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geopolitics

As commodities reshape geopolitics, currency pecking order gets a reset

Published 18 Apr, 2026 06:02am

LONDON: The war in the Middle East is the latest reminder of how commodities are reshaping the geopolitical...

Geopolitics and Pakistan’s economic future

Published 26 Mar, 2026 05:00am

Geography, security, and economic policy Economic policymaking in Pakistan cannot be separated from the geopolitical...

Day after Tehran: Pakistan’s narrowing strategic margin

Published 02 Mar, 2026 04:37am

If regime change in Tehran produces a West-oriented and Israel-accommodating government, the geopolitical...

Geopolitics loom large over big oil earnings

Published 30 Jan, 2026 05:47am

HOUSTON: Exxon Mobil and Chevron executives may face more questions about their investment opportunities in ...

Strategic distance

Published 01 Jan, 2026 06:17am

Confidence in geopolitics is rarely lost all at once. It weakens gradually, the way long standing assumptions begin...

Geopolitics ignite oil prices once again

Updated 18 Jun, 2025 08:43am

Crude oil prices remain volatile, navigating between tightening supply concerns and weakening demand signals. Brent...

US no longer values Pakistan due to Afghanistan: Maleeha

Published 26 Dec, 2024 07:44am

ISLAMABAD: Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan’s former Ambassador to the United States, stated that Pakistan’s...

Most Latin American currencies eye monthly declines on geopolitics

Published 02 Dec, 2024 06:04am

BRASILIA: Most Latin American currencies were set for monthly losses on Friday, as worries over US President-elect...

Geopolitics to boost ‘haven’ gold in 2024: industry

Published 01 Feb, 2024 04:52am

LONDON: Gold demand will win a “pronounced” boost from geopolitical uncertainty this year, an industry report...

Technology fundamentally has shaped geopolitics, economics for a long time: Anne Neuberger

Published 18 Sep, 2023 06:32am

WASHINGTON: Anne Neuberger, Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology at the National...

Dar says IMF still procrastinating

Updated 16 Jun, 2023 08:56am

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar Thursday stated that the “International Monetary Fund (IMF) or no-IMF,...

Arif Habib Limited expects KSE-100's recovery in 2023

Updated 02 Jan, 2023 03:42pm

Despite a poor show in 2022, one of Pakistan’s prominent brokerage houses expects the benchmark KSE-100 Index to...

2022 and oil – a turbulent affair

Published 02 Jan, 2023 09:33am

The volatility seen in oil prices in 2022 was phenomenal. From climbing to a record high in fourteen years hitting...

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51