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Aurangzeb speaks to SBP, PBA chiefs: Financing for priority sectors govt priority

Pakistan Banks’ Association Chairman Zafar Masud apprises minister on various initiatives planned by PBA for building an inclusive and sustainable financial ecosystem

Updated 19 Nov, 2024 03:12pm

Editorials

The right candidate for the right job

EDITORIAL: Remittances hit a four-month-high, as per State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) website, of 3.05 billion dollars...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 07:03am

Business & Finance

Interest expenses to drop by Rs1.3trn

KARACHI: In an encouraging development for Pakistan’s fiscal landscape, the country’s total interest expenses ...

Published 05 Nov, 2024 03:30am

IMF briefed about array of reforms

WASHINGTON: Pakistani delegation comprising Secretary Finance Imdad Ullah Bosal and Governor State Bank of Pakistan...

Updated 23 Oct, 2024 09:25am

Editorials

How much borrowing is envisaged from where?

EDITORIAL: On 21 August 2024 Finance Minister Aurangzeb in a text message to a foreign news agency said “we are...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

Business & Finance

Economic stability key to national sovereignty: SBP governor

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed Wednesday said economic stability is the key to national...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 05:59am

Business & Finance

‘Country in a comfort zone’: SBP chief sees no external debt repayment crisis

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Governor Jameel Ahmed Monday said with significant improvement in external...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Business & Finance

Soneri Bank celebrates opening of its 500th branch in Karachi

KARACHI: Soneri Bank announced the grand opening of its 500th branch, located in Karachi, Khayaban-e-Shamsheer. This...

Published 06 Jul, 2024 06:48am

Business & Finance

SBP governor chairs meeting on implementation of priority sector initiatives

KARACHI: The Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, chaired the first Steering Committee meeting for...

Published 06 Jun, 2024 03:09am

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate...

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), adopting a cautious approach, has...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:20am

Editorials

The criticality of financial inclusion

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmed is absolutely right that financial inclusion creates a broad base...

Published 17 Mar, 2024 02:49am

Business & Finance

Financial inclusion helps stimulate economic growth: SBP

KARACHI: Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmed has said that financial inclusion creates a broad base ...

Published 05 Mar, 2024 03:09am

PPIB urges SBP to clear $789m ‘dues’ of IPPs

ISLAMABAD: Private Power & Infrastructure Board (PPIB) has urged State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to clear “pending...

Updated 16 Feb, 2024 09:21am

IMF knows full well SOEs govt’s Achilles heel

Shamshad Akhtar shares progress on the Standby Arrangement and briefs IMF on fiscal measures being taken by the government to improve economic situation

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 10:13am

RMB clearing operations: milestone achieved

Governor State Bank of Pakistan Jameel Ahmed says role of renminbi is continuously increasing in the global economy and international financial markets

Updated 28 Oct, 2023 04:29pm

Pakistan

SBP awards in-principle approval to 5 digital retail banks

These include HugoBank Limited, KT Bank Pakistan Limited, Mashreq Bank Pakistan Limited, Raqami Islamic Digital Bank Limited and Telenor Microfinance Bank Limited

Updated 20 Sep, 2023 06:40pm

Pakistan

Caretaker commerce minister, SBP governor discuss export enhancement measures

'Met the esteemed governor SBP to discuss ways and means to increase liquidity of our exporters,' said Ejaz

Updated 20 Sep, 2023 04:19pm

In a surprise move, policy rate kept unchanged

KARACHI: As against the market expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan has...

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 09:51am

Editorials

The grimness of higher inflation

EDITORIAL: The governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Jameel Ahmed, while addressing the flag hoisting ceremony on...

Published 17 Aug, 2023 03:49am

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged as economic uncertainty ebbs

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to keep the policy rate...

Published 01 Aug, 2023 06:19am

Business & Finance

Fair spot trading will prevent forex outflow: KCCI

KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) is of the view that a transparent and fair spot...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Markets

IMF deal to address Pakistan’s inflation, external debt concerns: governor SBP

Jameel Ahmad says position of foreign exchange reserves will improve in coming weeks

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 07:05pm

Markets

Pakistan looks at ‘medium-term’ inflation target of 5-7%: SBP chief

Jameel Ahmad also announces MoU with Arab Monetary Fund to facilitate remittance inflow from GCC countries

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 03:40pm

Govt’s LoI to IMF contains 9 major assurances

Pakistan assures that no new tax amnesty would be granted during the next nine months

Updated 04 Jul, 2023 09:52am

Business & Finance

Jameel Ahmed says pressure of inflation will remain for two to three months

Updated 09 Mar, 2023 12:37pm

Editorials

Policy rate hiked to 17pc: will it work?

EDITORIAL: The most critical, albeit baffling, revelation made by the Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel...

Published 25 Jan, 2023 06:25am

Markets

Exchange companies set to remove ‘self-imposed price cap’ on open-market dollars

Association says it will sell the foreign currency in accordance with demand-supply dynamics

Published 24 Jan, 2023 07:46pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 17	278.60
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 17	278.60
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 17	153.56
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 17	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 17	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 17	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
India Sensex / Dec 17	80,684.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 17	39,164.26
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Hang Seng / Dec 17	19,815.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 17	8,195.20
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 17	20,246.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 17	70.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 17	17,585
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 17	2,644.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 17	68.53
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Dadabhoy Cement / Dec 18 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	7.85 ▲ 0.74 (10.41%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Nimir Resins / Dec 18 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	35.16 ▲ 3.20 (10.01%)
Data Agro / Dec 18 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	139.24 ▲ 12.66 (10.00%)
Diamond Ind. / Dec 18 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	20.90 ▲ 1.90 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
Equity Modaraba / Dec 18 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.01 ▼ -0.43 (-12.50%)
Dewan Textile / Dec 18 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	5.67 ▼ -0.77 (-11.96%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Dec 18 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	37.76 ▼ -4.20 (-10.01%)
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
Din Tex. / Dec 18 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	45.90 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)
Calcorp Ltd / Dec 18 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	26.22 ▼ -2.91 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.02
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	58,285,174 ▼ -0.45
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	57,202,972 ▲ 0.01
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -0.80
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.46
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▲ 0.09
Hub Power Co. / Dec 18 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	33,289,968 ▼ -3.62
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	31,365,092 ▼ -0.19

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