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Finance Division outlook: YoY LSM slump shows underlying weaknesses

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has warned that the year on year (YoY) decline in Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)...

Updated 26 Mar, 2025 02:24pm

BR Research

LSM slumber deepens

Twelve out of 22 LSM sub-sectors shrank in January 2025, extending the diffusion index’s sub-50 streak to five...

Published 25 Mar, 2025 07:58am

Editorials

LSM still negative

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released the Quantum Indices of Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) which...

Published 20 Mar, 2025 05:57am

Business & Finance

Lowest power production in Feb 2025: KPCM Advisor rejects federal govt’s claims of economic improvement

PESHAWAR: Advisor to the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muzzammil Aslam has rejected the federal government's...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 06:51am

Business & Finance

February: Country’s manufacturing output has increased further

KARACHI: Pakistan’s manufacturing production increased further in February, as reflected by the HBL Manufacturing...

Published 07 Mar, 2025 05:45am

Editorials

Yes, inflation is falling

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price index (CPI) declined to 1.4 percent in February prompting Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as...

Published 06 Mar, 2025 06:42am

Uptick in inflation, water stress for crops likely

Finance Division says inflation is anticipated to remain within range of 2.0-3.0 percent for February 2025

Updated 28 Feb, 2025 04:02pm

BR Research

LSM: Another quarter in the red

In December 2024, the State Bank of Pakistan in its monetary policy statement had taken heart from “a noticeable...

Published 25 Feb, 2025 07:42am

BR Research

Business confidence on the up – just

The latest Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) released by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) for January 2025 presents...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 07:46am

Opinion

The LSM sector

Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has been a major recipient of subsidies - utilities (electricity tariff) including...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 03:09am

Business & Finance

‘Country is poised to maintain growth momentum’

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division stated that with strengthened economic fundamentals, declining inflation, and...

Updated 28 Jan, 2025 09:02am

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

BR Research

LSM: Stuck in the red

“Key large-scale manufacturing sectors – such as textile, food, automobiles, POL and tobacco – were already...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 09:06am

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct LSM output shows -0.64pc contraction YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.64 percent during the first...

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 09:31am

Editorials

Navigating the LNG conundrum

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s decision to defer an LNG purchase agreement with Qatar by a year - whether tied to the 2016...

Updated 09 Dec, 2024 08:09am

Opinion

Falling industrial production

The statistics on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently for the first quarter of...

Updated 03 Dec, 2024 06:30am

Business & Finance

Sustained recovery expected: FD foresees Nov inflation to range between 5.8pc and 6.8pc

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division is anticipating sustained economic recovery in the ongoing fiscal year, inflation to...

Updated 28 Nov, 2024 09:28am

BR Research

LSM: 1QFY25 back in red

While most macroeconomic indicators have improved in the past few months, and the authorities are increasingly...

Published 19 Nov, 2024 08:47am

Business & Finance

Jul-Sept LSM sector shows growth of -0.76pc

ISLAMABAD: The Overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.76 per cent during the first...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:54am

Editorials

Investment versus deposit

EDITORIAL: Pakistan’s Advance to Deposit Ratio (ADR), defined as comparing banks total loans to total deposits...

Published 15 Nov, 2024 06:20am

Opinion

Go beyond the Fund advice

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met under the chairmanship of Jameel Ahmed, Governor of State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

Updated 11 Nov, 2024 07:17am

Editorials

October: Economic Update and Outlook

EDITORIAL: The October Finance Division publication titled Economic Update and Outlook uploaded on its website notes...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 03:29am

LSM negativity falls to 0.19pc: C/A surplus drops to $98m in Q1

Finance Division in its monthly economic update and outlook for October says economy has demonstrated sustained recovery during first quarter of fiscal year 2025

Updated 31 Oct, 2024 03:06pm

Pakistan

Finance ministry sees Pakistan’s headline inflation at 6-7% in October 2024

CPI to decelerate further in November to 5.5-6.5%, says finance ministry

Updated 30 Oct, 2024 10:43pm

BR Research

LSM: Cement pulls growth back

The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for August 2024 was down 2.65 percent year-and-year and served as an early...

Published 24 Oct, 2024 08:08am

Editorials

Projected growth rate by IMF

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected a growth rate for Pakistan of 3.2 percent identical...

Updated 24 Oct, 2024 08:16am

Aug LSM output up 4.68pc MoM

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector’s output has witnessed an increase of 4.68 per cent for August...

Updated 18 Oct, 2024 09:25am

Editorials

Macroeconomic data: welcome improvement

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released two positive macroeconomic indicators this Friday past –...

Published 20 Sep, 2024 06:10am

July LSM output down 2.08pc MoM

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector’s output decreased by 2.08 percent for July 2024 when compared...

Updated 17 Sep, 2024 09:14am

Editorials

Monetary easing amid slowing inflation

EDITORIAL: In its scheduled 12 September Monetary Policy Committee meeting the discount rate was reduced by 200 ...

Published 13 Sep, 2024 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 8	280.80
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 8	280.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 8	147.06
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 8	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 8	1.28
Euro to USD / Apr 8	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Apr 7	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 7	5,062.25
Nasdaq / Apr 7	15,603.26
Dow Jones / Apr 7	37,965.60
India Sensex / Apr 8	74,620.92
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 8	33,012.58
Hang Seng / Apr 8	20,148.82
FTSE 100 / Apr 8	7,842.81
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 8	20,014.81
France CAC40 / Apr 8	6,998.74

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 7	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 7	281,297.70
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 8	61.41
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 8	3,012.10
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 8	65.08
Petrol/Litre / Apr 9	254.63
Diesel/Litre / Apr 9	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Orient Rental / Apr 8 Orient Rental Mod(ORM)	8.89 ▲ 0.88 (10.99%)
Mandviwala / Apr 8 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	17.55 ▲ 1.6 (10.03%)
Shakarganj / Apr 8 Shakarganj Limited(SML)	38.70 ▲ 3.52 (10.01%)
Bunnys Limited / Apr 8 Bunnys Limited(BNL)	20.78 ▲ 1.89 (10.01%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Apr 8 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	116.27 ▲ 10.57 (10%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 8 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	222.20 ▲ 20.2 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Apr 8 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	150.24 ▲ 13.66 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Apr 8 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	179.05 ▲ 16.28 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Apr 8 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	1,188.20 ▲ 108.02 (10%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 8 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	1,063.81 ▲ 96.71 (10%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 8 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	2.77 ▼ -0.46 (-14.24%)
NBP PGETF / Apr 8 NBP Pakistan Growth Exchange Traded Fund(NBPGETF)	23.28 ▼ -2.9 (-11.08%)
Idrees Tex. / Apr 8 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	19.36 ▼ -2.15 (-10%)
Blue-Ex Ltd / Apr 8 Blue-Ex Limited (GEM)(GEMBLUEX)	54.27 ▼ -6.03 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 8 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	32.89 ▼ -3.65 (-9.99%)
I.C.C. Ind. / Apr 8 ICC Industries Limited(ICCI)	11.29 ▼ -1.25 (-9.97%)
Sindh Abadgar / Apr 8 Sindh Abadgar's Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	52.70 ▼ -5.63 (-9.65%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Apr 8 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	41 ▼ -4.1 (-9.09%)
National Silk / Apr 8 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	34 ▼ -3.31 (-8.87%)
Elahi Cot. / Apr 8 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	118.10 ▼ -10.39 (-8.09%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	120,786,326 ▲ 0.57
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	55,274,278 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Apr 8 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	34,156,511 ▲ 0.19
Pak Elektron / Apr 8 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	33,484,190 ▼ -0.12
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 8 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	33,262,071 ▲ 1.37
Bank Al-Falah / Apr 8 Bank Alfalah Limited(BAFL)	32,588,256 ▲ 1.77
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 8 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	28,028,542 ▲ 0.29
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	23,938,102 ▲ 0.11
Sui South Gas / Apr 8 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	19,784,658 ▲ 0.36
Fauji Cement / Apr 8 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	16,903,951 ▲ 1.59

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