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BOJ’s Kuroda rules out policy tightening to address cost-push inflation

TOKYO: Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Tuesday ruled out the chance of tightening monetary policy or...

Published 08 Mar, 2022 01:26pm

Perspectives

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

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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