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Lowest since May 2018: inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 4.9% in November 2024

Reading also below official expectations

Updated 02 Dec, 2024 10:30pm

BR Research

Electricity tariffs go down… at the PBS

Electricity consumers in Pakistan paid less this year in October than a year ago. And only 5 percent higher than...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:32am

Markets

Inflation in Pakistan clocks in at 7.2% in October 2024

Reading slightly higher than market and official expectations that put figure in range of 6-7%

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 10:57pm

Pakistan

PBS to host first-ever Data Fest-2024 today

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) will be hosting Pakistan’s first-ever Data Fest-2024 at the Pak...

Updated 21 Oct, 2024 07:25am

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.52pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended September 19, 2024, decreased by 0.52...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:30am

Markets

Ongoing global oil price decline to benefit Pakistan: brokerage house

The ongoing decline in global oil price “benefits Pakistan” and will help its trade balance and inflation figures,...

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 10:32pm

Markets

Pakistan in ‘advanced stage’ to get external financing assurances, says Aurangzeb

Finance minister hopeful of getting IMF Executive Board approval on time

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 09:45pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks marginally to $3.6bn in 2MFY25

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank marginally to $3.6 billion during the first two months of fiscal year 2024-25...

Updated 03 Sep, 2024 10:28pm

Pakistan

Minister directs PBS officials to prepare five-year strategic plan

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning Ahsan Iqbal has directed the top officials of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 23 Jul, 2024 08:27am

Markets

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 12% YoY to $24.1bn in FY24

Exports increase by 10.5% to $30.7bn while imports decline 0.8% to $54.7bn
However, trade deficit increases by 15.13% to $2.39 billion in June

Updated 02 Jul, 2024 08:10pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation increases pace, clocks in at 12.6% in June 2024

Average CPI inflation reading in FY24 clocks in at 23.4%

Updated 01 Jul, 2024 07:03pm

Pakistan

PBS launches 7th Agri Census with awareness seminar at SAU

HYDERABAD: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) commenced the 7th Agricultural Census in Pakistan with an awareness...

Published 28 May, 2024 05:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 18% YoY to $19.5bn in 10MFY24

Exports increase by 9.1% to $25.3bn, while imports decline 4.1% to $44.8bn

Updated 02 May, 2024 08:54pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 17.3% in April 2024

CPI-based figure is lowest in 23 months

Updated 02 May, 2024 10:18pm

Opinion

Persistent decline of manufacturing sector

The latest monthly data for February 2024 on the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) has been released recently by...

Published 23 Apr, 2024 03:41am

BR Research

LSM: 20 months in the red

The longest negative LSM growth streak got longer, as per the latest data released by the Pakistan Bureau of...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 07:39am

BR Research

WPI: Much more than it shows

While the last two years have piled on a misery of historic proportions on retail prices, the seeds were sown a year...

Published 03 Apr, 2024 09:18am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 25% to $17.03bn in 9MFY24

However, trade deficit in March alone higher on yearly and monthly basis

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 10:10pm

Markets

Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 30% to $14.9bn in 8MFY24

Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows to 23.1% in February

This is the lowest CPI-based figure since June 2022

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:22pm

July-January FY24: Trade deficit shrinks 32.7pc to $13.16bn YoY

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says exports increased by 7.87 percent to $17.778 billion

Updated 21 Feb, 2024 01:04pm

Opinion

PBS needs a makeover

Policymaking at all levels of government requires precise, timely and accurate statistics to achieve various targets...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Opinion

Tech solves Pakistan’s three-fold education problem

The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as the International Day of Education, “in celebration of...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 33% to $13.2bn in 7MFY24

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank 33% to $13.167 billion during July-January (7MFY24) on account of a considerable...

Updated 02 Feb, 2024 09:16pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Dec: Trade deficit falls 34.29pc to $11.15bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 34.29 percent in the first half (July-December) of the current...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 09:54am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks over 34% to $11.15bn in 6MFY24

Stood at $16.97bn in same period of the previous year

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:03pm

Opinion

Problematic statistics

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Oct LSMI output down 4.08pc YoY

The LSMI quantum index number (QIM) estimated for October 2023 is 111.06

Updated 16 Dec, 2023 05:34pm

Pakistan

SBP seen holding key policy rate as monetary policy committee meets Tuesday

Pakistan's key rate was raised to an all-time high of 22% in June and has stayed unchanged for the last three rate meetings

Updated 11 Dec, 2023 09:32pm

Business & Finance

SPI down 0.23pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: A decline of 0.23 percent has been recorded in the weekly Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending...

Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am

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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