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Price freeze “at all cost” could be costly

“Please bring down the power price”. “Would you mind shutting the plants producing expensive power?” Expect yourself

Published 12 Mar, 2020 04:01am

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Reading Feb’s remittance growth

February 2020 saw remittance grow 15 percent year-on-year, much better than 9 percent growth seen in January, and th

Published 12 Mar, 2020 04:00am

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Raw cotton imports: what’s going on?

Conflicting reports are coming in regarding the Feb-20 cotton import bill. While estimates of domestic seasonal outp

Published 12 Mar, 2020 03:59am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Decline extends

The dollar maintained overnight rising trend in terms of the rupee on local currency markets on Wednesday amid increase in greenback demand, dealers said.

Published 12 Mar, 2020 12:00am

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Oil: To hedge or not?

With oil flirting at its multi-decade low, there are talks of hedging future purchases for Pakistan. A black swan ev

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 04:29am

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Leaving agriculture behind

Urban bias in policymaking is responsible for the decline in agriculture productivity in Pakistan. Malik Afaq Tiwana

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 11:01am

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PMPK: deep into red

The Marlboro Man isn’t known to cope well with a declining market in Pakistan. As per its latest financial results f

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 04:25am

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TSML: short-lived recovery?

Record fifty-six percent topline jump with over doubled pre-tax profits – that’s what a roaring profitability season

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 04:23am

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Gender diversity in board rooms

Is gender diversity improving in the boardrooms? The latest Women on Board Pakistan survey 2020 released at PSX’s ceremo

Updated 11 Mar, 2020 09:00am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Declining trend persists

The dollar maintained rising trend in terms of the rupee on local currency markets on Tuesday due to fears of coronavirus, dealers said.

Published 11 Mar, 2020 12:00am

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The times they are a-changing!

Times are fluid. Global markets are reacting fast to COVAD-19. The oil war has started with prices crashed around 2

Updated 10 Mar, 2020 04:41am

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M-wallets: lots of deadwood

The latest branchless banking (BB) statistics are an interesting read. The number of BB accounts, also referred to a

Published 10 Mar, 2020 03:44am

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Power generation: FO returns

Power demand is clearly struggling to pick up. January 2020 was the third month running, where year-on-year generati

Published 10 Mar, 2020 03:38am

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Petroleum volumes creating panic

The OMC sector is in gloom; volumes are shrinking and there is no respite in sight. Economic slowdown is the main ca

Published 10 Mar, 2020 03:29am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Dollar surges

The dollar gained sharply versus the rupee in both the inter-bank and open markets on Monday owing to hovering uncertainties about the coronavirus, dealers said.

Published 10 Mar, 2020 12:00am

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Delivering ‘Look Africa’

That Pakistan faces an uphill task to deliver on its recently announced Look Africa initiative was discussed earlier

Published 09 Mar, 2020 03:54am

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Oil market mirroring 2008

Global crude oil is having its worst bear run since 2008. Coronavirus (Covid-19) is a very real threat. No matter ho

Published 09 Mar, 2020 03:52am

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Cement: Industry in crisis- III

In the first half of the fiscal year, 9 out of 14 companies within the cement industry are in net losses, several of

Published 09 Mar, 2020 03:51am

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Comeback Joe

Watchers of US presidential campaign are in awe. Last week, a forgotten presidential candidate was resurrected, with

Updated 09 Mar, 2020 04:05am

Business & Finance

THE RUPEE: Steady trend

The rupee did not show major changes in terms of the dollar on the local money market on Friday in the process of trading, dealers said.

Published 07 Mar, 2020 12:00am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Security Bank / Jul 29 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.35 ▲ 0.91 (14.13%)
Dewan Farooque Motors / Jul 29 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	11.68 ▲ 1.00 (9.36%)
Ghazi Fab. / Jul 29 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	13.60 ▲ 1.00 (7.94%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 29 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	87.09 ▲ 6.07 (7.49%)
Sardar Chemical / Jul 29 Sardar Chemical Industries Limited(SARC)	38.19 ▲ 2.66 (7.49%)
Maqbool Tex. / Jul 29 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	35.78 ▲ 2.49 (7.48%)
Leiner Gelatine / Jul 29 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	26.61 ▲ 1.84 (7.43%)
Thal Ind. / Jul 29 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	319.50 ▲ 21.19 (7.10%)
Zephyr Tex / Jul 29 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	18.40 ▲ 1.19 (6.91%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 29 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	5.59 ▲ 0.36 (6.88%)

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd. / Jul 29 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	2.97 ▲ -0.97 (-24.62%)
Image Pakistan / Jul 29 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	27.91 ▲ -6.29 (-18.39%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 29 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	520.78 ▲ -42.22 (-7.50%)
Pak Engg. / Jul 29 Pakistan Engineering Co Limited(PECO)	392.73 ▲ -31.84 (-7.50%)
Khairpur / Jul 29 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	65.59 ▲ -5.31 (-7.49%)
Dawood Equities / Jul 29 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	19.68 ▲ -1.59 (-7.48%)
TPL Ins. / Jul 29 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	37.35 ▲ -2.99 (-7.41%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jul 29 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.50 ▲ -0.25 (-6.67%)
First Credit & Inv. / Jul 29 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	7.50 ▲ -0.50 (-6.25%)
First Punjab Mod. / Jul 29 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	3.40 ▲ -0.21 (-5.82%)

Stock	Volume
Byco Petroleum / Jul 29 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	38,933,000 ▼ 0.00
Worldcall / Jul 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	38,090,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods / Jul 29 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	13,423,625 ▼ 0.00
Aisha Steel / Jul 29 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	8,427,000 ▼ 0.00
Hascol Petroleum / Jul 29 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	7,577,115 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / Jul 29 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	7,549,000 ▼ 0.00
Silkbank / Jul 29 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	6,432,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Corp / Jul 29 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	6,198,500 ▼ 0.00
TRG Pakistan / Jul 29 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	6,152,412 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Jul 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	5,662,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 29	162.00
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 29	161.90
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 29	109.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 29	1.39
Euro to USD / Jul 29	1.18
UK LIBOR % / Jul 29	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 29	4400.64
India Sensex / Jul 29	52443.71
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 29	27725.72
Nasdaq / Jul 29	14762.59
Hang Seng / Jul 29	25473.88
FTSE 100 / Jul 29	7016.63
Dow Jones / Jul 29	34930.93
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 29	15570.36
France CAC40 / Jul 29	6609.31

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 29	72.32
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 29	13080.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 29	94050.00
Gold Spot / Jul 29	1810.11
Cotton / Jul 29	90.52

BR Research

Price freeze “at all cost” could be costly

Reading Feb’s remittance growth

Raw cotton imports: what’s going on?

THE RUPEE: Decline extends

Oil: To hedge or not?

Leaving agriculture behind

PMPK: deep into red

TSML: short-lived recovery?

Gender diversity in board rooms

THE RUPEE: Declining trend persists

The times they are a-changing!

M-wallets: lots of deadwood

Power generation: FO returns

Petroleum volumes creating panic

THE RUPEE: Dollar surges

Delivering ‘Look Africa’

Oil market mirroring 2008

Cement: Industry in crisis- III

Comeback Joe

THE RUPEE: Steady trend

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