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EPCL: record profits

With double digit growth in the top line and a triple digit jump in the bottom line, Engro Polymer and Chemicals Limited

Updated 01 Feb, 2019 07:09am

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Corrosion — the silent menace

Every year, corrosion costs about $3.4 trillion globally, not including the cost of lives and jobs. This adds up to 3 to

Published 28 Nov, 2018 04:40am

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ICI 1QFY19

Similar to past trends, ICI’s top-line was led by the polyester division which increased by 27 percent and soda ash busi

Published 29 Oct, 2018 06:31am

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US PET market saved?

A frequent complaint by various sectors is that the NTC takes so long in determining and implementing anti-dumping dutie

Published 23 Oct, 2018 06:23am

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Lotte Chemicals – continue to grow

Lotte Chemicals continues on its strong trajectory of rise in sales and profit. With a nearly 50 percent jump in the top

Published 22 Oct, 2018 06:40am

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Ethanol’s potential for exports

While there are various uses of sugarcane other than making white sugar, one of the highest potential ones is ethanol. P

Published 18 Oct, 2018 05:50am

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Ethanol’s potential for exports

While there are various uses of sugarcane other than making white sugar, one of the highest potential ones is ethanol. P

Published 18 Oct, 2018 05:44am

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PET: looking towards greener pastures

As expected, the United States of America have slapped tariffs of about 44 percent to 60 percent on Pakistan’s exports o

Published 05 Oct, 2018 06:46am

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On Nestle’s newest PET packaging

There was a time when the then nascent packaged dairy and juice industry in the country couldn’t stop touting the benefi

Updated 03 Sep, 2018 11:26am

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AkzoNobel profits

AkzoNobel Pakistan (PSX: AKZO) has posted lackluster results with the modest growth in the top-line being offset by a hi

Published 31 Aug, 2018 09:04am

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GLAXO: bullish despite challenges

Those who say ‘no good deed goes unrewarded’ have surely not paid attention to Pakistan’s pharma industry. For years, MN

Published 15 Aug, 2018 06:57am

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Lotte’s jump in profits

Lotte has posted strong financials for 1HCY18 with the bottom line nearly quadrupling YoY. The jump in profits was drive

Published 08 Aug, 2018 05:34am

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FFC rallies on price increase

The heydays of fertilizer’s dominance looked over last year. Depressed urea prices subdued sector profitability despite

Updated 02 Aug, 2018 09:35am

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Archroma’s eroding margins

Sometimes top-line growth doesn’t lead to higher profitability, as in the case of Archroma Pakistan. In the first quarte

Published 31 Jul, 2018 06:56am

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Urea off-take slows in June

The monthly urea off-take for June 2018 slid by a massive 43 percent year-on-year, as per the latest statistics released

Published 26 Jul, 2018 07:02am

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Chemical’s contradictory trends

Despite an increasing contribution to exports, Pakistan’s nascent chemical sector is on a downturn. A small part of the

Published 20 Jul, 2018 06:58am

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Decline is sulphuric acid production

Pakistan is mostly self-sufficient in the production of inorganic chemicals such as sulphuric acid, with the surplus exp

Published 21 Jun, 2018 06:46am

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Setting up the basics – chemical sector

When Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, he undertook a number of measures to support India’s import substit

Published 05 Jun, 2018 05:16am

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PET Exports – winsome, lose some

The latest episode in the exports of PET to the EU marks another victory for Pakistan as the WTO rejected the appeal and

Published 18 May, 2018 06:56am

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ICI continues its growth trajectory

ICI continued its double digit growth path for the current financial year with higher revenue across all business divisi

Published 25 Apr, 2018 05:53am

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Lotte Chem - profits on the rise

Driven by healthier by healthier PTA margins, Lotte Chemical’s top line and bottom line rose by double digits in the lat

Published 23 Apr, 2018 05:40am

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Scrap plastic contamination

People living in this country must have developed really strong immune systems, not out of improved nutrition or better

Updated 21 Mar, 2018 07:04am

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Tackling traffic congestion

As Lahore grows in every direction possible, traffic congestion has become a regular occurrence on most thoroughfares in

Updated 05 Mar, 2018 07:03am

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Lotte’s profits jump

Lotte’s top line grew sluggishly despite higher demand and higher international PTA prices. Though its bottom line grew

Published 07 Feb, 2018 06:29am

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EPCL’s continued growth

In line with its growth trajectory since 2016, Engro Polymer & Chemicals Limited ended the calendar year with a bang

Published 01 Feb, 2018 05:39am

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ICI’s mixed results

Though ICI's top line saw a double digit growth, the momentum did not result in an increase in the bottom line. ICI has

Published 25 Jan, 2018 05:35am

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Petrochemicals and CPEC

The investment starved chemical sector received a boost when Engro Polymer announced its investment plans to the tune of

Published 09 Jan, 2018 06:43am

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Petrochemicals in review

Petrochemicals are the key building blocks for the manufacture of a wide variety of goods, from clothes to construction,

Published 04 Jan, 2018 06:28am

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Revival of the chemical sector

Though trade deficit has climbed 29 percent in 5MFY19 year-on-year numbers with imports nearly five times the increase i

Published 29 Dec, 2017 06:54am

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End of PET exports?

Pakistan’s plastics exports have seen their fortune decline since their peak in 2011 when they crossed the half a billio

Updated 21 Dec, 2017 08:34am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Dec 1 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	3.73 ▲ 1.00 (36.63%)
Universal Ins. / Dec 1 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	6.15 ▲ 1.00 (19.42%)
Abdullah Shah / Dec 1 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	7.13 ▲ 0.96 (15.56%)
JS Global Banking / Dec 1 JS Global Banking Sector (ETF)(JSGBETF)	13.53 ▲ 1.78 (15.15%)
Saritow Spinning / Dec 1 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	7.98 ▲ 1.00 (14.33%)
Ruby Textile / Dec 1 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	5 ▲ 0.60 (13.64%)
Waves Home Appliances / Dec 1 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WHALE)	8.12 ▲ 0.86 (11.85%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 1 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	10.06 ▲ 1.00 (11.04%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 1 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.75 ▲ 0.73 (10.40%)
Next Capital / Dec 1 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	6.22 ▲ 0.55 (9.70%)

Stock	Price
Aruj Industries / Dec 1 Aruj Industries Limited(ARUJ)	8.02 ▼ -1.00 (-11.09%)
Askari Life Assur. / Dec 1 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	5.45 ▼ -0.50 (-8.40%)
Hallmark Co. / Dec 1 Hallmark Company Limited(HCL)	196.11 ▼ -15.90 (-7.50%)
Siemens Pak. / Dec 1 Siemens (Pakistan) Engineering(SIEM)	717.18 ▼ -58.15 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Dec 1 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	30.52 ▼ -2.47 (-7.49%)
Suraj Cotton / Dec 1 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	146 ▼ -10.75 (-6.86%)
Clover Pakistan / Dec 1 Clover Pakistan Limited(CLOV)	23.75 ▼ -1.62 (-6.39%)
Kohinoor Power / Dec 1 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	5.10 ▼ -0.32 (-5.90%)
Tata Textile / Dec 1 Tata Textile Mills Limited(TATM)	72.30 ▼ -3.69 (-4.86%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 1 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	6.40 ▼ -0.32 (-4.76%)

Stock	Volume
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 1 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	42,339,484 ▲ 2.90
Pak Elektron / Dec 1 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	39,182,221 ▲ 1.15
Fauji Foods Ltd / Dec 1 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	34,548,158 ▼ -0.07
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 1 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	33,025,000 ▲ 0.50
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	28,095,487 ▲ 0.03
Fauji Cement / Dec 1 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	27,255,000 ▲ 1.32
Hum Network / Dec 1 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	21,957,500 ▲ 0.41
Dewan Cement / Dec 1 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	17,398,000 ▼ -0.13
B.O.Punjab / Dec 1 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,209,942 ▼ -0.07
D.G.K.Cement / Dec 1 D.G. Khan Cement Company Limited(DGKC)	14,240,564 ▲ 5.49

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 1	285.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 1	284.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 1	148.16
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 1	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 1	1.26
Euro to USD / Dec 1	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Nov 30	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 1	4556.94
India Sensex / Dec 1	67481.19
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 1	33431.51
Nasdaq / Dec 1	14187.27
Hang Seng / Dec 1	16830.30
FTSE 100 / Dec 1	7501.93
Dow Jones / Dec 1	35968.23
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 1	16335.19
France CAC40 / Dec 1	7342.95

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 30	17435
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 1	76.13
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 1	189043
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 1	2038.53
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 1	79.92

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