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Sri Lanka’s inflation rate drops to minus 1.7% in November

Sri Lanka’s consumer price inflation dropped to minus 1.7% year-on-year in November after easing to minus 0.7% in...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 03:42pm

World

Inflation, elections and war dominated 2024

Inflation dropped in most economies around the world in 2024, but voters didn’t care. Angered by the hefty ramp-up...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 08:57am

Business & Finance

Japan’s core inflation accelerates, keeps BOJ rate-hike chance alive

TOKYO: Japan’s core inflation accelerated in November as rising food and fuel costs hit households, data showed on...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:53am

Business & Finance

Key economic indicators: Aurangzeb explains improvement

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb on Wednesday said the foundation for...

Published 19 Dec, 2024 05:57am

Editorials

MPS: further cut in key interest rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the policy rate by 200 basis points to 13 percent during...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:11am

BR Research

Should the SBP be procyclical?

Inflation isn’t the monster it used to be—at least, not for now. But complacency is dangerous. The central bank’s...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 09:04am

Opinion

Fall in the rate of inflation

The very good news is that there has been a precipitate drop in the rate of inflation, as measured by the Consumer...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 08:25am

Business & Finance

Key interest rate brought down by 200bps to 13pc

KARACHI: With inflation declining in line with its expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State...

Published 17 Dec, 2024 06:47am

Business & Finance

Saudi Arabia’s inflation reaches 2% in November

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s annual inflation rate continued to slowly accelerate, hitting 2% in November compared to 1.9%...

Published 15 Dec, 2024 12:41pm

Business & Finance

SPI-based inflation rises slightly

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 12, 2024, increased by 0.07...

Published 14 Dec, 2024 06:46am

BR Research

Monetary policy: Balancing rate cuts and inflation

The monetary policy is due on Monday. The market rates (T-Bills and KIBOR) have already plummeted, making the...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 08:24am

Opinion

Pakistan’s economic outlook 2025: inflation, growth, & debt

Among macroeconomic indicators, primarily inflation has come down drastically over recent months, whereby consumer...

Updated 13 Dec, 2024 03:41pm

Editorials

Blaming IMF for inflation!

EDITORIAL: In response to a query from a member of the Treasury benches, Tahira Aurangzeb, the Ministry of Finance...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 07:27am

Business & Finance

KCCI urges SBP to reduce policy rate by 400bps

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Jawed Bilwani, while referring to the...

Published 13 Dec, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

‘4pc reduction in inflation should be announced in new monetary policy’

KARACHI: Hanif Lakhani, former senior vice president of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:42am

ADB projects GDP growth at 3pc, inflation at 10pc

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth in fiscal year 2025 is projected at three percent, revised upwards from 2.8...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:04am

CAD declined 79pc in 2MFY25, NA told

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb said the Current Account Deficit (CAD) has declined...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 09:07am

Editorials

Inflation declines, but where’s feel-good factor?

EDITORIAL: Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending 5 December 2024 was 3.57 percent year on year, a massive...

Published 10 Dec, 2024 06:31am

PM credits Aurangzeb-led team for taming inflation

ISLAMABAD: Amidst widespread concerns among masses regarding soaring inflation in the country, Prime Minister...

Updated 08 Dec, 2024 09:40am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.34pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 5, 2024 decreased by 0.34...

Updated 07 Dec, 2024 09:16am

Opinion

Need for institutional reforms

Pakistan’s economy has started showing positive signs of recovery and resilience after years of grappling with...

Updated 06 Dec, 2024 08:09am

Business & Finance

Schehzad delineates key macro economic achievements

ISLAMABAD: Advisor to Finance Minister on Economic and Financial Reforms, Khurram Schehzad said inflation was...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 06:58am

Business & Finance

Philippines’ November inflation accelerates as typhoons impact food prices

MANILA: Philippine annual inflation accelerated for the second straight month in November, the statistics agency...

Published 05 Dec, 2024 12:11pm

Aurangzeb says affordable housing linked with two ‘existential’ problems

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance Muhammad Aurangzeb, while terming the directed lending by the government to...

Updated 05 Dec, 2024 09:11am

Business & Finance

Thai November headline inflation misses forecast, below central bank target

BANGKOK: Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.95% in November from a year earlier, driven by higher...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 11:31am

Editorials

Inflation slide arrested

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed a 4.9 percent Consumer Price Index, a 2.3 percent decline...

Published 04 Dec, 2024 03:14am

BR Research

CPI: MPC mustn’t get distracted by base effect

The downward journey of headline inflation continues, with the CPI clocking in at 4.9 percent in November 2024,...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 08:51am

Business & Finance

Lowest in six years: Nov inflation slows down to 4.9pc

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation clocked in at 4.9 per cent on a year-on-year basis in...

Published 03 Dec, 2024 06:09am

PM foresees cut in policy rate

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday lauded what he described “a record decline” in inflation to 4.9...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 09:15am

Markets

Lowest since May 2018: inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.9% in November 2024

Reading also below official expectations

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:30pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 1	278.22
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 1	278.02
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 1	154.14
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 1	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 1	1.27
Euro to USD / Jan 1	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 1	6,074.08
India Sensex / Jan 1	81,748.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,540.11
Nasdaq / Jan 1	20,173.89
Hang Seng / Jan 1	19,718.56
FTSE 100 / Jan 1	8,262.05
Dow Jones / Jan 1	43,717.48
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 1	20,313.81

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Jan 1	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 1	70.60
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 1	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 1	243,059.70
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 1	2,654.57
Diesel/Litre / Jan 1	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Dec 23 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Dewan Sugar / Dec 23 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	6.60 ▲ 1.00 (17.86%)
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	6.83 ▲ 0.92 (15.57%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Dec 23 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.50 ▲ 0.95 (11.11%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Dec 23 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.75 ▲ 0.36 (10.62%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Dec 23 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	4.72 ▲ 0.45 (10.54%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.55 ▲ 1.00 (10.47%)
Dawood Equities / Dec 23 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	10.63 ▲ 1.00 (10.38%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 23 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.39 (10.37%)

Stock	Price
Sindh Abadgar / Dec 23 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	36.60 ▼ -4.07 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 23 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	40.87 ▼ -4.54 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 23 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	37.72 ▼ -4.19 (-10.00%)
Asia Ins. / Dec 23 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	13.96 ▼ -1.55 (-9.99%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 23 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	42.01 ▼ -4.58 (-9.83%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Dec 23 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	14.01 ▼ -1.33 (-8.67%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 23 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	6 ▼ -0.54 (-8.26%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 23 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	10.46 ▼ -0.93 (-8.17%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Dec 23 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	8.45 ▼ -0.65 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	99,942,750 ▲ 0.14
Cnergyico PK / Dec 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	66,327,753 ▲ 0.92
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 23 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,280,462 ▲ 0.19
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,644,312 ▲ 0.37
Sui South Gas / Dec 23 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,619,788 ▲ 0.76
Pak Elektron / Dec 23 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	38,585,180 ▲ 1.96
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 23 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	35,015,764 ▲ 1.32
P.T.C.L. / Dec 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	33,026,526 ▲ 2.58
B.O.Punjab / Dec 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	29,495,012 ▲ 0.26

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