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ISL: (Not) on a roll

Despite a decent 16 percent growth in its overall revenue, the flat steel manufacturer International Steels Limited (PSX

Published 20 Aug, 2019 05:36am

Industry

Bestway’s FY19: as best as it could

Bestway Cement (PSX: BWCL) dominates not only the north zone of the country but also the entire industry in terms of cap

Published 16 Aug, 2019 06:15am

Industry

Anatomy of sugar milling in Sindh

The political economy of Sindh has over the last decade become synonymous with sugar milling business. Stories of overla

Published 08 Aug, 2019 08:11am

Industry

Cherat: worth two in the bush?

Despite a somber finish to a shaky start, some lucky breaks notwithstanding, Cherat has given Rs1 per share in dividend

Published 08 Aug, 2019 07:51am

Industry

JDW: high debt servicing ruins party

What constitutes a stellar financial performance at the time of economic slowdown? Pakistan’s top sugar milling company,

Published 01 Aug, 2019 06:20am

Industry

No joy for Attock and Lucky

The two southern cement manufacturers Lucky (PSX: LUCK) and Attock (PSX: ACPL) are really headed south from the looks of

Published 30 Jul, 2019 08:09am

Industry

PAKT: back to profitable growth

After having a somewhat muted performance in the first quarter this year, the leading cigarette manufacturer has made a

Published 25 Jul, 2019 06:32am

Industry

Anatomy of Punjab’s sugarcane belt

A mapping exercise identifying largest kharif crop by region published in this space noted that the cane acres in Punjab

Published 11 Jul, 2019 06:29am

Industry

Cement’s diminishing outlook

In the months leading to the close of FY19, one thing was clear—this year would chip away at volumes, margins and profit

Published 11 Jul, 2019 06:24am

Industry

Cement’s crisis of confidence

It is rather a pity that the All Pakistan Cement Manufacturers Association (APCMA) has stopped updating their website or

Published 05 Jul, 2019 05:56am

Industry

Sugar watch: look towards cane utilization to explain shortfall!

What explains the more than one-third increase in retail sugar prices during June-19? Populist media has for long been p

Published 02 Jul, 2019 06:28am

Industry

Last ditch efforts!

Much like the zero-rated lobby and the sugar lobby, cement and steel lobbies are not far behind in calling the budget an

Published 26 Jun, 2019 05:53am

Industry

We have been here before!

Eleven weeks ago, this space had predicted that refined sugar prices are on a resurgence, driven less by supply-side p

Published 25 Jun, 2019 05:57am

Industry

Paper industry: flawed taxation structure

The recently unveiled budget comes by and large as welcome gift for the paper manufacturing sector. Judging by the budge

Published 17 Jun, 2019 06:27am

Industry

Budget: a win for tobaccos?

First impressions can be misleading. After the budget was announced, news media and some brokerage firms came out with “

Published 13 Jun, 2019 06:28am

Industry

The case of missing GST on sugar

It was inevitable. White sugar has long been censured as a non-essential food commodity; and those in the policymaking c

Published 13 Jun, 2019 06:19am

Industry

Milk yields: weighing the options

To get the most from something by investing least amount of resources is a concept at least as old as industrial revolut

Published 10 Jun, 2019 07:27am

Industry

Tobaccos: at a loss?

Tobacco majors thought they had things under control with the new government. Not quite! Reportedly, the Prime Minister,

Published 31 May, 2019 08:32am

Industry

Zero-rated no more

The latest casualties in light of the recently agreed IMF bailout are the zero-rated sectors which are likely to lose th

Published 31 May, 2019 06:56am

Industry

Cement’s price and demand

Cement prices have been under immense pressure in the past few months, mostly heading south due to increased competition

Updated 31 May, 2019 08:18am

Industry

Milk pricing problem

That Pakistan’s milk price control is hurting both its livestock animals and milk consumers was discussed earlier in thi

Published 30 May, 2019 05:34am

Industry

Beneficiaries of sugar subsidy (2)

Declining exports by sugar milling sector in the ongoing fiscal year has raised the spectre of a severe downturn in the

Published 30 May, 2019 05:30am

Industry

Putting a dollar value on ethanol potential

Last week, BR Research published an attempt to quantify the output of Pakistan’s distillery industry, in absence of veri

Updated 30 May, 2019 07:50am

Industry

Construction: demand blockade

It will be a while for the tumbledown economy to start recovering, but even as it does, it will chip away some of the pr

Published 28 May, 2019 05:56am

Industry

More power to appliances

Forewarning a decline in discretionary consumer spending, the production of major household appliances is taking a hit.

Published 22 May, 2019 03:40am

Industry

Beneficiaries of subsidy in sugar

Last week, BR Research published an attempt to map the footprint of politically influential families in the sugar indust

Updated 10 May, 2019 04:13am

Industry

Cement’s misfortunes

Cement companies are in dire straits. Cumulatively, after tax earnings fell by 16 percent in 9MFY19, but only owing to a

Updated 08 May, 2019 06:40am

Industry

Mapping political footprint in sugar industry

Much is made in media of political barons dominating the sugar sector. And while those belonging to political families h

Published 02 May, 2019 06:49am

Industry

EFOODS: dairy by any other name

What’s in a name? A lot, going by the popular local tradition of name-changing, often done to inspire luck in lives ridd

Published 30 Apr, 2019 05:28am

Industry

Lucky: running out of luck

Despite a 105 percent growth in exports, the company’s revenue shows a growth of about 6 percent in 9MFY19. Meanwhile, t

Updated 29 Apr, 2019 12:00pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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