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Business Recorder

Aug 04, 2020 PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ►

BR Research

Widening urban-rural inflation gap

The headline inflation stood at 9.3 percent in Jul-20. The monthly index is up by 2.5 percent. This is the highest...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 08:18am

BR Research

2021: Will sugar supply be balanced?

With national average retail sugar prices closing in on Rs 90 per kg – a first in almost a decade – the...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 08:17am

BR Research

The challenge around petroleum price

The benchmark Arab Light crude oil went up by 5.7 percent month-on-month in the reference period for Aug-20. The...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 08:16am

Pakistan’s falling productivity

That Pakistan’s economic growth has been driven mainly by factor accumulation rather than labour productivity over...

Allawasaya Textile and Finishing Mills Limited

Allaswasaya Textile and Finishing Mills Limited (PSX: AWTX) was established in 1958 as a private limited company;...

Beating Covid curiosity

In a stunning upset which perhaps many did not see coming, Pakistan has managed to bring down its number of daily...

Sugar – the comedy of errors continues

According to a FinMin press release on July 28th, the ECC has approved a proposal for import of 0.3 million tons of...

The balancing act

Fertilizer spending stagnant – sales drop

Feroze1888 Mills Limited

LSM: FY20 was clearly worse than govt forecast

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 31	167.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 31	167.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 4	105.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 4	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 4	1.31
Euro to USD / Aug 4	1.18

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 4	3294.61
India Sensex / Aug 4	36939.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 4	22195.38
Nasdaq / Aug 4	10902.80
Hang Seng / Aug 4	24458.13
FTSE 100 / Aug 4	6032.85
Dow Jones / Aug 4	26664.40
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 4	12646.98
France CAC40 / Aug 4	4875.93

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Aug 4	19047.30
UK LIBOR / Aug 4	0.31
GDPGROWTH / Aug 4	5.40
Foreign Debt / Aug 4	15087.50
Per Capita Income (CPI) / Aug 4	1516.00
Average CPI / Aug 4	11.11

BR Research

NPL – margins double despite falling generation

Nishat Power Limited (PSX:NPL) has closed the financial year 2020 with a 31 percent year-on-year growth in its...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 08:39am

BR Research

AHL: Covid curses

The outgoing quarter has been the worst performing three months Atlas Honda (PSX: AHL) has experienced in recent...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 08:38am

BR Research

FFL: Covid helps?

It is said that firms that produce spirits thrive during recessions globally, as people consume more intoxicants in...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 08:36am

BR Research

Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited

Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited (PSX: JDMT) was established in 1960 as a public limited company. It ...

Published 29 Jul, 2020 08:33am

BR Research

Billing collection: The elephant in the room

Nepra has approved monthly Fuel Price Adjustments (FPA) for eight months starting November 2019. Expectedly, the...

Published 28 Jul, 2020 08:22am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mehran Sugar / Aug 4 Mehran Sugar Mills Limited(MRNS)	62.6000 ▲ (3.10%) (4.20%)
Sazgar Engg. / Aug 4 Sazgar Engineering Works Limited(SAZEW)	169.1900 ▲ (5.94%) (3.64%)
A. Shah Ghazi / Aug 4 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	2.3500 ▲ (0.14%) (2.71%)
Atlas Honda / Aug 4 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	471.0000 ▲ (11.00%) (2.39%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Aug 4 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	49.0000 ▲ (1.00%) (2.08%)
Millat Tractors / Aug 4 Millat Tractors Limited(MTL)	867.5000 ▲ (17.50%) (1.18%)
J. D. W. / Aug 4 JDW Sugar Mills Limited(JDWS)	225.0100 ▲ (2.00%) (0.90%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Aug 4 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	3.9000 ▲ (0.10%) (0.88%)
Reliance Ins. / Aug 4 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	6.8600 ▲ (0.84%) (0.66%)
Dadex Eternit / Aug 4 Dadex Eternit Limited(DADX)	25.9100 ▲ (0.16%) (0.62%)

Stock	Price
MCB-Arif Habib / Aug 4 MCB-Arif Habib Savings and Invest(MCBAH)	29.9000 ▼ (3.77%) (-12.61%)
Dewan Sugar / Aug 4 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.5000 ▼ (0.00%) (-12.00%)
Premium Tex. / Aug 4 Premium Textile Mills Limited(PRET)	245.0000 ▼ (28.99%) (-11.83%)
Shahtaj Textile / Aug 4 Shahtaj Textile Limited(STJT)	134.4000 ▼ (18.59%) (-10.44%)
Ados Pakistan / Aug 4 Ados Pakistan Limited(ADOS)	26.9900 ▼ (2.89%) (-9.91%)
Kohinoor Power / Aug 4 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	2.5000 ▼ (0.25%) (-9.27%)
Pak Stock Exchange / Aug 4 Pakistan Stock Exchange Limited(PSX)	13.4000 ▼ (2.00%) (-8.91%)
East West / Aug 4 East West Insurance Company Limited(EWIC)	73.6000 ▼ (6.04%) (-8.21%)
Sindh Modaraba / Aug 4 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	11.1500 ▼ (0.90%) (-8.07%)
Dewan Farooq. Spin. / Aug 4 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	1.7400 ▼ (0.14%) (-8.05%)

Stock	Volume
Power Cement / Aug 4 Power Cement Limited(POWER)	30,167,500 ▼ (1.62%)
Maple Leaf / Aug 4 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	23,436,000 ▼ (1.04%)
Pak Elektron / Aug 4 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	23,106,000 ▼ (1.70%)
Fauji Foods / Aug 4 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	22,338,500 ▼ (1.55%)
K-Electric Ltd / Aug 4 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,785,500 ▼ (0.19%)
Unity Foods / Aug 4 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	18,176,500 ▼ (0.91%)
TRG Pak. / Aug 4 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	17,268,000 ▼ (3.57%)
Fauji Cem. / Aug 4 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	12,196,000 ▼ (0.65%)
Aisha Steel / Aug 4 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	12,037,500 ▼ (1.78%)
Bank of Punjab / Aug 4 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	11,669,500 ▼ (0.66%)

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 31	167.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 31	167.10
USD to Japanese Yen / Aug 4	105.95
USD to Swiss Franc / Aug 4	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Aug 4	1.31
Euro to USD / Aug 4	1.18

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Aug 4	3294.61
India Sensex / Aug 4	36939.60
Tokyo Nikkei / Aug 4	22195.38
Nasdaq / Aug 4	10902.80
Hang Seng / Aug 4	24458.13
FTSE 100 / Aug 4	6032.85
Dow Jones / Aug 4	26664.40
Germany DAX 30 / Aug 4	12646.98
France CAC40 / Aug 4	4875.93

Indicator	Value
Weekly Foreign Reserves / Aug 4	19047.30
UK LIBOR / Aug 4	0.31
GDPGROWTH / Aug 4	5.40
Foreign Debt / Aug 4	15087.50
Per Capita Income (CPI) / Aug 4	1516.00
Average CPI / Aug 4	11.11