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Export of 0.5m tons of sugar: Banks authorised to process cases

KARACHI: In accordance with federal government directives, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has authorized banks to...

Updated 17 Oct, 2024 09:02am

Opinion

Need for strengthening API sector

The pharmaceutical industry in Pakistan, predominantly led by national companies, is experiencing rapid growth and...

Updated 11 Oct, 2024 08:28am

Pakistan

Alleged currency manipulation: Senate panel to recommend action against errant banks

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Economic Affairs has decided to recommend further action against...

Published 24 Sep, 2024 03:28am

Cheap Russian oil: Musadik claims private sector made hefty profits

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Petroleum, Dr. Musadik Masood Malik has reportedly accused private sector of earning huge...

Updated 02 Aug, 2024 09:54am

Business & Finance

Jan-Apr: 10.85m cell phones made locally

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing/ assembling plants manufactured/ assembled 10.85 million mobile handsets during...

Published 30 May, 2024 06:19am

Opinion

A recalcitrant rupee!

The budget for the current fiscal year, reviewed and amended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a prior...

Published 11 Mar, 2024 04:45am

2.27m cellphones made/assembled locally in Jan

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing/assembling plants manufactured/assembled 2.27 million mobile handsets during the...

Updated 25 Feb, 2024 09:03am

Business & Finance

Local manufacturing of mobile phones declined by 4pc in 2023

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing/assembling of mobile handsets declined by around four percent during the calendar ...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

ADs allowed to make import advance payments without prior SBP approval

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has allowed Authorised Dealers (ADs) to make import advance payments,...

Updated 01 Feb, 2024 09:42am

Perspectives

Auto sector in 2023: advent of EVs and hybrids in Pakistan

The year 2023 signaled a downward spiral for the auto sector. For about half the year, there were restrictions from...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:09pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Nov mobile phones imports up 112.2pc to $616.54m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $616.541 million during the first five months (July-November) of...

Updated 22 Dec, 2023 09:03am

‘Illegal’ LCs, forex market speculation: MoF set to share list of banks with SIFC today

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry is all set to share the list of banks involved in illegal business relating to LCs...

Updated 07 Dec, 2023 09:49am

Business & Finance

Jan-Oct: 15.66m mobile phones made locally

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/ assembled 15.66 million mobile handsets during the first 10...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

Business & Finance

Import from China: Customs’ values on fleece fabrics fixed

ISLAMABAD: Directorate General of Customs Valuation Karachi has fixed new Customs values on the import of six...

Published 25 Nov, 2023 05:19am

Economic growth has to be backed by structural reforms: Shamshad

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Federal Minister for Finance Dr Shamshad Akhtar has said political and economic instability...

Updated 24 Nov, 2023 09:44am

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct mobile phone imports soar 107.91pc to $469.99m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $469.992 million during the first four months (July-October) of...

Published 19 Nov, 2023 03:14am

Locally-produced cars: IMC CE lists factors behind high prices

ISLAMABAD: Indus Motor Company (IMC) Chief Executive Ali Asghar Jamali has said issues such as high taxation,...

Updated 09 Nov, 2023 03:59pm

Opinion

Crisis is the moment for home-grown solutions

Containment of fiscal deficit should be and is the first priority. In this respect extensive data released on Q1...

Updated 06 Nov, 2023 06:11am

MoF to share green bonds, debt swaps plan with SIFC today

ISLAMABAD: Finance Ministry is all set to share its plan on floating of international and domestic green bonds and...

Updated 24 Oct, 2023 09:37am

Business & Finance

Jan-Sep 2023: 13.02m mobile handsets manufactured locally

ISLAMABAD: Local manufacturing plants have manufactured/assembled 13.02 million mobile handsets during the first ...

Published 24 Oct, 2023 05:05am

Business & Finance

Senate commerce committee members say will help resolve issues facing KCCI

KARACHI: The Senate’s Standing Committee on Commerce, headed by its Senator Chairman Zeeshan Khanzada, paid a ...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Business & Finance

Sitara Peroxide extends shutdown for 30 days

Sitara Peroxide Limited (SPL), Pakistan’s chemical manufacturer, announced on Friday that it is extending its plant...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:54pm

Business & Finance

IMC hasn’t announced layoffs despite 55pc cut in production: CEO

KARACHI: Chief Executive Officer, Indus Motor Company (IMC), Ali Asghar Jamali has said that despite registering a...

Published 31 Aug, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Trade conundrum: who is at fault?

The July 2023 trade data indicates an improvement in the trade deficit – from negative 1.863 billion dollars to...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Falls under domain of Ministry of Commerce: SBP says it can’t impose ban on import of any item

ISLAMABAD: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has stated that it cannot impose a ban on import of any item as it falls...

Updated 28 Aug, 2023 08:44am

Pakistan

For Pakistan’s consumers and industries, economic woes are far from over

Pakistan’s last-minute deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has given Islamabad some breathing room as...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:56pm

Markets

Rupee weakens marginally, settles at 287.60 against US dollar

Currency depreciates 0.05% in inter-bank market

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:58pm

Pakistan

Discrimination in issuance of LCs: Stakeholders demand a level playing field

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance, Wednesday, held that targeted Letters of Credit (LCs) issuance...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 06:35am

Opinion

LSM sector travails

Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

PM calls for devising extensive export policy

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for formulating a comprehensive export policy in consultation with...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 09:22am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 20	278.48
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 20	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 20	156.31
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 20	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 20	1.04

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 20	5,930.85
India Sensex / Dec 20	78,041.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 20	38,701.90
Nasdaq / Dec 20	19,572.60
Hang Seng / Dec 20	19,720.70
FTSE 100 / Dec 20	8,084.36
Dow Jones / Dec 20	42,840.26
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 20	19,884.75

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 20	69.46
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 20	234,311
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 20	2,622.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 20	68.06
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585
Petrol/Litre / Dec 22	252.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Media Times Ltd / Dec 20 Media Times Limited(MDTL)	2.37 ▲ 0.37 (18.50%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7.23 ▲ 1.00 (16.05%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Dec 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	2.12 ▲ 0.26 (13.98%)
Khalid Siraj / Dec 20 Khalid Siraj Textile Mills Limited(KSTM)	9.60 ▲ 0.97 (11.24%)
Aruj Industries / Dec 20 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	9.90 ▲ 0.98 (10.99%)
Escorts Bank / Dec 20 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	4.79 ▲ 0.47 (10.88%)
Cresent Jute / Dec 20 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	4.20 ▲ 0.40 (10.53%)
S.G.Power / Dec 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	11.19 ▲ 1.02 (10.03%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	25.80 ▲ 2.35 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
LSE Financial Serv. / Dec 20 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	16.25 ▼ -1.81 (-10.02%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Dec 20 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	41.93 ▼ -4.66 (-10.00%)
Maqbool Tex. / Dec 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.05 ▼ -3.45 (-10.00%)
Reliance Cotton / Dec 20 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	621 ▼ -69.00 (-10.00%)
Sanghar Sugar / Dec 20 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	27.72 ▼ -3.08 (-10.00%)
Olympia Mills / Dec 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	34.58 ▼ -3.84 (-9.99%)
Nagina Cot. / Dec 20 Nagina Cotton Mills Limited(NAGC)	48.92 ▼ -5.41 (-9.96%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 20 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.39 ▼ -1.26 (-9.96%)
Arpak Int. / Dec 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	65.22 ▼ -7.19 (-9.93%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	177,645,248 ▲ 0.10
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	81,901,542 ▲ 0.16
Cnergyico PK / Dec 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	68,345,098 ▲ 0.12
Pak Elektron / Dec 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	57,974,101 ▲ 1.47
Pak Refinery / Dec 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	45,251,944 ▲ 0.40
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Dec 20 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	43,240,462 ▲ 1.00
Sui South Gas / Dec 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	40,539,001 ▼ -0.74
B.O.Punjab / Dec 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	35,598,669 ▲ 0.24
Symmetry Group / Dec 20 Symmetry Group Limited(SYM)	34,869,613 ▼ -0.72

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