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Currency: Not in danger zone yet

The pressure on PKR depreciation persists as the currency moved from its recent peak of 152.28 to 165.2 in fourteen...

Updated 25 Aug, 2021 09:57am

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Exchange rates: buying and selling

KARACHI: Exchange rates issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan on Tuesday (August...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

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Banks rates for currency notes (buying and selling)

KARACHI: The selling/buying rates for currency notes of major currencies issued by National Bank (NBP) here on...

Published 25 Aug, 2021 04:43am

Business & Finance

PKR continues to lose ground against USD, closes at Rs165.2 in inter-bank market

Pakistan's currency falls to a 10-month low

Published 24 Aug, 2021 04:55pm

Markets

Your rupee last week

KARACHI: Following currency fluctuations took place in foreign exchange rates during the last week. (August 2 to 6,...

Published 09 Aug, 2021 05:05am

Business & Finance

Sterling hits strongest level since Feb 2020 versus euro, drops vs dollar

LONDON: The pound extended recent gains to hit its strongest level since February 2020 against the euro on Friday,...

Published 07 Aug, 2021 04:01am

BR Research

Currency diary

The currency is under pressure. After crossing 164, the PKR/USD closed at 163.89 yesterday. This is the lowest level...

Updated 04 Aug, 2021 09:34am

Business & Finance

Pakistani rupee suffers slump, down to 163.67 against US dollar

Currency's decline ongoing since May this year as high import payments take toll

Published 02 Aug, 2021 05:13pm

Business & Finance

Pakistani rupee climbs against US dollar, ends at 161.23

Gains 0.68% on Monday, arresting weeks of decline

Published 26 Jul, 2021 04:18pm

Markets

Pakistani Rupee's downward slide continues, closes at 162.32

Currency loses another 0.52% on Friday, which comes after a near 1% fall earlier this week

Published 23 Jul, 2021 04:17pm

World

Crypto crackdown: Malaysian police steamroll bitcoin machines

Six of those arrested were convicted of stealing electricity, jailed for six months and fined

Published 23 Jul, 2021 12:28pm

Markets

Central banks will accelerate rise of China's yuan, global survey shows

Global Public Investor survey, published annually by the London-based OMFIF think tank, shows 30% of central banks plan to increase yuan holdings over the next 12-24 months
In stark contrast to the yuan, 20% of central banks plan to reduce their holdings of the U.S. dollar over the next 12-24 months and 18% plan to reduce their euro holdings

Published 22 Jul, 2021 01:30am

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Rupee declines to nine-month low as import bill mounts

Pressure on currency comes amid widening current account deficit

Published 19 Jul, 2021 05:22pm

Markets

Bill buying rates per unit of currency

KARACHI: Bill Buying Rates per unit of currency -- issued by the Treasury Management Division of the National Bank ...

Published 30 Jun, 2021 03:54am

BR Research

Currency and the REER view

The currency is under pressure for the past few days. There are some traditional payments pressure due in June. The...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 07:25am

BR Research

Permanent liquidity shortage?

The State bank of Pakistan (SBP) like any other central bank manages daily liquidity in the market through open...

Published 02 Jun, 2021 07:30am

Business & Finance

Economic downturn fueling Argentine crypto craze

In Argentina, crypto-investors tend to be people who are risk averse, said Emiliano Limia.

Published 04 May, 2021 10:51am

Markets

Asian markets fall after overnight Wall Street retreat

But analysts said that a combination of dollar weakness and a lull in fresh data ahead of upcoming corporate results had conspired to tamp down enthusiasm.

Published 20 Apr, 2021 11:10am

Markets

Currency notes: exchange rates

KARACHI: Exchange rates for Currency Notes issued by the Treasury Management Division of National Bank of Pakistan...

Published 13 Apr, 2021 04:31am

Business & Finance

Japan ensures G20 pledge vs ‘disorderly’ moves as FX language tweaked

TOKYO: Japan made sure that language warning against excess currency market volatility remained in place when G20...

Updated 12 Apr, 2021 09:15am

Business & Finance

Mexico annual inflation seen at 4.66pc in March, above target range

The Bank of Mexico, or Banxico, targets an inflation rate of 3pc with a one percentage point tolerance threshold above and below that level.

Published 06 Apr, 2021 01:20am

Markets

Canadian dollar gains as manufacturing strength cheers investors

The Canadian dollar was trading 0.1pc higher at 1.2547 to the greenback, or 79.70 U.S. cents.

Updated 02 Apr, 2021 12:03am

Business & Finance

Dollar share of global FX reserves hits lowest in 25 years in Q4

NEW YORK: The US dollar’s share of currency reserves in the fourth quarter of last year plunged to its lowest ...

Published 01 Apr, 2021 04:10am

Markets

Pakistani Rupee continues to appreciate against US Dollar

The PKR opened the trading day at 153.100 against USD, it dropped to the day low of 151.200 before it rebounded.

Updated 31 Mar, 2021 07:57pm

Markets

Sterling steadies below $1.38

Expectations that Britain's economy will reopen quickly after its rapid vaccine rollout lifted sterling to $1.42 in February, at the time making it the best performing G10 currency.

Published 30 Mar, 2021 02:31am

BR Research

Currency diary: Rupee appreciation marches on

The currency appreciation continues, crossing the psychological level of 155 on Friday. This is almost the pre-Covid...

Published 29 Mar, 2021 07:25am

Business & Finance

Dollar off recent highs as investors look to Fed, Yellen for bond clues

The Turkish lira showed some sign of stability following a 7.5% dive on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan sacked a hawkish central bank chief.

Published 23 Mar, 2021 10:19am

BR Research

Currency diaries

The appreciation of PKR against USD has continued for the past few weeks (since the start of Feb 21). Prior to that...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 07:25am

Markets

South Africa's rand falls but set for weekly gains

But indications from the Federal Reserve that it would tolerate the bond spike, and slower price-growth, have calmed those fears.

Published 12 Mar, 2021 11:20am

Markets

South Africa's rand recovers from 2-month low, all eyes on GDP data

Local focus is on the release of gross domestic product (GDP) data for the last quarter of 2020 at 0930 GMT.

Published 09 Mar, 2021 12:20pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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