Trends - food insecurity - Business Recorder

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Feb 03, 2023 PRINT EDITION ► BR MARKETS ► Dollar to PKR ►

food insecurity

Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6bn annually

DAKAR: Russia’s war against Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and...

Published 23 Jan, 2023 08:13am

Pakistan risks ‘extraordinary misery’ without flood recovery help: UN

World Bank estimates that up to nine million more people could be dragged into poverty as a result of the flooding

Updated 09 Jan, 2023 08:54am

Pakistan

Call for dealing with climate change, food insecurity

HYDERABAD: Speakers at a seminar have urged steps to mitigate perils of rising temperature and food insecurity and...

Published 11 Nov, 2022 07:11am

Pakistan

Senate panel told: 152 big climatic events pushed up food insecurity in country

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel was informed on Friday that the country witnessed 152 extreme climatic events – ...

Published 29 Oct, 2022 06:42am

Food crisis: IMF says up to 20 states could require emergency assistance

RIYADH: The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that up to 20 countries, many in Africa, could need emergency...

Updated 04 Oct, 2022 09:36am

World Bank confirms fears of growing food insecurity

Says flooding in Pakistan has exacerbated previously high levels of food insecurity

Updated 23 Sep, 2022 09:57am

Editorials

So much for ‘zero-hunger target’

EDITORIAL: Not that anybody needed to be reminded about the sorry state of the agriculture sector, considering the...

Published 11 Sep, 2022 03:51am

Opinion

As wheat prices soar, the world’s consumers vote with their feet

Global wheat consumption is headed for its biggest annual decline in decades as record inflation forces consumers ...

Published 04 Aug, 2022 06:25am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Mod. / Feb 3 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.98 ▲ 0.48 (32.00%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Feb 3 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.55 ▲ 1.00 (18.02%)
Samba Bank / Feb 3 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	7.15 ▲ 1.00 (16.26%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Feb 3 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	9.90 ▲ 0.90 (10.00%)
Dawood Equities / Feb 3 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	6.18 ▲ 0.46 (8.04%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Feb 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	14 ▲ 1.00 (7.69%)
Khyber Tobacco / Feb 3 Khyber Tobacco Company Limited(KHTC)	342.67 ▲ 23.90 (7.50%)
Shahtaj Sugar / Feb 3 Shahtaj Sugar Mills Limited(SHJS)	49.22 ▲ 3.43 (7.49%)
Quetta Textile / Feb 3 Quetta Textile Mills Limited(QUET)	15.52 ▲ 1.08 (7.48%)
Frontier Ceram / Feb 3 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	15.99 ▲ 1.10 (7.39%)

Stock	Price
Data Textile / Feb 3 Data Textiles Limited(DATM)	7.08 ▲ -1.00 (-12.38%)
Premier Insurance / Feb 3 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	6.66 ▲ -0.86 (-11.44%)
Zephyr Textile / Feb 3 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	8.53 ▲ -0.96 (-10.12%)
Ashfaq Textile / Feb 3 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	9.39 ▲ -1.00 (-9.62%)
F.Treet Manuf / Feb 3 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	7.71 ▲ -0.74 (-8.76%)
IGI Life Ins / Feb 3 IGI Life Insurance Limited(IGIL)	9 ▲ -0.86 (-8.72%)
Ruby Tex. / Feb 3 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	3 ▲ -0.27 (-8.26%)
Pervez Ahmed Co / Feb 3 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	0.67 ▲ -0.06 (-8.22%)
KASB Modaraba / Feb 3 KASB Modaraba(KASBM)	1.26 ▲ -0.11 (-8.03%)
Next Capital / Feb 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	4.76 ▲ -0.39 (-7.57%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	20,606,814 ▲ -0.03
Pak Petroleum / Feb 3 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	12,289,269 ▲ -0.87
Hub Power Co. / Feb 3 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,871,024 ▼ 1.33
Cnergyico PK / Feb 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	7,256,361 ▲ -0.14
Dewan Motors / Feb 3 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,197,500 ▲ -0.27
Ghani Glo Hol / Feb 3 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	5,488,518 ▲ -0.13
Oil & Gas Dev. / Feb 3 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	5,157,941 ▲ -1.12
Gul Ahmed / Feb 3 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	4,969,528 ▼ 1.38
The Searle Co. / Feb 3 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	4,848,886 ▲ -1.07
TRG Pak Ltd / Feb 3 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	4,483,294 ▲ -0.43

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 3	277.17
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 3	278.67
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 3	128.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 3	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 3	1.22
Euro to USD / Feb 3	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Feb 2	4.30

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 2	4179.76
Nasdaq / Feb 2	12200.82
Dow Jones / Feb 2	34053.94
India Sensex / Feb 3	60841.88
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 3	27509.46
Hang Seng / Feb 3	21558.22
FTSE 100 / Feb 3	7834.62
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 3	15410.23
France CAC40 / Feb 3	7138.37

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 2	22235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 2	177641
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 3	75.68
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 3	1915.21
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 3	85.91