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SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $30mn, now stand at $11.72bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $30 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 10:11pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decrease $15mn, now stand at $11.7bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $15 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 09 Jan, 2025 09:55pm

Business & Finance

UAE rolls over $2bn debt, PM tells cabinet

ISLAMABAD: In a significant fiscal relief as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Tuesday said, the United Arab Emirates...

Published 08 Jan, 2025 06:26am

ECs handled around $7bn forex in 2024

KARACHI: Exchange companies have demonstrated remarkable performance in 2024 by successfully handling a total volume...

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 08:50am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up $37.2m to $16.409bn

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose by $37.2 million, reaching $ 16.409 billion mark ...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 05:54am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decrease $143mn, now stand at $11.71bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $143 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 10:52pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decrease $228mn, now stand at $11.85bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $228 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 26 Dec, 2024 10:52pm

Editorials

A fragile economy

EDITORIAL: Dr Hafiz Pasha while speaking in an Aaj Television programme expressed serious reservations over ...

Published 24 Dec, 2024 06:53am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $31mn, now stand at $12.08bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $31 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 19 Dec, 2024 10:38pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $13mn, now stand at $12.05bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $13 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:45pm

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves cross $12bn mark

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced that its foreign exchange reserves surpassed $12 billion by...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:58am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves cross $12bn for first time in over 2.5 years

Central bank's reserves increase $620 million in a week, aided by inflow from Asian Development Bank

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 11:01pm

Markets

Saudi Fund for Development extends term of $3bn deposit for another year: SBP

$3 billion deposit agreement was initially signed with SFD in 2021 and subsequently rolled over in 2022 and 2023

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 10:15pm

Aurangzeb says affordable housing linked with two ‘existential’ problems

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, while terming the directed lending by the government to...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:11am

Pakistan

‘Moving in the right direction’: Aurangzeb highlights economic progress

Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb Wednesday reaffirmed that Pakistan’s macroeconomic...

Updated 04 Dec, 2024 10:49pm

Editorials

External borrowing

EDITORIAL: Data released by the Economic Affairs Division indicates that foreign inflows for the first four months ...

Published 01 Dec, 2024 03:13am

Business & Finance

Climate programme: SBP receives $500m loan from ADB

KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday received inflows amounting to $500 million as loan from the Asian Development Bank...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves surpass $16bn mark

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves surpassed the $16 billion mark at the end of last...

Published 29 Nov, 2024 05:50am

Markets

Pakistan receives $500 million from ADB for climate programme

Proceeds to reflect in SBP’s foreign exchange reserves for week ending on November 29

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 10:59pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $131mn, now stand at $11.42bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $131 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 10:42pm

Opinion

Level of external inflows

The level of external inflows into Pakistan is of vital importance in ensuring a ‘safe’ level of foreign ...

Published 26 Nov, 2024 05:49am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves on the rise

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign reserves continued to rise, increasing by $29.4 million over the...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 03:03am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $29mn, now stand at $11.29bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $29 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 21 Nov, 2024 11:09pm

Opinion

Reserves increased from two weeks to two months, bravo!

A beaming Finance Minister and former President of the country’s largest bank proudly announced that the foreign...

Updated 20 Nov, 2024 08:32am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up $34m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 34 million during the last week....

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $84mn, now stand at $11.26bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $84 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 14 Nov, 2024 10:37pm

Business & Finance

Economy on the path of recovery: Tarar

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar has announced that Pakistan’s economy...

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

Forex reserves likely to reach $12bn mark: SBP

KARACHI: Governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed has said that despite external debt servicing,...

Updated 09 Nov, 2024 09:05am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $18mn, now stand at $11.17bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $18 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 07 Nov, 2024 09:48pm

Editorials

Delicate balance

EDITORIAL: It seems there’s plenty to celebrate on the economic front. FDI (Foreign Direct Investment) jumped a...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 21	278.88
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 21	278.78
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 21	155.80
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 21	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 21	1.23
Euro to USD / Jan 21	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 21	6,049.24
India Sensex / Jan 21	75,838.36
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 21	39,604.71
Nasdaq / Jan 21	19,756.78
Hang Seng / Jan 21	19,872.36
FTSE 100 / Jan 21	8,548.29
Dow Jones / Jan 21	44,025.81
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 21	21,042

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 21	75.89
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 21	18,485
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 21	242,798
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 21	2,749.13
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 21	67.43
Petrol/Litre / Jan 22	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Gen.Ins. / Jan 22 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	9.46 ▲ 0.96 (11.29%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Calcorp Ltd / Jan 22 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	36.30 ▲ 3.30 (10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Jan 22 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	39 ▲ 3.35 (9.40%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	728.99 ▲ 57.77 (8.61%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Jan 22 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	118 ▲ 9.10 (8.36%)
Ask.Gen.Insur. / Jan 22 Askari General Insurance Company Limited(AGIC)	32.80 ▲ 2.52 (8.32%)
Rafhan Maize / Jan 22 Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited(RMPL)	9,950 ▲ 755.06 (8.21%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Jan 22 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	79.85 ▲ 4.93 (6.58%)

Stock	Price
Ellcot Spinning / Jan 22 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	108 ▼ -12.00 (-10.00%)
Khyber Textile / Jan 22 Khyber Textile Mills Limited(KHYT)	475 ▼ -51.08 (-9.71%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340 ▼ -29.90 (-8.08%)
Dewan Automotive Eng. / Jan 22 Dewan Automotive Engineering Limited(DWAE)	38.10 ▼ -2.45 (-6.04%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 22 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	46.05 ▼ -2.06 (-4.28%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 22 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.40 ▼ -0.14 (-3.95%)
Pakistan Cables / Jan 22 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	181.01 ▼ -6.63 (-3.53%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 22 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.75 ▼ -2.15 (-3.12%)
Adamjee Life Assur. / Jan 22 Adamjee Life Assurance Company Limited(ALIFE)	29.10 ▼ -0.89 (-2.97%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.01
Bank Makramah / Jan 22 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	69,476,357 ▼ -0.01
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 22 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	64,227,770 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Cement / Jan 22 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	53,698,225 ▲ 0.15
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▼ -0.63
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.22
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▼ -0.08
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.02
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.04

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