakistan

August inflation figure expected in single digits after almost 3 years: brokerage house

Inflationary pressure is likely to subside further in Pakistan and come down to single digits from August onwards,...

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 10:40pm

Govt takes much of the credit for decline in food inflation

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Petroleum Dr Musadik Masood Malik on Thursday said that the positive impact of the...

Updated 09 Aug, 2024 09:22am

BR Research

Inflation roundup: House rent increase, lowest in seven years

National headline inflation for July 2024 expectedly clocked in at 11.1 percent year-on-year – a 33-month low as...

Published 02 Aug, 2024 08:45am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s headline inflation clocks in at 11.1% in July 2024, lowest since November 2021

Reading lower than official expectations that put figure in range of 12-13%

Updated 01 Aug, 2024 05:55pm

Commodity traders say WHT to further fuel food inflation

KARACHI: Commodities importers and wholesalers see the withholding tax as “reign of taxation” to unleash the storm...

Updated 29 Jul, 2024 08:56am

Business & Finance

Food inflation: prices of vegetables rise in Karachi

KARACHI: The residents of Karachi are feeling the pinch of soaring prices as the cost of vegetables and pulses...

Published 16 Jul, 2024 06:53am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.11pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended July 11, 2024, increased by 0.11 per...

Published 13 Jul, 2024 06:47am

BR Research

Inflation: What to expect in FY25

Last year was tough as the headline inflation remained above 20 percent for the second consecutive year. The FY24...

Published 02 Jul, 2024 08:02am

Business & Finance

India raises crop prices

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday raised the government-mandated price for summer-sown crops such as rice, ...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 06:01am

Reform steps yielding results: PM

BEIJING: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday said the reform measures taken by his government had already...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 09:04am

BR Research

CPI: a surprise reading – but will it hold?

Over the past two years, rising inflation shattered records and surpassed analysts’ expectations. However, a...

Published 04 Jun, 2024 09:01am

BR Research

Inflation: is the worst over?

The headline is that the headline inflation is finally below 20 percent. It stood at 17.3 percent for April 24 – the...

Updated 03 May, 2024 09:55am

BR Research

Time to miss another opportunity

Lady luck has a strange romance reserved for PML-N. After two years of record high food inflation - averaging above...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:44am

BR Research

An interview with Anwar Kashif Mumtaz, President, Pakistan Tax Bar Association

‘Documentation is the only way forward’ Anwar Kashif Mumtaz (Advocate Supreme Court) is a Tax and Corporate Lawyer,...

Published 15 Apr, 2024 10:38am

BR Research

Inflation still at a tricky spot

The CPI inflation reading is finally lower than the policy rate. The headline number stood at 20.7 percent on...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 08:00am

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows further to 20.7% in March

CPI-inflation reading drops to lowest level since May 2022, is now below key policy rate after over three years

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 09:44pm

Markets

Headline inflation projected to stand at around 20% in March

Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in Pakistan is expected to decline further and may clock in at around 20%...

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 08:38pm

Editorials

No relief for consumers

EDITORIAL: It’s no surprise that 2024 is turning out to be like any other year, at least as far as affordability ...

Published 15 Mar, 2024 04:14am

BR Research

Rate cut in the offing?

The bond market is expecting a rate cut soon while the forex players are expecting the currency to be under...

Published 08 Mar, 2024 09:14am

BR Research

Inflation: don’t lower rates on Food (CPI)’s account

The average inflation for the fiscal year 2023-24 may very well be off target, but the taper has most certainly...

Published 07 Mar, 2024 07:42am

BR Research

Inflation respite – but for how long?

The headline inflation is down to a 20-month low (since June 22) at 23.1 percent in Feb 24, and still only in five...

Published 04 Mar, 2024 08:54am

Pakistan

Inflation to decline in February, could clock in at 23.5%: brokerage house

Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation in Pakistan is expected to decline and could clock in at 23.5% on a...

Updated 27 Feb, 2024 10:40pm

Business & Finance

Rising cost of doing business hurts growth of industries: analyst

KARACHI: By setting up our priorities we have to overcome the prevailing most daunting national economic challenges...

Published 25 Feb, 2024 04:51am

Business & Finance

At 4.1%, French inflation rises as expected in December

PARIS: French December consumer prices rose in line with expectations, preliminary data from the national statistics...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 01:30pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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