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Moody’s, Fitch see lingering risks despite Pakistan-IMF deal: report

Pakistan is staring at $25bn debt repayment in fiscal year 2023-24, and a widening current account deficit could pose problems

Published 03 Jul, 2023 08:16pm

World

Fitch raises India FY24 GDP forecast to 6.3% on strong growth momentum

MUMBAI: Fitch Ratings raised its growth forecast for the Indian economy to 6.3% for the current fiscal year, from 6%...

Published 22 Jun, 2023 01:40pm

Opinion

IMF’s intransigence

The government would have us believe that there needs to be a cut-off point beyond which the IMF (International...

Published 07 Jun, 2023 06:05am

Business & Finance

Fitch holds US rating on negative watch despite debt deal

WASHINGTON: Ratings agency Fitch said Friday that it is keeping the United States’ “AAA” credit rating on...

Published 03 Jun, 2023 03:52am

Business & Finance

May-June period: Country faces $3.7bn debt repayments: Fitch

WASHINGTON: As the government struggles to secure a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Fitch ...

Published 06 May, 2023 06:23am

World

France vows economic reforms to continue after debt downgrade

STOCKHOLM: France will go ahead with structural reforms to overhaul its economy after credit ratings agency Fitch...

Published 29 Apr, 2023 02:00pm

Pakistan

Pakistan’s current account deficit shrinks 90% YoY to $0.24bn in January: SBP

Deficit during 7MFY23 reduces over 67%, clocks in at nearly $3.8bn

Updated 20 Feb, 2023 07:10pm

Opinion

Better late than never, or just too late?

Too bad Finance Minister Ishaq Dar didn’t get to give Moody’s a “befitting reply” for downgrading...

Published 16 Feb, 2023 06:08am

Fitch further downgrades long-term foreign currency IDR to ‘CCC-’

ISLAMABAD: Fitch Ratings has downgraded Pakistan’s Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to “CCC-”,...

Updated 15 Feb, 2023 09:04am

Pakistan

Fitch Ratings downgrades Pakistan’s foreign-currency IDR to ‘CCC-’

Says default or debt restructuring is an increasingly real possibility

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 07:39pm

Markets

Rupee sustains losses, settles at 268.83 against US dollar

Depreciates 0.35% in inter-bank market on Wednesday

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 06:35pm

Fitch says PKR to further weaken

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani rupee is expected to weaken further, particularly with the country’s balance of payments...

Updated 01 Feb, 2023 11:30am

Editorials

The moment of reckoning is upon us

EDITORIAL: The National Security Committee meeting had a two-point agenda: the state of the economy and the rise in...

Updated 05 Jan, 2023 06:40am

Opinion

Deutsche Bank’s rollercoaster ride towards more stability

In 2019, Deutsche Bank set out on a journey to cut dependence on its volatile investment bank and rely instead on...

Published 17 Dec, 2022 05:58am

Markets

Fitch downgrades Sri Lanka’s local currency debt rating to ‘CC’

Fitch on Thursday downgraded Sri Lanka’s Long-Term local-currency debt rating by two notches to “CC” from “CCC”,...

Published 01 Dec, 2022 09:03pm

Opinion

Doesn’t matter who is/becomes FM

SBP’s (State Bank of Pakistan’s) surprise 100 basis point increase in its key policy rate (to a 24-year high of...

Updated 01 Dec, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

The optimism of SBP

The recent statement by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has certainly provided...

Published 01 Nov, 2022 05:55am

Opinion

Pakistan’s exports in the doldrums

Subsidies such as those relating to power tariffs have been the lifelines of our export industry, notably the ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Editorials

Govt borrowing rises

EDITORIAL: The federal government borrowed 608.5 billion rupees from banks during the first 105 days of the current...

Published 27 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Opinion

Foreign inflows at a low ebb

International perceptions of the declining credit worthiness of Pakistan have been augmented by the downgrading of...

Published 25 Oct, 2022 05:51am

Opinion

Has Ishaq Dar lost his magic?

Statesmanship demands maintaining a delicate balance between economy and politics. Unfortunately, the scales world...

Published 24 Oct, 2022 05:45am

Business & Finance

India govt ‘in no hurry’ on medium-term inflation target

NEW DELHI: India’s government is in no hurry to push inflation - now hovering near 7% and eight-year highs - back to...

Published 21 Sep, 2022 11:38am

World

S&P, Fitch cut Ukraine’s credit rating

WASHINGTON: Rating agencies S&P and Fitch again lowered Ukraine’s credit rating Friday, deeming that the...

Published 13 Aug, 2022 10:05am

Outlook downgrade: S&P follows in the footsteps of Fitch, Moody’s

ISLAMABAD: S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard and Poor’s) revised the outlook on Pakistan’s long-term...

Updated 29 Jul, 2022 09:08am

Opinion

Default risk at hand

Around end of March, in a World Bank published article ‘Are we ready for the coming spate of debt crises’ it was...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Business & Finance

Rupee’s devaluation, economic crisis worries KATI chief

KARACHI: President Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI), Salman Aslam expressed concern over rupee fall,...

Published 22 Jul, 2022 06:07am

Opinion

IMF programme needs to be protected

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “Miftah gives a detailed account: How country saved itself from...

Updated 20 Jul, 2022 06:08am

Fitch, too, revises outlook to negative

Affirms Pakistan's long-term foreign-currency (LTFC) issuer default rating (IDR) at “B-”

Updated 20 Jul, 2022 09:18am

Business & Finance

Govt can’t afford to let value of PKR sink further: PBF

Says that if dollar is not controlled, prices of petrol and electricity will increase to unimaginable levels

Updated 20 Jul, 2022 09:55am

Editorials

IMF, Moody’s, Fitch: dire warnings

EDITORIAL: Moody’s report on Pakistan refers to the continuing protracted negotiations with the International...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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