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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 / 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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