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Safe Mix Concrete Limited

Safe Mix Concrete Limited (PSX: SMCPL) was incorporated in Pakistan as a private limited company in 2005 and was...

Published 07 Mar, 2025 07:06am

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Idle kilns

Successive policy rate cuts since Jun-24 should send manufacturers in a production spree except demand is fairly...

Published 26 Feb, 2025 07:42am

Pakistan

Construction of six canals: Save Indus Movement announces protest campaign

KARACHI: The Save the Indus Movement has announced to launch a decisive campaign against the construction of six new...

Published 05 Feb, 2025 06:48am

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Gammon Pakistan Limited

Gammon Pakistan Limited (PSX: GAMON) was incorporated in Pakistan as a public limited company in 1947. The principal...

Published 15 Aug, 2024 08:03am

Pakistan

Islamabad prison: Naqvi orders completing first phase in 8 months

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Friday issued directives to complete the construction of the first ...

Published 11 May, 2024 06:22am

Pakistan

CS for expediting Jamshoro-Sehwan dual carriageway project

HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary Sindh Syed Asif Hyder Shah held another meeting here to review the construction of the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Pakistan

Construction of flyovers featuring caretaker CM: LHC summons record of expenses for ad drive

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on Monday summoned a complete record of the expenses incurred for an advertisement...

Published 21 Nov, 2023 06:01am

BR Research

Cement prices: No promises

Cement manufactuers have managed to keep suitably afloat against sufficiently stacked odds, massive thanks to prices...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 08:41am

Pakistan

NA panel requested to revive pending legislation about CAA

ISLAMABAD: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Aviation was requested to revive pending legislation, which...

Published 07 Mar, 2023 03:16am

BR Research

Construction: No good news

Though manufacturing is undoubtedly suppressed and demand is affected, monthly production of two key construction...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:30am

BR Research

It’s all about prices

One could cite a wide range of reasons for cement offtake plunging 22 percent in the Jul-Nov period (year on...

Published 09 Dec, 2022 08:50am

BR Research

Construction: Fight or flight mode on

Long steel makers are urging the SBP to cut interest rates urgently so that steel manufacturers slipping into...

Published 06 Oct, 2022 07:54am

Markets

Iron ore hits one-week high on China demand hopes

SINGAPORE: China’s iron ore prices gained more ground on Wednesday, with the market jumping to a one-week high on...

Published 25 Aug, 2022 07:21am

BR Research

Construction: Adieu!

Despite a substantial, near dramatic rise in steel prices, steel production in the July to May period (11M) ...

Published 14 Jun, 2022 08:22am

Pakistan

PM Shehbaz stresses on industrial collaboration with Turkey

Invites businessmen to invest in hydel, solar and wind projects in Pakistan

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 06:59pm

BR Research

Construction costs: Breaking back!

Last month, the price of steel rebar in the domestic market crossed Rs200,000 per ton more than doubling in a matter...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 08:22am

Pakistan

CM performs groundbreaking of Saggian Road project

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, while addressing the groundbreaking ceremony of Saggian Road...

Published 26 Feb, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

Construction work on SNHF kicks off

FAISALABAD: Construction work of another landmark project of Shifa International Hospitals Ltd (SIHL), known as ...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 04:07am

PM’s low-cost housing scheme: Considerable increase in borrowing from banks

ISLAMABAD: A meeting of the National Coordination Committee on Housing, Construction and Development was informed...

Updated 07 Jan, 2022 09:45am

BR Research

Construction and housing: Boom, doom or bust?

That this government could facilitate the building of 5 million houses in five years was anyway too outlandish an...

Published 31 Dec, 2021 07:59am

Business & Finance

MPMG: Banks receive Rs245bn mortgage finance applications

Mera Pakistan Mera Ghar (MPMG) scheme by banks is getting traction, latest data by State Bank of Pakistan shows

Updated 11 Dec, 2021 03:39pm

Rs444bn Sindh uplift plan: PM asks depts to prioritise less-developed areas

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Friday directed the relevant departments to give priority to the less-developed...

Updated 27 Nov, 2021 12:35pm

Markets

Shanghai steel futures soar

BEIJING: Steel futures prices in China jumped on Monday, with hot-rolled coils and construction rebar climbing more...

Published 23 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Opinion

Patients from Sindh and Balochistan: Under-construction SKMCH&RC facility gives birth to new hope

Construction work for the new Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre...

Published 21 Nov, 2021 04:19am

Pakistan

Govt incentivising construction industry for low-income segment: PM

Says amount of Rs35 billion has been allocated as subsidy for construction of houses

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 07:47pm

BR Research

Ghani Glass Limited

Ghani Glass Limited (PSX: GHGL) was established as a limited liability in 1992, under the Companies Ordinance, 1984...

Published 21 Oct, 2021 07:30am

Pakistan

Highway sector; 23 schemes to be inaugurated in 16 districts of Sindh: minister

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Works and Services Syed Zia Abbas Shah has said that 23 schemes of highway sector in 16...

Published 11 Oct, 2021 04:32am

Construction of high-rise buildings: Ministerial body to formulate recommendations

ISLAMABAD: A high-level ministerial committee is to formulate recommendations for removal of restrictions on...

Published 05 Oct, 2021 04:05am

BR Research

Construction: Controlling expectations, not prices

Builders and developers want the government to “strictly” control prices of cement and steel because it is...

Published 27 Sep, 2021 07:30am

Editorials

Low-cost housing

EDITORIAL: The construction boom is visible as the market is flooded with developers and new projects. Land prices...

Updated 20 Sep, 2021 10:23am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 15	281.68
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 15	281.43
USD to Japanese Yen / May 15	145.80
USD to Swiss Franc / May 15	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 15	1.33
Euro to USD / May 15	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 14	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 14	5,892.58
Nasdaq / May 14	19,146.81
Dow Jones / May 14	42,051.06
India Sensex / May 15	80,937.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 15	37,755.51
Hang Seng / May 15	23,453.16
FTSE 100 / May 15	8,561.58
Germany DAX 30 / May 15	23,462.44
France CAC40 / May 15	7,814.71

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 14	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 14	293,124
Petrol/Litre / May 15	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 15	60.66
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 15	3,162.99
Diesel/Litre / May 15	256.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 15	65.21

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Cres.Star Ins. / May 15 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	3.02 ▲ 0.41 (15.71%)
Parmount Sp. / May 15 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	3.70 ▲ 0.46 (14.2%)
Ghani Chemworld / May 15 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	9.14 ▲ 1 (12.29%)
S.G.Power / May 15 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	8.65 ▲ 0.94 (12.19%)
Premier Insurance / May 15 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	5.83 ▲ 0.63 (12.12%)
Dewan Mushtaq / May 15 Dewan Mushtaq Textile Mills Limited(DMTM)	9.83 ▲ 1 (11.33%)
Hala Enterprise / May 15 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	13.26 ▲ 1.21 (10.04%)
P.T.C.L. / May 15 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	22.06 ▲ 2.01 (10.02%)
Flying Cement / May 15 Flying Cement Company Limited(FLYNG)	49.46 ▲ 4.5 (10.01%)
Octopus Digital / May 15 Octopus Digital Limited(OCTOPUS)	52.09 ▲ 4.74 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Olympia Mills / May 15 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	50.47 ▼ -5.06 (-9.11%)
Hussain Industries / May 15 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	26.65 ▼ -2.64 (-9.01%)
Apna Microfin. / May 15 Apna Microfinance Bank Limited(AMBL)	10.04 ▼ -0.91 (-8.31%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 15 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	4.63 ▼ -0.35 (-7.03%)
Imperial Limited / May 15 Imperial Limited(IML)	16.52 ▼ -1.23 (-6.93%)
B. F. Mod. / May 15 B.F. Modaraba(BFMOD)	8.73 ▼ -0.61 (-6.53%)
Punjab Oil / May 15 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	186.82 ▼ -11.54 (-5.82%)
Equity Modaraba / May 15 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	2.85 ▼ -0.16 (-5.32%)
Pakgen Power / May 15 Pakgen Power Limited(PKGP)	114.14 ▼ -6.39 (-5.3%)
Ashfaq Textile / May 15 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	12.34 ▼ -0.68 (-5.22%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Refinery / May 15 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	50,818,876 ▲ 2.68
Cnergyico PK / May 15 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	47,570,881 ▲ 0.48
K-Electric Ltd. / May 15 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	40,246,546 ▲ 0.16
Kohinoor Spining / May 15 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	32,888,417 ▲ 0.18
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 15 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	29,667,657 ▲ 4.48
Sui South Gas / May 15 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	25,344,612 ▲ 0.91
Waves Corporation / May 15 Waves Corporation Limited(WAVES)	21,773,148 ▲ 0.29
Pak Petroleum / May 15 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	16,962,449 ▲ 3.34
B.O.Punjab / May 15 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	16,957,410 ▲ 0.15
WorldCall Telecom / May 15 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	16,572,822 ▲ 0.03

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