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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

Business & Finance

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

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Pakistan’s external debt to reach $138.568 billion...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

EFF programme commitments: IMF urges all key bilateral creditors to maintain exposure to Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has urged all key bilateral creditors to maintain their exposure to...

Published 06 Feb, 2022 04:42am

Exchange rate broadly in line with fundamentals: IMF

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s exchange rate is broadly in line with fundamentals, but due to a challenging external...

Updated 06 Feb, 2022 09:07am

Pakistan

Experts weigh in after IMF programme revival

Highlight need to address structural issues in economy

Updated 03 Feb, 2022 06:31pm

Finance identifies major risks to economy

ISLAMABAD: With fiscal deficit of Rs951 billion for the first five months of the current fiscal year (July-November...

Updated 28 Jan, 2022 09:36am

Business & Finance

Germany cuts 2022 GDP growth forecast on virus woes

FRANKFURT: The German government on Wednesday lowered its economic growth forecast for 2022 as an Omicron-fuelled...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 05:46pm

H1FY22 C/A deficit widens to over $9bn

KARACHI: The country’s current account continued to deteriorate and posted over $9 billion deficit during the ...

Updated 23 Jan, 2022 10:16am

Pakistan

Pakistan revises 2020-21 GDP growth to 5.37%

With the new 2015-16 baseline, GDP growth stands at 5.57%, total GDP is now $346.76 billion, and per capita income is $1,666

Updated 20 Jan, 2022 09:30pm

Markets

Sterling heads back towards 2-1/2 month highs on rate appeal

LONDON: The British pound edged higher on Monday, nearing a 2-1/2 month high, as investors ramped up bets that the...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 03:46pm

Business & Finance

China's pandemic-defying GDP growth slowed late last year

BEIJING: China's pandemic-defying economic growth slowed in the final months of 2021, official data showed Monday in...

Published 17 Jan, 2022 10:11am

Business & Finance

China's Q4 GDP growth seen hitting 1-1/2-year low, raising heat on policymakers

BEIJING: China's economy likely grew at the slowest pace in 1-1/2 years in the fourth quarter, dragged by weaker...

Published 16 Jan, 2022 11:20am

Business & Finance

Indonesia expects 2022 fiscal deficit to shrink to 4.3% of GDP

JAKARTA: Indonesia's fiscal deficit this year is expected to shrink to 4.3% of gross domestic product, narrower than...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 12:15pm

Opinion

The shackles of our demography

Five decades ago, the average Pakistani earned as much as his Sri Lankan counterpart and about 50 percent more than...

Published 13 Jan, 2022 07:17am

Markets

UAE central bank expects economy to grow 4.2% in 2022

DUBAI: The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates said it expects the UAE economy to grow 4.2% in 2022,...

Updated 09 Jan, 2022 01:32pm

Technology

Ministry prepares draft ‘National Broadband Policy-2021’

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication has drafted “National Broadband...

Published 05 Jan, 2022 05:37am

‘Mini-budget’: Delay of a few days doesn’t really matter: Tarin

Says a date of January 12 has been fixed with the IMF and it should not be any problem for the Fund to extend it for two or four days

Updated 04 Jan, 2022 09:28am

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

Markets

Dow eyes record highs in thin holiday trade; retailers jump

NEW YORK: The Dow inched towards an all-time high on Wednesday, on a boost from retailers Home Depot and Nike, while...

Published 30 Dec, 2021 04:40am

Business & Finance

Vietnam's growth slides to new 30-year low

HANOI: Vietnam reported economic growth of just 2.58 percent on Wednesday, beating a 30-year low set last year as ...

Updated 29 Dec, 2021 12:41pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Jul 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Jul 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Jul 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Jul 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Jul 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Jul 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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