Trends - Large Scale Manufacturing

Large Scale Manufacturing

Export industry: Raw materials now exempt from taxes

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directs formation of task forces to attract investment in multiple sectors

Updated 09 Jun, 2022 09:42am

BR Research

Promising LSM growth

Large scale industrial activity has remained upbeat this fiscal year. While there is nothing record-shattering about...

Published 17 May, 2022 08:20am

BR Research

Textile output showing signs of life?

Pakistan’s textile sector output may finally be coming off the ventilator, after spending four years in the ICU....

Published 27 Apr, 2022 08:30am

Markets

Charges against EOL applications: LSM units urge Lesco to comply with Nepra clarification

LAHORE: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) units, particularly the export-oriented ones, have urged the Lahore...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Timely actions helped contain deficit: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government’s timely actions to contain the current account...

Updated 20 Mar, 2022 09:01am

BR Research

Rebased LSM: Misleading (and flawed?)

The devil, they say, is in the details. This could not have been truer if you are looking at the newly rebased Large...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 08:30am

Pakistan

PRIME’s latest report: Economic prosperity ‘improves’ amid rising energy constraints

ISLAMABAD: Economic prosperity improves amid rising energy constraints, while purchasing power continues to decline,...

Published 25 Dec, 2021 05:02am

BR Research

LSM: Off the tracks?

The heat has not lasted long, as the Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth numbers for October 2021 returned a...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 07:46am

BR Research

Construction costs beg questions

Here are some numbers: in the past year, cost of construction has risen in double-digits. According to the monthly...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 08:14am

BR Research

Profiling fabric exports

Earlier this week, BR Research identified that denim fabric export fell by more than two-thirds in FY21, without a...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 07:35am

BR Research

LSM: Still off the peak

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth is back to the merry ways – registering 12.7 percent year-on-year ...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 07:25am

BR Research

LSM growth: measured and gradual

Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth at 2.25 percent for June 2021 put brakes on the double-digit growth reported...

Published 17 Sep, 2021 07:30am

Business & Finance

April 2020-21: Employment generation in LSM sector up

KARACHI: Employment generation in Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) in Sindh was up by almost 15 percent in April of...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am

BR Research

Full year LSM nearing 14 percent

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) inched further ahead, registering 14.57 percent growth for 11-month period ending ...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 08:43am

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LSM growth broadens

Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) continued the upward journey, posting 12.84 percent growth for Jul-Apr FY21 –...

Published 16 Jun, 2021 07:25am

BR Research

Industrial employment rebounds

The recently released central bank’s State of Economy report on 2QFY21 touches upon the employment subject in...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

Petroleum sales – another upbeat month

While May 2021 has been relatively slower than the previous month in terms of economic activity due to long...

Published 03 Jun, 2021 07:40am

BR Research

Monetary policy – on the cusp

No change. No surprise. Monetary Policy committee (MPC) has kept the policy rate unchanged at 7 percent. The ...

Published 31 May, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

LSM: Double-digit calling

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) posted 9 percent cumulative growth for 9MFY21, continuing with the trend ...

Published 21 May, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

Autos’ small changes

Latest Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) numbers spin a positive tale of recovery for industrial growth in Pakistan; ...

Published 16 Apr, 2021 07:36am

BR Research

LSM: March towards double-digit growth

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) rebound seems to be continuing unbated. January 2021 saw the highest monthly...

Published 18 Mar, 2021 07:30am

Business & Finance

LSMI output increases 9.13pc in January

According to provisional Quantum Index Numbers (QIM) of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries, the LSMI output increased by 5.36pc when compared to December 2020.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 12:46pm

Pakistan

Industrial sector is showing sustained growth, which is a good sign, says PM

Imran says the cumulative growth from July to December last year is above eight percent
Large scale manufacturing saw another double digit growth of 11.4 percent in December last year as compared to the same month previous year: Premier

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 03:44pm

BR Research

LSM: tables turning?

The large-scale manufacturing (LSM) growth stood at 11.4 percent in Dec 20 and 8.16 percent in Jul-Dec. Everyone in...

Updated 17 Feb, 2021 10:11am

PM cheerful at rise in remittances

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said the country had made its record for remittances above $2 billion...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:31am

Industry showing strong growth, says Umar

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Asad Umar said the country’s large industry...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Editorials

PBS methodology: some questions

EDITORIAL: There is a dichotomy in textile exports growth and the textile recording in the Large Scale Manufacturing...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

BR Research

LSM: the tides are changing

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index jumped 14.5 percent in November 2020, arguably the fastest year-on-year growth...

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:25am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 13	278.33
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 13	278.13
USD to Japanese Yen / May 13	155.86
USD to Swiss Franc / May 13	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 13	1.25
Euro to USD / May 13	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 10	5222.68
Nasdaq / May 10	16340.87
Dow Jones / May 10	39512.84
India Sensex / May 13	72058.22
Tokyo Nikkei / May 13	38179.46
Hang Seng / May 13	19101.30
FTSE 100 / May 13	8440.89
Germany DAX 30 / May 13	18764.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 11	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 11	208762
Petrol/Litre / May 13	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 13	78.49
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 13	2349.25
Diesel/Litre / May 13	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 13 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 13 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 13 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 13 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 13 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 13 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 13 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 13 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 13 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 13 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 13 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 13 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 13 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 13 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 13 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 13 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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