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USD25bn textile exports can be a reality

After a challenging year in 2023, Pakistan’s value-added textile sector has demonstrated remarkable resilience in...

Published 23 Dec, 2024 06:03am

Business & Finance

PHMA, PRGMEA for reducing business cost for export-oriented industry

LAHORE: The value-added export-oriented textile industry should be given the top priority of the government,...

Published 22 Dec, 2024 02:57am

Editorials

Sharp decline in cotton production

EDITORIAL: The 33 percent year-on-year decline in cotton production would be bad news in the best of times, but...

Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:28am

BR Research

Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited

Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited (PS: CLVL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in...

Published 20 Dec, 2024 08:47am

Opinion

Economic repercussions of reliance on cotton imports

Pakistan’s economy is fundamentally rooted in agriculture, with cotton serving as the cornerstone of its...

Updated 12 Dec, 2024 08:11am

Markets

Textile industry: CCRI Multan Head for aligning incentives to revive cotton sector

LAHORE: Sajid Mahmood, Head of the Transfer of Technology Department at the Central Cotton Research Institute ...

Published 06 Dec, 2024 08:59am

Business & Finance

PRGMEA for a collaborative approach to policymaking

LAHORE: The Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers & Exporters Association (PRGMEA) has emphasized the need...

Published 27 Nov, 2024 07:23am

Opinion

Imperative need for strong national apex body for cotton

The cotton sector serves as the backbone of Pakistan’s economy, providing essential raw material to the textile...

Updated 27 Nov, 2024 07:49am

Business & Finance

Solidarity expressed with owners of demolished industrial units

FAISALABAD: All Pakistan Textile Sizing Industry Association held a press conference under the title of “Industry...

Published 16 Nov, 2024 06:04am

Business & Finance

Delay in sales tax refunds: Textile industry facing financial crunch

LAHORE: The value-added export-oriented textile industry is facing an extreme financial crunch as its major portion...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:38am

BR Research

Mahmood Textile Mills Limited

Mahmood Textile Mills Limited (PSX: MEHT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1970. The...

Published 04 Nov, 2024 09:14am

Opinion

Transforming cotton with contract farming

Contract growing represents an innovative agricultural framework whereby a formal agreement is established between...

Updated 01 Nov, 2024 08:50am

Business & Finance

GPCCI workshop: Textile industry gains insights into new regulatory requirements

KARACHI: The German-Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) hosted a Workshop on ‘German Supply Chain ...

Published 31 Oct, 2024 07:41am

Opinion

The criticality of cotton cess payment

Cotton is the backbone of Pakistan’s agricultural economy; yet the textile industry’s refusal to pay the cotton...

Published 25 Oct, 2024 06:55am

Markets

Pakistan’s cotton import bill set to hit $1.9bn as local production plummets

In a concerning development for Pakistan, the country’s cotton import bill is projected to reach $1.9 billion in the...

Updated 19 Oct, 2024 09:47pm

Opinion

Why PCCC crucial for Pakistan’s economy and textile industry

Whenever we think of cotton research and development, the concept of cotton varieties often comes to mind. However,...

Updated 09 Oct, 2024 07:24am

BR Research

Textile working capital financing: high value added in remission?

By all accounts, Pakistan’s textile and apparel export profile has been transformed for the positive over the last...

Published 03 Oct, 2024 08:18am

APTMA, minister discuss issues facing textile industry

ISLAMABAD: A high-level delegation from the All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) on Tuesday held a meeting...

Updated 02 Oct, 2024 09:32am

Business & Finance

‘Govt should devise strategy to accelerate industrial pace’

FAISALABAD: “The rising cost of doing business over the last several years has stalled fresh investment in the...

Published 30 Sep, 2024 07:06am

Business & Finance

PHMA elects office-bearers

KARACHI: Muhammad Babar Khan, Abdul Hameed and Faisal Arshad Shaikh have been elected unopposed as Central Chairman,...

Published 28 Sep, 2024 07:16am

BR Research

Textile exports: what does FY25 look like?

Will the rise in income tax on exportsblow textile exports out of water? Will the rising energy tariffs wipe out...

Published 09 Sep, 2024 09:08am

Business & Finance

Value-added textile industry combating slew of crises: KCCI

KARACHI: Pakistan’s value-added textile industry is grappled with severe crises, which are attributed to financial...

Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am

BR Research

Pakistan’s textile in a brave new world – Part 2

In an earlier coverage of textile sector’s export performance during FY22 published in this section, BR Research had...

Published 04 Sep, 2024 09:22am

Markets

Nishat Mills Limited to establish company in UK

The Board of Directors of Nishat Mills Limited (NML), the flagship company of Nishat Group, has given its nod to...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 11:35pm

Opinion

A requiem for manufacturing?

Amidst a deepening economic crisis, the government seems intent on pushing the economy’s most vital sector—the...

Updated 02 Sep, 2024 07:25am

BR Research

Is a return of textile export firms to stock market in the offing?

In the five years since it went public, Interloop Limited (PSX: ILP) has increased its export revenue as well as...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 07:42am

BR Research

Shadab Textile Mills Limited

Shadab Textile Mills Limited (PSX: SHDT) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1979. The...

Published 21 Aug, 2024 07:38am

Opinion

Textile sector’s ‘breaches’ inflict financial ‘turmoil’ on PCCC

At the time of Pakistan’s independence, the country had only two textile mills and a handful of ginning factories,...

Published 20 Aug, 2024 07:14am

BR Research

Towellers Limited

Towellers Limited (PSX: TOWL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 1973 and was converted...

Published 19 Aug, 2024 07:38am

BR Research

Cotton import: all set to double again?

Post-flood alluvial soils, favorable weather, and a dramatic recovery in acreage. During the last financial year,...

Published 16 Aug, 2024 07:32am

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 23	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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