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Chicken price drops by Rs50 per kg

LAHORE: Chicken meat price has dropped by Rs50 per kilogram during the last one week after touching an all time high...

Published 14 Mar, 2021 04:13am

Markets

Crushing season 2020-21: Sugar production likely to surpass initial official estimates

LAHORE: Sugar production during the crushing season 2020-21 is expected to surpass the initial official estimates ...

Published 11 Mar, 2021 05:25am

Pakistan

Dairy sector for genetically improving local breeds

LAHORE: Dairy sector stakeholders have stressed the need for genetically improving potential of local breeds (Neeli...

Updated 07 Mar, 2021 10:31am

Pakistan

Cement sector posts nominal growth; export declines

LAHORE: The cement sector posted nominal growth in February 2021 as compared to February 2020 while export side...

Updated 03 Mar, 2021 09:40am

Markets

Chicken price surges by Rs8

LAHORE: The price of chicken meat has once again jumped by eight rupees to Rs 339 per kilograms in the provincial...

Published 02 Mar, 2021 05:50am

Business & Finance

‘Significant investment in modern agri-storage critical’

LAHORE: Immediate significant investment in modern agri-storage is critical to address country’s post-harvest...

Published 28 Feb, 2021 04:55am

Pakistan

Procurement of wheat: Govt urged to set up farmers' markets to reduce middlemen's role

LAHORE: To reduce the role of the middlemen in procurement of wheat and help growers to earn a suitable return on...

Updated 21 Feb, 2021 10:22am

Pakistan

Another FIR registered against Tandlianwala Sugar Mills

LAHORE: Muzaffargarh Police have registered an FIR against Rehman Hajra Muzaffargarh unit of the Tandlianwala Sugar...

Updated 16 Feb, 2021 09:38am

Pakistan

Two FIRs registered against Tandlianwala Sugar Mills

LAHORE: The local police station of district Faisalabad has lodged two separate FIRs against Tandlianwala Sugar ...

Published 09 Feb, 2021 04:43am

Gur production: ‘Govt must allow setting up of mini/micro sugar mills’

LAHORE: Agriculture Republic, an agricultural think-tank, has proposed the government to allow setting up of...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Markets

Sugar prices register gain of Rs100/100kg

LAHORE: Sugar prices registered a gain of Rs 100 per 100 kilograms while edible oil/ghee prices showed a decline of...

Updated 05 Feb, 2021 11:50pm

Cement growth in Jan remains confined to local consumption

LAHORE: Though cement sector posted growth of 16.28 percent in January 2021 as compared to January 2020, the growth...

Published 03 Feb, 2021 04:35am

Pakistan

Tech transfer, agri mechanization: Punjab Agri body suggests to MNFS&R to prepare plan under CPEC

LAHORE: Punjab Agriculture committee has recommended the Ministry of National Food Security & Research...

Published 31 Jan, 2021 03:36am

Basmati rice registered as GI

LAHORE: Pakistan has registered Basmati Rice as Geographical Indication (GI) under Geographical Indications Act ...

Published 28 Jan, 2021 04:40am

Markets

More cotton production: MNFS&R urged to prepare incentive programme for farmers

LAHORE: The Punjab Agriculture Committee has recommended to the Ministry of National Food Security & Research...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Pakistan

Stakeholders propose ‘farmer portal’ for decision-making

LAHORE: Stakeholders proposed to set up a “farmer portal” containing real-time information for decision making ...

Updated 26 Jan, 2021 10:04am

Business & Finance

Increase in electricity, oil prices: Farmers apprehend pushing of rural economy into recession

LAHORE: Different farmers’ organizations reacting to fresh increase in electricity and petroleum prices have...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Pakistan

Biofloc technology helps breed fish by using minimum resources

LAHORE: Biofloc Technology (BFT), a new aquaculture technique helps breed fish by using minimum resources like ...

Published 21 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Pakistan

Pesticides inspection: MNFS&R delegates powers to Punjab agri dept

LAHORE: Ministry of National Food Security and Research (MNFS&R) has delegated the powers of inspection of...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Taxes on import of poultry feed ingredients: PPA warns of shortage of chicken, eggs

LAHORE: The Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA) (Northern Region) on Monday warned of severe shortage of chicken meat...

Published 12 Jan, 2021 03:00am

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%)
Sindh Modaraba / Feb 1 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	7.75 ▲ 0.75 (10.71%)
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)	4.01 ▲ 0.31 (8.38%)
Next Capital / Feb 1 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	5.15 ▲ 0.39 (8.19%)
OLP Modaraba / Feb 1 OLP Modaraba Limited(OLPM)	13.50 ▲ 0.98 (7.83%)
Pak Engineering / Feb 1 Pakistan Engineering Company Limited(PECO)	302.70 ▲ 21.11 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
First Pak Mod. / Feb 1 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	1.33 ▲ -0.17 (-11.33%)
Kohinoor Power / Feb 1 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	3.70 ▲ -0.42 (-10.19%)
Sakrand Sugar / Feb 1 Sakrand Sugar Mills Limited(SKRS)	9.74 ▲ -0.84 (-7.94%)
Dawood Lawrencepur / Feb 1 Dawood Lawrencepur Limited(DLL)	207.76 ▲ -16.84 (-7.50%)
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%)
Faran Sugar / Feb 1 Faran Sugar Mills Limited(FRSM)	54.51 ▲ -4.24 (-7.22%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Feb 1 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	13 ▲ -1.00 (-7.14%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,426,966 ▼ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Feb 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	10,194,870 ▲ -0.58
Pak Refinery / Feb 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	7,748,506 ▼ 0.09
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	7,410,000 ▼ 0.31
Gul Ahmed / Feb 1 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	7,409,367 ▼ 0.97
Maple Leaf Cement / Feb 1 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,561,607 ▼ 0.30
Habib Bank / Feb 1 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	4,928,348 ▼ 0.31
Fauji Cement / Feb 1 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	4,779,500 ▲ -0.03
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 1 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	4,506,916 ▲ -0.40
Hub Power Co. / Feb 1 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	4,097,554 ▼ 0.39

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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
Dow Jones / Jan 31	34086.04
India Sensex / Feb 1	59963.63
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 1	27345.74
Hang Seng / Feb 1	21902.35
FTSE 100 / Feb 1	7780.98
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 1	15120.54
France CAC40 / Feb 1	7085.19

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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