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PPA for bringing down duty on soybean to zero

LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) has proposed that avenues of import of corn/soybean and sunflower ...

Published 18 May, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Agriculture transformation: Govt urged to include farmers’ representatives in NCC for feedback

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, a think tank formed to discuss issues faced by the agriculture and livestock has urged...

Published 16 May, 2021 04:26am

Markets

Punjab gets bumper wheat crop

LAHORE: Punjab government has claimed to achieve record wheat production of over 20.9 million metric tons from an...

Published 13 May, 2021 03:10am

Pakistan

Chicken price at all-time high

LAHORE: There seems to be no respite for chicken meat consumers as its prices on Tuesday reached an all-time high at...

Updated 12 May, 2021 10:27am

Markets

Cotton crop sown slightly over 1.25m acres in Punjab so far

LAHORE: Cotton crop has so far been sown slightly over 1.25 million acres of land in Punjab against the target of 4...

Published 11 May, 2021 04:39am

Pakistan

PFMA-Punjab warns of flour shortage during Eid holidays

LAHORE: Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA-Punjab Zone) has warned of flour shortage during Eid holidays because...

Updated 09 May, 2021 10:30am

Business & Finance

‘Cement exports surge by 252pc in April’

LAHORE: Cement sector posted robust growth of 40.41 percent in April 2021 when total cement despatches were...

Published 05 May, 2021 04:01am

Markets

Sindh, B’tan: Passco may not meet wheat procurement targets

LAHORE: The Pakistan Agricultural Services and Supplies Corporation (PASSCO) may not be able to meet its procurement...

Published 25 Apr, 2021 03:13am

Pakistan

Sugar shortage continues to haunt consumers in Lahore

LAHORE: Sugar shortage continued to haunt the consumers in the provincial metropolis as either is it not available ...

Updated 16 Apr, 2021 09:56am

Business & Finance

Sugar industry heading towards crisis: PSMA Punjab

LAHORE: The Pakistan Sugar Mills Association, Punjab Zone, has claimed that the sugar industry is heading towards...

Updated 14 Apr, 2021 10:11am

Sugar shortage in Lahore likely to be overcome today

LAHORE: Sugar supplies are likely to be normalized from Saturday in the provincial metropolis as over 600 metric ...

Published 10 Apr, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Ex-mill, retail sugar price rejected: PSMA offers govt to pick entire stock from mills

LAHORE: Rejecting the ex-mill and retail sugar price fixed by the Punjab government, Pakistan Sugar Mills ...

Updated 04 Apr, 2021 09:52am

Punjab govt notifies Rs80/kg ex-mill sugar price

LAHORE: In an unprecedented move, the Punjab government on Friday notified the ex-mill price of sugar at Rs 80 per...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Business & Finance

Cement sector posts 44.39pc growth in March

LAHORE: Cement sector posted the highest-ever monthly growth of 44.39 percent in March 2021, due to massive increase...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Pakistan

Punjab govt likely to fix ex-mill, retail price of sugar

LAHORE: The Punjab government has started deliberations on fixing the ex-mill and retail price of sugar for ...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Markets

Punjab to initiate wheat procurement drive from April 1

LAHORE: The Punjab food department will launch wheat procurement drive 2021 across the province from April 01 and ...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Supply line: Sugar mills offer conditional support to Punjab govt

LAHORE: Sugar crisis will be over soon as Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) has conditionally offered the...

Published 31 Mar, 2021 05:42am

Pakistan

Sugar crisis may worsen in days to come

LAHORE: Sugar crisis due to unannounced strike by the sugar dealers after the action taken by the Federal...

Updated 28 Mar, 2021 10:54am

Business & Finance

Punjab Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Ord 2020 expires

LAHORE: Sugar Factories (Control) (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 promulgated by the Punjab government on September 24,...

Updated 24 Mar, 2021 10:10am

Pakistan

Procurement of wheat: PFD to borrow over Rs160bn

LAHORE: The Punjab Food Department (PFD) is likely to borrow over 160 billion for procurement of 3.5 million tons of...

Published 23 Mar, 2021 04:37am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jan 28 786 Investments Limited(786)	4.70 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jan 28 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	377 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jan 28 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jan 28 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jan 28 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jan 28 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	65 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jan 28 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	348.44 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jan 28 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jan 28 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	6.72 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jan 28 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	55.56 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / Jan 28 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	14,225,354 ▼ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jan 28 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	13,167,971 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / Jan 28 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	12,526,831 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jan 28 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	9,891,019 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jan 28 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	9,686,092 ▼ 0.00
Hub Power Co. / Jan 28 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	8,819,700 ▼ 0.00
Habib Bank / Jan 28 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	8,556,359 ▼ 0.00
Engro Polymer / Jan 28 Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited(EPCL)	6,713,796 ▼ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Jan 28 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	5,509,833 ▼ 0.00
Lotte Chemical / Jan 28 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	5,393,473 ▼ 0.00

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 27	265
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 27	263
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 27	129.88
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 27	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 27	1.24
Euro to USD / Jan 27	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Jan 27	4.31

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 27	4070.56
India Sensex / Jan 27	59330.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 27	27382.56
Nasdaq / Jan 27	11621.71
Hang Seng / Jan 27	22688.90
FTSE 100 / Jan 27	7765.15
Dow Jones / Jan 27	33978.08
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 27	15150.03
France CAC40 / Jan 27	7097.21

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jan 27	79.68
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jan 27	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jan 27	173610
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jan 27	1928.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Jan 27	86.89

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