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Hungary economy

Hungary plans to change central bank law to ease budget burden

Published 07 Nov, 2022 07:00am

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s government will have five years instead of the current eight days to reimburse the National...

Hungary central bank leaves rates steady, as expected

Published 25 May, 2021 05:29pm

Base rate 0.6%, O/N depo rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with expectations.
Bank could raise base rate at June meeting.
Hawkish turn a "game-changer" –analyst.

Hungary central bank leaves rates steady as inflation spike looms

Published 27 Apr, 2021 08:01pm

Base rate 0.6%, O/N deposit rate -0.05%.
Decision in line with expectations.
Inflation to overshoot target range in Q2 –cbank.
May need to tighten if forint sinks –analysts.

Hungary starts reopening despite highest daily COVID deaths

Published 07 Apr, 2021 05:58pm

Even so, Hungary reported its highest ever daily coronavirus death tally - 311 - on Wednesday, bringing the total to 22,409.
"This virus has destroyed us," said Maria Tarnoky, a hairdresser in Budapest joyfully washing and cutting her first customer's hair after a month's pause.

Hungary toughens COVID-19 lockdown to curb ‘very strong’ third wave

Published 04 Mar, 2021 06:27pm

Most shops to be closed under new measures.
Primary schools shift to remote learning.
Daily new COVID-19 cases hit a three-month high.

Hungary to extend AstraZeneca jabs to people over 60

Published 03 Mar, 2021 08:52pm

A week ago, Hungary became the first European Union member to start inoculating people with China's Sinopharm vaccine after rolling out Russia's Sputnik V vaccine as well, even though neither has been granted approval for emergency use by the bloc.
A new change is that it (AstraZeneca jab) can be given to everyone above the age of 18 without any age limit. There has been sufficient data that proves its efficacy also for older people.

Hungary must prepare for surge in COVID-19 cases

Published 02 Mar, 2021 06:59pm

The pandemic is progressing at an enormous pace throughout Europe and in Hungary, the number of cases rises day after day as well, even as 721,000 people had already received (at least) the first dose of a vaccine.
The country aims to give the jab to about 80,000 more people by Wednesday, although several officials have warned in recent days that further restrictions may be needed to curb the pandemic.

Hungary stretches vaccine supply to counter ‘exponential’ rise in cases

Published 01 Mar, 2021 06:02pm

"Data show exponential growth (in infection)," Muller told an online press briefing. "The coming weeks will be very difficult."
Western procurement has also increased, with Hungary upping its order of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to 10.87 million from an earlier order of 6.5 million, Muller said.

Hungary central bank buys 25bn forints worth of bonds

Published 16 Feb, 2021 07:53pm

*It bought 16 billion forints worth of 2033/A bonds at 2.32% average yield, 3 billion forints worth of 2034/A bonds at 2.48%, 4 billion forints worth of 2038/A bonds at 2.8% average yield and 2 billion forints worth of 2041/A bonds at 3.05%.

Hungary to start vaccinations with Russian COVID-19 shot

Published 09 Feb, 2021 06:08pm

Cecilia Muller said the first 2,800 doses of Sputnik would be given to those who have registered for inoculations.
"It... can be used with appropriate caution in case of certain chronic diseases," she told a briefing.

Hungary denies EU executive seeks legal changes to protect stimulus spending

Published 09 Feb, 2021 05:16pm

Fake news that European Commission requested Hungary to amend public procurement laws.
The government did not receive any kind of request from the European Commission, neither official nor informal.

Hungary PM flags easing of lockdown after Easter, economy rebounding in Q2

Published 04 Feb, 2021 05:28pm

Nationalist Orban, who will face parliamentary elections in early 2022, is under pressure to reopen the economy.
"... and then we could surely live our lives more freely if we observe the rules in a disciplined manner until then," Orban told.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 21	278.12
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 21	277.92
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 21	3.59

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86
FTSE 100 / Jul 21	10,506.59
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 21	24,879.67
France CAC40 / Jul 21	8,348.97

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 21	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 21	368,000
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38
Petrol/Litre / Jul 22	320.73
Diesel/Litre / Jul 22	367.21

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	2.39 ▲ 0.24 (11.16%)
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Gammon Pak / Jul 21 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	21.98 ▲ 2 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Biafo Ind. / Jul 21 Biafo Industries Limited(BIFO)	130.83 ▲ 11.89 (10%)
Dewan Farooque Sp. / Jul 21 Dewan Farooque Spinning Mills Limited(DFSM)	18.15 ▲ 1.65 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)

Stock	Price
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	12.68 ▼ -1.41 (-10.01%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 21 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	414.40 ▼ -46.02 (-10%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 21 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	79.05 ▼ -8.78 (-10%)
Shams Textile / Jul 21 Shams Textile Mills Limited(STML)	57.58 ▼ -6.4 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Pakistan Credit Rating Agency / Jul 21 The Pakistan Credit Rating Agency Ltd(GEMPACRA)	36 ▼ -3.62 (-9.14%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	22.90 ▼ -2.21 (-8.8%)
Frontier Ceramics / Jul 21 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	98.02 ▼ -7.77 (-7.34%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.71 ▼ -0.61 (-7.33%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	263,436,960 ▼ -0.69
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	110,849,016 ▲ 0.24
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	73,851,952 ▲ 0.89
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	58,224,946 ▲ 0
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	26,116,799 ▲ 0.02
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	24,336,000 ▲ 0.97
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	22,413,148 ▲ 0.03
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	20,069,620 ▲ 0.41
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,692,784 ▲ 0.14
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 21 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,608,067 ▼ -2.01