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GDP growth

Vietnam Q2 GDP growth accelerates to 8.39% on year

Published 03 Jul, 2026 12:34pm

The Southeast Asian manufacturing hub is targeting economic growth of more than 10% this year

IMF projects USD21.197bn external financing requirements

Published 16 May, 2026 02:29am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund has projected Pakistan’s gross external financing requirements at...

Strong policies aid recovery, bolster resilience: IMF

Updated 15 May, 2026 09:20am

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said that strong policy implementation has continued to support...

GDP growth may dip to 2.5-3pc: Pasha

Updated 25 Apr, 2026 09:18am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s GDP growth is projected to slow to 2.5 to 3 percent in current fiscal year 2025-26,...

Inflation projected to remain elevated: Real GDP growth likely to stay at 3pc: World Bank

Updated 10 Apr, 2026 09:14am

ISLAMABAD: Amid projections of further hike in inflation, the World Bank stated that Pakistan’s real GDP growth,...

Govt’s absorption of fuel price hike

Published 20 Mar, 2026 06:15am

EDITORIAL: A Business Recorder exclusive citing an official document has revealed that the government may absorb any...

Determining factors of foreign investment in Pakistan

Published 03 Feb, 2026 06:05am

The alleviation of poverty and increase in decent employment opportunities, and GDP growth are certainly obvious...

Finance Division issues FY27 budget call circular: 5.1% GDP growth, 6.5% inflation projected

Updated 28 Jan, 2026 07:35am

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has issued the Budget Call Circular for fiscal year 2026-27, projecting GDP growth...

Pakistan unlikely to achieve IMF’s projected 3.2% GDP growth, say experts

Updated 26 Jan, 2026 07:14am

Economists forecast growth more likely to remain between 2.5% to 3%

IMF programme widely perceived as ‘anti-growth’: Dar

Published 15 Jan, 2026 06:21am

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Wednesday acknowledged that the...

OPINION: Pakistan’s manufactured unemployment: a blueprint of state failure—I

Updated 03 Jan, 2026 07:15am

Pakistan’s unemployment crisis is no accident of fate. It is not the result of global headwinds or temporary shocks....

EDITORIAL: Seeing growth thru prism of C + G + I + (X–M)

Updated 02 Jan, 2026 07:42am

EDITORIAL: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) earlier this week approved GDP growth of 3.71 percent in 1QFY26 and...

EDITORIAL: Data upgrade by ADB needs a revisit

Updated 15 Dec, 2025 07:32am

EDITORIAL: Asian Development Outlook, a publication of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), has revised Pakistan’s...

2025-26: IMF projects Rs157bn shortfall in budgeted PDL

Published 13 Dec, 2025 03:33am

ISLAMABAD: The IMF has projected a shortfall of Rs 157 billion in the budgeted petroleum development levy (PDL) for...

SBP receives $1.2bn for EFF and RSF programmes

Updated 12 Dec, 2025 07:10am

KARACHI: Pakistan has received inflows of amounted to USD 1.2 billion from International Monetary Fund (IMF) under...

Pakistan’s growth outlook has improved: Asian Development Bank

Updated 11 Dec, 2025 07:17am

Says prices of key food items have begun to stabilize

IMF is all for maintaining prudent policies

Published 10 Dec, 2025 03:28am

Says advancing reforms to raise revenues via tax policy simplification and base broadening is key

Floods poised to erase half a percentage point of GDP growth: minister

Published 02 Dec, 2025 06:15am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb warned on Monday that the recent wave of catastrophic flooding is...

Indian equity benchmarks log third monthly gain

Published 29 Nov, 2025 02:39am

MUMBAI: India’s stock benchmarks notched their third straight monthly gain on Friday driven by improving earnings,...

Ageing populations a ‘ticking time bomb’ for GDP growth, says EBRD

Published 25 Nov, 2025 11:17am

That was a quarter of the amount recorded when the median age hit that level in advanced economies in the 1990s

LSE projects 2.4pc GDP growth for FY2025-26

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 3	278.32
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 3	278.12
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 3	161.34
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 3	0.80
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 3	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 3	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 3	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 2	7,483.24
Nasdaq / Jul 2	25,832.67
Dow Jones / Jul 2	52,900.07
India Sensex / Jul 3	77,938.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 3	69,243.68
Hang Seng / Jul 3	23,310.80
FTSE 100 / Jul 3	10,679.03
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 3	25,779.31
France CAC40 / Jul 3	8,508.07

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 2	17,780
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 3	68.69
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 3	378,031
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 3	4,176.94
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 3	77.12
Petrol/Litre / Jul 4	299.50
Diesel/Litre / Jul 4	311.47

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dewan Sugar / Jul 3 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	7.98 ▲ 0.96 (13.68%)
Ansari Sug. / Jul 3 Ansari Sugar Mills Limited(ANSM)	31.30 ▲ 2.85 (10.02%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 3 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	29.88 ▲ 2.72 (10.01%)
Quantum Data Tech. / Jul 3 Quantum Data Technologies Limited(QTECH)	51.87 ▲ 4.72 (10.01%)
Mughal Energy / Jul 3 Mughal Energy Limited(GEM)(GEMMEL)	24.73 ▲ 2.25 (10.01%)
Fateh Ind. / Jul 3 Fateh Industries Limited(FIL)	293.11 ▲ 26.65 (10%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 3 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	179.23 ▲ 16.29 (10%)
IbrahimFibres / Jul 3 Ibrahim Fibres Limited(IBFL)	271.37 ▲ 24.67 (10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 3 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	106.67 ▲ 9.7 (10%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jul 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	114.95 ▲ 10.45 (10%)

Stock	Price
First Fid. Leasing / Jul 3 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	24.03 ▼ -2.67 (-10%)
Chashma / Jul 3 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	132.21 ▼ -14.24 (-9.72%)
UBLPakistanETF / Jul 3 UBLPakistan Enterprise ETF(UBLPETF)	30.75 ▼ -2.72 (-8.13%)
First Imrooz Mod. / Jul 3 First Imrooz Modaraba(FIMM)	219.97 ▼ -14.2 (-6.06%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jul 3 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	35.31 ▼ -2.06 (-5.51%)
Sitara Chemical / Jul 3 Sitara Chemical Industries Limited(SITC)	811.04 ▼ -46.47 (-5.42%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 3 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	19.76 ▼ -1.13 (-5.41%)
Pak Agro Pack. (GEM) / Jul 3 Pak Agro Packaging Limited (GEM)(GEMPAPL)	13.25 ▼ -0.75 (-5.36%)
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	16.79 ▼ -0.89 (-5.03%)
Next Capital / Jul 3 Next Capital Limited(NEXT)	13.11 ▼ -0.69 (-5%)

Stock	Volume
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 3 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	72,948,993 ▼ -0.04
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	48,406,341 ▼ -0.89
TPL Properties / Jul 3 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	34,286,380 ▲ 0.41
Ghani Chem. Ind. / Jul 3 Ghani Chemical Industries Limited(GCIL)	27,424,496 ▲ 2.43
Secure Logistics-Trax Group / Jul 3 Secure Logistics-Trax Group Limited(SLGL)	26,707,486 ▲ 0.23
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 3 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	25,865,871 ▲ 0
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 3 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	21,845,437 ▲ 0.11
Lotte Chemical / Jul 3 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	21,059,671 ▲ 0.91
Pak Reinsurance / Jul 3 Pakistan Reinsurance Company Limited(PAKRI)	18,996,584 ▲ 0.39
P.T.C.L. / Jul 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	16,650,708 ▲ 1.65

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