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SBP achieves FX reserves target

Published 10 Jul, 2026 05:43am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) successfully met its foreign exchange reserves target for FY26, with its...

Pakistan’s Rs15trn liquidity addiction

Published 26 May, 2026 04:53am

Pakistan’s latest monetary data tells a deeper story than most headlines capture. The State Bank of Pakistan’s net...

Mixed signals from commercial banks’ forex liquidity

Updated 25 May, 2026 07:41am

The latest FE-25 statistics from the central bank do not indicate immediate stress in the commercial banking...

Hike in policy rate may raise CPPA-G loan liabilities

Updated 05 May, 2026 09:09am

ISLAMABAD: The recent increase of 100 basis points in the policy rate by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is likely...

Forex reserves rise to USD21.74bn

Published 27 Mar, 2026 06:40am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose to USD21.74 billion as of March 19, 2026, according...

RDA: Liability-driven dollarism?

Published 13 Mar, 2026 06:12am

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) launched the Roshan Digital Account (RDA) in September 2020 as a joint venture with...

Forex reserves up by USD26m

Published 06 Mar, 2026 05:28am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves recorded a slight increase of USD 26 million during the...

Forex reserves down USD73m

Published 20 Feb, 2026 05:29am

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by USD 73 million, settling at USD 21.302...

Bank deposits hit Rs37.4trn mark

Published 30 Jan, 2026 05:20am

KARACHI: Deposits of the banking sector recorded a second highest growth of 23.6 percent during the last calendar...

Pakistan’s manufactured unemployment: a blueprint of state failure—II

Updated 09 Jan, 2026 06:48am

If jobs matter, these must die Pakistan doesn’t need more strategies. It needs the courage to kill the policies...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 11 Dec, 2025 03:26am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Wednesday (December 10, 2025). ====================================...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 06 Dec, 2025 05:48am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Friday (December 05, 2025). ==================================== BR...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 25 Nov, 2025 05:54am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Monday (November 24, 2025). ==================================== BR...

The quiet freeze in FE-based trade finance

Updated 13 Nov, 2025 08:03am

For the first time in forty months, FE-25 deposits held with commercial banks have crossed $7 billion. On surface,...

BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices

Published 23 Oct, 2025 06:06am

KARACHI: BRIndex100 and BR Sectoral Indices on Wednesday (October 22, 2025). ==================================== ...

Govt urged to develop a deeper capital market

Published 28 Sep, 2025 05:25am

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

Credit access to small farmers: Risk coverage scheme for banks, MFBs unveiled

Updated 21 Aug, 2025 08:50am

KARACHI: In a major step to strengthen the agriculture sector and provide greater access to credit for small and...

3 policy decisions in the dock

Updated 04 Aug, 2025 06:43am

Three news items this week past should be a source of serious concern to the country’s stakeholders: SBP’s...

January-June CY25: Mohtasib provides Rs822.25m relief to banking customers

Published 22 Jul, 2025 05:56am

KARACHI: The Banking Mohtasib Pakistan has granted monetary relief amounting to Rs 882.25 million to the banking...

Aurangzeb tells Senate body: Govt eyes $2bn loan to boost reserves

Updated 13 Jun, 2025 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: Amid expectation of borrowing $2 billion from commercial banks to shore up reserves to $14 billion by the...

Power sector debt: Govt secures historic Rs1.275trn loan deal from banks

Updated 02 Jun, 2025 09:27am

ISLAMABAD: After months of negotiations on term sheets and legal formalities, the government has finalized...

‘Unconstitutional’ windfall tax—II

Published 30 Mar, 2025 06:17am

Discriminatory without intelligible differentia [Points 7 & 8] The Supreme Court of Pakistan in Federation of...

SBP has issued Rs27bn fresh banknotes so far

Published 19 Mar, 2025 06:59am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has so far issued Rs 27 billion fresh banknotes of all denominations to...

Power sector: resolution of circular debt in sight

Updated 15 Mar, 2025 02:56pm

Government and commercial banks reportedly inching towards a viable deal on Rs 1.23 trillion loan to resolve power sector circular debt

UBL absorbs Silk Bank after SBP approval

Updated 11 Mar, 2025 11:11pm

In a key development on the banking front, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has approved the amalgamation of Silk...

Electricity conundrum

Published 11 Mar, 2025 05:35am

EDITORIAL: Reports appearing in media suggest that the government intends to secure a 1.25 trillion rupees loan from...

SBP governor urges banks to prioritise SME lending

Updated 25 Feb, 2025 11:27pm

Banks should shift focus from financing to govt, large corporate entities towards SME lending, micro financing, Jameel Ahmad says

Commercial banks borrow Rs9.61 trillion from SBP for 7 days

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 18	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 18	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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