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Sugarcane crushing season will begin on 15th

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department on Tuesday notified start of sugarcane crushing season 2021-22 in the province...

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Markets

Punjab sets sugarcane support price at Rs225 per maund

LAHORE: The Punjab government has reportedly approved Rs225 per maund as the minimum purchase price for the ...

Published 29 Oct, 2021 05:05am

Markets

DCs directed to ensure sugar sale at govt-notified prices

LAHORE: Cane Commissioner Punjab Muhammad Zaman Wattoo taking notice of unbridled increasing prices of the...

Published 26 Oct, 2021 04:39am

Markets

Crushing season 2021: Cane Commissioner asks sugar millers to start preliminary preparations

LAHORE: The Punjab Cane Commissioner has directed the occupiers of all the sugar factories/mills across the province...

Published 22 Oct, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Sugarcane: Rs225/maund minimum purchase price proposed

LAHORE: The Sugarcane Control Board Punjab has reportedly pitched the Minimum Purchase Price (MPP) for the sugarcane...

Published 17 Oct, 2021 04:41am

PSMA chief says unable to start crushing

LAHORE: Sugar millers have expressed their inability to start the crushing season 2021-22 because of refusal by the...

Published 16 Oct, 2021 05:50am

Markets

Crushing season 2021-22: Punjab govt forms ‘Sugarcane Control Board’

LAHORE: The Punjab government has constituted “Sugarcane Control Board” for the crushing season 2021-22 to work...

Published 15 Oct, 2021 04:08am

Business & Finance

Cement sector hit by increase in international coal prices

LAHORE: Continuous increase in coal prices globally has badly affected the cement industry in Pakistan which is...

Published 14 Oct, 2021 04:14am

Markets

Punjab likely to achieve increased rice production this year

LAHORE: Punjab is likely to achieve 5.645 million tons of rice production this year (2021-22) as compared to 5.301...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

PFMA Punjab says will begin protest strike today

LAHORE: The Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Punjab has announced to go on strike from Tuesday if the...

Published 09 Oct, 2021 03:27am

Cement despatches drop by 12.17pc in Sept

LAHORE: Cement despatches declined by 12.17 percent in September 2021 as the total despatches were recorded at 4.589...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 03:19am

Business & Finance

Sale/transfer of sugar mills sans NOC banned in Punjab

LAHORE: The Punjab government has banned sale or transfer of sugar mills in the province without obtaining a No...

Published 01 Oct, 2021 04:07am

Markets

PFMA Punjab rejects wheat release policy

LAHORE: Flour millers while rejecting the wheat release policy of the Punjab Food Department (PFD) has announced ...

Published 21 Sep, 2021 04:10am

Pakistan

High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm creates panic among growers

LAHORE: High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm on different crops during the current season, especially on maize, ...

Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

FrieslandCampina to set up solar park on 15 acres of land

LAHORE: FrieslandCampina, formerly known as Engro foods, is going to set up a solar park on 15 acres of land with a...

Published 10 Sep, 2021 04:41am

Cement sector posts 22.77pc growth YoY

LAHORE: The cement sector posted a growth of 22.77 percent in August 2021 as total cement despatches during the said...

Updated 04 Sep, 2021 11:00am

Pakistan

Subsidising silage machines: Punjab govt approves Rs667m project

LAHORE: The Punjab government has approved a Rs667 million two years project to subsidize silage machines to help ...

Published 03 Sep, 2021 04:58am

Pakistan

L&DDD to launch 'save buffalo calves' programme

LAHORE: Punjab Livestock & Dairy Development Department (L&DDD) is soon launching the third phase of 'save...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Markets

Farmers oppose two-crop rice production trend

LAHORE: Irked by the increasing trend of having two rice crops in a season in Punjab, both the public sector and...

Published 19 Aug, 2021 04:15am

Markets

First tranche: Ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat arrives

LAHORE: A ship carrying 57,000 metric tons of wheat, first tranche of the 300,000 metric tons for the Pakistan...

Published 15 Aug, 2021 04:47am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
S.G.Power / Feb 8 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	6.83 ▲ 0.93 (15.76%)
Premier Insurance / Feb 8 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	7.71 ▲ 1.00 (14.90%)
Kohinoor Power / Feb 8 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	4.58 ▲ 0.58 (14.50%)
Popular Islamic / Feb 8 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	8.40 ▲ 0.90 (12.00%)
Gammon Pak / Feb 8 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	6.45 ▲ 0.65 (11.21%)
First Prudential Mod. / Feb 8 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	1.64 ▲ 0.16 (10.81%)
Ghani Chemical Ind. (B) / Feb 8 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited. (B)(GCILB)	6.50 ▲ 0.63 (10.73%)
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Feb 8 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	11.33 ▲ 1.00 (9.68%)
Ghani Glo Hol / Feb 8 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	11.29 ▲ 0.95 (9.19%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Feb 8 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	12.10 ▲ 1.00 (9.01%)

Stock	Price
Data Textile / Feb 8 Data Textiles Limited(DATM)	4.92 ▲ -0.87 (-15.03%)
Universal Ins. / Feb 8 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	3.30 ▲ -0.50 (-13.16%)
Unicap Modaraba / Feb 8 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.68 ▲ -0.18 (-9.68%)
Service Textile / Feb 8 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	6.91 ▲ -0.69 (-9.08%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 8 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9 ▲ -0.78 (-7.98%)
Land Mark Spinning / Feb 8 Landmark Spinning Industries Limited(LMSM)	11.60 ▲ -1.00 (-7.94%)
Mod.Al-Mali / Feb 8 Modaraba Al-Mali(MODAM)	4.13 ▲ -0.34 (-7.61%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Feb 8 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	7 ▲ -0.57 (-7.53%)
Ellcot Spinning / Feb 8 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	128.58 ▲ -10.42 (-7.50%)
The Thal Ind.Corp. / Feb 8 The Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	267.33 ▲ -21.67 (-7.50%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	63,994,329 ▼ 0.09
Pak Petroleum / Feb 8 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	31,774,289 ▲ -0.52
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 8 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	22,182,825 ▼ 1.19
Sui South Gas / Feb 8 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	16,127,166 ▲ -0.18
Sui North Gas / Feb 8 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	14,255,656 ▼ 0.05
Lotte Chemical / Feb 8 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	13,129,733 ▼ 1.18
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	11,829,779 ▼ 0.01
Ghani Glo Hol / Feb 8 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	10,956,173 ▼ 0.95
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 8 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	9,313,459 ▼ 2.59
Habib Bank / Feb 8 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	8,576,564 ▼ 0.89

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World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 8	275.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 8	273.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 8	131.45
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 8	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 8	1.21
Euro to USD / Feb 8	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Feb 7	4.56

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 8	4140.45
India Sensex / Feb 8	60663.79
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 8	27606.46
Nasdaq / Feb 8	11988.56
Hang Seng / Feb 8	21283.52
FTSE 100 / Feb 8	7897.71
Dow Jones / Feb 8	34067.65
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 8	15418.13
France CAC40 / Feb 8	7132.82

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 7	22235
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 8	77.34
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 8	169753
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 8	1874.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 8	84.27

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