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Dollar shortage creating concern among business community: Mian Zahid

Published 26 Jul, 2025 07:09am

KARACHI: The Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan, the President of the Pakistan Businessmen and...

PRL - Expansion on the way

Published 26 Feb, 2024 09:13am

Pakistan Refinery Limited (PSX: PRL) announced a whopping increase in its earnings for 1HFY24 where its profit after...

Political and economic turmoil: Pakistan’s open market sees dollar shortage yet again

Updated 17 May, 2023 05:45pm

Dealers say gap between inter-bank and open market rates has also widened to nearly Rs20

Hike in prices of essential drugs approved by ECC

Updated 29 Apr, 2023 11:37am

ECC approves Ministry of National Health Services summary for an increase based on the recommendations of the Policy Board of DRAP in the wake of the devaluation of the rupee and inflation

Repatriation and dollar shortage

Published 31 Mar, 2023 08:46am

Dividend and profit repatriation on foreign direct invest has been falling over the last eight months of the fiscal...

Dollar-rupee fluctuation: Importers demand across-the-board hike in drug prices

Published 21 Mar, 2023 06:29am

KARACHI: Pakistan is facing an extreme shortage of imported medical products such as those related to general...

On back of loan from China, SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $556mn, now stand at $3.81bn

Published 02 Mar, 2023 06:35pm

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $556 million to $3.81 billion, data...

Auto parts maker Agriauto announces partial plant shutdown in March

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 04:15pm

Says this is due to reduction in production volumes of major clients

Mayday, mayday, mayday!

Published 03 Feb, 2023 09:23am

Freeing the currency may have brought Pakistan out of (dar) knees, but it is certainly pushing the country further...

SBP governor hopeful of foreign exchange inflows in coming days

Updated 18 Jan, 2023 06:54pm

During address at FPCCI, Jameel Ahmad expresses commitment to resolving issues of business community

Country likely to face shortage of pulses?

Inter-bank and open-market rates have only become wider in recent days

Perishables worth $5.5mn stuck at Karachi port 'owing to dollar shortage'

Updated 06 Dec, 2022 08:34pm

PFVA says 417 containers carrying vegetables i.e. onion, ginger and garlic worth approximately $5.5 million are stuck at the port

SBP says has not stopped banks from making import payments

Updated 21 Jun, 2022 09:57pm

Banks have sufficient dollar-liquidity to execute them, adds central bank

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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