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Malaysia investment slump shows need for structural reforms: World Bank

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia risks falling behind in the regional competition for foreign investments due to longstanding...

Published 18 Mar, 2021 03:56am

Business & Finance

Pakistan FDI drops over 29pc in first eight months of FY21

During the period under review, FDI inflows stood at $1.984 billion against the outflow of $ 683.6 million.
FDI fell by 44.04pc on a YoY basis to $155 million in the month of February 2021 as compared to the same month in 2020.

Updated 17 Mar, 2021 12:55pm

Markets

Malaysia investment slump shows need for structural reforms: World Bank

Firas Raad, World Bank country manager for Malaysia, said reforms would revitalise Malaysia's investment credentials and boost growth.

Published 16 Mar, 2021 12:40pm

Opinion

Adding to Shabbar Zaidi’s argument

In one of his recent articles for Business Recorder, Syed Shabbar Zaidi has threw ample light on the criticality of...

Published 05 Mar, 2021 05:17am

Opinion

FDI: under-developed, developing economies

A report in press based on facts that during the current period the amount of dividend remitted out of Pakistan on...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Investment declines by 78pc in 7 months of FY21

ISLAMABAD: There was a decline of 78 percent in total investment in the country during the first seven months of the...

Published 27 Feb, 2021 04:29am

July-Jan period: Repatriation of profit, dividend exceeds $1bn

KARACHI: Repatriation of profit and dividend by the foreign companies operating in the country crossed $1 billion in...

Published 27 Feb, 2021 04:29am

BR Research

Dismal telecom FDI

Foreign investment into the country’s telecom sector has flipped back to a disappointing trend in FY21 so far. The...

Published 25 Feb, 2021 07:30am

BR Research

FDI – stagnant, diminutive and confined

FDI blues continue as every consecutive month posts an even dreary picture of foreign direct investment pouring into...

Published 24 Feb, 2021 07:35am

Jul-Jan FDI down 27pc YoY

KARACHI: The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan continued to post a negative growth. It declined by 27...

Updated 23 Feb, 2021 09:31am

Business & Finance

Pakistan's FDI decline over 27pc in Jul-Jan FY21

The SBP's statistics revealed that FDI fell significantly by 12.27 percent or $27 million to $192.7 million in Jan 2021 compared to net inflow of $ 219.6 million investment in Jan 2020.

Published 22 Feb, 2021 01:33pm

Markets

Launch of first phase of TAPI gas pipeline project planned for this year: ADB

ISLAMABAD: The first phase of the Turkmenistan– Afghanistan–Pakistan–India Natural Gas Pipeline project is...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

World

US lobby group urges India not to tighten foreign e-commerce rules

NEW DELHI: A US lobby group which represents firms including Amazon.com and Walmart has urged India not to tighten...

Published 31 Jan, 2021 03:36am

Business & Finance

Vietnam says January FDI inflows up 4.1% y/y to $1.51bn

FDI pledges - which indicate the size of future FDI disbursements.

Published 28 Jan, 2021 11:52am

First 5 months of FY21: Fiscal deficit stands at 1.8pc of GDP

ISLAMABAD: The fiscal deficit during the first five months of the current fiscal year stood at 1.8 percent of GDP,...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Profit, dividend: Foreign investors repatriate $892m in H1

KARACHI: Foreign investors repatriated some $892 million abroad on account of profit and dividend during the first...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

World

China was largest recipient of FDI in 2020

BENGALURU: China was the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in 2020 as the coronavirus outbreak spread...

Published 26 Jan, 2021 05:05am

Markets

Asian shares near record highs as US stimulus plans offset virus woes

The dollar index eased to 90.073, with the euro at $1.2181, while sterling was last a tad firmer at $1.3721.

Published 25 Jan, 2021 12:40pm

World

Foreign investment to Russia lowest since 1994

MOSCOW: The inflow of foreign investment to Russia last year slumped to the level of the mid-90s amid the ...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Business & Finance

Foreign investment faces U-shaped recovery: UN

GENEVA: Global foreign direct investment flows are set to go through a U-shaped recovery, staying weak in 2021, the...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

BR Research

Think out-of-box FDI (II)

While there is a need to rethink FDI policy and invigorate and charge up IPAs’ role – as highlighted last in ...

Published 22 Jan, 2021 07:35am

BR Research

Think out-of-box FDI

As SBP puts it in its latest quarterly report, the ripple effect (decline in FDI from the pandemic) was not felt as...

Published 20 Jan, 2021 07:30am

Pakistan

ICCI asks government to formulate conducive policies for promoting FDI

They said that the economy was facing many challenges due to Covid-19 pandemic and in these circumstances, promoting FDI was a good option.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 09:01pm

FDI declines 29pc in H1FY21

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Pakistan fell 29 percent during the first half of this fiscal year...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:44am

Business & Finance

IT services have export potential of $10bn: OICCI

KARACHI: The “OICCI Recommendations for Digital Economy” report was launched on Monday highlighting the...

Updated 19 Jan, 2021 04:46am

Business & Finance

China commerce ministry says Jan-Nov FDI up 6.3% y/y in yuan terms

For November alone, FDI rose 5.5% from a year earlier to 98.7 billion yuan.

Published 15 Dec, 2020 11:41am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s October FDI witness yearly increase of over 150pc

Country-wise, China emerged as the top investor in Pakistan in October as it invested $228.7mn.

Updated 17 Nov, 2020 04:57pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 2	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 2	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / May 2	155.37
USD to Swiss Franc / May 2	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 2	1.25
Euro to USD / May 2	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 1	5018.39
Nasdaq / May 1	15605.48
Dow Jones / May 1	37903.29
India Sensex / May 2	74720.19
Tokyo Nikkei / May 2	38236.07
Hang Seng / May 2	18192.04
FTSE 100 / May 2	8149.68
Germany DAX 30 / May 2	17906.01

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 2	288.49
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 2	79.53
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 2	20000
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 2	206619
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 2	2311.74
Diesel/Litre / May 2	281.96

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 2 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 2 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 2 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 2 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 2 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 2 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 2 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 2 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 2 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 2 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 2 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 2 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 2 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 2 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 2 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 2 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 2 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 2 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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