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Punjab govt launches 'green loan' scheme for kiln owners

LAHORE: The Punjab government on Saturday launched a 'green loan' scheme for kiln owners to help them shift on ...

Updated 10 Jan, 2021 03:08am

Business & Finance

Cement sector posts 11.18 percent growth in December

LAHORE: The cement sector posted growth of 11.18 percent in December 2020 as compared to December 2019 as total...

Updated 05 Jan, 2021 08:41am

Markets

SAP offers solution to revive cotton crop in Pakistan

LAHORE: The Seed Association of Pakistan (SAP) has appealed the federal government not to amend the seed enforcement...

Published 31 Dec, 2020 02:45am

Markets

Increase in coal price hurting cement sector

LAHORE: Drastic increase in international coal and diesel prices is leading to increase in the cost of cement...

Published 30 Dec, 2020 03:19am

Markets

Year 2020 termed toughest for agriculture

LAHORE: The agriculturists and progressive farmers have termed the outgoing year (2020) as a very tough period in...

Published 27 Dec, 2020 02:47am

Pakistan

Hoarding, profiteering: Cane commissioner warns Punjab sugar mills

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has warned the sugar mills in province to refrain practice of maintaining...

Published 23 Dec, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Rice exports witness healthy trend last month

LAHORE: After continuous downward slide for the first four months of the current financial year against the...

Published 20 Dec, 2020 02:54am

Pakistan

Cane Commissioner launches drive to countercheck 'sucrose level'

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has launched a campaign to counter check the sucrose level (recovery rate) ...

Published 15 Dec, 2020 03:26am

Pakistan

Powers of seed inspection to provinces under consideration

LAHORE: The Ministry of National Food Security & Research (MNFS&R) is contemplating to delegate powers of...

Published 13 Dec, 2020 02:44am

Business & Finance

Off-the-book purchase of sugarcane: Cane Commissioner directs DC Faisalabad to initiate action

LAHORE: Cane Commissioner Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has requested the Deputy Commissioner Faisalabad to inspect...

Published 10 Dec, 2020 02:57am

GI of Basmati in EU: Reap files 'notice of opposition' against India's claim

LAHORE/KARACHI: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (Reap) has filed a 'notice of opposition' on December 7...

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Business & Finance

Cane Commissioner extends time for mills to submit record

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has enhanced the date for submitting two-years purchase record and payments by...

Published 09 Dec, 2020 02:52am

Pakistan

Sugar mills: DCs directed to inspect sugarcane procurement

LAHORE: Cane Commissioner Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo has directed the deputy commissioners of all the districts to...

Published 03 Dec, 2020 03:04am

Markets

Basmati growing areas in Punjab: Hybrid coarse rice varieties may make inroads: Shahzad

LAHORE: Increasing popularity of hybrid coarse rice varieties amongst the growers of Sindh and Southern Punjab has...

Published 02 Dec, 2020 02:49am

Markets

Import of 300,000MT of wheat: PASSCO moves summary to ECC

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation Ltd (PASSCO) has moved a summary which is likely...

Published 28 Nov, 2020 03:04am

Pakistan

Delay in payments to growers: Commissioner warns sugar mills in Punjab of legal action

LAHORE: The Cane Commissioner Punjab has issued notices to 25 sugar mills of the province to furnish grower-wise...

Published 27 Nov, 2020 03:08am

Pakistan

Growers urge govt to set up MSP committees at tehsil level

LAHORE: Growers have urged the Government to develop Minimum Support Price (MSP) Committees at Tehsil level till end...

Published 19 Nov, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Lower prices of Basmati paddy creating unrest among growers

LAHORE: Healthy basmati production, carry over stock from the last season and negligible demand for exports at...

Published 17 Nov, 2020 02:55am

Markets

Maize may suffer like the cotton crop, apprehend stakeholders

LAHORE: Stakeholders have feared that if unchecked sale of unregistered/unlisted maize seed is not stopped by the...

Published 07 Nov, 2020 02:39am

Markets

Farmers reject proposed wheat MSP

LAHORE: Rejecting the new wheat support price at Rs1600 per maund proposed by the government, farmers’...

Published 29 Oct, 2020 02:53am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Data Textile / Feb 1 Data Textiles Limited(DATM)	7.08 ▲ 1.00 (16.45%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Feb 1 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	4.85 ▲ 0.55 (12.79%)
Gammon Pak / Feb 1 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	6 ▲ 0.54 (9.89%)
Ashfaq Textile / Feb 1 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	10.39 ▲ 0.89 (9.37%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 1 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	11.72 ▲ 1.00 (9.33%)
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	4.03 ▲ 0.33 (8.92%)
Next Capital / Feb 1 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	5.15 ▲ 0.39 (8.19%)
Engro Poly(Pref / Feb 1 Engro Poly(Pref)(EPCLPS)	12.98 ▲ 0.98 (8.17%)
OLP Modaraba / Feb 1 OLP Modaraba Limited(OLPM)	13.50 ▲ 0.98 (7.83%)
JS Global Cap. / Feb 1 JS Global Capital Limited(JSGCL)	277.32 ▲ 19.34 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Kohinoor Power / Feb 1 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	3.70 ▲ -0.42 (-10.19%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 1 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	9.58 ▲ -1.00 (-9.45%)
Pakistan Services / Feb 1 Pakistan Services Limited(PSEL)	2095.13 ▲ -169.87 (-7.50%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Feb 1 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	45.79 ▲ -3.71 (-7.49%)
EFG Hermes Pak / Feb 1 EFG Hermes Pakistan Limited(EFGH)	12.49 ▲ -1.01 (-7.48%)
Dadex Eternit / Feb 1 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	35.20 ▲ -2.78 (-7.32%)
Century Ins. / Feb 1 Century Insurance Company Limited(CENI)	15.35 ▲ -1.14 (-6.91%)
Nimir Ind.Chem. / Feb 1 Nimir Industrial Chemicals Limited(NICL)	52 ▲ -3.75 (-6.73%)
Premier Insurance / Feb 1 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.52 ▲ -0.45 (-6.46%)
Gadoon Textile / Feb 1 Gadoon Textile Mills Limited(GADT)	220 ▲ -13.91 (-5.95%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,426,966 ▼ 0.01
Pak Petroleum / Feb 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	10,194,870 ▲ -0.43
Pak Refinery / Feb 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	7,748,506 ▼ 0.14
Gul Ahmed / Feb 1 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	7,113,504 ▼ 1.37
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,974,000 ▼ 0.33
Maple Leaf Cement / Feb 1 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,561,607 ▼ 0.49
Habib Bank / Feb 1 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	4,798,215 ▼ 0.67
Fauji Cement / Feb 1 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	4,779,500 ▼ 0.06
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 1 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	4,506,916 ▼ 0.18
Hub Power Co. / Feb 1 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	4,097,554 ▼ 0.84

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 1	271
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 1	269.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 1	130.23
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 1	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 1	1.23
Euro to USD / Feb 1	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 31	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 31	4076.60
Nasdaq / Jan 31	11584.55
FTSE 100 / Jan 31	7771.70
Dow Jones / Jan 31	34086.04
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 31	15128.27
France CAC40 / Jan 31	7082.42
India Sensex / Feb 1	59963.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 1	27345.74
Hang Seng / Feb 1	21902.35

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 31	20735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 31	172754
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 1	79.25
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 1	1925.87
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 1	86.58

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