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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

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LSM: Clocked back in the past

Large Scale Manufacturing index for June 2024 went down 0.03 percent year-on-year – the first such instance since...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:46am

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Circling the drain

Inflation was fairly tamed, a second policy rate cut well in play, and after a particularly gruelling exercise of...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 06:46am

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Rate cut: the virtues of patience

If Pakistan were a person, it would have probably been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Few trips to Gulf capitals;...

Published 29 Apr, 2024 07:50am

Editorials

LSMI growth

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics provided the quantum indices of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI)...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

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LSM and wearing apparel: Doing it wrong again

Industrial activity continues to be suppressed, as the Large Scale Manufacturing index for Jul-Nov FY24 returned...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 09:34am

Editorials

LSM growth

EDITORIAL: The latest Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

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Austerity measures

EDITORIAL: A Business Recorder exclusive reveals that austerity measures for the current year are awaiting Caretaker...

Published 26 Dec, 2023 04:30am

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LSM inching up gradually

The tide is finally turning after a disastrous 15 months of large scale manufacturing performance. Having turned...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:43am

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LSM: low base in play

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) marked the thirteenth consecutive month of negative year-on-year growth – an...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 08:53am

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LSM: Tanks double-digits

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)growth settled in negative double digits for the outgoing fiscal year. This is so...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:40am

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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

Unemployment rate fell to 6.3pc in FY21

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in 2020-2021 from 6.9 per cent in 2018-2019, according...

Updated 09 Jun, 2023 08:59am

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Current account roundup: 10MFY23

The current account hung in balance in April 2023, and the deficit in 10MFY23 is down to one-fourth and stood at...

Published 18 May, 2023 08:47am

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Power generation keeps going down

Nine months and running. Electricity generation has continued to dip year-on-year. This has never happened in at...

Updated 21 Mar, 2023 12:44pm

Opinion

Toshakhana: asset accumulation

The release of the list of those who received extremely expensive gifts during their official foreign tours (mostly...

Published 20 Mar, 2023 06:12am

Editorials

Inflation and lower output

EDITORIAL: A former Finance Minister, Dr Hafiz A. Pasha, while addressing the members of Pakistan Industrial and...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 05:57am

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LSM deep in red

Large Scale Manufacturing went down for the fifth straight month, but on a cumulative and monthly basis. This last...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 09:23am

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LSM: The slide deepens

Large Scale Manufacturing went down 7.75 percent year-on-year for October 2022. That is the sharpest October drop...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 09:01am

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Tough times ahead for LSM

Old base or revised, April year-on-year or 10-months year-on-year, Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has continued the...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 09:39am

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LSMI output declines 13.3% in April on monthly basis, increases 15.4% year-on-year

Growth of 10.7% posted during July-April 2021-22 when compared with the same period of previous year

Published 16 Jun, 2022 02:54pm

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Exports keep LSM high

Pakistan’s Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) grew 7.8 percent for Jul-Feb FY22 period. The cumulative index for the...

Published 20 Apr, 2022 08:20am

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LSM: Million-dollar furniture leads growth

Pakistan exported a little over $5 million worth of furniture in the seven-month period from Jul 2021 to Jan 2022....

Published 22 Mar, 2022 08:08am

Editorials

Better late than never

EDITORIAL: Finally, the rebasing of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and trade indices has been approved by Pakistan...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

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LSM: Moderating too soon?

The LSM growth in November 2021 came down to 0.29 percent – lowest year-on-year number since August 2020. Having...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 08:11am

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Monetary Policy – Bold decision

No change as expected. The markets took forward guidance with a surprise. SBP has shown clear indications of not...

Published 25 Jan, 2022 08:07am

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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

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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

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The LSM surprise

All but four months of FY21 saw the LSM monthly indices at highest ever values. That is surely a first. The LSM...

Published 17 Aug, 2021 07:30am

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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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 18	68.50
Petrol/Litre / Dec 19	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%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
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%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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