News stories for BR Research - Business Recorder

BR Research

Production inertia

Stocks of the domestic exploration and production companies are usually the volume leaders, but little of their performa

Updated 15 Jan, 2020 06:40am

BR Research

A one-term wonder?

Events at the end of 2019 had an eerie resemblance to the ones at the end of 1979. So far as historical parallels go, th

Updated 15 Jan, 2020 06:56am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Minor changes

The rupee showed slight variations against the dollar on the money market on Tuesday in the process of trading, dealers said.

Published 15 Jan, 2020 12:00am

BR Research

Firms, growth & national economic agenda

Of the many things discussed at yesterday’s moot on ‘firms & growth’ jointly organised by the central bank, Pakistan

Updated 14 Jan, 2020 06:30am

BR Research

Pvt sector: the ball is in your court!

The economic thinking in Pakistan is shifting in the right direction. In a seminar organized by IGC and hosted by the SB

Updated 14 Jan, 2020 06:41am

BR Research

Reallocate crop cess to fund R&D

The Imperial Gazetteer of India defines cess as a levy, imposed over and above the basic tax liability of a person or bo

Updated 14 Jan, 2020 06:40am

BR Research

Energy-efficient prosperity

For long, discussions, talks, and arguments have surrounded around increasing the generation capacity to address energy

Updated 14 Jan, 2020 06:40am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Mixed patterns

The rupee moved both ways against the dollar on the money market on Monday in the process of trading, dealers said.

Published 14 Jan, 2020 12:00am

BR Research

Avoiding the next boom-bust cycle

With around two dozen IMF programs in history, Pakistan is considered as a habitual borrower of “the lender of the last

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:20am

BR Research

PBC’s National Charter for Exports

Unlike it’s Make it Pakistan thesis, the Pakistan Business Council’s recently released National Charter for Exports is a

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:31am

BR Research

Understanding agriculture’s constitutional arrangement

The 2010s recorded the slowest decade-wise growth rate for Pakistan’s agriculture, at just 2.2 percent. The poor show –

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:25am

BR Research

Smartphone imports and digital Pakistan

While the contours of the government’s Digital Pakistan Initiative aren’t exactly known despite much fanfare about t

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:35am

BR Research

Remittances - better 2QFY20

Compared to a slower first quarter not only due to no significant increase in remittances from conventional corridors li

Updated 13 Jan, 2020 06:43am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Further gains

The rupee recovered more ground against the dollar on the money market on Saturday in process of trading, dealers said.

Published 12 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Recovers more grounds

The rupee managed to shed more weaknesses against the dollar and euro on the money market on Friday in the process of trading, dealers said.

Published 11 Jan, 2020 12:00am

BR Research

PIBs: non-banks driving rates

10 year PIB cut off yield came down marginally in the latest auction. No change in the rates of 3 & 5 year paper

Updated 10 Jan, 2020 06:47am

BR Research

Ideas for policy wonks

Ideas matter. And to paraphrase Keynes, those who consider themselves exempt from theories and ideas are in fact dic

Updated 10 Jan, 2020 06:47am

BR Research

Hoping for growth

Government ministers have lately been reported in the media making statements that 2020 is the year when Pakistan’s

Updated 10 Jan, 2020 06:47am

BR Research

Crude oil and the US-Iran conflict

Waging a war in this era is much more catastrophic. And it certainly affects oil prices, and more so when the partic

Updated 10 Jan, 2020 06:47am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: All-round gains

The rupee shrugged off overnight weakness against the dollar and euro on the money market on Thursday in the process of trading, dealers said.

Published 10 Jan, 2020 12:00am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Investments / Apr 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.53 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL- Abbas / Apr 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	372.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 21 Agro Allianz limited(AAL)	11.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	71.88 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	722.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Apr 21 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	168.31 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Adam Sugar / Apr 21 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	25.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Investments / Apr 21 786 Investments Limited(786)	8.53 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL- Abbas / Apr 21 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	372.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 21 Agro Allianz limited(AAL)	11.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 21 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 21 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 21 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	71.88 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 21 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	722.35 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 21 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Apr 21 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	168.31 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Adam Sugar / Apr 21 Adam Sugar Mills Limited(ADAMS)	25.37 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 20	153.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 20	152.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 20	108.07
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 20	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 20	1.39
Euro to USD / Apr 20	1.20
UK LIBOR % / Apr 20	0.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 20	4134.94
India Sensex / Apr 20	47705.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 20	29100.38
Nasdaq / Apr 20	13788.27
Hang Seng / Apr 20	29135.73
FTSE 100 / Apr 20	6859.87
Dow Jones / Apr 20	33821.30
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 20	15129.51
France CAC40 / Apr 20	6165.11