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Foreign exchange reserves of Pakistan

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $110mn, now stand at $8.04bn

Reserves held by central bank decrease for third straight week

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:31pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s remittances clock in at just over $2bn in July

Inflow 7.3% lower on monthly basis

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 06:48pm

Opinion

IMF programme targets

A typical IMF (International Monetary Fund) programme, including a Stand-by Facility, has a set of quantitative...

Published 08 Aug, 2023 06:37am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $32mn, now stand at $8.15bn

Reserves decrease on account of debt repayments

Published 03 Aug, 2023 07:35pm

Opinion

IMF’s SBF

The IMF Stand-By Facility (SBF) of $3 billion has been in operation for two weeks now. Already, there is a big...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $541mn, stand at $8.19bn

Reserves fall on weekly basis due to due to external debt repayments, says central bank

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 10:49pm

Opinion

A mood of despondency has set in

The incumbent government has borrowed $10.844 billion from multiple financing sources including $2.206 billion from...

Published 25 Jul, 2023 06:20am

Opinion

Managing the BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) figures for the full-year, 2022-23, have just been released by the SBP. They reflect...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 06:52am

Markets

As expected, SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $4.2bn, now stand at $8.73bn

Total liquid foreign reserves now stand at $14.07 billion

Updated 20 Jul, 2023 09:35pm

Business & Finance

Our prudent management resulted in CA surplus: Dar

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has stated that last fiscal year -2022-23 has been closed with a current...

Published 19 Jul, 2023 03:21am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $61mn, stand at $4.52bn

Receipts from IMF, Saudi Arabia, UAE to be reflected in next week’s data

Published 13 Jul, 2023 07:21pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $533mn, stand at $4.07bn

Increase comes on back of realisation of $300 million proceeds of government of Pakistan’s commercial loan

Published 03 Jul, 2023 09:06pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $482mn, stand at $3.54bn

Receipts of $300mn from China to be reflected in next week’s data, says central bank

Published 22 Jun, 2023 08:16pm

Markets

Pakistan receives $1bn from China: SBP

Inflow is the same amount paid back to China earlier

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 11:25pm

Markets

After six weeks: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $107mn, now stand at $4.02bn

Central bank gives no reason behind increase

Published 15 Jun, 2023 06:18pm

Markets

Alarming: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $179mn, now stand at $3.91bn

Fall comes due to external debt repayments

Updated 08 Jun, 2023 11:50pm

Opinion

Dar’s optimism

Finance minister Ishaq Dar deserves praise for showing a great deal of optimism amid the current economic slump and...

Published 28 May, 2023 03:34am

Opinion

Govt in a state of denial

Prime minister Shehbaz Sharif and finance minister Ishaq Dar have been telling the nation — day in, day out —...

Published 28 Apr, 2023 06:08am

Editorials

C/A surplus: little to celebrate?

EDITORIAL: The country registered a current account surplus of 654 million dollars for March 2023 — the first...

Updated 28 Apr, 2023 12:35am

Opinion

Options to address rising inflation

The SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) is trying to check inflation through just one instrument, the interest rate, based...

Published 26 Apr, 2023 06:15am

Business & Finance

Public debt increases to Rs52.721trn by Dec 2022

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s public debt has increased to Rs 52.721 trillion by December 2022 from Rs 49.194 trillion end...

Published 01 Apr, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Prosperity: criticality of private sector

“The difficulty lies, not in the new ideas, but in escaping from the old ones.” - John Maynard Keynes Innovation is...

Published 19 Mar, 2023 03:33am

Opinion

Past the point of no return!

For weeks noted economists and economic researchers have cited numerous indicators, like low foreign exchange...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 06:51am

Markets

Minor relief: SBP-held foreign exchange reserves rise $276mn, now stand at $3.19bn

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country clock in at $8.7 billion

Published 16 Feb, 2023 07:51pm

Business & Finance

Foreign exchange reserves: Tola underscores need for ‘charter of economy’

LAHORE: Minister of State and Chairman, Reforms and Resource Mobilization Committee Ashfaq Tola has said that the...

Published 14 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Forex reserves fall below $3bn on debt repayments

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves further shrunk by $202 million during the last ...

Updated 10 Feb, 2023 08:54am

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

Pakistan

Pakistan to take fiscal measures set by IMF to meet budgetary targets: Dar

Measures include reviewing subsidies in the farming and export sectors and shedding energy sector debt

Updated 11 Jan, 2023 07:23pm

Pakistan repays over $1bn external debt

KARACHI: The country has successfully repaid over one-billion-dollar external debt to international financial...

Updated 08 Jan, 2023 11:26am

Opinion

A bumper wheat crop in sight

It is heartening to note that the country is expecting a bumper harvest of wheat. According to Federal Minister for...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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