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Markets

'Consumer electronics sector projected at $444 million'

LAHORE: Khwaja Saifuddin, Senior Sales Director at Western Digital Corporation (WDC), Middle East and Pakistan, has...

Published 06 Nov, 2020 02:59am

Pakistan

Shops' closure at 10pm: Shopkeepers fear of losing livelihood

LAHORE: Shopkeepers have acquiesced in the government's directions of closing down shops by 10 pm but with fear of...

Published 01 Nov, 2020 02:50am

Pakistan

198 new cases of coronavirus in Punjab: People violating precautionary measures

LAHORE: The people of provincial capital are undeterred by the rising cases of coronavirus in Punjab as they are...

Published 27 Oct, 2020 02:59am

Pakistan

WASA plans to build 3 more underground rainwater storage

LAHORE: The Water and Sanitation Authority (WASA) is planning to build three more underground rainwater storages in...

Published 22 Oct, 2020 02:54am

Business & Finance

'Pakistan has lowest female labour force participation rate'

LAHORE: Founder of Circle Women Association Sadaffe Abid has said that Pakistan has one of the lowest female labour...

Published 27 Sep, 2020 02:33am

Pakistan

LDA shortlists consortiums for Master Plan 2050

LAHORE: The Lahore Development Authority (LDA) on Saturday shortlisted three consortiums that meet the eligibility...

Published 20 Sep, 2020 02:45am

Technology

PITB spent over Rs3bn to launch various initiatives in last two years

LAHORE: In the past two years, the Punjab Information Technology Board (PITB) has spent over Rs 3 billion to launch...

Published 10 Sep, 2020 02:29am

Markets

Punjab govt takes many initiatives to improve provincial economy: report

LAHORE: The Punjab government has taken a number of initiatives to improve the provincial economy, and drafting of...

Published 02 Sep, 2020 02:42am

Commercial bank accounts: Punjab disallows parking of funds

LAHORE: The Punjab government has disallowed parking of funds, provided by the provincial government, in the...

Published 30 Aug, 2020 01:42am

Pakistan

Punjab government manages to meet fiscal challenges

LAHORE: In two years the PTI's government in Punjab has managed to meet fiscal challenges, which were left by the...

Published 29 Aug, 2020 02:49am

Pakistan

Independence Day: Violations of SOPs witnessed at parks, other public places

LAHORE: Gross violations of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) were witnessed at the parks, restaurants and other...

Published 15 Aug, 2020 02:41am

Pakistan

Animal markets witness sudden surge of customers

LAHORE: Just a few hours away from Eid-ul-Azha, markets of sacrificial animals witnessed a sudden surge of customers...

Published 01 Aug, 2020 01:12am

Pakistan

Natural calamities: Farmers, stakeholders for early warning system

LAHORE: Farmers and stakeholders in agricultural economy have stressed for setting up an early warning system to ...

Published 26 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Pakistan

South Punjab secretariat to be constructed at cost of Rs4bn

LAHORE: The Punjab government has decided to construct a separate secretariat and officer and staff residence in...

Published 19 Jul, 2020 02:41am

Business & Finance

PDA chief says dairy sector has potential to employ 60 million people

LAHORE: The dairy sector has the potential to employ 60 million people. With the growth of this sector, the...

Updated 15 Jul, 2020 03:15am

Markets

Wheat crisis: 'Govt must increase wheat support price for domestic farmers'

LAHORE: To overcome the wheat crisis on a permanent basis, it is imperative for the government to increase the wheat...

Published 10 Jul, 2020 02:47am

Business & Finance

Cement dispatches increase by 29.94 percent after three months

LAHORE: After posting decrease for three consecutive months, cement dispatches increased by 29.94 percent in June...

Published 07 Jul, 2020 02:54am

Markets

Egypt intends importing meat from Pakistan

LAHORE: Egypt has shown interest in importing meat from Pakistan and requested to allow an inspection of Pakistani...

Published 05 Jul, 2020 03:01am

Pakistan

Government to allow markets of sacrificial animals outside cities

LAHORE: To mitigate and control the spread of Corona and Congo viruses in Punjab, the Punjab government has decided...

Updated 04 Jul, 2020 03:57am

Technology

IT, ITES sectors may lay off staff to survive Covid-19 impact

Companies working in the information technology (IT) and information technology enabled services (ITES) sectors are feeling the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; these companies fear that they will have to lay off staff in order to survive the impact.

Published 28 May, 2020 12:03am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Hala Enterpries / Jan 21 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	9.60 ▲ 2.10 (11.63%)
Premier Ins. / Jan 21 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.49 ▲ 0.74 (9.80%)
Sindh Abadgar / Jan 21 Sindh Abadgar Sugar Mills Limited(SASML)	12.50 ▲ 1.00 (8.70%)
Shaheen Ins. / Jan 21 Shaheen Insurance Company Limited(SHNI)	5.20 ▲ 0.39 (8.11%)
Fazal Cloth / Jan 21 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	184.90 ▲ 26.05 (7.50%)
Island Tex. / Jan 21 Island Textile Mills Limited(ILTM)	1844.94 ▲ 128.71 (7.50%)
Khairpur / Jan 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	60.92 ▲ 4.25 (7.50%)
Rel.Cotton / Jan 21 Reliance Cotton Spinning Mills Limited(RCML)	150.80 ▲ 10.52 (7.50%)
Salfi Textile / Jan 21 Salfi Textile Mills Limited(SALT)	300.46 ▲ 40.46 (7.50%)
SILKBANK / Jan 21 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.29 ▲ 0.13 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
B.R.R. Mod. (R) / Jan 21 B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba (R)(BRRR)	2.79 ▼ 2.00 (-21.19%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jan 21 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	3.25 ▼ 0.50 (-13.33%)
First Equity Mod. / Jan 21 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.15 ▼ 0.35 (-10.00%)
First Punjab Mod. / Jan 21 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.57 ▼ 0.19 (-9.51%)
AKD Capital Ltd / Jan 21 AKD Capital Limited(AKDCL)	415.64 ▼ 18.68 (-7.50%)
John&Philips / Jan 21 Johnson & Phillips (Pakistan) Limited(JOPP)	44.77 ▼ 3.63 (-7.50%)
Data Agro / Jan 21 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	17.08 ▼ 1.50 (-7.48%)
F.Treet Manuf.Mod / Jan 21 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	17.47 ▼ 2.32 (-7.47%)
Shadman Cotton / Jan 21 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	19.60 ▼ 1.48 (-7.46%)
MACPAC Films / Jan 21 MACPAC Films Limited(MACFL)	24.51 ▼ 2.60 (-7.40%)

Stock	Volume
SILKBANK / Jan 21 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	42,706,000 ▼ 0.13
Unity Foods / Jan 21 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	41,064,248 ▼ 2.28
Hum Network / Jan 21 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	38,635,500 ▼ 0.51
TRG Pak. / Jan 21 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,407,000 ▼ 7.02
Pakistan Refinery / Jan 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	28,848,000 ▼ 0.94
Power Cement / Jan 21 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	28,183,000 ▼ 0.49
Fauji Foods / Jan 21 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,225,500 ▼ 0.46
Lotte Chemical / Jan 21 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	21,122,000 ▼ 1.09
K-Electric Ltd / Jan 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,889,000 ▼ 0.11
Worldcall / Jan 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,950,000 ▼ 0.03

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Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 20	160.55
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 20	160.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 20	103.89
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 20	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 20	1.36
Euro to USD / Jan 20	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 20	3798.91
India Sensex / Jan 20	49398.29
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 20	28633.46
Nasdaq / Jan 20	13197.18
Hang Seng / Jan 20	29642.28
FTSE 100 / Jan 20	6712.95
Dow Jones / Jan 20	30930.52
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 20	13815.06
France CAC40 / Jan 20	5598.61