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NPMC reviews price stabilisation strategies

ISLAMABAD: In the month of October 2024, non-perishable food items experienced a controlled rise of 1.01 per cent as...

Updated 06 Nov, 2024 09:07am

Business & Finance

NPMC notes significant decline in inflation

ISLAMABAD: National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) meeting revealed significant declining trend in inflation over...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 09:33am

Markets

Prices: provinces, ICT asked to curtail wholesale-retail gap

ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed has ...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Editorials

One big reason for food inflation

EDITORIAL: The National Price Monitoring Committee’s (NPMC’s) revelation of a 40 percent differential in...

Published 09 Nov, 2023 05:38am

Essential commodities: NPMC satisfied with current price trend

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities and expressed...

Updated 03 Nov, 2023 08:59am

Wholesale, retail prices of essential commodities: NPMC underscores need for reducing gap

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Monday and...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 08:47am

ECC struggles to lower prices of essentials

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) suggests measures required to be taken to lower inflation in the country

Updated 15 May, 2023 09:05am

Business & Finance

Inter-provincial coordination needed to avoid commodities’ scarcity: NPMC

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Thursday reviewed the prices of essential commodities...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:30am

Pakistan

10 essential food commodities: CCP completes draft study aimed at addressing market distortions

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has completed a draft study aimed at addressing market...

Published 30 Oct, 2022 03:57am

Essential commodities: Stakeholders told to avoid speculative trading

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday directed the...

Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:49am

Editorials

Reviving NPMC

EDITORIAL: It took the government four months of runaway inflation to realise that disbanding the National Price...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am

Private sector allowed to import wheat

Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet allows private sector to import 0.8 Million Metric Tons (MMTs) of wheat without subsidy

Updated 02 Sep, 2022 10:00am

Markets

Essential commodities: NPMC takes stock of prices

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Tuesday reviewed the prices of essential commodities ...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 05:08am

Business & Finance

Tarin urges govt to hold National Price Monitoring Committee meeting

Former finance minister says not a single meeting has been held by the current coalition government

Updated 16 May, 2022 06:46pm

Markets

Import of wheat: ECC directs MNFS&R, MoC, TCP to work out modalities

ISLAMABAD: Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed Ministry of National Food Security and...

Published 13 May, 2022 05:59am

Wheat imports: Tarin asks ministry to come up with ‘accurate need’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to come up...

Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:06am

Ministry proposes 3MMT of wheat import

ISLAMABAD: Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MoNFS&R) has proposed import of three million...

Updated 19 Mar, 2022 10:27am

Wheat flour: Balochistan govt asked to ensure price stability

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has directed the Balochistan authorities to ensure stability in the prices...

Updated 10 Mar, 2022 09:36am

Low diesel stocks cause concerns

ISLAMABAD: Expres-sing concern over low stocks of high speed diesel (HSD), a meeting of the National Price ...

Updated 24 Feb, 2022 09:50am

Stability in wheat prices: Balochistan asked to take required steps

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has been informed that wheat flour prices in...

Updated 09 Feb, 2022 09:44am

Business & Finance

NPMC informed: Sugar prices in Rawalpindi, Lahore and Quetta on the higher side

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) has been informed that sugar prices in Rawalpindi, Lahore,...

Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Tarin asks ministry to firm up wheat supply strategy

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin Wednesday directed the Ministry of National Food Security...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

Pakistan

Strategic reserves of wheat: Ministry directed to formulate strategy

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research (NFS&R)...

Published 27 Jan, 2022 04:05am

Rising rates of pulses perturb Tarin: ‘Keep your finger on the pulse’

Finance minister directs the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to build strategic reserves of pulses

Updated 13 Jan, 2022 12:03pm

Govt to import pulses to bridge supply-demand gap

Chairing weekly meeting of NPMC, Shaukat Tarin directs Ministry of Industries and Production to build strategic reserves of sugar to avoid price hike in the future

Updated 23 Dec, 2021 10:14am

Editorials

The price hike challenge

EDITORIAL: Advisor to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin while chairing the weekly National Price ...

Updated 17 Dec, 2021 12:15pm

Tarin for keeping a close eye on lentil rates

Adviser to Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin chairs National Price Monitoring Committee

Updated 16 Dec, 2021 09:52am

Edible oils: Ministry asked to go for low-priced imports

Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin presides over the National Price Monitoring Committee meeting

Updated 09 Dec, 2021 04:56pm

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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