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FPCCI demands govt facilitate restoration of Pak-Afghan trade practices

KARACHI: Mian Nasser Hyatt Maggo, President Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI), has...

Published 14 Jan, 2022 07:45am

SBP cuts realization period for exporters by 60 days

KARACHI: In order to ensure the timely arrival of foreign exchange, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Wednesday...

Updated 06 Jan, 2022 09:56am

Markets

Export proceeds: SBP amends foreign exchange regulations

Central bank now requires exporters to bring export proceeds within 120 days from date of shipment

Published 05 Jan, 2022 08:07pm

Editorials

Woeful PKR slide

EDITORIAL: A few days back, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) tightened the foreign exchange regime for individuals ...

Published 31 Dec, 2021 06:50am

Opinion

Emerging risks

The prospects for the economy of Pakistan are shrouded by growing uncertainty and risk factors, due to developments...

Updated 28 Dec, 2021 09:39am

Business & Finance

Gross mismanagement: Excessive import of FO constitutes a threat to refinery sector: Zahid

KARACHI: Chairman of National Business Group Pakistan and President Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals Forum ...

Published 26 Dec, 2021 03:57am

Markets

Against USD: Pakistan's rupee stable amid SBP measures to curb speculation

Gains value against major currencies in open market

Updated 20 Dec, 2021 06:18pm

BR Research

Remittances: slowing down?

While the upbeat momentum of home remittances continues - with 5MFY22 aggregate close to $13 billion up by 9.7...

Published 15 Dec, 2021 09:05am

Petroleum sector: SBP amends forex manual for remittance process

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Tuesday has amended the Chapter 14, of the Foreign Exchange Manual for...

Updated 15 Dec, 2021 09:51am

Supplements

TOURISM IN KENYA

TEXT: Kenya is one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations owing to its rich diversity of tourist...

Published 14 Dec, 2021 06:40am

Editorials

Cyber defence?

EDITORIAL: Israel on Thursday led a 10-country simulation of a major cyber attack on global financial system by...

Published 13 Dec, 2021 06:45am

Markets

OCAC says working on ‘refinery policy’

ISLAMABAD: The Oil Companies Advisory Council (OCAC) has stated that as representatives of the oil industry, they ...

Published 10 Dec, 2021 04:29am

Opinion

Ensuring external stability

As the economy rebounds from last year’s Covid shock, recent trade and current account deficit numbers are ...

Published 06 Dec, 2021 06:32am

$3bn received from Saudi Arabia for BoP support

KARACHI: Pakistan Saturday received foreign exchange deposits worth $3 billion from Saudi Arabia for the support of...

Updated 05 Dec, 2021 11:12am

Business & Finance

‘Poultry meat, products can help country earn significant foreign exchange’

LAHORE: Poultry meat and products can earn significant foreign exchange by making inroads to the global Halal meat...

Published 04 Dec, 2021 04:23am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $244mn, now stand at $16.01bn

Central bank does not give reason for week-on-week decrease

Published 02 Dec, 2021 09:56pm

BR Research

Service imports: Where the real juice is

Government authorities are mulling over options to restrict import of non-essential goods and “curb the...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 08:02am

Business & Finance

Bromobutyl and Chromobutyl: Company to manufacture rubber stoppers for pharma use

KARACHI: Pakistani multinational conglomerate company, Ghani Group, has announced to manufacture Bromobutyl and...

Published 01 Dec, 2021 03:52am

Business & Finance

SBP-held forex reserves decrease $691 million due to external debt repayment

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased $691 million on a weekly basis, ...

Published 25 Nov, 2021 09:53pm

Opinion

Waiting for aid pledges

There are two major foreign exchange inflows, read borrowing, expected as per several senior cabinet members...

Published 22 Nov, 2021 05:31am

Opinion

The PM needs to develop big picture thinking

This is apropos a Business Recorder news item “PM explains how dependence on IMF can be ended” carried by the...

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:58am

Pakistan

Tarin briefs Laffer about economic situation

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance and Revenue Shaukat Tarin held a meeting with renowned...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

Markets

SBP-held foreign exchange reserves fall $381 million

Central bank does not give reason for decrease, total reserves held by SBP now stand at $16.945 billion

Updated 18 Nov, 2021 08:59pm

Opinion

‘Anti-export bias’ stifling growth

Pakistan’s trade imbalance is largely attributed to declining export competitiveness, a point which has been...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

Opinion

Looming humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

According to media reports, Afghanistan’s central bank has said it will sell $10 million through an auction to...

Published 17 Nov, 2021 04:22am

BR Research

Remittances: exuberance continues

The upbeat momentum of home remittances continues. The toll stood at $2.5 billion in Oct21 – eight consecutive...

Updated 16 Nov, 2021 07:41am

Opinion

Tax havens and double standards-I

Prime Minister Imran Khan has rightly observed that the matters relating to offshore tax havens are to be seen in ...

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

BR Research

Remittances are roaring!

Remittances to Pakistan have been on a constant uptrend - continuing to cool down a heated economy. Remittances have...

Published 12 Oct, 2021 07:35am

Opinion

Things are not too bad

That the country is surviving on concessional and non-concessional multilateral and bilateral assistance plus...

Published 09 Oct, 2021 04:10am

Export proceeds with ADs: SBP reduces retention period to 3 days

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has reduced the retention period of export proceeds with Authorized ...

Updated 05 Oct, 2021 09:45am

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	156.17
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 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	81.15
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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