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Jul-Jan LSMI output falls 4.40pc YoY

The LSMI output decreases by 7.9 percent for January 2023 when compared with January 2022

Updated 15 Mar, 2023 06:16pm

Bridge financing for digital census: ECC asks 4 ministries to surrender Rs12bn

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has directed four Ministries to surrender Rs 12...

Updated 12 Mar, 2023 09:51am

Business & Finance

SPI-based inflation increases 1.37pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended March 9, 2023, recorded an ...

Published 11 Mar, 2023 03:16am

Pakistan

Ahsan tells Sindh CM: Concerns of Sindh will be addressed immediately

ISLAMABAD Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday chaired a 7th...

Published 08 Mar, 2023 06:20am

ECC likely to approve SG for population and housing census

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet which is scheduled to meet on Monday (today) is...

Updated 06 Mar, 2023 08:45am

PL: Govt projects Rs175bn revenue shortfall

The government expected to raise rate of PL on high-speed diesel by Rs 5 to Rs 50 per litre

Updated 04 Mar, 2023 09:03am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.30pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 2, 2023, recorded a decrease...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

Jul-Feb trade deficit narrows 33.18pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 33.18 percent to $21.3 billion during the first eight months...

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:20am

MPC to meet today

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

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:13am

Business & Finance

Feb CPI jumps 31.5pc, highest rate in nearly 50 years

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 31.5 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:23am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading in February hits 31.5% YoY

This is the highest YoY inflation reading since data was made available in July 1965, according to brokerage house AHL

Updated 01 Mar, 2023 07:10pm

Opinion

IMF conditionalities: fiscal reforms

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) typically imposes a series of conditions on countries that receive financial...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

Progressive fiscal policy

The Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, of the IMF (International Monetary Fund) has said recently in the...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

First digital census will begin tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: The field enumeration of the 7th Housing and Population, first of its kind of digital census in South...

Updated 28 Feb, 2023 09:40am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 2.78pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 23, 2023, recorded an...

Published 25 Feb, 2023 06:48am

Editorials

Raise in FBR tax collection target

EDITORIAL: Additional taxation measures of 170 billion rupees tabled in parliament on 15 February by Finance ...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Negative growth of 67.35pc YoY: Mobile phones worth $414.801m imported in 7 months

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $414.801 million during the first seven months (July-January) of...

Published 19 Feb, 2023 03:19am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan petroleum group imports show negative growth

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 9.27 percent during the first seven months...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan textile group exports down 8.17pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 8.17 percent during the first seven months...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 2.89pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 16, 2023, recorded an...

Published 18 Feb, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

Jul-Dec LSMI output down 3.68pc

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 3.68 per cent during the first ...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI up 0.17pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 9, 2023, recorded an...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 05:57am

Editorials

Runaway inflation

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 27.6 percent year on year in January against 24.5 percent the month...

Published 07 Feb, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

Big rise in poverty, unemployment

The current combination of various negative factors is likely to lead to a big exponential jump in the number of...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 07:11am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 2.82pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 2, 2023, recorded an...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 10:14am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan trade deficit shrinks 31.97pc to $19.632bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed by 31.97 percent to $19.632 billion during the first seven months...

Updated 03 Feb, 2023 08:42am

Jan food prices rise 43pc YoY

CPI-based inflation hits 48-year high

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:10am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI up 0.45pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended 26th January 2023 recorded an...

Published 28 Jan, 2023 06:20am

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

Opinion

GDP growth in 2022-23 — II

The previous article by this writer had presented the estimate of the GDP growth rate in 2022-23 as negative 1% from...

Updated 26 Jan, 2023 12:50am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	155.76
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.27
Euro to USD / May 20	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	39197.34
Hang Seng / May 20	19650.18
FTSE 100 / May 20	8442.03
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	18754.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Diesel/Litre / May 20	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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