BR’s refresher: your morning briefing for the day

BR Web Desk Published October 20, 2024

Business Recorder helps its readers by compiling what it sees as important updates from the previous day to save your valuable time and effort.

Here are the top stories you should read to start your day:

Pakistan’s cotton import bill set to hit $1.9bn as local production plummets

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Bilawal requests Fazl to table ‘mutually-agreed’ constitutional amendment bill in parliament

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NA, Senate sessions adjourned till Sunday with constitutional amendment on agenda

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News briefing BR Refresher

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 3	280.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 3	280.42
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 3	146.81
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 3	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 3	1.31
Euro to USD / Apr 3	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Mar 27	4.96

Stock	Price
Oilboy Energy(R) / Apr 3 Oilboy Energy Limited(R)(OBOYR2)	2.52 ▲ 1 (65.79%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / Apr 3 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	2.86 ▲ 1 (53.76%)
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Apr 3 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	5.01 ▲ 1 (24.94%)
Reliance Ins. / Apr 3 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	13.38 ▲ 1.22 (10.03%)
Nimir Resins / Apr 3 Nimir Resins Limited(NRSL)	29.87 ▲ 2.72 (10.02%)
Sanghar Sugar / Apr 3 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	51.89 ▲ 4.72 (10.01%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Apr 3 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	12.10 ▲ 1.1 (10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Apr 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	134.73 ▲ 12.25 (10%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Apr 3 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	18.70 ▲ 1.7 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Apr 3 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	892.71 ▲ 81.16 (10%)

Stock	Price
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Apr 3 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	16.27 ▼ -3.52 (-17.79%)
Lalpir Power / Apr 3 Lalpir Power Limited(LPL)	25.99 ▼ -2.89 (-10.01%)
Crescent Fib. / Apr 3 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	41.21 ▼ -4.48 (-9.81%)
TPL Insurance / Apr 3 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	8.66 ▼ -0.94 (-9.79%)
Pak. P.V.C. / Apr 3 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	7.51 ▼ -0.79 (-9.52%)
Imperial Limited / Apr 3 Imperial Limited(IML)	15.07 ▼ -1.58 (-9.49%)
Jubilee Spinning / Apr 3 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.85 ▼ -1.1 (-9.21%)
Karam Ceramics / Apr 3 Karam Ceramics Limited(KCL)	54.50 ▼ -5.5 (-9.17%)
TPL Life Insur. / Apr 3 TPL Life Insurance Limited(TPLL)	54.02 ▼ -4.86 (-8.25%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Apr 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	11 ▼ -0.92 (-7.72%)

Stock	Volume
Sui South Gas / Apr 3 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	52,881,436 ▲ 3.18
Cnergyico PK / Apr 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	45,500,561 ▼ -0.12
Arif Habib Corp / Apr 3 Arif Habib Corporation Limited(AHCL)	20,574,938 ▼ -0.38
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,227,931 ▲ 0.06
Pak Elektron / Apr 3 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	15,717,993 ▼ -1.38
B.O.Punjab / Apr 3 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,458,903 ▲ 0.24
Fauji Cement / Apr 3 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	14,246,294 ▲ 0.99
Pak Int.Bulk / Apr 3 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	13,609,055 ▲ 0.19
Maple Leaf Cement / Apr 3 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,812,804 ▲ 2.94
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	10,996,061 ▲ 0.11