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August's inflation reading in Pakistan hits 27.3%, highest in over 47 years

CPI inflation in rural areas clocked in at 28.8% on a year-on-year basis

Updated 01 Oct, 2022 03:24pm

Opinion

Pakistan needs a grand bargain?

As we had warned the PDM (Pakistan Democratic Movement) government and their facilitators that the political mess...

Published 03 Aug, 2022 04:55am

Business & Finance

July CPI inflation soars to highest rate in 14 years

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased by a massive 24.93 percent on year-on-year basis...

Published 02 Aug, 2022 05:36am

Pakistan

Inflation in Pakistan hits 24.9% in July, a 14-year high

CPI inflation in rural areas increased by 26.9% on year-on-year basis

Updated 01 Aug, 2022 04:22pm

Pakistan

Experts see Pakistan's inflation rate topping 24% in July

Rupee depreciation, high energy tariffs, and seasonality in prices of edible items will contribute to high CPI reading

Updated 30 Jul, 2022 08:13pm

Markets

Stock market lacks luster

KARACHI: Pakistan Stock Exchange Friday witnessed lackluster activity due to investors’ lack of interest in the...

Published 02 Jul, 2022 04:10am

June CPI inflation spikes to 21.32pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index-based inflation increased by a massive 21.32 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Updated 02 Jul, 2022 09:55am

BR Research

Daily wagers having it rough

When the going gets tough, it gets tougher for some. The labor wages, primarily engaged in construction sector, as...

Published 30 Jun, 2022 09:37am

Markets

May's inflation reading hits 13.8% in Pakistan

CPI-based inflation in rural areas increased by 15.9% on year-on-year basis in May 2022, reveals PBS data

Updated 01 Jun, 2022 05:22pm

Perspectives

Can Pakistan's stock market survive an inflation tsunami?

Inflation on its own is insufficient to drag equities down and there is no clear correlation between them

Published 09 May, 2022 02:39am

Markets

April CPI inflation surges 13.4pc YoY

Inflation in ten months of the current fiscal year 2021-22 averaged 11.01 percent against 8.62 percent during the same period of last year

Updated 02 May, 2022 03:12pm

Pakistan

February: Pakistan's inflation reading drops marginally to 12.2%

Average inflation during 8MFY22 amounts to 10.52%, compared to 8.25% in 8MFY21

Updated 01 Mar, 2022 04:23pm

Business & Finance

Impact of inflation: Govt required to come up with ‘effective’ strategy: KCCI

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees has underscored that instead of...

Published 22 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Business & Finance

IMF foresees Pakistan’s real GDP growth at 4pc

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected real GDP growth of Pakistan at 4 percent for fiscal...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

BR Research

Food prices: don’t look up!

With central bank’s autonomy now enshrined into law, many fear that fiscal and monetary houses in Islamabad and...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 07:46am

BR Research

Inflation takes a bigger bite

The CPI inflation clocked at 13 percent in Jan 22 – highest monthly recording since Jan 20. The headline inflation...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 07:50am

Jan CPI grows 13pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) witnessed an increase of 13 percent on year-on-year basis in January 2022...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 04:45am

Pakistan

KTrade Annual Investor Summit Investing in 2022: Economy has come under pressure due to fiscal imbalances

KARACHI: The country’s economy was under pressure from the external account and fiscal imbalances, the consequent...

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

BR Research

Hold Livestock Census now!

That Pakistan estimates its livestock GVA on a 15-years old outdated census has been highlighted in this space many...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 07:15am

Nov CPI up 11.53pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) witnessed an increase of 11.53 percent on year-on-year basis in November...

Updated 01 Dec, 2021 09:55am

SBP explains how economic rebound achieved in FY21

State Bank of Pakistan releases its Annual Report on the State of Pakistan’s Economy reviewing the fiscal year 2020-21

Updated 25 Nov, 2021 09:24am

7-9pc inflation projection with multiple upside risks

KARACHI: Some 7 to 9 percent inflation projection for this fiscal year has multiple upside risks like higher global...

Updated 25 Nov, 2021 09:51am

BR Research

Food prices: “can” it!

It is commonly held that administrative failures – in particular, absence of value chains for perishable ...

Published 07 Oct, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

CPI roundup

The headline inflation is on the rise again, and the impact of recent round of currency depreciation is yet to be...

Published 04 Oct, 2021 07:25am

Sept CPI up 9pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) witnessed an increase of nine percent on year-on-year basis in September...

Published 02 Oct, 2021 04:46am

Markets

BoE's Saunders says interest rates may rise next year

Saunders, who last month voted for an early stop to the BoE's 895 billion pound ($1.24 trillion) bond-buying stimulus plan

Published 07 Sep, 2021 01:54pm

BR Research

August Inflation diary

CPI inflation stayed strikingly similar to previous month at 8.35 percent, with an ever-narrowing urban-rural gap....

Published 02 Sep, 2021 07:25am

Aug CPI up 8.4pc YoY

The National Consumer Price Index for August 2021 increased by 0.58 percent

Updated 02 Sep, 2021 10:46am

Business & Finance

Inflation reading clocks in at 8.4% in July

SBP had earlier stated that it expects inflation to moderate to 7-9% this fiscal year
CPI inflation in rural areas recorded at 8% on a year-on-year basis in July 2021 compared to an increase of 9.7% in the previous month and 11.6% in July 2020

Published 02 Aug, 2021 11:26am

June CPI inflation increases 9.70pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased by 9.7 percent on year-on-year basis in June ...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:19am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 30	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 30	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 30	156.75
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 30	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 30	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 30	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 29	5116.17
Nasdaq / Apr 29	15983.08
Dow Jones / Apr 29	38386.09
India Sensex / Apr 30	75020.21
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 30	38337.50
Hang Seng / Apr 30	17733.21
FTSE 100 / Apr 30	8175.09
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 30	18100.97

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 30	82.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 30	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 30	207390
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 30	2326.07
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 30	80.48
Petrol/Litre / May 1	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 1 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 1 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 1 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 1 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 1 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 1 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 1 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 1 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 1 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 1 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 1 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 1 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 1 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 1 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 1 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 1 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 1 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 1 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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