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Rivian says other automakers ‘knocking on door’ about tech from VW joint venture

PALO ALTO: A joint venture between US electric pickup and SUV maker Rivian and Volkswagen is in talks with other...

Published 24 Jan, 2025 10:49am

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Mixed signals

Consumers say they don’t intend to purchase motor vehicles in the next six months—well, most consumers, not all;...

Published 15 Jan, 2025 07:55am

Markets

SUVs take the spotlight as Pakistan car sales soar 69% YoY in December

Car sales in Pakistan surged 69% to 9,820 units in December 2024 as compared to the same month of the last year,...

Updated 14 Jan, 2025 11:51pm

Pakistan

Imposing pickup trucks symbolise country's power gulf

KARACHI: In country’s largest city, cars inch forward in bumper-to-bumper traffic. But some seamlessly carve...

Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am

BR Research

Forget FY24

In 2021, buckling under the pressure of a rising import bill, soaring inflation, and shrinking reserves, the State...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 08:37am

Business & Finance

SUVs/EVs: FBR chairman briefs Senate body on chargeability of FED

ISLAMABAD: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Rashid Mahmood Langrial on Wednesday informed that Ministry of ...

Published 12 Dec, 2024 07:23am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s first electric SUV Seres 3 unveiled

KARACHI: Regal Automobiles Industries Limited, a trailblazer in Pakistan’s automotive sector, has made history ...

Published 02 Dec, 2024 06:04am

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Cars on the cards

A 50 percent increase in volumes should have automobile assemblers writing self-congratulatory notes to themselves,...

Published 22 Nov, 2024 09:06am

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Don’t bury the Lede

The shrinking of the automobile market for newly assembled vehicles is almost palpable and can be felt (by...

Published 21 Oct, 2024 09:12am

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Autos: It’s not over

In a great display of resilience, automobile sales have remained consistently strong on May 24 after delivering a...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 08:59am

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Misery meets company

If the worthy reader too cannot keep up with the barrage of news on price cuts being offered by various automobile...

Published 20 May, 2024 08:49am

Business & Finance

Lamborghini posts record 2023 sales, helped by SUVs

MILAN: Italian sportscar manufacturer Lamborghini on Thursday reported record sales in 2023 with worldwide ...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:44am

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Autos: Unpromising!

In two more months, the automotive industry would have reached the half-way point into the fiscal year that is FY24,...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:39am

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Bad romance

In the last recorded quarter (Jun-23), none of the three listed automotive assemblers in Pakistan was in losses,...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 08:52am

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Autos: The scatter here is too great

The headlines haven’t changed—automobile volumes are down (in FY23, volumes shrank by 55 percent for passenger cars,...

Published 24 Aug, 2023 08:44am

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The reckoning

Automotive industry is large enough and auto OEMs are making enough profits for analysts to talk about it endlessly....

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:38am

Business & Finance

India’s Mahindra and Mahindra Q1 profit nearly doubles

BENGALURU: India’s Mahindra and Mahindra on Friday reported a first-quarter profit that nearly doubled, surpassing...

Published 05 Aug, 2023 06:00am

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Siren song

Imagine for a moment, an industry whose market size has been halved within a span of a single year despite new ...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 08:18am

Business & Finance

MG HS Excite and 2.0 AWD: MG Pakistan to launch two new variants

LAHORE: MG Pakistan – a joint venture between SAIC, the number one Chinese and the sixth-largest global automobile...

Updated 25 Jul, 2023 08:00pm

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The rich and the resilient

Pricier cars becoming more uneconomical, mounting cost of borrowing at prevailing kibor rates close to 23 percent,...

Updated 13 Jul, 2023 10:11am

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Autos: Head-on collision

While March numbers would give pause and indicate there may still be ample demand in the market for newly assembled...

Published 11 May, 2023 09:01am

Business & Finance

India’s passenger vehicle sales up 26.7% in FY23

NEW DELHI: India’s passenger vehicles sales grew 26.7% in the fiscal year 2022-23, as chip shortages eased and...

Published 13 Apr, 2023 12:19pm

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Auto: Idle hands

The automotive market—including, passenger cars, light commercial vehicles (LCVs) and SUVs—has shrunk 43 percent...

Published 11 Apr, 2023 08:53am

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Crash and burn

Automotive assemblers are trying to make do. In the first half of the fiscal year, volumes have shrunk 38 percent...

Published 19 Jan, 2023 07:58am

Business & Finance

Ford recalls nearly 519,000 US vehicles over fire risks

Ford Motor Co is recalling nearly 519,000 sport utility vehicles (SUVs) in the United States over fire risks from...

Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:53pm

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Auto: Flailing volumes

FY22 is not panning out very well for the automotive industry. This was anticipated early on as overall inflation,...

Published 19 Sep, 2022 08:31am

Business & Finance

Ford recalls 39,000 US SUVs after engine fire reports

WASHINGTON: Ford Motor Company said Thursday it was recalling 39,000 SUVs after reports of 16 fires, and has advised...

Published 19 May, 2022 03:56pm

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Auto market size: Standing still!

The automobile industry saw a number of new entrants come into competition to the three Japanese players, due to...

Updated 14 Mar, 2022 11:35am

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Autos: Calm before the storm

The auto industry has certainly ended the calendar year with a bang. In the cumulative first half of the fiscal ...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 08:01am

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Autos: New Year (warning) bells

December numbers are not available yet, but by November, cumulative auto sales (including passenger cars, LCVs and...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 07:16am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 6	279.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 6	279.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 6	153.25
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 6	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 6	1.24
Euro to USD / Feb 6	1.04
UK LIBOR % / Feb 6	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 6	6,083.57
India Sensex / Feb 6	77,948.31
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 6	38,815.94
Nasdaq / Feb 6	19,791.99
Hang Seng / Feb 6	21,210.86
FTSE 100 / Feb 6	8,727.28
Dow Jones / Feb 6	44,747.63
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 6	21,902.42
France CAC40 / Feb 6	8,007.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 6	70.80
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 6	18,285
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 6	256,087
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 6	2,868.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 6	66.48
Petrol/Litre / Feb 7	257.13
Diesel/Litre / Feb 7	267.95

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Imperial Limited / Feb 7 Imperial Limited(IML)	18.87 ▲ 1.72 (10.03%)
Sana Ind / Feb 7 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	30.27 ▲ 2.74 (9.95%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Feb 7 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	149.18 ▲ 12.6 (9.23%)
TPL Insurance / Feb 7 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	10.39 ▲ 0.86 (9.02%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Feb 7 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	9.55 ▲ 0.69 (7.79%)
Shaheen Ins. / Feb 7 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	6.70 ▲ 0.48 (7.72%)
Arpak Int. / Feb 7 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	69.90 ▲ 4.89 (7.52%)
Mandviwala / Feb 7 Mandviwala Mauser Plastic Industries(MWMP)	19.90 ▲ 1.37 (7.39%)
Premier Insurance / Feb 7 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.89 ▲ 0.4 (7.29%)
EFU General / Feb 7 EFU General Insurance Limited(EFUG)	123.39 ▲ 7.27 (6.26%)

Stock	Price
First Capital Equities / Feb 7 First Capital Equities Limited(FCEL)	5.10 ▼ -0.79 (-13.41%)
Dewan Textile / Feb 7 Dewan Textile Mills Limited(DWTM)	6.61 ▼ -0.98 (-12.91%)
Apna Microfin. / Feb 7 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.77 ▼ -1.2 (-10.03%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 7 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	35.26 ▼ -3.92 (-10.01%)
Chashma / Feb 7 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	81.41 ▼ -9.05 (-10%)
Fateh Sports / Feb 7 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	85.50 ▼ -9.5 (-10%)
Intermarket Securities / Feb 7 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	48.63 ▼ -5.4 (-9.99%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Feb 7 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	33.01 ▼ -3.49 (-9.56%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Feb 7 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	9.99 ▼ -1.01 (-9.18%)
Shield Corp. / Feb 7 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	245.01 ▼ -23.06 (-8.6%)

Stock	Volume
Silk Bank Ltd / Feb 7 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	119,523,297 ▼ -0.1
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	80,384,932 ▲ 0.02
Bank Makramah / Feb 7 Bank Makramah Limited(BML)	64,937,708 ▼ -0.08
B.O.Punjab / Feb 7 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	17,199,644 ▼ -0.28
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 7 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	13,127,512 ▲ 0.25
Cnergyico PK / Feb 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	12,104,269 ▼ -0.03
National Bank / Feb 7 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	10,980,621 ▼ -0.33
Fauji Foods Ltd / Feb 7 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	10,484,043 ▼ -0.2
The Searle Co. / Feb 7 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	10,207,814 ▼ -1.73
Citi Pharma Ltd / Feb 7 Citi Pharma Ltd.(CPHL)	9,959,309 ▼ -1.96

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