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Exports

Trading activity remains firm on cotton market

KARACHI: The local cotton market remained stable on Monday. Market sources told that trading volume was low. Cotton...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Business & Finance

‘Economic indicators, social spending on upward trajectory’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaaf (PTI) government has started yielding results in the form of improved...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Pakistan

Engineering goods exports grew by 19.01pc

During the period from July-Dec 20, Engineering goods worth US $ 101,644 were exported this year.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:25pm

Pakistan

Rice exports grew by 18.02pc, reached $232.722mn in December

About 459,714 metric tons of rice valuing $232.722 million exported during the months of December, 2020.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 07:09pm

Business & Finance

Gold imports fall 52.17pc in 1H of FY21

ISLAMABAD: The gold imports into the country decreased by 52.17 percent during the first half of the current fiscal...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

World

Covid shrinks Latin American trade for 2020: UN

SANTIAGO: The coronavirus epidemic has triggered the steepest drop in Latin American foreign trade in 2020 since the...

Published 24 Jan, 2021 03:32am

Business & Finance

Exports to increase significantly in next 6 months: S M Muneer

KARACHI: United Business Group’s Patron in-Chief and former President FPCCI S M Muneer has expressed hope that...

Updated 24 Jan, 2021 10:13am

Business & Finance

DLTL: PLGMEA delegation assured of payment

KARACHI: Federal Finance Minster Abdul Hafeez Sheikh has assured a Pakistan Leather Garments Manufacturers and...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Gas moratorium: Ministry may convene meeting of textile sector next week

ISLAMABAD: Commerce Ministry is likely to convene a meeting of textile sector next week to prepare a comprehensive...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

Markets

Palm oil posts 4pc weekly decline

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures eased on Friday and logged its second weekly loss, as tepid January exports...

Published 23 Jan, 2021 03:56am

BR Research

Current account

The current account is finally in deficit after a surplus streak of 5 months. It stood at $662 million in December;...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 07:25am

Markets

Business remains stable on cotton market

KARACHI: The local cotton market remained stable on Thursday. Market sources told that trading volume was...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Business & Finance

'Pakistan needs to focus on improving exports to Switzerland'

KARACHI: Ambassador of Switzerland Bénédict de Cerjat said although trade balance between Pakistan and Switzerland...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 04:47am

Business & Finance

Kazakh govt discussing sunflower export duty with market

The ministry has not replied to a question about the export duty sent earlier this week.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 06:55pm

Business & Finance

Japan's exports post first annual gain in two years in December

Dec exports +2.0% yr/yr vs forecast +2.4%.
Imports -11.6% yr/yr vs forecast -14.0%.
Trade surplus at 751bn yen vs forecast 942.8bn yen.

Published 21 Jan, 2021 09:24am

Markets

Euronext wheat hits 7-1/2-year high

PARIS: Euronext wheat futures climbed to a 7-1/2 year high on Monday as Russia’s plans to tax exports stoked...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Markets

Palm oil tumbles

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures fell 2% on Tuesday, closing at its lowest in almost two months, on worries...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 04:29am

Business & Finance

Pakistan Ascends to 111th Position in the Trading Across Border Index: FBR

Pakistan has improved its rankings by 31 positions in the Trading Across Border Index.
The country has also ascended 28 places in World Bank's 'Ease of Doing Business 2020' Index.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 01:08pm

Markets

US natural gas rises on colder weather

NEW YORK: US natural gas futures rose almost 3% on Friday on forecasts for colder weather and higher heating demand...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:43am

Markets

PM gives assurance on withdrawal of 5pc duty on yarn import

FAISALABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has assured to withdraw five percent custom duty on yarn import and in this...

Published 19 Jan, 2021 04:22am

Pakistan

Govt inherited inflation, precarious economic crisis: Hafeez Sheikh

He said the government had to take very unpopular decision of not giving any raise in salaries to the employees.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 11:29pm

Pakistan

Cutlery exports increase 25.41pc in 1st half of FY 2020-21

On year-on-year basis, the cutlery exports also rose by 34.47 percent during the month of December 2020 as compared to the same month of last year.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 07:00pm

Business & Finance

SBP Partners with FBR and PBS to Harmonize Trade Data

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to harmonize exports and imports data in collaboration with the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR).

Published 18 Jan, 2021 03:11pm

Business & Finance

COVID-19 slowdown bites Pakistan’s cement exports

In the first six months of FY20-21 (July-December 2020) cement exports were down 1.6pc YoY to $142.927mn from $145.26mn.

Published 18 Jan, 2021 03:08pm

Pakistan

Exports increase 9.7pc to Rs1.97 trillion in H1

The exports during July-December (2020-21) were recorded at Rs1,978,764 million, showing an increase of 9.7 percent.

Published 17 Jan, 2021 06:19pm

Markets

Trading in key coffee producers remains dull

HANOI: Trading in major Asian coffee producers was dull on Thursday, with Vietnam seeing low activity due to tepid...

Published 17 Jan, 2021 04:13am

Pakistan

Spices’ exports increase by 4.55 percent to $41 million in six months

The exports of spices increased by 7.34 percent during the period under review by growing from 10,231 metric tons to 10,982 metric tons, the data revealed.

Published 16 Jan, 2021 06:57pm

Business & Finance

Despite COVID Pakistan’s Textile exports to EU surge due to govt policies, says envoy

The envoy was of the view that the rise in textile exports was the result of governments’ smart lock down strategy, reopening of industry, as well as recently announced energy package to help exporters recuperate from the effects of the pandemic.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 11:03am

Markets

Copper rises towards 8-year highs as stimulus cheers markets

Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange (LME) was up 0.7pc at $8,065 a tonne at 1703 GMT, a little below last week's peak of $8,238, the highest since February 2013.

Published 15 Jan, 2021 12:09am

Pakistan

Need stressed for tapping African region to promote Pakistan’s exports

He stressed for developing government-to-government and business-to-business level relations between the two countries to take trade and economic relations to higher levels.

Published 14 Jan, 2021 07:22pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Punjab Mod. / Jan 26 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	2.70 ▲ 0.20 (14.89%)
Ghani Auto Ind. / Jan 26 Ghani Automobile Industries Limited(GAIL)	6.80 ▲ 0.69 (13.33%)
Habib Ins. / Jan 26 Habib Insurance Company Limited(HICL)	8.50 ▲ 0.69 (13.18%)
Bawany Air / Jan 26 Bawany Air Products Limited(BAPL)	22.38 ▲ 1.89 (11.34%)
Unicap Mod. / Jan 26 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	1.10 ▼ -0.01 (10.00%)
Hi-Tech Lubricants / Jan 26 Hi-Tech Lubricants Limited(HTL)	60.28 ▲ 7.55 (9.66%)
Pak Datacom Ltd / Jan 26 Pak Datacom Limited(PAKD)	113.50 ▲ 4.58 (9.03%)
Fazal Cloth / Jan 26 Fazal Cloth Mills Limited(FZCM)	229.68 ▲ 30.92 (7.50%)
Dewan Sugar / Jan 26 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	3.03 ▼ -0.10 (6.32%)
B.R.R. Mod. / Jan 26 B.R.R. Guardian Modaraba(BRR)	14.00 ▲ 0.46 (5.98%)

Stock	Price
Hala Enterpries / Jan 26 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	10.81 ▼ 0.97 (-11.76%)
Saritow Sp. / Jan 26 Saritow Spinning Mills Limited(SSML)	9.90 ▼ 0.86 (-11.61%)
Grays Leas. / Jan 26 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	5.17 ▼ 0.69 (-10.86%)
PICIC Insurance / Jan 26 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.38 ▼ 0.11 (-9.80%)
First Pak Modaraba / Jan 26 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	2.12 ▼ 0.27 (-9.40%)
First Prud Mod. / Jan 26 First Prudential Modaraba(PMI)	2.10 ▼ 0.35 (-8.70%)
Altern Energy / Jan 26 Altern Energy Limited(ALTN)	27.25 ▼ 1.75 (-8.40%)
Summit Bank / Jan 26 Summit Bank Limited(SMBL)	1.83 ▼ 0.14 (-8.04%)
Saudi Pak Leas. / Jan 26 Saudi Pak Leasing Company Limited(SPLC)	1.74 ▼ 0.25 (-7.94%)
Khurshid Spinng / Jan 26 Khurshid Spinning Mills Limited(KHSM)	19.86 ▼ 0.00 (-7.46%)

Stock	Volume
TRG Pak. / Jan 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	29,686,000 ▼ 8.01
K-Electric Ltd / Jan 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	25,544,000 ▼ 0.11
Invest Cap. Bank / Jan 26 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	17,052,500 ▼ 0.87
Unity Foods / Jan 26 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	16,920,978 ▼ 1.02
Fauji Foods / Jan 26 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	15,931,500 ▼ 0.35
Fauji Fert. Bin / Jan 26 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	12,716,500 ▼ 1.75
Pak Int.Bulk Ter / Jan 26 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal Limited(PIBTL)	10,876,500 ▼ 0.31
Hum Network / Jan 26 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	10,747,500 ▼ 0.17
Aisha Steel / Jan 26 Aisha Steel Mills Limited(ASL)	9,137,500 ▼ 1.32
Jahangir Sid. Co. / Jan 26 Jahangir Siddiqui & Co. Ltd.(JSCL)	8,165,000 ▼ 0.75

Markets →

Forex
World
Econ

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jan 26	160.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jan 26	160.75
USD to Japanese Yen / Jan 26	103.78
USD to Swiss Franc / Jan 26	0.89
Pound Sterling to USD / Jan 26	1.37
Euro to USD / Jan 26	1.21

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jan 26	3842.69
India Sensex / Jan 26	48347.59
Tokyo Nikkei / Jan 26	28822.29
Nasdaq / Jan 26	13577.42
Hang Seng / Jan 26	30159.01
FTSE 100 / Jan 26	6638.85
Dow Jones / Jan 26	30870.85
Germany DAX 30 / Jan 26	13643.95
France CAC40 / Jan 26	5472.36

Indicator	Value
UK LIBOR % / Jan 26	0.09

Exports

Trading activity remains firm on cotton market

‘Economic indicators, social spending on upward trajectory’

Engineering goods exports grew by 19.01pc

Rice exports grew by 18.02pc, reached $232.722mn in December

Gold imports fall 52.17pc in 1H of FY21

Covid shrinks Latin American trade for 2020: UN

Exports to increase significantly in next 6 months: S M Muneer

DLTL: PLGMEA delegation assured of payment

Gas moratorium: Ministry may convene meeting of textile sector next week

Palm oil posts 4pc weekly decline

Current account

Business remains stable on cotton market

'Pakistan needs to focus on improving exports to Switzerland'

Kazakh govt discussing sunflower export duty with market

Japan's exports post first annual gain in two years in December

Euronext wheat hits 7-1/2-year high

Palm oil tumbles

Pakistan Ascends to 111th Position in the Trading Across Border Index: FBR

US natural gas rises on colder weather

PM gives assurance on withdrawal of 5pc duty on yarn import

Govt inherited inflation, precarious economic crisis: Hafeez Sheikh

Cutlery exports increase 25.41pc in 1st half of FY 2020-21

SBP Partners with FBR and PBS to Harmonize Trade Data

COVID-19 slowdown bites Pakistan’s cement exports

Exports increase 9.7pc to Rs1.97 trillion in H1

Trading in key coffee producers remains dull

Spices’ exports increase by 4.55 percent to $41 million in six months

Despite COVID Pakistan’s Textile exports to EU surge due to govt policies, says envoy

Copper rises towards 8-year highs as stimulus cheers markets

Need stressed for tapping African region to promote Pakistan’s exports

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