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Oil price: bears in for a long haul

These are uncertain times for global commodity markets. And the first casualty of uncertainty before any commodity is oi

Published 19 Aug, 2019 06:00am

Oil and Gas

Attock’s refineries injured and bleeding

Refineries are facing tough times – in terms of profitability as well as their inadequate refining capacity the up grada

Published 16 Aug, 2019 06:10am

Oil and Gas

Petroleum sales wearing off

Petroleum sales have picked up month-on-month - starting FY20 on a better note for the oil marketing companies. But this

Published 07 Aug, 2019 06:38am

Oil and Gas

Energy mess to get messier

When a mistake repeats too many times, the authorities should be held responsible. There is another energy sector crisis

Published 06 Aug, 2019 05:47am

Oil and Gas

MARI in FY19

Where the oil marketing companies were expected to be bruised this result season, the oil and gas exploration and produc

Published 06 Aug, 2019 05:27am

Oil and Gas

Petroleum: all-time highs (and lows)

“Sales tax measures are mostly focused…. enhancing the sales tax of petroleum products,” read the Letter of Intent to th

Published 02 Aug, 2019 06:34am

Oil and Gas

APL – down on inventory and exhange losses

With falling crude oil prices and domestic currency nosediving, the downstream oil marketing sector has been hit with a

Updated 02 Aug, 2019 08:49am

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OMG! Look at those OMOs

One of the IMF’s quantitative targets is a ceiling on government borrowing from the central bank. The objective is to av

Published 31 Jul, 2019 06:35am

Oil and Gas

POL sturdy in FY19

FY19 has been outlined as a better year for the oil and gas exploration and production companies not only because of hig

Published 31 Jul, 2019 06:21am

Oil and Gas

Doing away with deemed duty

The oil refineries in the country can be pressed for even tougher times in FY20. The government seems to be planning to

Updated 30 Jul, 2019 08:41am

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Education: two truths and one lie

Here are three facts, spot the lie. One, nearly 23 million children between the ages of 5-16 do not go to school in Paki

Updated 30 Jul, 2019 09:52am

Oil and Gas

SNGPL in 9MFY19

After the much delayed announcement of FY18 financial performance that came from the delayed determination of final reve

Published 26 Jul, 2019 06:45am

Oil and Gas

Gloom for the downstream oil and gas

The listed oil marketing companies and refineries have their board meetings lined up and they will soon be announcing th

Published 25 Jul, 2019 06:38am

Oil and Gas

LNG management

We have more gas in the system than we need. No, you didn’t read it wrong. As a first in a long time, the country’s gas

Published 24 Jul, 2019 06:49am

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High oil supply outweigh disruptions

Many expected crude oil prices to rally north after the most recent tensions at the Strait of Hormuz as Iran seized a Br

Published 24 Jul, 2019 06:43am

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Petroleum taxes to go high

The IMF country report on Pakistan is here. So now we know where we are headed, or have promised to be headed, for the L

Published 10 Jul, 2019 06:17am

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Retail fuels losing steam

It actually is a down cycle in the oil marketing sector as after furnace oil, retail fuels have also lost the force with

Published 10 Jul, 2019 05:58am

Oil and Gas

Petroleum pricing could be simpler

Petroleum pricing is simple business. It has been made so tricky by those at the helm, that it gets people scratching th

Published 09 Jul, 2019 05:18am

Oil and Gas

Will the gas price impact be treated right?

The gas price revision in the midst of World Cup fever and the last minute amnesty filings did not exactly go unnoticed.

Published 05 Jul, 2019 06:03am

Oil and Gas

Nothing igniting oil price rally

The much awaited decision in the global crude oil market has been made. OPEC+ needs oil prices propped up; The OPEC and

Published 05 Jul, 2019 05:47am

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Petroleum sales FY19: cratering

FY18 saw furnace oil sales plummeting as the government took the decision to phase out fuel oil based power plants; high

Published 03 Jul, 2019 06:15am

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Ogra’s gas “bomb”

The government may notify revised consumer gas prices later today, having received the ECC nod last week. Don’t be surpr

Published 01 Jul, 2019 06:46am

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RLNG- more reliance means more imports

RLNG based power generation is quickly taking up furnace oil’s place in not only diversifying the energy mix but by also

Published 27 Jun, 2019 06:41am

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Crude oil sent roaring

Sentiments and forecasts change overnight for crude oil; prices have been on a roller coaster ride lately as bulls and b

Published 25 Jun, 2019 05:51am

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Oil sales – not so robust anymore

Petroleum sales: Furnace oil is fast being replaced by other fuels like LNG, coal and others; so has been the petroleum

Published 17 Jun, 2019 06:31am

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Budget and the downstream oil and gas sector

Federal Budget 2019-20 announced yesterday turned out to be a tougher one in general driven largely by removal of many e

Published 12 Jun, 2019 05:55am

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Oil prices toppling?

A brutal May and a weak start of June is what summarizes oil prices recently. Their fickle nature is not unknown; yet th

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:42am

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Gas prices: U-turn calling

Gas price revision come FY20 is going to be one big challenge. This should not have been the case. Nearly 37 percent of

Published 31 May, 2019 08:38am

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Gas prices – CPI perspective

Ogra is no stranger to dropping “bombs”. No least when it comes to media reporting, month after month, when the petroleu

Published 29 May, 2019 04:48am

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Porous borders and HSD

Retail fuel boom seems over as the key fuels like petrol and diesel started consolidating with not only the rising price

Published 27 May, 2019 04:55am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 3	278.23
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 3	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / May 3	153.05
USD to Swiss Franc / May 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 3	1.25
Euro to USD / May 3	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 3	5127.79
India Sensex / May 3	73878.15
Tokyo Nikkei / May 3	38236.07
Nasdaq / May 3	16156.33
Hang Seng / May 3	18475.92
FTSE 100 / May 3	8213.49
Dow Jones / May 3	38675.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 3	18001.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 3	78.11
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 3	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 3	205418
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 3	2301.74
Cotton US¢/pound / May 3	78.06
Petrol/Litre / May 4	288.49

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 4 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 4 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 4 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 4 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 4 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 4 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 4 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 4 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 4 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 4 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 4 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 4 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 4 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 4 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 4 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 4 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 4 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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