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Oil remains resilient

Brent having touched $70/bbl late last month, has lost 4 percent in a week. The recent slide has coincided with stabilit

Updated 08 Feb, 2018 08:51am

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OMC sales: end of an era?

As the summers get closer, this time every year – at least for the past decade - analysts had been talking about the scr

Published 07 Feb, 2018 06:31am

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PRL’s challenges

Pakistan Refinery Limited’s (PSX: PRL) came out of the negative earnings phase in FY16, and the right issue in FY15 and

Published 02 Feb, 2018 07:42am

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Byco on the growth trajectory

Since FY15, Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited (PSX: BYCO) has been seen improving profitability amid rising petroleum volu

Published 31 Jan, 2018 07:12am

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APL in 1HFY18

Attock Petroleum Limited (PSX: APL) announced its earnings for 1HFY18 last week, and the earnings for the third largest

Published 30 Jan, 2018 06:44am

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POL - news prospects from Jhandial

Rise in oil prices are a big factor in reisntating the oil and gas exploration and production sector's profitability; th

Published 25 Jan, 2018 05:43am

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NRL and ATRL in 1HFY18

Attock Oil Group’s refineries had a good time in FY17 in terms of commencement of long awaited projects. While National

Published 24 Jan, 2018 06:06am

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LNG: long-term is not all bad

As oil hovers around $70/bbl, the oft crucified LNG supply state deal with Qatar has started making more sense. Much was

Published 19 Jan, 2018 09:17am

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Lagging behind in a tech world

The World Economic Forum has ranked Pakistan way down on the global manufacturing index, which measures the countries in

Published 19 Jan, 2018 09:13am

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Mari deal: timing seems right

The proposed privatization plan of the ailing PIA has made rounds ever since the minister in-charge Daniyal Aziz unveile

Published 18 Jan, 2018 09:55am

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Reluctance to part with GIDC

With the rising demand for gas, the government has finally decided to approve financing for the third RLNG pipeline. Sin

Published 17 Jan, 2018 06:12am

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Oil market: discipline, demand and disruptions

It looks so yesterday when oil prices were tipped to go as low as $20/bbl – and not by nobodies, but by the likes of the

Updated 16 Jan, 2018 07:03am

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Unutilised R-LNG generation

Haste makes waste. The present government has lent quite some credence to the age-old proverb in its different initiativ

Published 09 Jan, 2018 06:46am

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Petroleum sales in 2017

Much has been talked about the cut in furnace oil consumption in the country recently. Furnace oil based power plants we

Published 05 Jan, 2018 07:41am

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The E&P sector in 2018

The global crude oil prices have increased and to the misery of the consumers, that’s the first thing the oil and gas ex

Published 04 Jan, 2018 06:35am

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Oil close to finding equilibrium

There is never a dull moment at the international oil market. The black gold, at the New Year saw its highest opening fo

Published 03 Jan, 2018 07:09am

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Petroleum prices

The petroleum product prices have proved to be the first casualty of the rupee depreciation. The 5.2 percent increase in

Published 02 Jan, 2018 08:32am

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Gas shortages and additions

Low pressure and gas load shedding has been part of the winter season in Pakistan for years now. The complaints have bee

Published 27 Dec, 2017 07:44am

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Power sector: contrary ambitions

The Cabinet Committee on Energy (CCoE) has certainly been busy lately under the leadership of PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. I

Updated 19 Dec, 2017 12:11pm

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Furnace oil dragging petroleum sales

What has happened to furnace oil lately is evident in OMCs recent monthly sales. Shutting down of furnace oil based plan

Published 19 Dec, 2017 07:34am

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LNG long term price

Rarely has a state-to-state deal received as much criticism as the one on the long term LNG deal did. While there may be

Updated 19 Dec, 2017 07:46am

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Sinking Venezuela to lift oil price

Opec’s November end meeting turned out to be a dampener of sorts for those looking for news. The official comment on the

Published 11 Dec, 2017 07:47am

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New energy: gains and pains

Pakistan is adding around 21000MW between FY17-22; and all the additions are in better fuel options than existing heavy

Updated 30 Nov, 2017 08:15am

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Shifting fuel mix

Some key developments are changing how the power sector looks like. These developments are largely to do with altering t

Updated 30 Nov, 2017 06:30am

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Dumping furnace oil

The energy management of the incumbents is principally right; but there is something missing in the short to medium term

Updated 28 Nov, 2017 12:05pm

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Curtailing furnace oil

Last time the column talked about the downstream refinery sector when the government’s shut down of furnace oil based po

Published 24 Nov, 2017 07:30am

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Improving lube dynamics?

Amid rising petroleum sales, an evident trend has been the increase in retail fuel segment by the oil marketing companie

Updated 20 Nov, 2017 02:15pm

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Refineries howling on furnace oil high

On one hand, the Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi is promising more oil refineries to be set up to meet the growing e

Published 17 Nov, 2017 07:12am

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Is this the new normal for oil?

The international oil market is buzzing again with all sorts of predictions. As always, there are takers for both bears

Published 16 Nov, 2017 09:24am

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Punjab – guzzler of petroleum products

Demand for petroleum products has gone through the roof in the last three to four years in the country and a number of f

Updated 09 Nov, 2017 08:02am

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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