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Pakistan’s REER declines to 95.85 in April

A Real Effective Exchange Rate below 100 means a country’s exports are competitive, while imports are expensive

Published 07 Jun, 2022 03:37pm

July-May trade deficit widens 57.85pc to $43.334bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 57.85 per cent during the first 11 months (July-May) of the current fiscal year...

Updated 03 Jun, 2022 10:15am

Markets

India’s palm oil imports could fall to 11-yr low

MUMBAI: India’s palm oil imports could fall 19% to the lowest level in 11-years as soyoil, now cheaper, takes more...

Published 25 May, 2022 12:46pm

Diplomatic missions, privileged persons: FBR illegally restores ST exemption on imports

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has overstepped its legal domain by unilaterally restoring sales tax...

Updated 24 May, 2022 11:40am

BR Research

CAD roundup

The current account deficit has been tamed to $623 million in April 2022. That is a sigh of relief in the midst of ...

Published 23 May, 2022 07:21am

World

India warns of fuel-supply cuts to utilities if coal imports delayed

NEW DELHI: India’s power ministry on Wednesday said it would cut domestic fuel supply to state government-run...

Published 18 May, 2022 06:16pm

Opinion

Navigating exchange rate labyrinth

Classical economic theory of demand and supply for goods applies just as well to a currency, the Pak rupee, the...

Published 18 May, 2022 05:54am

Pakistan

Urgent steps needed to take country out of the woods: business leaders

KARACHI: Chairman of the National Business Group Pakistan and President of Pakistan Businessmen and Intellectuals...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am

Jul-Apr exports grow 25.55pc to $26.25bn YoY

Country’s trade deficit widens by 64.90 percent from $23.826 billion in July-April 2020-21 to $39.290 billion in July-April 2021-22

Updated 15 May, 2022 12:14pm

Business & Finance

Govt urged to slash imports in order to reduce trade deficit

KARACHI: Business community has urged the government to declare an economic emergency in the country and immediately...

Published 15 May, 2022 05:35am

Opinion

Growth in imports

The information on the composition of imports from July 21 to March 22 was released recently by the Pakistan Bureau...

Published 26 Apr, 2022 05:20am

BR Research

Trials and tribulations of CAD

The current account deficit is slowly coming down. The toll stood at $1.0 billion in Mar-22 as compared to the...

Published 25 Apr, 2022 08:11am

Markets

Pakistan's current account deficit clocks in at $1.03bn in March

Increases massive 179% on a year-on-year basis, 98% on a monthly basis
9MFY22 CAD amounts to $13.17bn

Updated 23 Apr, 2022 07:23pm

Business & Finance

PBC urges PM to revive IMF programme, withdraw fuel subsidy

Don’t allow country to experience challenges confronting Sri Lanka, says Pakistan Business Council

Updated 19 Apr, 2022 02:38pm

Jul-Mar imports soar 49.10pc to $58.877bn YoY

Trade deficit widens by 70.76 percent from $20.802 billion in July-March 2020-21 to $35.522 billion in July-March 2021-22

Updated 17 Apr, 2022 12:57pm

Pakistan

Surge in exports: Businessmen urged to bring innovation in products

ISLAMABAD: To increase the exports of the country, Pakistani businessmen will have to build trust and bring...

Published 13 Apr, 2022 06:03am

Business & Finance

During 2022: Pakistan to import 32.7mn barrels of crude under Saudi Fund Programme

Pak-Arab Refinery Company Limited and National Refinery Limited are planning to import 16.89 and 15.81 million barrels, respectively

Updated 05 Apr, 2022 07:37pm

Jul-Mar trade deficit widens 70.1pc

ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 70.1 percent during the first nine months (July-March) of the current fiscal...

Updated 05 Apr, 2022 10:00am

BR Research

CAD roundup: 8MFY22

Current Account Deficit (CAD) stood at $0.5 billion in Feb-22 as against $2.5 billion in the previous month – a...

Updated 21 Mar, 2022 09:41am

Timely actions helped contain deficit: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government’s timely actions to contain the current account...

Updated 20 Mar, 2022 09:01am

Business & Finance

Pakistan's current account deficit reduces massively to $545mn in February

Registers 78% decline month-on-month after clocking in at $2.53 billion in January

Updated 19 Mar, 2022 05:52pm

Markets

India indicates readiness to release more oil reserves

NEW DELHI: India will take “appropriate” steps to calm the rise in oil prices, triggered by Russia’s invasion...

Updated 15 Mar, 2022 06:36am

Markets

Asia’s naphtha

NEW DELHI: Asia’s naphtha crack came off record levels on Friday amid volatility in crude oil benchmarks, although...

Published 05 Mar, 2022 04:10am

Jul-Feb trade deficit widens 82.2pc to $31.959bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Trade deficit widened by 82.2 percent during the first eight months (July-February) of the current fiscal...

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 09:59am

Business & Finance

Finance ministry says imports have started to rationalise

Statement comes as Pakistan reports massive current account deficit in January

Updated 26 Feb, 2022 04:26pm

Business & Finance

REER increases marginally to 97.03 in January 2022

Up 0.24% month-on-month

Updated 26 Feb, 2022 08:17pm

Jan textile group exports decline 4.38pc to $1.55bn MoM

On a year-on-year basis, textile group exports witnessed 17.29pc growth in January 2022

Updated 17 Feb, 2022 10:17am

BR Research

A looming wheat crisis next door?

All’s not well on the western front. According to USAID’s Early Warning Systems for Famines, by Dec-21 price of...

Published 08 Feb, 2022 08:37am

Business & Finance

Sri Lanka food inflation hits record 25pc

COLOMBO: Food inflation in crisis-hit Sri Lanka hit a record 25 percent in January, the statistics office said...

Published 02 Feb, 2022 04:45am

BR Research

Imports: no respite on offer

“Looking ahead, the current account deficit is expected to decline through the remainder of FY22, as import growth...

Published 01 Feb, 2022 07:53am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	156.17
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
FTSE 100 / Apr 25	8078.86
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 25	17917.28
France CAC40 / Apr 25	8016.65
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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