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Pakistan’s budget to support negotiations with IMF for new programme: Moody’s

Says government spends more than half its revenue on interest payments, indicating very weak debt affordability which drives high debt sustainability risks

Updated 14 Jun, 2024 07:40pm

BR Research

HBL: Record profits in tough times

This may well be the toughest time in Pakistan’s economic history, but looking at HBL’s 1QCY23 results would let...

Published 02 May, 2023 09:20am

BR Research

ENGRO in CY22

Engro Corporation Limited’s (PSX: ENGRO) consolidated earnings in CY22 have been hit by higher inflation. ...

Published 17 Feb, 2023 09:05am

BR Research

CAD: Controlled chaos

The current account is coming under control. This is happening under extreme strictness on imports. However, the...

Published 22 Nov, 2022 09:22am

Markets

UK to pay half of business winter energy bills

LONDON: Britain on Wednesday launched a six-month plan starting in October to pay about half of energy bills for...

Published 22 Sep, 2022 07:10am

World

British dock workers latest to join summer of strikes

LONDON: Workers at Britain’s biggest container port, Felixstowe, on Sunday began an eight-day strike over pay, in...

Published 22 Aug, 2022 07:17am

IMF cuts global growth forecasts

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund cut global growth forecasts again on Tuesday, warning that downside ...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:23am

Business & Finance

IMF sees heavy hit to German economy from Russian gas stop

FRANKFURT: Halting Russian gas supplies to Germany would cost Europe’s largest economy 1.5 percent of its GDP in...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 06:24am

Editorials

Joblessness: Is the crisis for real?

EDITORIAL: The economic activities are slowing down. Both monetary and fiscal policies are working by design under...

Published 21 Jul, 2022 05:40am

Business & Finance

UK banks resilient to ‘deteriorated outlook’: BoE

LONDON: UK banks can survive the “deteriorated economic outlook” with the sector more resilient than during 2008...

Published 06 Jul, 2022 07:11am

Business & Finance

Survey shows most global CEOs expect recession

WASHINGTON: Most corporate leaders worldwide now expect an economic downturn by the end of next year if not sooner,...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 05:51am

BR Research

Remittances tapering off?

Remittances for April 2022 touched the highest ever monthly level of $3 billion. While remittances have continued to...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 08:28am

Business & Finance

BoE’s Pill says UK must accept income hit from high inflation

LONDON: People and businesses in Britain need to realise they are unlikely to recover the income lost to high...

Published 07 May, 2022 06:49am

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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