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KCCI highlights problems faced by SMEs, proposes budget measures

KARACHI: The Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has highlighted problems faced by the small and medium...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Opinion

More and more bad news

Pakistan finds itself increasingly in a quagmire. The economy was hit severely first after March 2020 by the...

Published 05 Apr, 2022 05:38am

PESCO: Proposal to recruit prayer leaders to check power theft

ISLAMABAD: Centre for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP) and International Growth Centre (IGC) have proposed to ...

Updated 30 Mar, 2022 10:13am

Editorials

A practical outlook on economy?

EDITORIAL: The government constantly cites the 7.6 percent growth in large-scale manufacturing (LSM) July-January...

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

MoF’s monthly outlook: Domestic, world scenarios may ‘ramify economic recovery’

ISLAMABAD: The federal government is apprehensive that domestic and international changing scenario may have...

Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:07am

Opinion

Implications of the GDP rebasing

The Governing Council of the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics has approved the new GDP estimates, following the ...

Published 22 Mar, 2022 05:21am

Editorials

Better late than never

EDITORIAL: Finally, the rebasing of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and trade indices has been approved by Pakistan...

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

SBP argues why higher growth imperative

KARACHI: Pakistan’s economy maintained the growth momentum in the first quarter of current fiscal year (FY22) as...

Updated 18 Mar, 2022 10:14am

Editorials

Populism: Exchequer is not a cookie jar

EDITORIAL: The virtue of giving has infinite dimensions and Pakistan, in general and its economic capital, Karachi,...

Updated 16 Mar, 2022 06:24am

ST rate will be rationalized in ‘due course’: FBR chief

LAHORE: Chairman Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Dr Muhammad Ashfaq has said that at present, tax-to-GDP ratio is...

Updated 14 Mar, 2022 09:45am

Business & Finance

China sets lowest GDP target in decades over 'grave' outlook

BEIJING: China set its lowest annual GDP target in decades Saturday, as Premier Li Keqiang warned of a "grave and...

Published 05 Mar, 2022 10:04am

Pakistan

PML-N terms PM’s speech ‘last-ditch attempt’

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) secretary information Marriyum Aurangzeb on Monday dubbed Prime...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:34am

Business & Finance

Geopolitical tensions present ‘considerable’ risk factor: MoF

ISLAMABAD: With the fiscal deficit of Rs1,372 billion 2.1 percent of GDP during the first halve of the current ...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:34am

Opinion

Very fragile BoP

The balance of payments (BoP) numbers for the first seven months of 2021-22 have been released recently by the SBP...

Updated 01 Mar, 2022 10:07am

Markets

Turkey's economy boomed 11% last year, most in a decade

ISTANBUL: Turkey's economy bounced back from the COVID-19 pandemic to grow 11% last year, its highest rate in a...

Updated 28 Feb, 2022 04:02pm

Business & Finance

ECB policymakers told Ukraine war may shave 0.3pc-0.4pc off GDP

PARIS: The European Central Bank’s chief economist Philip Lane has told fellow policymakers that the Ukraine...

Published 26 Feb, 2022 04:37am

Pakistan

KCBF, BAC to send proposals to govt

KARACHI: A meeting of the members of Karachi Cotton Brokers’ Forum (KCBF) and members of Broker Advisory Committee...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Rapid industrialization objective: Tarin says govt undertaking wholesale planning

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has blamed previous governments in the last 45 years for...

Updated 25 Feb, 2022 09:51am

Markets

Japan's GDP rebounded before Omicron wave hit

TOKYO: Japan's economy rebounded in the last part of 2021, as virus cases slowed and restrictions were eased,...

Published 15 Feb, 2022 10:50am

BR Research

Fiscal report card: 1HFY22

The fiscal report card is not bad given the macro situation. The tax revenues growth jacked up due to higher...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 08:26am

Editorials

Federal, provincial fiscal operations

EDITORIAL: The release of the federal and provincial fiscal operations show that the economy July-December is on...

Published 14 Feb, 2022 06:47am

Opinion

Impediments to investment

Private investment has been declining in Pakistan for several years, which is no surprise given how rapidly private...

Published 13 Feb, 2022 05:48am

Business & Finance

UK economy rebounds by record 7.5% in 2021 from pandemic

LONDON: Britain's economy rebounded by a record 7.5 percent last year on easing Covid curbs, staging a partial...

Updated 11 Feb, 2022 01:45pm

Markets

Singapore set for 2022 budget surplus as COVID-19 costs recede, tax hike looms

SINGAPORE: Singapore could return to a small budget surplus in 2022 as the economy recovers from the COVID-19...

Published 11 Feb, 2022 10:33am

BR Research

The much awaited review

Finally, the IMF review is done, and the country report is out. The tone of the report is critical on the government...

Published 07 Feb, 2022 08:05am

WB highlights ‘deficiencies’ in EE&C-2022

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank (WB) has pointed out deficiencies in the proposed draft Energy Efficiency &...

Updated 07 Feb, 2022 09:43am

Pakistan

PSDP projected at Rs 559 bn for 2022-23

ISLAMABAD: The federal public sector development programme (PSDP) has been scaled down to a projection of Rs554...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

IMF says Pakistan’s external debt to reach $138.568bn in 2022-23

Business & Finance

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
HBL Invest Fund / Jun 6 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	1.60 ▲ 0.20 (14.29%)
Reliance Ins. / Jun 6 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	8.27 ▲ 1.00 (13.76%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Jun 6 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.39 ▲ 0.89 (13.69%)
HBL Growth Fund / Jun 6 HBL Growth Fund(HGFA)	4.15 ▲ 0.40 (10.67%)
Bilal Fibres / Jun 6 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	2.44 ▲ 0.20 (8.93%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Jun 6 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	1 ▲ 0.08 (8.70%)
Dandot Cement / Jun 6 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	9.39 ▲ 0.75 (8.68%)
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jun 6 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	3.73 ▲ 0.27 (7.80%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jun 6 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	51.60 ▲ 3.60 (7.50%)
Ghani Value Glas / Jun 6 Ghani Value Glass Limited(GVGL)	65.39 ▲ 4.56 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Jun 6 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	3.05 ▼ -0.94 (-23.56%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 6 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	3 ▼ -0.60 (-16.67%)
SME Leasing Ltd / Jun 6 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	1.73 ▼ -0.26 (-13.07%)
Bank of Khyber / Jun 6 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	11.75 ▼ -1.00 (-7.84%)
Ellcot Spinning / Jun 6 Ellcot Spinning Mills Limited(ELSM)	105.43 ▼ -8.55 (-7.50%)
Crescent Cotton / Jun 6 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	32.38 ▼ -2.62 (-7.49%)
Reliance Weaving / Jun 6 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	84.18 ▼ -6.82 (-7.49%)
Ashfaq Textile / Jun 6 Ashfaq Textile Mills Limited(ASHT)	7.06 ▼ -0.55 (-7.23%)
Pakistan Cables / Jun 6 Pakistan Cables Limited(PCAL)	92.82 ▼ -7.12 (-7.12%)
Gillette Pak / Jun 6 Gillette Pakistan Limited(GLPL)	110 ▼ -7.90 (-6.70%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 6 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	24,434,530 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jun 6 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	20,516,561 ▲ 0.81
Cnergyico PK / Jun 6 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	15,490,079 ▲ 0.16
Pak Petroleum / Jun 6 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	10,780,480 ▼ -0.50
Pak Elektron / Jun 6 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	9,829,910 ▲ 0.43
Sui North Gas / Jun 6 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited(SNGP)	9,750,118 ▼ -0.70
Oil & Gas Dev. / Jun 6 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	8,971,203 ▼ -0.25
Mod. Al-Mali (R) / Jun 6 Modaraba Al-Mali R(MODAMR1)	7,359,500 ▲ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Jun 6 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	7,232,895 ▲ 0.01
P.S.O. / Jun 6 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	6,844,695 ▲ 5.72

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 6	286.57
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 6	286.37
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 6	139.49
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 6	0.90
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 6	1.24
Euro to USD / Jun 6	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Jun 5	5.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 5	4273.79
Nasdaq / Jun 5	13229.43
Dow Jones / Jun 5	33562.86
India Sensex / Jun 6	62638.57
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 6	32470.90
Hang Seng / Jun 6	19189.58
FTSE 100 / Jun 6	7591.19
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 6	15958.06
France CAC40 / Jun 6	7199.34

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jun 5	20235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 5	197531
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 6	71.71
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 6	1958.23
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 6	81.97

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