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Opinion

Cotton: crop of yesterday?

The declining trend of cotton production in Pakistan continues. Early estimates suggest that cotton production would...

Published 18 Oct, 2020 02:49am

Opinion

Wanted: fiscal incentives for digitization

The world is moving towards a cashless economy whereas cash-based transactions are rampant in Pakistan. Ratio of...

Updated 12 Oct, 2020 03:02am

Opinion

Dealing with KE

K-Electric has lately been in the news, but not for all the good reasons. Load-shedding this summer and power outage...

Published 04 Oct, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Diplomacy: economy first

Last week, the PM decided to constitute an 'Economic Outreach Apex Committee' headed by Dr Moeed Yousaf. This could...

Updated 27 Sep, 2020 02:56am

Goodbye to easing

Policy rate remains unchanged. Between the lines, SBP has communicated that the easing cycle is over. Earlier, signs...

Updated 22 Sep, 2020 03:12am

Opinion

Car disruption in second gear

Pakistani car industry is going through a disruptive phase. The Automotive Development Policy (ADP) 2016-21 is...

Published 20 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Opinion

GDP rebasing: fix PBS first

ARTICLE: Key macroeconomic ratios - debt, fiscal and current account are measured in terms of nominal GDP and feed...

Updated 13 Sep, 2020 02:57am

Supplements

Two Years of PTI-Led Government: Feelgood factor

ARTICLE: PTI government's first year was all about bringing the struggling economy out of the woods. The initial...

Published 08 Sep, 2020 03:07am

Opinion

Free the energy market

ARTICLE: Development of a competitive energy market is imperative to solve the circular debt puzzle and to bring ...

Published 06 Sep, 2020 02:18am

Opinion

For the love of Karachi

ARTICLE: Karachi is prestigiously part of the world top 10-12 cities club, in terms of population. In terms of...

Updated 30 Aug, 2020 05:21pm

Opinion

Defusing the pension bomb

ARTICLE: Tick tock tick. That is the sound that the consolidated budget position of any growing expenditure element...

Updated 23 Aug, 2020 10:11am

Opinion

Energy tariffs: increase the denominator

ARTICLE: Last week, an MoU was signed between the government and 2002 policy IPPs to reduce the latter's guaranteed...

Published 16 Aug, 2020 02:18am

Opinion

Foreign policy and economic imperatives

ARTICLE: Last week, there was uproar in the market on foreign exchange flowing in and out from friendly countries....

Published 09 Aug, 2020 03:00am

Opinion

Tapping the digital banking potential

ARTICLE: Based on extrapolation from a 2005 SMEDA survey, and using commercial and industrial electricity ...

Published 26 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Opinion

Early signs of recovery

ARTICLE: Many economists and analysts have claimed gloom and doom in the aftermath of Covid-19 and exchange rate...

Published 19 Jul, 2020 02:41am

Opinion

Housing thrust - the long mile

Construction of 100,000 five marla (125 sq. yard) houses in one year can create 200,000 direct jobs for masons, carpenters, and plumbers, etc.

Updated 12 Jul, 2020 12:08pm

Opinion

CAA: stay home, stay safe?

PIA's journey from 'great people to fly with' to 'sadly no one wishes to fly with', is a five-decade story....

Updated 05 Jul, 2020 05:19pm

Opinion

A week of ill-timed decisions

ARTICLE: Last week was eventful. On Wednesday, long-term bond (PIBs) yields went up in regular auction. The very ...

Published 28 Jun, 2020 02:59am

SBP must take a pause

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is now becoming predicable in its surprises. Right after the announcement of IMF ...

Published 26 Jun, 2020 03:34am

Opinion

Petrol saga - the domino effect

Energy economics is complex; any mismanagement could create a crisis. Recent petrol shortage is...

Updated 22 Jun, 2020 09:18am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Saudi Pak Leas. / Oct 20 Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited(SPLC)	1.7800 ▲ 0.23 (3.23%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Oct 20 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	7.7885 ▲ 0.75 (1.76%)
TPL Trakker / Oct 20 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9.9900 ▲ 0.09 (0.91%)
Matco Foods / Oct 20 Matco Foods Limited(MFL)	21.2059 ▲ 0.26 (0.53%)
Friesland. Engro / Oct 20 Frieslandcampins Engro Foods Limited(FCEPL)	74.0000 ▲ 0.51 (0.42%)
Nishat Mills / Oct 20 Nishat Mills Limited(NML)	104.2400 ▲ 1.74 (0.35%)
Pak Int Cont. / Oct 20 Pakistan International Container(PICT)	179.5322 ▲ 0.53 (0.30%)
Orix Moda. / Oct 20 Orix Modaraba(ORIXM)	21.2000 ▲ 0.06 (0.28%)
Amreli Steels / Oct 20 Amreli Steels Limited(ASTL)	43.0900 ▲ 0.83 (0.24%)
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Oct 20 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	12.4219 ▲ 0.37 (0.19%)

Stock	Price
Grays Leas. / Oct 20 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	7.3500 ▼ 0.75 (-10.20%)
First Cap. Sec. / Oct 20 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1.5000 ▼ 0.10 (-6.67%)
Dost Steel / Oct 20 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	4.4012 ▼ 0.20 (-4.55%)
Kohinoor Sp. / Oct 20 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	2.9355 ▼ 0.15 (-3.68%)
Thatta Cement / Oct 20 Thatta Cement Company Limited(THCCL)	24.0500 ▼ 1.05 (-3.49%)
Quice Food / Oct 20 Quice Food Industries Limited(QUICE)	4.9000 ▼ 0.16 (-3.27%)
Lalpir Power / Oct 20 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	12.3800 ▼ 0.36 (-2.91%)
Tri-Star Poly / Oct 20 Tri-Star Polyester Limited(TRPOL)	8.7500 ▼ 0.24 (-2.74%)
Sui South Gas / Oct 20 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	16.4000 ▼ 0.44 (-2.66%)
Worldcall / Oct 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.1500 ▼ 0.03 (-2.61%)

Stock	Volume
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Oct 20 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	8,874,000 ▼ 1.43
Hascol Petroleum / Oct 20 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	5,915,443 ▼ 0.43
TRG Pak. / Oct 20 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	5,708,000 ▼ 1.48
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Oct 20 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	5,265,500 ▼ 0.37
Unity Foods / Oct 20 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	4,029,000 ▼ 0.39
Maple Leaf / Oct 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	1,962,861 ▼ 0.69
Power Cement / Oct 20 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	1,829,000 ▼ 0.30
Treet Corp. / Oct 20 Treet Corporation Limited(TREET)	1,752,500 ▼ 0.67
Pak Elektron / Oct 20 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	1,719,000 ▼ 1.04
Aisha Steel / Oct 20 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	1,541,000 ▼ 0.27

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 20	162.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 20	162.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 20	105.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 20	1.29
Euro to USD / Oct 20	1.18

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 20	3426.92
India Sensex / Oct 20	40431.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 20	23671.13
Nasdaq / Oct 20	11478.88
Hang Seng / Oct 20	24542.26
FTSE 100 / Oct 20	5884.65
Dow Jones / Oct 20	28195.42
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 20	12854.66
France CAC40 / Oct 20	4929.27

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Oct 20	19015.50
UK LIBOR % / Oct 20	0.08
GDPGROWTH / Oct 20	5.40
Foreign Debt (PKR billions) / Oct 20	15087.50
Per Capita Income USD (CPI) / Oct 20	1516.00
Average CPI % / Oct 20	11.11