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Plan farm-to-global markets

A road to sustainable economic growth in Pakistan is hinged upon building and diversifying the export potential....

Published 02 Dec, 2024 08:48am

Business & Finance

There’s need to increase exports by boosting seaports, shipping services: minister

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal said that there is a need to...

Updated 28 Sep, 2024 07:36am

Business & Finance

Governor seeks traders’ role in sustainable uplift

KARACHI: Governor Sindh Kamran Khan Tessori has urged businessmen and industrialists to prepare long-term economic...

Published 29 Aug, 2024 06:53am

Pakistan

ICAP holds conference: Call for continuously updating skills, knowledge

KARACHI: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) successfully organized a conference titled...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:32am

Pakistan

Significance of green economy highlighted at AFPPD seminar

ISLAMABAD: Speakers at a seminar while highlighting the significance of green economy have said that the green...

Published 13 Aug, 2024 07:02am

BR Research

High taxation cannibalizing juices export potential

One key ingredient for moving on a sustainable economic growth path is to develop the agriculture value chains by...

Published 03 Jun, 2024 08:37am

Business & Finance

PSMA Punjab chief says govt required to play the role of ‘facilitator’ for industry

LAHORE: Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) Punjab Chairman and leading industrialist Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf has...

Published 14 May, 2024 05:18am

Business & Finance

IMF to support CCP’s capacity building: Ruiz

ISLAMABAD: Esther Pérez Ruiz, the IMF Resident Representative in Pakistan, visited the Competition Commission of...

Updated 10 May, 2024 04:53am

Provincial mandates: Federal spending must be ceased, recommends World Bank

WB says that federal and provincial departments that are already redundant or would become so under the proposed devolution to the local governments should be abolished

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 10:02am

Dar looks with hopeful eyes to country’s friends

Pakistan will not default and the government is making all possible efforts to steer it out of a difficult situation, he says

Updated 27 Mar, 2023 11:32am

Business & Finance

Reforms aimed at enhancing productivity can help economy grow sustainably, says World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s economy can grow sustainably only if the country introduces productivity-enhancing reforms...

Published 11 Feb, 2023 07:41am

PM ready to sign ‘charter of economy’: finance minister

KARACHI: Dr Miftah Ismail, Finance Minister, and Shaukat Tarin, former Finance Minister are agreed on forming a...

Updated 29 May, 2022 11:01am

BR Research

National Accounts: speculative re-basing?

As economic news takes center stage in a news cycle that is otherwise dominated by political commentary, it is only...

Published 20 May, 2022 09:45am

Opinion

Addressing the mountain of debt

Sustainable economic growth requires identifying gaps, devising effective policies and working towards consistent...

Published 19 May, 2022 05:29am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 18	278.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 18	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 18	153.63
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 18	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 18	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 18	1.05

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 17	6,050.61
Nasdaq / Dec 17	20,109.06
Dow Jones / Dec 17	43,449.90
India Sensex / Dec 18	80,231.76
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 18	39,081.71
Hang Seng / Dec 18	19,857.31
FTSE 100 / Dec 18	8,222.99
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 18	20,267.35

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 17	241,860
Petrol/Litre / Dec 18	252.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 18	70.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 18	17,585
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 18	2,644.54
Diesel/Litre / Dec 18	255.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
LSE Capital / Dec 18 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	6.70 ▲ 1.00 (17.54%)
S.G.Power / Dec 18 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	9.17 ▲ 1.00 (12.24%)
Faran Sugar (R) / Dec 18 Faran Sugar Mills Limited (R)(FRSMR)	9.43 ▲ 1.00 (11.86%)
Gulshan Sp. / Dec 18 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	4.47 ▲ 0.42 (10.37%)
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	11.06 ▲ 1.01 (10.05%)
Oilboy Energy / Dec 18 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	11.50 ▲ 1.05 (10.05%)
Suhail Jute / Dec 18 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	61.55 ▲ 5.60 (10.01%)
Attock Cement / Dec 18 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	259.27 ▲ 23.57 (10.00%)
AL-Ghazi Tractors / Dec 18 Al-Ghazi Tractors Limited(AGTL)	564.23 ▲ 51.29 (10.00%)

Stock	Price
National Bank / Dec 18 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	66.38 ▼ -7.38 (-10.01%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Dec 18 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	180.01 ▼ -19.99 (-10.00%)
Imperial Limited / Dec 18 Imperial Limited(IML)	20.16 ▼ -2.24 (-10.00%)
J.A.Textile / Dec 18 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	44.37 ▼ -4.93 (-10.00%)
Macter Int. Ltd / Dec 18 Macter International Limited(MACTER)	331.40 ▼ -36.82 (-10.00%)
Mari Petroleum / Dec 18 Mari Petroleum Company Limited(MARI)	728.78 ▼ -80.98 (-10.00%)
Synthetic Prod / Dec 18 Synthetic Products Enterprises Limited(SPEL)	45.89 ▼ -5.10 (-10.00%)
Biafo Ind. / Dec 18 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	198.85 ▼ -22.08 (-9.99%)
Bilal Fibres / Dec 18 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	12.61 ▼ -1.40 (-9.99%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	151,921,663 ▼ -0.15
Pak Elektron / Dec 18 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	107,502,606 ▲ 0.34
Cnergyico PK / Dec 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	67,234,901 ▼ -0.51
B.O.Punjab / Dec 18 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	60,136,151 ▲ 0.13
Pak Refinery / Dec 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	55,973,468 ▼ -1.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Dec 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	46,669,770 ▼ -0.33
Sui South Gas / Dec 18 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	42,923,281 ▲ 1.67
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Dec 18 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	36,897,118 ▼ -0.46
Aisha Steel Mill / Dec 18 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	36,858,206 ▲ 1.01

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