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Removing institutional impediments

The past few days have witnessed some encouraging positive developments on the country’s financial front providing...

Updated 20 Oct, 2023 06:30am

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves increase $67mn, now stand at $7.7bn

Total liquid foreign reserves held by country stand at $12.9 billion

Updated 19 Oct, 2023 10:01pm

Forex reserves up $31m

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan’s (SBP) foreign exchange reserves rose by $31 million during the last week....

Updated 13 Oct, 2023 08:44am

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves increase $31mn, now stand at $7.64bn

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

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 10:18pm

Editorials

Privatisation concerns

EDITORIAL: The World Bank has cautioned the government of the distinct possibility of litigation in divesting/...

Updated 12 Oct, 2023 06:34am

Editorials

Economy: performance based on expediency?

EDITORIAL: Two and a half months after the staff-level agreement was reached on the Stand-By Arrangement with the...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves decrease $21mn, now stand at $7.615bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by another $21 million on a weekly...

Published 05 Oct, 2023 08:31pm

Certain tax policies discourage investment in tradable sector: World Bank

ISLAMABAD: Certain tax policies in Pakistan discourage investment in the tradable sector, and certain investment...

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 09:15am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves down $25m

KARACHI: The country’s liquid foreign exchange reserves declined by $25 million to $13.162 billion at the end of...

Published 29 Sep, 2023 06:24am

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves increase $56mn, now stand at $7.7bn

Dollar stockpile with State Bank of Pakistan rises after declining for 4 straight weeks

Published 21 Sep, 2023 07:41pm

Markets

Open-market: rupee closes stronger against US dollar

Quoted at 297 and 294 at end of trading on Friday

Updated 15 Sep, 2023 07:15pm

Editorials

Big decline in remittances

EDITORIAL: Remittance inflows declined during the first two months of the current fiscal year against the comparable...

Published 15 Sep, 2023 06:31am

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves decrease another $140mn, now stand at $7.64bn

Dollar stockpile with State Bank of Pakistan falls for 4th straight week
Decrease attributed to debt repayment

Published 14 Sep, 2023 09:12pm

Business & Finance

July-August remittances post big fall

Pakistan receives workers’ remittances amounting to $ 4.12 billion in July-Aug of FY24

Updated 12 Sep, 2023 09:58am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves drop by $70mn, now stand at $7.78bn

Debt repayments and lack of fresh inflows put pressure on dollar stockpile

Updated 07 Sep, 2023 07:53pm

Business & Finance

Import of used cars crippling local auto industry: IMC chief

LAHORE: Chief Executive Indus Motor Company (IMC), Ali Asghar Jamali has lamented that total used car imports have...

Published 07 Sep, 2023 06:21am

Opinion

BoP projections: risk and uncertainty

The year, 2022-23, closed with a truly remarkable reduction in the size of the current account deficit by 84% to ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:44am

Editorials

Caretakers’ flawed approach to power bills

EDITORIAL: Spontaneous resistance to the July electricity bills, as opposed to a politically engineered resistance ...

Updated 29 Aug, 2023 06:40am

Editorials

The IMF conditions

EDITORIAL: The statement by the Resident Representative of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Islamabad on 23...

Published 28 Aug, 2023 06:27am

Business & Finance

SBP’s reserves up by $12m

KARACHI: The total liquid foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased by $12 ...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

Mixed start of FY2023-24

The current financial year, 2023-24, started on a very positive note. The talks with the IMF (International Monetary...

Published 15 Aug, 2023 06:49am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $110mn, now stand at $8.04bn

Reserves held by central bank decrease for third straight week

Updated 10 Aug, 2023 08:31pm

Markets

PKR declines 0.18pc

KARACHI: The rupee depreciated a marginal 0.18% during the previous week to close at 286.97 against the US dollar in...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves fall by $70m

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves fell by $ 70 million during the last week. According...

Published 04 Aug, 2023 06:20am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $32mn, now stand at $8.15bn

Reserves decrease on account of debt repayments

Published 03 Aug, 2023 07:35pm

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $541mn, stand at $8.19bn

Reserves fall on weekly basis due to due to external debt repayments, says central bank

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 10:49pm

Policy continuation, forex financing a must for growth

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has stated that prudent and effective economic decisions, political and economic...

Updated 27 Jul, 2023 09:10am

Dar informs National Assembly: No new tax on agriculture, real estate sectors

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Muhammad Ishaq Dar said that the government would not impose...

Updated 22 Jul, 2023 10:01am

Business & Finance

Fair spot trading will prevent forex outflow: KCCI

KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) is of the view that a transparent and fair spot...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Business & Finance

Forex reserves hit $14bn mark

KARACHI: The country’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves rose to $ 14 billion by the end of last week,...

Published 21 Jul, 2023 06:38am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 25	278.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 25	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 25	155.60
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 25	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 25	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 25	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 24	5070.63
Nasdaq / Apr 24	15712.75
Dow Jones / Apr 24	38460.92
India Sensex / Apr 25	73780.80
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 25	37628.48
Hang Seng / Apr 25	17264.90
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8077.84
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17994.97

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 23	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 23	213220
Petrol/Litre / Apr 25	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 25	83.02
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 25	2325.45
Diesel/Litre / Apr 25	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 25 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 25 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 25 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 25 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 25 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 25 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 25 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 25 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 25 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 25 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 25 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 25 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 25 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 25 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 25 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 25 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 25 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 25 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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