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Jul-Aug remittances soar 44pc to $5.94bn YoY

KARACHI: During a challenging period when the country is striving to secure healthy foreign inflows to meet its...

Published 10 Sep, 2024 06:32am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up

KARACHI: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday said the total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stood at...

Published 06 Sep, 2024 08:02am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $33mn, now stand at $9.44bn

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stand at $14.74 billion

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 10:30pm

Two remittance incentive schemes: ECC approves revisions

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday approved revisions to the two...

Updated 30 Aug, 2024 08:51am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $112mn, now stand at $9.4bn

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stand at $14.77bn

Updated 29 Aug, 2024 09:14pm

Pakistan

Moody’s upgrades Pakistan’s ratings to Caa2, outlook now positive

Upgrade reflects Pakistan’s improving macroeconomic conditions, says Moody's
Expects IMF to approve the EFF in the next few weeks

Updated 28 Aug, 2024 08:04pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $19mn, now stand at $9.3bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $19 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 10:41pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $119mn, now stand at $9.27bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $119 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 15 Aug, 2024 11:56pm

BMP underscores need for taking steps to achieve export target

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry’s Businessmen Panel has stressed the need for...

Updated 12 Aug, 2024 09:19am

Business & Finance

Energy sector, SOEs and privatisation efforts: Aurangzeb highlights significant steps

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue Muhammad Aurangzeb here on Friday highlighted recent positive...

Published 10 Aug, 2024 06:51am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $51mn, now stand at $9.15bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $51 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 08 Aug, 2024 10:33pm

Editorials

Declining standards within the diaspora

EDITORIAL: The highly disturbing picture that emerged during a recent hearing of the Senate Standing Committee on...

Published 03 Aug, 2024 06:46am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $75mn, now stand at $9.1bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $75 million on a weekly basis,...

Published 01 Aug, 2024 07:16pm

Opinion

A fragile balance of payments

The statistics on the external balance of payments of Pakistan in 2023-24 were released last week by the SBP (State...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decrease $397mn, now stand at $9.02bn

Total liquid foreign reserves held by the country stand at $14.33 billion

Updated 25 Jul, 2024 11:32pm

Business & Finance

Finance minister meets with Moody’s Ratings representatives

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Senator Muhammad Aurangzeb had a Zoom meeting with the...

Published 24 Jul, 2024 06:27am

Opinion

IMF programme, debt re-profiling, and debt restructuring

Pakistan is facing a huge challenge in terms of debt distress. Secondly, the country is stuck in a low economic...

Updated 19 Jul, 2024 07:06am

Business & Finance

FX up by $59m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign reserves rose by $59 million during the last week. According to State...

Published 19 Jul, 2024 06:05am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $19mn, now stand at $9.42bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $19 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 18 Jul, 2024 10:48pm

Opinion

Some economic advice for the PM

The first thing perhaps that the PM needs to understand is that the over-board monetary austerity – over-emphasis on...

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 08:28am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $16mn, now stand at $9.4bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $16 million on a weekly basis,...

Published 11 Jul, 2024 08:24pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $494mn, now stand at $9.39bn

Central bank says official inflows from multilateral agencies helped boost foreign currency reserves

Published 04 Jul, 2024 07:26pm

BR Research

Being Basic

Automakers have often quoted lofty estimates for auto volumes in Pakistan, citing population growth and demographics...

Published 28 Jun, 2024 07:29am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves decrease $239mn to fall below $9bn

Central bank attributes decrease in reserves to external debt repayments

Updated 27 Jun, 2024 10:15pm

Opinion

State of the economy

The fiscal year 2023-24 is likely to close with a mixed performance by the economy. On the positive side, there has...

Published 25 Jun, 2024 06:42am

Business & Finance

July-May FDI grows $224m to $1.729bn YoY

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted 15 percent growth during the first eleven months of this fiscal year...

Published 22 Jun, 2024 06:47am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves up $30.8m to $14.415bn: SBP

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves increased by $ 30.8 million during the last week, ...

Published 21 Jun, 2024 06:37am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves increase $31mn, now stand at $9.13bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $31 million on a weekly basis,...

Published 20 Jun, 2024 09:56pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves see slight decline, stand at $9.1bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased marginally by $6 million on a weekly...

Published 13 Jun, 2024 07:34pm

Markets

First cut in 4 years: SBP reduces key policy rate by 150 basis points, takes it to 20.5%

Says significant decline in inflation since February broadly in line with expectations, but May outturn was better than anticipated

Updated 10 Jun, 2024 11:01pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 10	278.72
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 10	278.57
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 10	143.54
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 10	0.85
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 10	1.31
Euro to USD / Sep 10	1.10

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 9	5,471.05
Nasdaq / Sep 9	16,884.61
Dow Jones / Sep 9	40,829.59
India Sensex / Sep 10	81,753.70
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 10	36,159.16
Hang Seng / Sep 10	17,247.80
FTSE 100 / Sep 10	8,239.95
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 10	18,468.34

Item	Value
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 9	223,251
Petrol/Litre / Sep 10	259.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 10	68.59
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 10	18,535
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 10	2,501.81
Diesel/Litre / Sep 10	262.75

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 10 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 10 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 10 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 10 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 10 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 10 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 10 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 10 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 10 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Sep 10 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Sep 10 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 10 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Sep 10 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Sep 10 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Sep 10 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 10 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 10 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Sep 10 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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