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Monetary Policy Committee: SBP issues advance calendar for meetings in January-July 2025

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Friday issued the advance calendar of Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meetings...

Updated 10 Jan, 2025 08:41pm

Editorials

State of the economy

EDITORIAL: The December 2024 Economic Update and Outlook, a monthly publication uploaded on the Finance Division...

Updated 02 Jan, 2025 08:22am

Business & Finance

Further ease in monetary policy stance expected

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) announced the next monetary policy...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 07:53am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Markets

SBP keeps key interest rate unchanged at 21%

Monetary Policy Committee views inflation to have peaked in May and, barring any foreseen developments, expects it to start falling from June onwards

Updated 12 Jun, 2023 06:19pm

Pakistan

Record inflation, but market says status quo in upcoming monetary policy

High-interest rate along with other macroeconomic measures have already put the brakes on economic growth, argues brokerage house

Updated 03 Jun, 2023 09:06pm

BR Research

MPS: uncertainty reigns

The monetary policy committee meeting is due tomorrow. Most analysts expect no change in the policy rate, which is...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 08:00am

Monetary policy to be announced on Friday

KARACHI: The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will be held on...

Updated 23 Nov, 2022 09:31am

Business & Finance

Monetary Policy Committee to meet on November 25, says SBP

SBP will issue the Monetary Policy Statement through a press release on the same day

Published 22 Nov, 2022 05:37pm

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: market expects no change in key interest rate

SBP is currently scheduled to announce monetary policy on Nov 25 (Friday)

Updated 17 Nov, 2022 09:25pm

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: SBP maintains status quo, keeps key interest rate unchanged at 15%

The central bank has kept policy rate unchanged since July 7, 2022

Updated 10 Oct, 2022 09:13pm

Editorials

Another hike in policy rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held under the chairmanship of Acting Governor Murtaza Syed raised ...

Published 13 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 17	278.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 17	278.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 17	156.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 17	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 17	1.22
Euro to USD / Jan 17	1.03

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 17	5,996.66
India Sensex / Jan 17	76,619.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 17	38,451.46
Nasdaq / Jan 17	19,630.20
Hang Seng / Jan 17	19,584.06
FTSE 100 / Jan 17	8,505.22
Dow Jones / Jan 17	43,487.83
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 17	20,903.39

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 17	78.88
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 17	18,785
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 17	242,283
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 17	2,703.25
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 17	67.60
Petrol/Litre / Jan 18	256.13

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / Jan 17 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	7.60 ▲ 1.00 (15.15%)
S.G.Power / Jan 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.51 ▲ 1.00 (11.75%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Jan 17 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	10.50 ▲ 1.00 (10.53%)
AN Textile Mill / Jan 17 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	12.82 ▲ 1.17 (10.04%)
Jah.Sidd. Co. / Jan 17 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	23.62 ▲ 2.15 (10.01%)
Agritech Non-voting / Jan 17 Agritech Non-Voting Preference(AGLNCPS)	24.20 ▲ 2.20 (10.00%)
Arif Habib Ltd. / Jan 17 Arif Habib Limited(AHL)	66.21 ▲ 6.02 (10.00%)
Bilal Fibres / Jan 17 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	15.95 ▲ 1.45 (10.00%)
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	77.09 ▲ 7.01 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
JS Global Banking / Jan 17 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	19.77 ▼ -2.75 (-12.21%)
First Capital Equities / Jan 17 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.35 ▼ -0.72 (-11.86%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Jan 17 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	7 ▼ -0.88 (-11.17%)
Service Textile / Jan 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	14.98 ▼ -1.66 (-9.98%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jan 17 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.01 ▼ -0.43 (-9.68%)
Zahid Jee Textile / Jan 17 Zahidjee Textile Mills Limited(ZAHID)	27.51 ▼ -2.70 (-8.94%)
Mandviwala / Jan 17 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	21.50 ▼ -2.00 (-8.51%)
Universal Ins. / Jan 17 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	9.23 ▼ -0.65 (-6.58%)
Tata Textile / Jan 17 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	47.10 ▼ -2.80 (-5.61%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	103,704,415 ▲ 0.01
Cnergyico PK / Jan 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	37,108,232 ▲ 0.04
Hub Power Co. / Jan 17 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	36,743,585 ▲ 5.79
Hascol Petrol / Jan 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	32,265,861 ▲ 0.83
Dewan Motors / Jan 17 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	28,402,498 ▲ 2.84
Citi Pharma Ltd / Jan 17 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	24,195,904 ▲ 7.01
Pak Refinery / Jan 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	17,625,081 ▲ 0.94
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 17 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	16,675,539 ▲ 0.30
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	16,024,776 ▲ 0.09

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