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LCs: steel sector says facing dire situation

Updated 31 Jan, 2023 08:58am

ISLAMABAD: The steel industry is facing a critical situation as the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is still not...

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

Updated 19 Jan, 2023 08:41am

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

Managing sovereign default

Updated 13 Jan, 2023 07:41am

Nations can and do periodically default on their sovereign debt, despite the fact that they do so comparatively...

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $15mn, now stand at $6.7bn

Published 15 Dec, 2022 07:42pm

Reserves at their lowest level since January 2019

PKR registers minor appreciation

Published 12 Dec, 2022 06:07am

KARACHI: The rupee registered minor depreciation across all five sessions during the previous week to end with a...

Elections in June 2023?

Updated 09 Dec, 2022 06:42am

EDITORIAL: In our disorderly national politics not everything is what meets the eye. The ruling PDM (Pakistan...

SBP review of sale, purchase deals: Increased FX income of banks driven by higher spread, Senate panel told

Updated 13 Nov, 2022 09:25am

ISLAMABAD: The review of sale/purchase transactions of inspected banks suggested that the overall increase in ...

‘Environmentally sustainable’ bonds

Published 03 Oct, 2022 06:16am

Pakistan faces a significant challenge to finance its large trade deficits and external debt repayments. This is...

SFD confirms one-year extension of $3bn deposit

Updated 19 Sep, 2022 09:25am

KARACHI: The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) on Sunday confirmed the rollover of $3 billion deposits with Pakistan...

Russia may buy ‘friendly’ countries’ currencies to weaken rouble

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 05:31pm

MOSCOW: Russia may start buying the currencies of “friendly countries” and use those holdings to influence the...

Combined 7th, 8th reviews: MEFP received from IMF, says Miftah

Updated 29 Jun, 2022 09:38am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has stated that Pakistan has received a memorandum of economic and...

Alarm bells: SBP-held foreign currency reserves fall to $9.72bn

Published 02 Jun, 2022 08:47pm

Fall $366mn on a weekly basis due to external debt repayment
Total reserves held by country stand at $15.77 billion as of May 27

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $190mn, now stand at $10.31bn

Published 12 May, 2022 10:36pm

Total reserves held by Pakistan stand at $16.38bn

Berlin ‘open’ to seizing Russian central bank assets for Ukraine

Published 12 May, 2022 05:40am

BERLIN: German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said Wednesday he was “open” to a discussion about ...

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall another $59mn, now stand at $10.5bn

Published 06 May, 2022 08:54pm

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at $16.55 billion as of 30-April-2022

KCCI says it’s concerned at protracted PKR slide

Published 19 Mar, 2022 04:42am

KARACHI: Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) president Muhammad Idrees, while expressing deep concerns...

Russia counts on ties with China

Updated 14 Mar, 2022 03:51pm

LONDON: Russia said on Sunday that it was counting on China to help it withstand the blow to its economy from ...

Afghan economy collapsing

Published 03 Nov, 2021 03:54am

Afghanistan is running out of money fast, its currency is in a tail-spin and prices across the board are going...

PM thanks Saudi Crown Prince for financial support

Published 28 Oct, 2021 04:06am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday has thanked Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the Saudi...

US dollar share of global FX reserves steady at 59.2% in Q2: IMF data

Published 30 Sep, 2021 08:19pm

The dollar index fell nearly 1% in the second quarter after gains of 3.6% in the first. In the third quarter, the dollar is on track to post a 2.1% rise

SBP's foreign exchange reserves hit record high at $20.15 billion

Published 02 Sep, 2021 08:23pm

Increase comes on back of IMF's new SDR allocation

The bank reiterated that it would not use mandatory reserves to fund subsidies, which currently cost around $6 billion a year.
Lebanon's hard currency reserves have slumped from over $30 billion in late 2019 to just over $15 billion in March.

Turkish lira hits record low

Published 29 May, 2021 03:59am

ISTANBUL: Turkey's lira hit a record low on Friday as concerns over global inflation, an early election and a...

Egypt's net foreign reserves rise to $40.063bn in December

Updated 05 Jan, 2021 06:24pm

Foreign reserves had dropped since March from a high of more than $45 billion.

Pakistan's Total Liquid Foreign Reserves Reach US$ 20.25bn: SBP

Updated 31 Dec, 2020 05:59pm

Pakistan's total liquid foreign reserves stand at US$ 20.25 billion as of December 24, 2020, as reported by the State Bank of Pakistan.

China Nov FX reserves climb to 4-year high as yuan firms

Published 07 Dec, 2020 04:56pm

The rise in China's reserves was due to the dollar's fall against other major currencies, and rises in global stocks and bonds, the foreign exchange regulator said in a statement.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	77,672.21
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,069.85
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,562.80
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,913.94
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,361.60

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	84.29
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,011.10
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	79.24

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Shams Textile / Jul 20 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	63.99 ▲ 5.82 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 20 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	246.36 ▲ 22.4 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Nadeem Tex. / Jul 20 Nadeem Textile Mills Limited(NATM)	77 ▼ -8.16 (-9.58%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.20 ▼ -14.09 (-9.38%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.50 ▼ -6.2 (-8.77%)
Arpak Int. / Jul 20 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	131.50 ▼ -12.51 (-8.69%)
F.Credit & Inv / Jul 20 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	29.10 ▼ -2.72 (-8.55%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 20 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	92 ▼ -8.51 (-8.47%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	141,022,464 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	48,881,807 ▲ 4.46
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	29,446,010 ▲ 0.17
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	27,013,607 ▲ 0.23
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	24,076,163 ▼ -0.12
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	14,906,706 ▲ 0.32
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,835,254 ▼ -0.01
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,813,281 ▼ -0.16
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	12,543,286 ▲ 1.2
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	11,970,743 ▲ 0.01

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