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‘Immense commercial opportunities available in Malawi’

Published 08 Jul, 2026 07:12am

KARACHI: Highlighting Africa as one of the world’s most promising untapped trade frontiers, the Honorary Consul of...

FPCCI eager to work with foreign organizations

Published 07 Jul, 2026 06:28am

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, president of the FPCCI, has welcomed the visit of Dr. Hashim Hussain, head of the United...

Portugal proposes ‘Pakistan Business Forum’

Published 07 Jul, 2026 06:18am

LAHORE: The Ambassador of Portugal to Pakistan, Paulo Domingues, has proposed organizing a Portugal-Pakistan...

PBC presents export growth agenda to Aurangzeb

Updated 07 Jul, 2026 07:01am

KARACHI: The Pakistan Business Council (PBC) on Monday has presented a private-sector-led export growth agenda to...

World MSME Day: FPCCI, SMEDA hold stakeholder engagement session

Published 01 Jul, 2026 06:43am

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has...

Businessmen concerned at proposed amendment to Nepra Act

Published 24 Jun, 2026 06:29am

ISLAMABAD: The country’s business community has expressed serious reservations over what it describes as an attempt...

Trade body visits KCCI: Commercial Attaché Iran for new era of economic integration

Published 19 Jun, 2026 07:02am

KARACHI: Calling for a new era of economic integration between Pakistan and Iran, Commercial Attaché of the Islamic...

Commercial importers: FPCCI urges govt to provide a level playing field

Published 18 Jun, 2026 07:11am

KARACHI: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) has rejected the significant tax...

Minister for strengthening business environment

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Investment Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh on Monday called for strengthening Pakistan’s...

PCDMA expresses disappointment over budget

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

KARACHI: Chairman of the Pakistan Chemicals and Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA), Salim Valimuhammad, has said the...

Business community terms rate hold ‘a difficult decision’

Published 16 Jun, 2026 04:12am

KARACHI: The business community has termed the State Bank of Pakistan’s decision to maintain the policy rate at 11.5...

Finance Bill 2026: Two committees to identify, remove business & technical anomalies

Published 14 Jun, 2026 05:20am

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has constituted two anomaly committees (business and technical) to identify and...

Trade bodies, business leaders laud ‘balanced budget’

Updated 14 Jun, 2026 08:48pm

Congratulate PM Shehbaz, Finance Minister Aurangzeb for presenting 'excellent and public-oriented budget'

Budget lacks measures to boost production: FPCCI

Published 13 Jun, 2026 07:48am

KARACHI: Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) on Friday said the federal budget 2026–27...

‘Budget fell short of meeting expectations of industrial sector’

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

ISLAMABAD: Reacting to the federal budget, President of the Islamabad Industrial Association Omais Khattak said the...

Businesses say it’s a balanced budget but lacks exports revival vision

Published 13 Jun, 2026 06:17am

KARACHI: Business and industrial community has termed the budget 2026-27 as balanced but said it lacks vision for...

Business leaders offer mixed response to Budget 2026-27

Published 12 Jun, 2026 10:16pm

Business chambers and industrialists expressed mixed views about the federal budget 2026-27, while dubbing it...

Business community says Economic Survey encouraging

Published 12 Jun, 2026 06:08am

KARACHI: The business community has termed the statistics of the Economic Survey 2025-26 as broadly encouraging,...

Business community says concerned at PERA’s enforcement activities

Published 11 Jun, 2026 05:06am

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has sought the intervention of Chief Minister Punjab...

BMG urges govt to avoid repeating past policy mistakes

Published 09 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: The Chairman of the Businessmen Group (BMG),Zubair Motiwala, and the President of the Karachi Chamber of...

Former Fata, Pata areas: Traders demand withdrawal of taxes

Updated 09 Jun, 2026 09:14am

PESHAWAR: Representatives of chambers of commerce and trader organisations from Malakand Division and the merged...

Kundi calls for tapping KP’s economic potential

Updated 07 Jun, 2026 05:59am

PESHAWAR: The Governor ofthe Khyber Pakhtnkhwa, Faisal Karim Kundi, while addressing the opening ceremony of the...

UBG welcomes fixed tax regime for shopkeepers

Published 07 Jun, 2026 05:11am

LAHORE: S.M. Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG) and leader of the Federation of Pakistan...

Govt urged to heed to FPCCI’s recommendations

Published 06 Jun, 2026 07:50am

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI), has...

Exports key to revival of economy: Mian Zahid

Published 05 Jun, 2026 06:41am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President of the Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum (PBIF), President of the...

FPCCI calls for women’s economic inclusion in decisions

Published 05 Jun, 2026 06:39am

LAHORE: President of the Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), Atif Ikram Sheikh, and...

KP govt agrees to reduce IDC rate from 2pc to 0.75pc

Published 05 Jun, 2026 05:48am

PESHAWAR: The provincial government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has accepted the long-standing demand of the business...

Attacks on cargo vehicles and disruptions to legal trade: Balochistan traders seek centre’s intervention

Published 04 Jun, 2026 05:22am

ISLAMABAD: Representatives of Balochistan’s business community, transporters, importers, exporters, mine owners,...

Budget proposals submitted: Govt should reduce GST rate up to 15pc: UBG

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: President of the United Business Group (UBG), Zubair Tufail, in his recommendations submitted to the...

Business community concerned federal budget

Published 02 Jun, 2026 04:58am

KARACHI: Mian Zahid Hussain, President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum & All Karachi Industrial...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 8	278.27
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 8	278.07
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 8	162.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 8	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 8	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 8	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 8	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 7	7,503.85
Nasdaq / Jul 7	25,818.69
Dow Jones / Jul 7	52,925.15
India Sensex / Jul 8	77,782.18
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 8	67,268.49
Hang Seng / Jul 8	24,241.74
FTSE 100 / Jul 8	10,604.19
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 8	25,225.57
France CAC40 / Jul 8	8,377.55

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 8	72.62
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 8	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 8	368,858
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 8	4,127.97
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 8	80.72
Petrol/Litre / Jul 9	297.53
Diesel/Litre / Jul 9	309.50

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 8 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	8.55 ▲ 1 (13.25%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 8 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	9 ▲ 1 (12.5%)
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jul 8 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	12.29 ▲ 1.12 (10.03%)
Premier Insurance / Jul 8 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	12.72 ▲ 1.16 (10.03%)
Next Capital / Jul 8 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	17.34 ▲ 1.58 (10.03%)
AN Textile Mills / Jul 8 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	60.12 ▲ 5.47 (10.01%)
Cresent Jute / Jul 8 Crescent Jute Products Limited(CJPL)	16.82 ▲ 1.53 (10.01%)
Service Textile / Jul 8 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	47.69 ▲ 4.34 (10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 8 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	392.15 ▲ 35.65 (10%)
Burshane LPG / Jul 8 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	57.20 ▲ 5.2 (10%)

Stock	Price
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 8 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	26.62 ▼ -2.96 (-10.01%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 8 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,720.29 ▼ -191.14 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 8 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	95.05 ▼ -10.56 (-10%)
Premier Sugar / Jul 8 The Premier Sugar Mills(PMRS)	709.69 ▼ -78.85 (-10%)
Cordoba Logistics / Jul 8 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	20.73 ▼ -2.3 (-9.99%)
Stylers International / Jul 8 Stylers International Limited(STYLERS)	48.54 ▼ -5.24 (-9.74%)
Mehmood Tex / Jul 8 Mehmood Textile Mills Limited(MEHT)	206.29 ▼ -22.08 (-9.67%)
Jubilee Spinning / Jul 8 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	54.12 ▼ -5.77 (-9.63%)
Saritow Spinning / Jul 8 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	22.48 ▼ -2.12 (-8.62%)
Tri-Star Power / Jul 8 Tri-Star Power Limited(TSPL)	18.22 ▼ -1.71 (-8.58%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 8 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	220,440,029 ▲ 0.06
Cnergyico PK / Jul 8 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	111,673,041 ▲ 0.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 8 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	90,576,284 ▼ -0.25
LSE Capital / Jul 8 LSE Capital Limited(LSECL)	63,958,482 ▲ 0.57
Pace (Pak) Ltd. / Jul 8 Pace (Pakistan) Limited(PACE)	58,318,246 ▲ 1.12
Pak Refinery / Jul 8 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	48,063,397 ▲ 1.18
B.O.Punjab / Jul 8 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	46,341,604 ▼ -1.44
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 8 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	42,465,659 ▲ 0.03
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 8 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	32,660,508 ▼ -4.89
Hira Textile / Jul 8 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	29,072,538 ▼ -0.43

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