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Move towards electricity market

Imagine an electricity market where price is determined by market forces of demand and supply. Even though this shift ha

Published 12 Mar, 2018 07:08am

Power Generation

Shell Pakistan profits slip in CY17

The profit growth trajectory had been going well for Shell Pakistan Limited (PSX: SPL) in recent years. The oil marketin

Published 09 Mar, 2018 06:49am

Power Generation

Power: better mix – higher cost

Pakistan’s energy generation mix is improving. It had been long overdue. That said, it is not furnace oil free yet. In D

Published 08 Mar, 2018 06:28am

Power Generation

KAPCO in times of change

Quite a few changes have occurred since Kot Addu Power Company Limited (PSX: KAPCO) announced its financial performance

Published 27 Feb, 2018 07:16am

Power Generation

AMI project: good riddance?

The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) came to an abrupt end recently. A

Published 23 Feb, 2018 07:47am

Power Generation

NPL: fuel prices grow top-line

Nishat Power Limited (NPL) witnessed decent top-line growth in its recently released financial result for the first half

Published 23 Feb, 2018 07:45am

Power Generation

HUBC – 1HFY18 and beyond

Hub Power Company Limited’s (PSX: HUBC) financial performance for the 1HFY18 was announced yesterday on the stock exchan

Published 20 Feb, 2018 06:40am

Power Generation

Non-accountability of power sector

In its recently issued performance assessment of GENCOs, Nepra put the energy loss by these state-run power generation c

Published 13 Feb, 2018 07:29am

Power Generation

Solar tariffs: then and now

Solar tariffs in Pakistan have come down a long way in the recent past. Due to the rapid advancement in technology, the

Published 06 Feb, 2018 06:17am

Power Generation

GENCOs bleeding out!

The performance of government run power generation plants has not been something to boast about. Nepra’s recently releas

Published 01 Feb, 2018 05:50am

Power Generation

GENCOs dismal performance

The recently released report titled: “Performance evaluation report of public sector GENCOs FY14-16” by the power regula

Published 31 Jan, 2018 07:17am

Power Generation

The LNG mystery

The total power generation by RLNG reduced from 1492GWh in October to 670Gwh and 365Gwh in November and December respect

Updated 24 Jan, 2018 06:30am

Power Generation

From garbage to energy

Municipal solid waste (MSW), which in crude terms is garbage, is a major nuisance for any country. Most have come up wit

Published 19 Jan, 2018 09:12am

Power Generation

Net Metering

More than a couple of distribution companies will be seen net metering in the country now. While initially Islamabad Ele

Published 08 Jan, 2018 08:01am

Power Generation

Power sector: hits and misses 2017 (ii)

The year gone by saw a lot of shake-ups in the power sector. Some highlights have already been covered by this column su

Published 03 Jan, 2018 07:16am

Power Generation

Power sector: Hits and misses 2017

The outgoing year saw a plethora of activity in the power sector with the government intent on delivering on its promise

Published 01 Jan, 2018 08:17am

Power Generation

Competitive bidding yields dividends

The move to competitive bidding for determination of tariffs for power projects by the government has started paying off

Published 29 Dec, 2017 06:56am

Power Generation

The good and bad of changing power mix

The winds of change have begun to blow. Not only has the power generation picked up recently, its composition has altere

Published 22 Dec, 2017 08:05am

Power Generation

Capacity payments: back to square one?

Power outages are a thing of the past. According to government officials at least and it’s best to take these claims wit

Updated 15 Dec, 2017 08:59am

Power Generation

FO story; get it cracking!

The energy mix, especially in power sector, is shifting from FO dominated power plants to RLNG and coal. While the conce

Published 13 Dec, 2017 07:08am

Power Generation

Handling ‘surplus’ power

“Congratulations Pakistan! You are free of load shedding,” read a government message yesterday. There are misleading sta

Updated 05 Dec, 2017 09:38am

Power Generation

Moving from generation to transmission

The government is blowing the trumpet when it comes to power generation and for good reason. Pakistan is adding around 2

Published 05 Dec, 2017 06:49am

Power Generation

More power at what cost?

The nine-goal National Power Policy 2013 (NPP 2013) is now over four years old. It can claim to have achieved or come cl

Updated 29 Nov, 2017 02:10pm

Power Generation

Power debt pile

The most consistent feature of the entire energy chain in the past many years has undoubtedly been the circular debt. Th

Published 22 Nov, 2017 06:04am

Power Generation

Old GENCOs should retire

This government has done a good job in enhancing the power generation capacity of the country; the installed capacity is

Updated 10 Nov, 2017 07:17am

Power Generation

MPCL on a roll

A few brokerage firms that cover Mari Petroleum Company Limited (PSX: MPCL) raised their earnings estimates for FY18 aft

Published 01 Nov, 2017 07:52am

Power Generation

HUBC in 1QFY18

Hub Power Company Limited (PSX: HUBC) had seen its earnings slide in FY17 even though the consolidated revenues of the f

Published 31 Oct, 2017 06:46am

Power Generation

NPL 1QFY18

Nishat Power Limited (PSX: NPL), part of the Nishat group of companies posted its 1QFY18 result yesterday, which surpris

Updated 26 Oct, 2017 09:23am

Power Generation

KAPCO: marginal decline in bottomline

Kot Addu Power Company (PSX: KAPCO) released its first quarter result for FY18 which was slightly below market expectati

Updated 23 Oct, 2017 01:49pm

Power Generation

KE gasping for light

K-Electric (KE) has been a great case study in Pakistan's recent corporate history. It promises to continue to be an int

Published 16 Oct, 2017 07:58am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 24	278.50
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 24	278.25
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 24	154.89
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 24	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 24	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 23	5070.55
Nasdaq / Apr 23	15696.64
Dow Jones / Apr 23	38503.69
India Sensex / Apr 24	73884
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 24	38460.08
Hang Seng / Apr 24	17176.31
FTSE 100 / Apr 24	8079.79
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 24	18202.76

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 24	83.46
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 24	2319
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 24	81.26
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94

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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