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Cabinet body meets to discuss utilisation of Gwadar Port for public sector imports

Committee emphasises utilising Gwadar Port for bulk imports such as wheat, sugar, and urea

Updated 17 Dec, 2024 11:00pm

Cell phones: Jul-Oct import registers negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $420.799 million in the first four months (July-October) of the...

Updated 25 Nov, 2024 02:44pm

Markets

Pakistan’s REER index increases to 100.9 in October 2024

Pakistan’s Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of...

Updated 18 Nov, 2024 10:35pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct exports up 13.45pc to $10.88bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s exports increased by 13.45 per cent during the first four months (July-October) of ...

Published 02 Nov, 2024 06:15am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 31% YoY to $1.5bn in October 2024

In 4MFY25, trade deficit narrows 5.59% to $6.97 billion

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 10:06pm

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

Govt decides to bring in 50pc govt imports thru Gwadar port

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to divert 50 per cent of public sector imports to Gwadar Port destined...

Updated 26 Aug, 2024 09:22am

BR Research

Current account FY25: weak exports pose threat

The near-zero current account balance is expected to continue, as a deficit of $162 million was posted on July 24....

Published 20 Aug, 2024 06:50am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s REER index increases to 101.5 in July 2024

Pakistan’s Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of...

Updated 19 Aug, 2024 04:49pm

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

Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm

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

Markets

Pakistan’s REER index inches up in December, stands at 98.9

Pakistan’s Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER), a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average of...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 11:33am

Markets

Pakistan’s current account posts significant surplus of $397mn in December

Overall deficit during July-December FY24 stands at $831mn compared to $3.63bn in same period of FY23

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:33pm

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

Markets

Pakistan’s current account posts surplus of $9mn in November

This is the first surplus since June 2023

Updated 18 Dec, 2023 05:35pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 34% to $9.38bn in 5MFY24

Stood at $14.28bn in same period of the previous year

Updated 01 Dec, 2023 10:44pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s current account deficit clocks in at $74m in October

Total imports stand at $5.17bn against $5.35bn in the same period of previous year

Updated 20 Nov, 2023 10:20pm

Pakistan

Import compression: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 42% to $5.29bn in 3MFY24

Balance stood at $9.16bn in same period of previous year

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 06:19pm

Business & Finance

PCJCCI for tissue-culture laboratory for potatoes seed

LAHORE: Pakistan is one of the huge exporters of potato and is self-sufficient for its domestic use, this was stated...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Pakistan’s imports of Russian crude face port, refinery, currency constraints

KARACHI: Pakistan is unlikely to meet a target for Russian crude to make up two-thirds of its oil imports, despite...

Updated 01 Aug, 2023 08:56am

Perspectives

Indus Motor Company and its export: Pakistan needs to do a lot more

The responsibility lays with the govt to ensure Pakistan's long-term interests are kept in mind

Updated 20 Jul, 2023 08:58pm

Markets

Pakistan reports 4th successive monthly current account surplus in June

Current account deficit shrinks 85.4% to $2.56bn in FY23
Development driven mainly by import restrictions due to dollar shortage

Updated 18 Jul, 2023 04:34pm

Pakistan

YoY: Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 43% to $27.6bn in FY23

In FY22, trade deficit stood at a whopping $48.35 billion
Contraction in deficit comes on back of restrictions on imports

Updated 19 Jul, 2023 03:07pm

SBP informs Senate panel: Forex’s fall has led to 28.2pc PKR slump in FY23 so far

ISLAMABAD: The country’s foreign exchange reserves are at present below one month of imports. This led to an...

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 03:54pm

Business & Finance

Imports from Japan, China: customs values on tyres, tubes raised

ISLAMABAD: Keeping in view Chinese investment in local manufacturing of tyres and tubes, Directorate General Customs...

Published 20 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Business & Finance

New import conditions irk timber traders

KARACHI: Timber importers and traders have demanded immediate suspension of import conditions on wood and timber...

Published 20 Oct, 2022 05:36am

Business & Finance

SRO 545 (I) 2022 in IPO Order 2022: APTTA urges PM to suspend import conditions

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Timber Traders Association (APTTA) has appealed to the prime minister, concerned ministers...

Published 18 Oct, 2022 06:02am

Business & Finance

July CAD shrinks 45pc to $1.2bn MoM

KARACHI: Pakistan’s current account deficit (CAD) for July 2022 narrowed by 45 percent on month-on-month basis to...

Published 25 Aug, 2022 06:32am

Opinion

Silver lining in sight?

The political drama continues. Arguments and moral positions switch in matter of days for politicians and media...

Published 25 Jul, 2022 06:12am

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
Petrol/Litre / Dec 21	252.10
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 21	17,585

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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