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RDA: time to rationalize rates?

Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) is picking up pace. The run rate (flow) is around $250 million a month currently. The...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 07:30am

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IPO files: PABC riding the "can" mindset

Last week saw Pakistan Aluminium Beverages Cans (PABC), the only aluminium can-maker in the country, raise Rs4.6...

Updated 30 Jun, 2021 01:34pm

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THE RUPEE: Fall against USD continues

KARACHI: On Monday, PKR continued to fall against USD in both interbank and open markets. It also went down against...

Published 29 Jun, 2021 03:24am

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Interview with Shayaan Tahir - Founder & CEO at HomeShopping

“We are the only pure play e-commerce marketplace in the country.” Shayaan Tahir is the CEO and founder of...

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 10:25am

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Incentivizing cars: mixed bag

In a bid to motivate price reductions among locally assembled vehicle, increase automobile market size and promote...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 07:35am

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Alarm next door

Given the worsening security situation in Afghanistan amidst America’s troop withdrawal, all eyes were on the...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 07:30am

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Saving the current account

Early signs of current account slippages are becoming visible. The deficit stood at $632 million in May 21, and the...

Updated 28 Jun, 2021 10:23am

Markets

THE RUPEE: Marginal fall vs $

KARACHI: On Friday, PKR experienced a slight fall in value against USD in both interbank and open markets. It ...

Published 26 Jun, 2021 03:24am

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Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited

Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited (PSX: EPCL) was set up under the repealed Companies Ordinance, 1984 (now...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:45am

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M-wallets: on the march

Shaking off the fatigue of the pandemic year, the country’s digital financial services (DFS) segment is making ...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:40am

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Assessing skills gap in a digital world

Like many countries Pakistan faces the skills shortage problem given the rising demand by the employers as well as...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 07:35am

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Beef exports: first practice at the nets?

The meat processing industry has witnessed a flurry of activity recently. A much-celebrated IPO last year has been...

Updated 26 Jun, 2021 06:56pm

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Net food importer – since 1990

“Pakistan has become a food importing country”. The sentence has been making rounds in the parliament, talk...

Updated 26 Jun, 2021 06:52pm

Markets

THE RUPEE: Some lost value vs USD regained

KARACHI: On Thursday, PKR regained some of the value that it had lost in last couple of days against USD in both...

Published 25 Jun, 2021 04:20am

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Service Industries Limited

Service Industries Limited (PSX: SRVI) was set up under the Companies Act, 1913 (now Companies Act, 2017) in 1957 as...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 07:45am

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Wholesale power market – who will pay for delays?

If things go smooth, Pakistan may finally have a wholesale electricity market up and running by April 2022, as the...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 07:40am

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Autos make haste

Imports (in dollar value) are growing much faster than volumes here locally. Imported cars (in dollar value) in...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 07:35am

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An oriental opportunity

Earlier this week, Pakistan’s commerce minister was heard congratulating a local meat processing company that has...

Updated 24 Jun, 2021 12:20pm

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Falling reinvested earnings

That’s what rising profit and dividend repatriation by the foreign companies and MNCs portrays in particular...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 07:25am

Markets

THE RUPEE: Fall persists

KARACHI: On Wednesday, PKR continued its fall against USD in both interbank and open markets going below 159 in open...

Published 24 Jun, 2021 03:36am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Nazir Cotton / Jul 26 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	8.79 ▲ 0.89 (11.27%)
A. Shah Ghazi / Jul 26 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	10.58 ▲ 1.00 (10.44%)
Ghazi Fab. / Jul 26 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	10.60 ▲ 1.00 (10.42%)
First UDL Mod. / Jul 26 First UDL Modaraba(FUDLM)	10.61 ▲ 1.00 (10.41%)
Ist Paramount / Jul 26 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	5.33 ▲ 0.48 (9.90%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 26 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	11.75 ▲ 1.00 (9.30%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 26 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	12.88 ▲ 1.00 (8.42%)
Orient Rental Mod / Jul 26 Orient Rental Modaraba(ORM)	7.74 ▲ 0.59 (8.25%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jul 26 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.50 ▲ 0.25 (7.69%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 26 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	70.12 ▲ 4.89 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Habib Metro Mod / Jul 26 Habib Metro Modaraba(HMM)	7.10 ▲ -0.95 (-11.80%)
First Credit & Inv. / Jul 26 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	8.00 ▲ -1.00 (-11.11%)
Sui Northern / Jul 26 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	51.18 ▲ -5.07 (-9.01%)
PICIC Insurance / Jul 26 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.65 ▲ -0.15 (-8.33%)
Quetta Textile / Jul 26 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	11.03 ▲ -0.97 (-8.08%)
Shield Corp. / Jul 26 Shield Corporation Limited(SCL)	392.20 ▲ -31.80 (-7.50%)
Apna Microfin.Bank / Jul 26 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	16.32 ▲ -1.32 (-7.48%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 26 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	23.30 ▲ -1.88 (-7.47%)
Wah-Noble / Jul 26 Wah Noble Chemicals Limited(WAHN)	310.00 ▲ -25.00 (-7.46%)
JS Global / Jul 26 JS Global Capital Limited(JSGCL)	110.17 ▲ -8.33 (-7.03%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Jul 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	127,125,000 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Jul 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	44,860,000 ▼ 0.00
TPL Corp / Jul 26 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	17,361,000 ▼ 0.00
Al Shaheer Corp. / Jul 26 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	16,436,500 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Jul 26 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	13,198,000 ▼ 0.00
Nimir Resins / Jul 26 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	9,194,000 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Jul 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	8,492,086 ▼ 0.00
Waves Singer / Jul 26 Waves Singer Pakistan Limited(WAVES)	8,289,000 ▼ 0.00
Pace (Pakistan) / Jul 26 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	7,413,000 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Jul 26 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	7,108,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 24	161.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 24	161.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 24	110.55
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 24	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 24	1.37
Euro to USD / Jul 24	1.18
UK LIBOR % / Jul 24	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 24	4411.79
India Sensex / Jul 24	52975.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 24	27548.00
Nasdaq / Jul 24	14836.99
Hang Seng / Jul 24	27321.98
FTSE 100 / Jul 24	7027.58
Dow Jones / Jul 24	35061.55
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 24	15669.29
France CAC40 / Jul 24	6568.32

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 24	72.07
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 24	12880.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 24	93620.00
Gold Spot / Jul 24	1805.90
Cotton / Jul 24	89.66

BR Research

RDA: time to rationalize rates?

IPO files: PABC riding the "can" mindset

THE RUPEE: Fall against USD continues

Interview with Shayaan Tahir - Founder & CEO at HomeShopping

Incentivizing cars: mixed bag

Alarm next door

Saving the current account

THE RUPEE: Marginal fall vs $

Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited

M-wallets: on the march

Assessing skills gap in a digital world

Beef exports: first practice at the nets?

Net food importer – since 1990

THE RUPEE: Some lost value vs USD regained

Service Industries Limited

Wholesale power market – who will pay for delays?

Autos make haste

An oriental opportunity

Falling reinvested earnings

THE RUPEE: Fall persists

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