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Pakistan govt hikes petrol price to Rs458, diesel to Rs520 per litre

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 3	279.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 3	279.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 3	159.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 3	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 3	1.32
Euro to USD / Apr 3	1.15
SOFR % / Apr 3	3.65

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 2	6,582.69
India Sensex / Apr 2	73,319.55
Nasdaq / Apr 2	21,879.18
Hang Seng / Apr 2	25,116.53
FTSE 100 / Apr 2	10,436.29
Dow Jones / Apr 2	46,504.67
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 2	23,168.08
France CAC40 / Apr 2	7,962.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 3	53,123.49

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 2	111.54
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 2	4,676.76
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 2	70.92
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 3	420,406
Petrol/Litre / Apr 4	378.41
Diesel/Litre / Apr 4	520.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Apr 3 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	2.20 ▲ 0.22 (11.11%)
JS Bank Ltd / Apr 3 JS Bank Limited(JSBL)	14.92 ▲ 1.36 (10.03%)
Crescent Textile / Apr 3 The Crescent Textile Mills Limited(CRTM)	52.44 ▲ 4.77 (10.01%)
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	50.15 ▲ 4.56 (10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Apr 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	296.93 ▲ 26.99 (10%)

Stock	Price
Supernet Tech. / Apr 3 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	121.47 ▼ -13.5 (-10%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Apr 3 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	67.05 ▼ -6.68 (-9.06%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Apr 3 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	36.38 ▼ -3.49 (-8.75%)
Hala Enterprise / Apr 3 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	15.58 ▼ -1.43 (-8.41%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 3 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	13.68 ▼ -1.25 (-8.37%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Apr 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	97,208,841 ▲ 0.59
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	28,342,178 ▲ 0
Pak Refinery / Apr 3 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	24,216,388 ▲ 2.99
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	23,241,207 ▼ -0.03
Telecard Limited / Apr 3 Telecard Limited(TELE)	20,744,553 ▲ 0.21

Pakistan govt hikes petrol price to Rs458 per litre, diesel to Rs520 per litre

PM Shehbaz again rejects summary proposing hike in petrol, diesel prices

Iran’s president visits a grocery store in Tehran

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 3	279.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 3	279.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 3	159.67
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 3	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 3	1.32
Euro to USD / Apr 3	1.15
SOFR % / Apr 3	3.65

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 2	6,582.69
India Sensex / Apr 2	73,319.55
Nasdaq / Apr 2	21,879.18
Hang Seng / Apr 2	25,116.53
FTSE 100 / Apr 2	10,436.29
Dow Jones / Apr 2	46,504.67
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 2	23,168.08
France CAC40 / Apr 2	7,962.39
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 3	53,123.49

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 2	111.54
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 2	4,676.76
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 2	70.92
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 3	420,406
Petrol/Litre / Apr 4	378.41
Diesel/Litre / Apr 4	520.35

Pakistan govt hikes petrol price to Rs458, diesel to Rs520 per litre

Massive hike in prices of petrol, HSD announced

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