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Japan inflation slows to 2.2% in April

TOKYO: The pace of Japanese inflation slowed in April to 2.2 percent as gas bills fell, government data showed...

Published 24 May, 2024 12:12pm

Business & Finance

Thai April inflation rises slightly, first time in 7 months

BANGKOK: Thailand’s headline consumer price index (CPI) rose 0.19% in April from a year earlier, versus a 0.47%...

Published 03 May, 2024 10:55am

Business & Finance

April CPI-based inflation soars 17.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 17.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Published 03 May, 2024 06:29am

Business & Finance

Indonesia’s inflation rate eases slightly in April

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s annual inflation rate cooled slightly in April as pressure from some food prices eased as the...

Published 02 May, 2024 10:29am

Editorials

Pension reforms: key to fiscal health

EDITORIAL: The long-festering issue of pension reforms has gained significant traction in recent times due to the...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

March CPI inflation soars 20.7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 20.7 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:40am

Opinion

Dip in the rate of inflation

There has been a visible and welcome slowdown in the rate of inflation in February 2024. The year-to-year rate of...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 05:05am

Feb CPI-based inflation up 23.1pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 23.1 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Updated 02 Mar, 2024 08:39am

Business & Finance

Jan CPI inflation soars to 28.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: The number of misses is rising exponentially

“Eggs have become very expensive.” “Everything has, the Sensitive Price Index is over 42 percent and the...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Editorials

Domestic borrowing

EDITORIAL: Domestic borrowing rose to 40.955 trillion rupees by end November 2023 as per data uploaded by the State...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Opinion

Outlook 2024-I

Global perspective has recently changed as economies have shown to be more resilient than experts had anticipated....

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Opinion

Problematic statistics

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has been endeavoring to improve the quality and coverage of statistics in...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Dec CPI inflation jumps 29.7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.7 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 09:54am

Editorials

Nov economic update: discernable recovery

EDITORIAL: The Finance Division as per practice uploaded the Monthly Economic Update and Outlook for November 2023...

Published 06 Dec, 2023 04:27am

Business & Finance

Nov CPI inflation rises to 29.2pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation increased to 29.2 percent on a year-on-year basis in November 2023 ...

Published 02 Dec, 2023 05:09am

Editorials

Rise in LSM output

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released very encouraging data on large-scale manufacturing (LSM)...

Published 19 Oct, 2023 05:10am

Business & Finance

Dollar extends gains after inflation data lift

NEW YORK: The US dollar edged higher on Friday, extending its gains from the previous session when hot US consumer...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

BR Research

Demystifying higher rural inflation

Over the last four years, a higher rate of inflation in the rural (versus urban) economy has mystified experts and...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 08:59am

Editorials

No respite from ever-rising inflation

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September – 31.4 percent year on year against...

Updated 05 Oct, 2023 06:43am

Business & Finance

Sept CPI rises 4 percentage points to 31.4pc MoM

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September to 31.4 percent against the...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Editorials

Initiative required from caretakers

EDITORIAL: The induction of well-respected technocrats in the caretaker cabinet on 17 August was widely hailed but a...

Published 04 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Aug CPI inflation soars 27.4pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 27.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in ...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Markets

Major Gulf markets mixed ahead of US inflation data

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trade on Thursday ahead of a US inflation report that will...

Published 10 Aug, 2023 01:45pm

Business & Finance

July CPI inflation rises 28.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 per cent on a year-on-year basis in July...

Published 02 Aug, 2023 06:47am

Pakistan

CPI reading likely to decrease in July: brokerage house

AHL says it expects inflation to clock in at 26.4%

Updated 26 Jul, 2023 04:30pm

Editorials

Inflation down MoM

EDITORIAL: Consumer Price Index (CPI) for June dropped by 8.6 percentage points compared to the month before – ...

Published 05 Jul, 2023 06:00am

Business & Finance

June CPI inflation rises to 29.4pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 29.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in June...

Published 04 Jul, 2023 05:07am

Inflation rockets to 38pc amid economic slide

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 38 percent on a year-on-year basis in May...

Updated 02 Jun, 2023 09:07am

Editorials

Pro-growth budget

EDITORIAL: Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Revenue, which was chaired by Salim Mandviwalla, reviewed...

Published 30 May, 2023 03:37am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 27	278.43
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 27	278.23
USD to Japanese Yen / May 28	157.24
USD to Swiss Franc / May 28	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 28	1.28
Euro to USD / May 28	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 28	5306.04
India Sensex / May 28	75170.45
Tokyo Nikkei / May 28	38790.40
Nasdaq / May 28	17019.88
Hang Seng / May 28	18612.70
FTSE 100 / May 28	8254.18
Dow Jones / May 28	38852.86
Germany DAX 30 / May 28	18677.87

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 27	19935
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 28	80.12
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 28	206018
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 28	2358.18
Cotton US¢/pound / May 28	78.80
Petrol/Litre / May 29	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 29 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 29 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 29 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 29 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 29 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 29 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 29 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 29 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 29 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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