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The downward journey of inflation continues, as it is recorded at 4.1 percent in December 2024 – the lowest reading...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Opinion

Need for much improved ‘Uraan Pakistan’ plan

Ministry of Planning, Development, and Special Initiatives (or simply ‘Planning Ministry’) recently launched...

Published 03 Jan, 2025 06:49am

Business & Finance

Indonesia annual inflation at 1.57% in Dec

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s annual inflation rate in December was 1.57%, barely changed from 1.55% in the previous month,...

Published 02 Jan, 2025 10:38am

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Pakistan

PDP slams govt for hike in POL prices

KARACHI: Pasban Democratic Party’s Vice-Chairman Abdul Hakim Quaid has said that the increase in petrol prices on...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:07am

Business & Finance

Dec CPI inflation clocks in at 4.1pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation clocked in at 4.1 per cent on year-on-year basis in December ...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:04am

Pakistan

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.1% in December 2024

Reading in line with government projection, strengthens case for continued monetary easing

Updated 01 Jan, 2025 09:40pm

Business & Finance

Kenya’s inflation inches up in December, stats office says

Kenya’s consumer price inflation inched up to 3.0% year-on-year in December, up from 2.8% a month earlier, the...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 01:10pm

BR Research

Food prices in 2024 – quite some respite

The year ending today provided a rare and much-needed respite for inflation-weary households in Pakistan,...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 09:12am

Opinion

Prospects for 2025

The year 2025 will come after a year which has witnessed both positive and negative trends. The GDP growth rate has...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 07:02am

Business & Finance

3pc GDP growth, reduction in inflation & policy rates projected

ISLAMABAD: The Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI), while appreciating the country’s economic progress...

Published 31 Dec, 2024 06:32am

BR Research

Autos: Credit only where it’s due

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has been cutting the policy rate rather aggressively since the MPC decided on June...

Updated 31 Dec, 2024 09:15am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended December 27, 2024, increased by 0.80...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Business & Finance

Dec inflation expected to hold in 4-5pc range: FD

ISLAMABAD: Finance Division while anticipating optimistic outlook for the ongoing fiscal year with inflation to...

Published 28 Dec, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

Need for a more balanced policy emphasis by Pakistan and Argentina

Pakistan and Argentina have somewhat similar macroeconomic, and growth consequences, whereby although the extent of...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:27am

Business & Finance

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 2	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 2	278.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 2	157.39
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 2	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 2	1.03

Stock	Volume
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 1	39,894.54
S&P 500 / Jan 2	5,868.55
India Sensex / Jan 2	79,943.71
Nasdaq / Jan 2	19,280.79
Hang Seng / Jan 2	19,870.34
FTSE 100 / Jan 2	8,260.09
Dow Jones / Jan 2	42,392.27
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 2	20,024.66

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 2	73.39
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 2	18,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 2	242,888.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 2	2,633.41
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 2	68.49
Petrol/Litre / Jan 3	252.66

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Power / Jan 3 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	6.87 ▲ 1.00 (17.04%)
Dewan Textile / Jan 3 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	7.49 ▲ 0.69 (10.15%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jan 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	28 ▲ 2.55 (10.02%)
GOC (Pak) / Jan 3 GOC (Pak) Limited.(GOC)	79.20 ▲ 7.20 (10.00%)
Hallmark Co. / Jan 3 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	1,200.54 ▲ 109.14 (10.00%)
Suhail Jute / Jan 3 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	175.52 ▲ 15.96 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 3 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	13.68 ▲ 1.24 (9.97%)
Arpak Int. / Jan 3 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	76.80 ▲ 6.90 (9.87%)
Nagina Cot. / Jan 3 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	56 ▲ 5.00 (9.80%)

Stock	Price
Premier Insurance / Jan 3 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5 ▼ -0.61 (-10.87%)
Frontier Ceram / Jan 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	31.28 ▼ -3.48 (-10.01%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Jan 3 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	42.92 ▼ -4.77 (-10.00%)
Buxly Paints / Jan 3 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	171.03 ▼ -18.86 (-9.93%)
Equity Modaraba / Jan 3 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.21 ▼ -0.29 (-8.29%)
J.K.Spinning / Jan 3 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	56 ▼ -5.00 (-8.20%)
Sanghar Sugar / Jan 3 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	24.04 ▼ -2.02 (-7.75%)
First Fid. Leasing / Jan 3 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	2.22 ▼ -0.18 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Jan 3 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	301 ▼ -23.97 (-7.38%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 3 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	89,478,727 ▲ 0.13
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	72,001,410 ▼ -0.02
Telecard Limited / Jan 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	61,073,411 ▼ -0.12
Cnergyico PK / Jan 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	52,175,076 ▼ -0.10
B.O.Punjab / Jan 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	37,387,280 ▼ -0.05
Pak Elektron / Jan 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,998,434 ▲ 1.15
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jan 3 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	31,047,972 ▲ 0.13
Siddiqsons Tin / Jan 3 Siddiqsons Tin Plate Limited(STPL)	23,654,281 ▲ 0.08
Pak Stock Exchange / Jan 3 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	21,149,893 ▲ 1.87

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