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Finance Division outlook: YoY LSM slump shows underlying weaknesses

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has warned that the year on year (YoY) decline in Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)...

Updated about 13 hours ago

Business & Finance

Govt expects CPI inflation to lower further in March

Ministry of Finance expects slight uptick in inflation reading in April

Updated a day ago

Opinion

Gold volatility has risen

The Federal Reserve’s decision to keep its policy rate steady was the most significant economic development of the...

Published 3 days ago

Opinion

Poverty may trump low inflation

Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The...

Published 3 days ago

Pakistan

Eid shopping slowly gaining momentum

KARACHI: Despite a slow start Eid shopping has been gaining momentum. “No matter what the economic condition is,...

Published 23 Mar, 2025 05:26am

Wheat, sugar and rice stocks: ECC directs ministries to submit monthly updates

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security...

Updated 20 Mar, 2025 09:38am

FPCCI urges govt to draft 10-year industrial policy

ISLAMABAD: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) urged the government to formulate...

Updated 19 Mar, 2025 09:36am

Business & Finance

Country’s economic house is not exactly in order: BMP

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP) on Monday observed...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 06:55am

Business & Finance

OECD lowers global growth projections over tariffs, uncertainty

PARIS: Trade tensions and geopolitical uncertainties are weighing on economic perspectives, the Organisation for...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 05:33am

Opinion

Policy rate unchanged

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), met under the chairmanship of the Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on 10...

Published 17 Mar, 2025 06:37am

Business & Finance

Price control authorities accused of failing to check price hike

HYDERABAD: President Hyderabad Chamber of Small Traders & Small Industry (HCSTSI), Muhammad Saleem Memon, has...

Published 17 Mar, 2025 05:29am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation up 0.22pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended March 13, 2025, increased by 0.22per cent...

Published 15 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Opinion

The dark side of disinflation

“If the price of everything is going down, that’s going to include wages as well. People will have an incentive...

Published 14 Mar, 2025 06:42am

Opinion

Existential threats and Neoliberalism — II

During the hey days of the Covid pandemic, and especially post Covid pandemic there was lot of talk of world...

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 07:38pm

BR Research

Power tariffs fall at last

If the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) does it right, the March electricity CPI reading should be down 20-25...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 07:02am

Opposition terms address ‘uninspiring’

ISLAMABAD: Opposition strongly criticised President Asif Ali Zardari’s address to the joint session of parliament,...

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:01am

Business & Finance

Policy rate decision: Business community not happy

KARACHI: Business community was largely dissatisfied with the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) monetary policy...

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

Policy rate held steady

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday adopted a cautious...

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 09:27am

Opinion

A month of blessings or season of exploitation!

As the sacred month of Ramazan unfolds, the streets and bazaars of Pakistan should be brimming with the spirit of...

Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:52am

Business & Finance

Peshawar businesspeople urge SBP to cut policy rate to fuel growth

PESHAWAR: Members of the business community urged the government and the State Bank to bring down the interest rate...

Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Opinion

MPC clearly in a dilemma about how to respond to policy rate question

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is set to announce its monetary policy decision today. Over the past six reviews,...

Updated 10 Mar, 2025 06:10am

Business & Finance

Adviser to finance minister explains how govt successfully salvaged economy

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Finance Minister, Khurram Schehzad said here n Sunday that country’s economy has successfully...

Published 10 Mar, 2025 05:22am

Business & Finance

China Feb consumer price index contracts in February

BEIJING: China’s consumer inflation in February fell at the quickest pace since January 2024, while producer price...

Published 09 Mar, 2025 11:34am

Business & Finance

Business community leader praises govt for successfully reining in inflation

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

Published 09 Mar, 2025 05:17am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.09pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index-based inflation for the week ended March 6, 2025 decreased by 0.09 percent ...

Published 08 Mar, 2025 02:48am

Rate cut likely amid low inflation, IMF review

Monetary Policy Committee meeting to be held on March 10

Updated 08 Mar, 2025 03:26pm

Editorials

EFF arrangement: the first review

EDITORIAL: The IMF (International Monetary Fund) mission is currently in Pakistan to conduct the first review under...

Updated 07 Mar, 2025 06:35am

Pakistan

Inflation, governance issues: JI to stage ‘Million March’ after Eid: Monem

KARACHI: Jamaat-e-Islami Karachi Chief, Monem Zafar on Wednesday announced that the party will stage a “Million...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 07:53am

Editorials

Yes, inflation is falling

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price index (CPI) declined to 1.4 percent in February prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am

FPCCI demands 5pc cut in policy rate at one single stroke

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised that the business, industry and trade community of...

Updated 06 Mar, 2025 09:05am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 26	150.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 26	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
India Sensex / Mar 26	77,971.12
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 26	38,027.29
Hang Seng / Mar 26	23,483.32
FTSE 100 / Mar 26	8,660.31
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 26	22,923.69
France CAC40 / Mar 26	8,042.59

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 26	69.26
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 26	3,018.44
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 26	65.37
Petrol/Litre / Mar 27	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 27	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.99 ▲ 1 (11.12%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Popular Islamic / Mar 26 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	14.48 ▲ 1.31 (9.95%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Mar 26 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	340 ▲ 30.55 (9.87%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Mar 26 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	12.95 ▼ -1.38 (-9.63%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.50 ▼ -5.48 (-8.57%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	167 ▼ -14.94 (-8.21%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.15 ▼ -2.4 (-7.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
Noon Sugar / Mar 26 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	73.62 ▼ -5.95 (-7.48%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	29,093,385 ▲ 1.6
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	26,846,685 ▲ 1.38
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.92
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	17,176,390 ▲ 0.07
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,063,012 ▼ -0.18
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	15,868,233 ▲ 7.49
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	14,391,574 ▼ -1.85
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0.01
TPL REIT Fund I / Mar 26 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,002,839 ▲ 0.06
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	10,156,162 ▲ 1.41

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