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SBP's profit declines

According to a Business Recorder news item, State Bank of Pakistan's (SBP's) profit declined sharply 35 percent...

Published 31 Oct, 2021 04:05am

Pakistan

Agri credit disbursement reaches Rs1.366trn despite Covid-19 challenges

KARACHI: Despite the ongoing challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, credit disbursement by the...

Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:39am

Opinion

LNG sector in Pakistan — VI

The recent slump in the global LNG market during the Covid-19 outbreak also validated the need to reassess the price...

Published 10 Aug, 2021 04:39am

C/A surplus turns to deficit on higher import bill

Country's import bill for the last month of FY21 was $6.32 billion
Pakistan ended with a C/A deficit of $1.85 billion in FY21, against deficit of $4.449 billion in FY20

Updated 20 Jul, 2021 09:34am

FDI down 29pc in FY21 on fall in Chinese investment

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted a decline of 29 percent during the last fiscal year (FY21) as ...

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:33am

Economic recovery gathers momentum in Q3FY21: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday said there was growing evidence that the economic recovery gathered...

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:08am

SBP foresees surge in current account deficit, inflation

Major downside risk to overall growth outlook for FY22 is the ongoing third and potentially additional waves of Covid-19
While remaining bounded, the current account deficit is expected to rise, mainly due to a further widening in the trade deficit

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:35am

Remittances hit all-time high of $29.4bn

KARACHI: Inflows of workers’ remittances rose to a historic level of $29.4 billion during the last fiscal year...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Pakistan

VIS upgrades BoK’s long-term entity rating

KARACHI: The VIS Credit Rating Company Limited (VIS) has upgraded medium to long term entity rating of The Bank of...

Published 01 Jul, 2021 04:10am

Jul-Apr CA stays in surplus

KARACHI: The country’s current account remained in surplus during the first 10 months of this fiscal year ...

Published 26 May, 2021 03:45am

Pakistan

$24.2bn in 10 months: PM thanks expatriates for record remittances

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Tuesday thanked the overseas Pakistanis for sending record remittances of $24.2...

Updated 19 May, 2021 10:13am

Markets

Fitch cuts outlook on Kuwait's debt rating to 'negative'

Fiscal deficits will likely remain in the double digits in the medium to long term and lead to a gradual, but steady deterioration of Kuwait's balance sheet strengths, it said.

Published 03 Feb, 2021 11:49am

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)	9.43 ▲ 0.93 (10.94%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jan 22 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	27.57 ▲ 2.51 (10.02%)
Pak Engineering / Jan 22 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	738.34 ▲ 67.12 (10.00%)
Elahi Cot. / Jan 22 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	111 ▲ 8.00 (7.77%)
Escorts Bank / Jan 22 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	6 ▲ 0.40 (7.14%)
Towellers Ltd. / Jan 22 Towellers Limited(TOWL)	160 ▲ 9.97 (6.65%)
Hoechst Pak. / Jan 22 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	3,300 ▲ 191.48 (6.16%)
Trust Mod. / Jan 22 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	3.83 ▲ 0.22 (6.09%)
B.R.R. Guardian / Jan 22 B.R.R. Guardian Limited(BRRG)	22.49 ▲ 1.22 (5.74%)

Stock	Price
Olympia Mills / Jan 22 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	32.11 ▼ -3.54 (-9.93%)
Bela Auto / Jan 22 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	156.20 ▼ -13.98 (-8.21%)
Faisal Sp. / Jan 22 Faisal Spinning Mills Limited(FASM)	340 ▼ -29.90 (-8.08%)
Faran Sugar / Jan 22 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	44 ▼ -3.72 (-7.80%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jan 22 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	10.26 ▼ -0.70 (-6.39%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jan 22 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.50 ▼ -0.44 (-6.34%)
Shakarganj / Jan 22 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	30.60 ▼ -2.05 (-6.28%)
Khalid Siraj / Jan 22 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	7.50 ▼ -0.50 (-6.25%)
Punjab Oil / Jan 22 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	148 ▼ -9.65 (-6.12%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jan 22 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	114,034,653 ▼ -0.13
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 ▲ 0.50
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 22 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	23,402,152 ▲ 1.03
Lotte Chemical / Jan 22 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	23,042,045 ▲ 0.08
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jan 22 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	21,938,589 ▲ 0.17
Power Cement / Jan 22 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	21,682,567 ▲ 0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jan 22 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,838,637 ▼ -0.09

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