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Monetary policy: between a rock and a hard place

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is due to announce its monetary policy statement on March 8, 2022. Recent surveys...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 10:07am

Markets

World commodity funds attracting huge inflows

NEW YORK: Global commodity funds are attracting huge inflows this year as investors seek to cash in on the rally in...

Published 06 Mar, 2022 05:14am

BR Research

Rate hike on the cards?

The monetary policy is due on Tuesday. The SBP clearly mentioned in the previous forward guidance that current real...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 08:26am

Opinion

PM’s relief package in perspective—I

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one” — George Washington Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran...

Published 04 Mar, 2022 04:37am

Business & Finance

Market divided over upcoming monetary policy decision

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan is scheduled to meet on March 8

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 05:47pm

Business & Finance

Turkey's inflation surges to 54%, highest in 20 years

A chart shared by the central bank in January showed it expects inflation to approach 50% in January, peak near 55% in May and then drop sharply in the third quarter

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 02:58pm

Business & Finance

Euro zone inflation soars to new high, intensifying ECB dilemma

FRANKFURT: Euro zone inflation soared to another record high last month, intensifying a policy dilemma for the...

Published 02 Mar, 2022 03:26pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: There’s no comparative data

“So is it or isn’t it going to happen?” “What? Wait, let me guess…yes, The Khan will take the people of...

Published 01 Mar, 2022 05:34am

Pakistan

Govt should quit, pave the way for elections: JI Shura

LAHORE: JI Majlis-e-Shura (central executive council) has said the government should go home if it could not fix the...

Updated 27 Feb, 2022 07:14am

BR Research

T-bills: it’s popcorn time!

The cat and mouse game is back. With commodities prices touching new highs, increasing quantum of open market...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 07:37am

Opinion

‘Naya Pakistan’

Over the last three years Pakistan has changed, but perhaps not in the way we had hoped or expected. The change that...

Published 25 Feb, 2022 06:19am

Pakistan

KATI president demands govt rein in inflation

KARACHI: President of Korangi Association of Trade and Industry (KATI) Salman Aslam has urged the government to take...

Published 24 Feb, 2022 06:34am

Business & Finance

New Zealand lifts interest rates to pre-pandemic levels

WELLINGTON: New Zealand's central bank hiked its base interest rate to pre-pandemic levels Wednesday in a bid to ...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 10:28am

Pakistan

Zardari, Shehbaz and Fazl decide to meet again today

LAHORE: Former President, Co-chairman Pakistan People s Party (PPP) Asif Ali Zardari and President Pakistan Muslim...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am

Editorials

To control inflation and help the vulnerable

EDITORIAL: The Khan administration’s overarching objective to help the poor and vulnerable cannot be faulted and...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am

Business & Finance

Fed official says March rate hike will depend on data

WASHINGTON: A US Federal Reserve official said Monday she expected high inflation through at least the first half of...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 04:54am

Business & Finance

Rising inflation shaves UK budget surplus in January

LONDON: Fast-rising inflation pushed up the British government's debt interest bill sharply in January, reducing the...

Published 22 Feb, 2022 12:56pm

Markets

Russia-Ukraine tensions raise inflation concerns for Pakistan

Oil price and energy markets' rally is bad news for a net importer like Pakistan

Updated 22 Feb, 2022 05:18pm

Pakistan

Zardari, Fazl discuss planned no-trust motion move

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari and Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) Chief...

Published 22 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Business & Finance

Impact of inflation: Govt required to come up with ‘effective’ strategy: KCCI

KARACHI: President Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Muhammad Idrees has underscored that instead of...

Published 22 Feb, 2022 04:43am

Luxury sector undaunted by Covid, soaring inflation

PARIS: The pandemic and soaring inflation have done nothing to take the shine off luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Opinion

First leverage then renegotiation

The Khan administration maintains that a change in government will not reverse the rise in price of any single item...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Opinion

Luxury sector undaunted by Covid, soaring inflation

The pandemic and soaring inflation have done nothing to take the shine off luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton to ...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Business & Finance

Heineken to hike prices as inflation rises

THE HAGUE: Dutch brewer Heineken said Wednesday it bounced back to profit in 2021 but warned that its prices would...

Published 21 Feb, 2022 07:25am

Life & Style

Luxury sector undaunted by Covid, soaring inflation

PARIS: The pandemic and soaring inflation have done nothing to take the shine off luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton...

Updated 20 Feb, 2022 03:02pm

World

Hungary’s Orban says he hopes inflation will dip below 6pc by year-end

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s government hopes inflation will ease back below 6% by the end of 2022 paving the way for a...

Published 20 Feb, 2022 05:55am

Pakistan

Hamza steps up criticism of govt over rising inflation, other issues

LAHORE: Calling Prime Minister Imran Khan as ‘dictator,’ Leader of the Opposition in the Punjab Assembly and...

Published 19 Feb, 2022 04:15am

Pakistan

Allowing Nawaz to leave Pakistan was a 'big mistake': PM Imran

Reiterates govt will not give any NRO to the opposition

Updated 18 Feb, 2022 09:23pm

Markets

Sri Lanka out of cash to buy oil: minister

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's state-run petroleum company has run out of cash to buy oil, and fuel shortages across the...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 03:10pm

Markets

Japan's consumer prices rise in January, but at slower pace

TOKYO: Japan's core consumer prices rose for a fifth straight month in January but at a slower pace than in the...

Published 18 Feb, 2022 10:18am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	490 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.08 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	351.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.32 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Sep 24 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	85 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Sep 24 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Sep 24 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	490 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Sep 24 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Sep 24 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Sep 24 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Sep 24 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	70.08 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Sep 24 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	351.05 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Sep 24 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Sep 24 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.32 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Sep 24 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	85 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Sep 24 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	10,563,972 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Sep 24 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	10,059,097 ▲ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / Sep 24 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	8,137,436 ▲ 0.00
Hub Power Co. / Sep 24 The Hub Power Company Limited(HUBC)	7,480,117 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Sep 24 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	7,220,289 ▲ 0.00
Dewan Motors / Sep 24 Dewan Farooque Motors Limited(DFML)	6,909,431 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Sep 24 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	6,762,444 ▲ 0.00
Maple Leaf Cement / Sep 24 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,752,226 ▲ 0.00
Nishat Chun.Pow. / Sep 24 Nishat Chunian Power Limited(NCPL)	5,546,500 ▲ 0.00
Bankislami Pak. / Sep 24 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	4,318,326 ▲ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Sep 22	292.10
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Sep 22	291.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Sep 22	148.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Sep 22	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Sep 22	1.22
Euro to USD / Sep 22	1.07
UK LIBOR % / Sep 22	5.43

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Sep 22	4320.06
India Sensex / Sep 22	66009.15
Tokyo Nikkei / Sep 22	32402.41
Nasdaq / Sep 22	13211.81
Hang Seng / Sep 22	18057.45
FTSE 100 / Sep 22	7683.91
Dow Jones / Sep 22	33963.84
Germany DAX 30 / Sep 22	15557.29
France CAC40 / Sep 22	7184.82

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Sep 22	90.03
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Sep 22	19035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Sep 22	185020
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Sep 22	1925.24
Cotton US¢/pound / Sep 22	85.91

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