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LSM sector

Too many young, too few factories

More than half of Pakistan’s 241 million citizens are under the age of 19. Every year, millions of them join the...

Published 11 Apr, 2025 08:50am

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

Opinion

Poverty may trump low inflation

Inflation has come down dramatically – from 28.3 percent in January 2024 to 1.5 percent in February 2025. The...

Published 24 Mar, 2025 06:16am

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

‘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

Editorials

Growth model

EDITORIAL: The World Bank in its “Country Partnership Framework” recommends a growth model overhaul arguing that...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 06:40am

5MFY25: LSM sector sees 1.25pc contraction YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -1.25 percent during the first...

Updated 16 Jan, 2025 04:11pm

Markets

Pakistan’s inflation projected at 4-5% in December, says Ministry of Finance

Pakistan’s headline inflation is expected to stay within the 4-5% range in December, the Finance Division projected...

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 10:07pm

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

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

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

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

BR Research

LSM: Slow revival starts

The fiscal year FY25 started on a positive note for Large Scale Manufacturing as the index for July2024 registered a...

Published 25 Sep, 2024 08:56am

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

Business & Finance

FY24 LSM sector grows 0.92pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of 0.92 per cent during fiscal year...

Published 17 Aug, 2024 06:12am

Monthly update, outlook: June inflation will be on higher side: MoF

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Ministry has stated that inflation outlook would be higher for June 2024 compared to the...

Updated 29 Jun, 2024 03:01pm

BR Research

LSM: Slow rebound starts

Large Scale Manufacturing index for the fifth month running recorded positive year-on-year growth, as April 2024 LSM...

Published 26 Jun, 2024 07:42am

Jul-Apr LSM sector posts 0.45pc growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of 0.45 per cent during July-April 2023-24...

Updated 15 Jun, 2024 02:23pm

Opinion

The LSM sector

Large scale manufacturing (LSM) registered negative 0.52 (cumulative) July-January 2024 against negative 2.67 ...

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 05:25am

BR Research

LSM: Still in red, just

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) Index, on a cumulative basis, stayed negative for the 19th straight month, as...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 08:17am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan LSM sector attains negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.52 percent during the first...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Pakistan

Economic policy over next several months crucial for Pakistan: US Ambassador

KARACHI: US Ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome has said economic policy developed over the next several months...

Updated 05 Mar, 2024 04:32pm

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December Monthly Economic Update and Outlook, uploaded on the Finance Division website, indicates the...

Updated 01 Jan, 2024 06:53am

Editorials

Macroeconomic indicators not satisfactory

EDITORIAL: External borrowing failed to meet the budgeted target by 51 percent as per data released by the Pakistan...

Published 21 Dec, 2023 03:54am

Opinion

Pakistan’s promising economic outlook

The finance division’s ‘monthly economic outlook report’ for the month of November reveals that Pakistan’s...

Published 14 Dec, 2023 05:24am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 11	280.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 11	280.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 11	143.90
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 11	0.82
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 11	1.30
Euro to USD / Apr 11	1.13
UK LIBOR % / Apr 10	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 10	5,268.05
Nasdaq / Apr 10	16,387.31
Dow Jones / Apr 10	39,593.66
India Sensex / Apr 11	75,343.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 11	33,533.93
Hang Seng / Apr 11	21,054.61
FTSE 100 / Apr 11	7,879.52
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 11	20,278.17
France CAC40 / Apr 11	7,066.01

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 10	16,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 10	281,893
Petrol/Litre / Apr 11	254.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 11	60.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 11	3,196.67
Diesel/Litre / Apr 11	258.64
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 11	67.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Apr 11 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	8.85 ▲ 1 (12.74%)
Ruby Textile / Apr 11 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	7 ▲ 0.7 (11.11%)
Bawany Air Products / Apr 11 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	28.91 ▲ 2.63 (10.01%)
Calcorp Ltd / Apr 11 Calcorp Limited(CASH)	37.24 ▲ 3.39 (10.01%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Apr 11 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	1,329.45 ▲ 120.86 (10%)
ZIL Limited / Apr 11 ZIL Limited(ZIL)	295.72 ▲ 26.88 (10%)
Jubile Life InsXD / Apr 11 Jubilee Life Insurance Company Limited(JLICL)	152.56 ▲ 13.87 (10%)
Diamond Ind. / Apr 11 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	35.20 ▲ 3.2 (10%)
Parmount Sp. / Apr 11 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	4.18 ▲ 0.38 (10%)
Hoechst Pak. / Apr 11 Hoechst Pakistan Limited(HPL)	3,519 ▲ 319 (9.97%)

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 11 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	1.84 ▼ -0.41 (-18.22%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 11 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	17.53 ▼ -1.95 (-10.01%)
National Silk / Apr 11 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	30.75 ▼ -3.25 (-9.56%)
Universal Ins. / Apr 11 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9 ▼ -0.85 (-8.63%)
Noon Sugar / Apr 11 Noon Sugar Mills Limited(NONS)	71.10 ▼ -6.61 (-8.51%)
Masood Textile / Apr 11 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	52 ▼ -4.8 (-8.45%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Apr 11 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	26 ▼ -2.29 (-8.09%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 11 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	32.50 ▼ -2.85 (-8.06%)
Chashma / Apr 11 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	59.02 ▼ -4.97 (-7.77%)
EFU General / Apr 11 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	116 ▼ -8.45 (-6.79%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 11 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,573,180 ▼ -0.07
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 11 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	57,922,646 ▲ 0.02
Sui South Gas / Apr 11 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	44,734,661 ▲ 0.52
Pak Elektron / Apr 11 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	40,461,763 ▲ 2.13
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 11 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	37,973,873 ▼ -0.34
B.O.Punjab / Apr 11 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	33,069,655 ▲ 0.54
Citi Pharma Ltd / Apr 11 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	25,314,966 ▲ 2.71
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 11 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	21,075,820 ▲ 0.24
Fauji Cement / Apr 11 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	19,242,425 ▼ -0.65
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 11 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,890,477 ▼ -0.01

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