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Jan food prices rise 43pc YoY

CPI-based inflation hits 48-year high

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:10am

High inflation, low growth and falling forex: Country confronted with variety of challenges: MoF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is currently confronted with the challenges such as high inflation, low growth and low levels of...

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:18am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s performance worsens, rank remains same in corruption perception index

In the latest Transparency International's (TI) latest Corruption Perception Index, Pakistan scores 27 out of 100 points, lowest since 2012

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 07:55pm

Business & Finance

PKR slide likely to fuel inflation in a big way

ISLAMABAD: The depreciation of Pak rupee by 13.5 percent by Friday in the interbank rate will raise inflation to 35...

Updated 30 Jan, 2023 09:26am

Opinion

Gross mishandling of the rupee

The economically disastrous policy of controlling the interbank rate thereby providing stimulus to the black market,...

Published 30 Jan, 2023 05:56am

Policy rate hiked to 17pc to rein in soaring inflation

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday increased the key policy ...

Updated 24 Jan, 2023 09:05am

Markets

SBP raises key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 17% — a 25-year high

Governor SBP Jameel Ahmad announces decision at press briefing following the meeting

Updated 23 Jan, 2023 10:04pm

Opinion

Why are interest rates expected to rise?

It’s that time again when speculation over the State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP’s) monetary policy stance starts to...

Updated 21 Jan, 2023 07:57am

SBP may hike rates by another 100bps to tame inflation

KARACHI: State Bank looks set to raise its key policy rate by 100 basis points to 17% at its review on Monday as it...

Updated 20 Jan, 2023 08:44am

Food inflation highest in South Asia after Sri Lanka: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The consumer price inflation for food items in Pakistan was 35.5 per cent in December on year-on-year...

Updated 19 Jan, 2023 08:41am

Opinion

Managing sovereign default

Nations can and do periodically default on their sovereign debt, despite the fact that they do so comparatively...

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:41am

Opinion

Galloping inflation

Pakistan today is experiencing high and rising rate of inflation. This is the highest inflation after 1973-74 and...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:00am

Opinion

Equity mutual funds: a half year of turmoil

The first half of fiscal year 2023 has come to an end, and will be remembered as a time where Pakistan lurched from...

Updated 06 Jan, 2023 10:36am

Forex reserves to be propelled by ‘friends’: Dar

PTI’s ‘White Paper’ censured

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 08:58am

Editorials

Analysing the inflationary spiral

EDITORIAL: December 2022 headline inflation (Consumer Price Index) rose by 24.5 percent as per the Pakistan Bureau ...

Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan

Inflation to maintain declining trend in December: Finance Division

In its Monthly Economic Update & Outlook, govt expects CPI-based inflation to remain in the range of 21-23%

Updated 30 Dec, 2022 08:01pm

Business & Finance

PBF terms 2022 ‘worst year’ for country’s economy

KARACHI: President of Pakistan Business Forum (PBF) Mian Usman Zulfiqar said textile and its allied sectors,...

Published 30 Dec, 2022 05:50am

S&P cuts rating on weakening of several metrics

Rating agency states that Pakistan’s already low foreign exchange reserves would remain under pressure throughout 2023

Updated 23 Dec, 2022 09:04am

Key phrase: ‘structural reforms’

State Bank of Pakistan says prudent monetary and fiscal policies imperative to increase resilience of the economy

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:52am

Business & Finance

SBP lowers FY23 growth forecast

KARACHI: Taking into account the destruction caused by floods and the policy focus on stabilization, the State Bank...

Published 22 Dec, 2022 05:57am

BR Research

Sizing Pakistan’s poultry output

In recent years, BR Research has raised its fair share of concerns about the dubious measurement of Pakistan’s...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 08:59am

Markets

Most Gulf markets gain on US data

DUBAI: Most stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Wednesday as investors assessed the prospects of a pivot in...

Published 15 Dec, 2022 06:00am

Markets

Wall Street gains as CPI data calms jitters

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Tuesday, led by rate-sensitive megacap stocks, after a...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Markets

Japanese rubber futures track Shanghai lower

SINGAPORE: Japanese rubber futures edged lower on Tuesday, tracking losses in the Shanghai market as rising Covid-19...

Published 14 Dec, 2022 05:57am

Business & Finance

China’s PPI falls, consumer inflation slows on soft demand

BEIJING: China’s factory-gate prices showed an annual fall for a second month in November while consumer inflation...

Published 12 Dec, 2022 07:15am

Markets

Gold gains as US dollar, yields slip on Fed slowdown bets

NEW YORK: Gold prices rose on Wednesday, helped by a retreat in the dollar and US bond yields, as investors...

Published 08 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Opinion

Inflation: the fault is in ourselves

Inflation has reached politically untenable levels in the ongoing year, considerably higher than the high rates...

Published 05 Dec, 2022 06:09am

Business & Finance

Former finance minister suggests rescheduling of external debt

KARACHI: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) economic team has suggested immediate rescheduling of entire external debt...

Updated 04 Dec, 2022 12:45pm

BR Research

Core inflation keeps rising

National CPI headline inflation for the first five months of FY23 stands at 25.1 percent. It was a little over 9...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 08:39am

Nov CPI inflation jumps 23.8pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 23.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 06:41am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Pervez Ahmed Co / Feb 7 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.82 ▲ 0.16 (24.24%)
HBL Invest Fund / Feb 7 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.99 ▲ 0.34 (20.61%)
Oilboy Energy / Feb 7 Oilboy Energy Limited(OBOY)	7 ▲ 1.00 (16.67%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / Feb 7 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	5.65 ▲ 0.67 (13.45%)
P.I.A.C.(A) / Feb 7 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	4.10 ▲ 0.36 (9.63%)
Sui South Gas / Feb 7 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	11.44 ▲ 0.99 (9.47%)
MetaTech. / Feb 7 MetaTech Health Limited(META)	7.14 ▲ 0.60 (9.17%)
Orient Rental / Feb 7 Orient Rental Mod(ORM)	6.55 ▲ 0.50 (8.26%)
Chashma / Feb 7 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	64.68 ▲ 4.51 (7.50%)
Din Tex. / Feb 7 Din Textile Mills Limited(DINT)	102.63 ▲ 7.16 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
First Elite Cap.Mod / Feb 7 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	3 ▲ -0.32 (-9.64%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Feb 7 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.03 ▲ -0.52 (-7.94%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Feb 7 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	45.53 ▲ -3.69 (-7.50%)
AL-Noor Sugar / Feb 7 Al-Noor Sugar Mills Limited(ALNRS)	57.35 ▲ -4.64 (-7.49%)
Crescent Fib. / Feb 7 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	52.73 ▲ -4.27 (-7.49%)
MCB-ARIF Habib / Feb 7 MCB-Arif Habib Savings and Invest(MCBAH)	21.97 ▲ -1.78 (-7.49%)
Sunrays Textile / Feb 7 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	137.74 ▲ -11.16 (-7.49%)
Pak Leather / Feb 7 Pak Leather Crafts Limited(PAKL)	18.21 ▲ -1.47 (-7.47%)
Quetta Textile / Feb 7 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	14.36 ▲ -1.16 (-7.47%)
Ellcot Spinning / Feb 7 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	121 ▲ -8.98 (-6.91%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Petroleum / Feb 7 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,823,478 ▼ 5.59
Sui North Gas / Feb 7 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	13,436,569 ▼ 3.03
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 7 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	10,544,849 ▼ 6.44
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 7 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,976,715 ▼ 0.10
Hub Power Co. / Feb 7 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,912,174 ▼ 0.97
Sui South Gas / Feb 7 Sui Southern Gas Company Limited(SSGC)	7,743,500 ▼ 0.99
Cnergyico PK / Feb 7 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,490,206 ▼ 0.06
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 7 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	5,875,506 ▼ 0.02
Dewan Motors / Feb 7 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	5,698,000 ▼ 0.17
P.T.C.L. / Feb 7 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	5,530,500 ▼ 0.39

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 6	277.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 6	275.40
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 6	132.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 6	0.93
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 6	1.20
Euro to USD / Feb 6	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Feb 3	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 6	4102.30
India Sensex / Feb 6	60506.90
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 6	27693.65
Nasdaq / Feb 6	11876.41
Hang Seng / Feb 6	21349.17
FTSE 100 / Feb 6	7811.64
Dow Jones / Feb 6	33736.77
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 6	15308.79
France CAC40 / Feb 6	7110.62

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 3	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 3	208500
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 6	72.87
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 6	1868.15
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 6	84.80

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