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World food prices fall for 11th month running in Feb: FAO

LONDON: The United Nations food agency’s world price index fell in February for an 11th consecutive month, and is...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation down 0.30pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended March 2, 2023, recorded a decrease...

Published 04 Mar, 2023 06:10am

Opinion

Moroccans struggle to afford vegetables as Ramazan looms

Shoppers inspect vegetables at a huge market in Sale, near the Moroccan capital Rabat, but exploding prices mean ...

Published 01 Mar, 2023 06:21am

Business & Finance

Sindh govt issues directives for checking price hike, hoarding

KARACHI: Sindh government’s Directorate General for Bureau of Supply and Prices has announced that proactive...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 06:57am

Markets

Prices of essential items witness sharp increase

PESHAWAR: A steep increase in prices of live chicken/meat, pulses, black tea, vegetables, edible oil/ghee, sweet/...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:53am

Opinion

A great social and political upheaval is coming?

There are two extremely discomforting economic phenomena unfolding simultaneously in Pakistan – one is dangerously...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Editorials

They seem more content, less bitter?

EDITORIAL: Social and economic disparity was always high in Pakistan but now it is growing to a dangerous level. The...

Published 20 Feb, 2023 06:26am

Subsidised essential items: PM takes firm step to firm up Ramazan strategy

Calls for improving liaison between centre and provinces and directs strict action against hoarders

Updated 14 Feb, 2023 09:01am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 2.82pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended February 2, 2023, recorded an...

Updated 04 Feb, 2023 10:14am

Jan food prices rise 43pc YoY

CPI-based inflation hits 48-year high

Updated 02 Feb, 2023 09:10am

Business & Finance

Inter-provincial coordination needed to avoid commodities’ scarcity: NPMC

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) on Thursday reviewed the prices of essential commodities...

Published 27 Jan, 2023 07:30am

Food inflation highest in South Asia after Sri Lanka: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: The consumer price inflation for food items in Pakistan was 35.5 per cent in December on year-on-year...

Updated 19 Jan, 2023 08:41am

Opinion

India’s rising home prices, rentals a new inflation threat

Rising home prices and rentals in large Indian cities could pose a new challenge to the country’s central bank in...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

Cost-of-living crisis ‘biggest global risk’

LONDON: The cost-of-living crisis will be the biggest global risk over the next two years, a survey by the World...

Published 12 Jan, 2023 05:51am

Opinion

Galloping inflation

Pakistan today is experiencing high and rising rate of inflation. This is the highest inflation after 1973-74 and...

Published 10 Jan, 2023 06:00am

World

Egyptians hit by soaring food prices as dollar crunch bites

CAIRO: Public anger has been growing for months in Egypt over a severe dollar crunch and soaring food prices. But...

Published 09 Jan, 2023 07:36am

World food prices hit record high in 2022

Food prices surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year on fears of disruptions to Black Sea trade

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:55am

Business & Finance

Pakistan: Weekly SPI sharply up 1.09pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) witnessed a sharp increase of 1.09 percent ended on January 5, 2023...

Updated 07 Jan, 2023 08:50am

Editorials

Analysing the inflationary spiral

EDITORIAL: December 2022 headline inflation (Consumer Price Index) rose by 24.5 percent as per the Pakistan Bureau ...

Published 04 Jan, 2023 06:02am

Key phrase: ‘structural reforms’

State Bank of Pakistan says prudent monetary and fiscal policies imperative to increase resilience of the economy

Updated 22 Dec, 2022 09:52am

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka’s national consumer price inflation eases to 65% in November

Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) eased year-on-year to 65% in November after a 70.6% jump in...

Published 21 Dec, 2022 02:58pm

Nov CPI inflation jumps 23.8pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 23.8 percent on a year-on-year basis in...

Published 02 Dec, 2022 06:41am

Markets

Prices of important kitchen items continue to rise

PESHAWAR: A continuous upward trend in prices of important kitchen items, like live chicken/meat, farms, vegetables,...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 06:53am

Editorials

MPS makes grim but unsurprising reading

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised the policy rate by 100 basis points to 16 percent, reflecting...

Published 28 Nov, 2022 06:09am

Markets

Prices of essential kitchen items rise

ISLAMABAD: The prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed an increasing trend during this week past against ...

Published 27 Nov, 2022 05:58am

World

IMF warns against ‘costly’ tax cuts to fight inflation

WASHINGTON: Soaring food and energy prices are raising the risk of social unrest but attempting to tame costs...

Published 12 Oct, 2022 06:13pm

BR Research

Grain market in turmoil

Terms such as “highest ever prices” and “record increase” have become clichés over the past three years, ...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 09:01am

World

Heavy rains damage Indian crops

MUMBAI: Heavy rainfall in India has damaged key summer-sown crops such as rice, soybean, cotton, pulses and...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Markets

Inflation reading falls slightly in September, clocks in at 23.2%

Decline driven by relief in fuel charges adjustment in electricity bills, say analysts

Updated 01 Oct, 2022 07:29pm

Business & Finance

ADB to mobilise over $2bn to support post-flood relief measures

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is envisaging financing of over $ 2 billion to support Pakistan’s...

Published 30 Sep, 2022 05:52am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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