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China shares end lower as inflation risks, Covid cases mount

SHANGHAI: Chinese shares ended lower on Wednesday, as investors remained on edge over concerns the commodity...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am

Markets

Financial stocks lead FTSE 100 higher; lower oil cools inflation fears

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 ended higher on Wednesday as higher yields and upbeat earnings from insurer Prudential...

Published 10 Mar, 2022 06:30am

Business & Finance

IMF should have no concerns on relief package, says Tarin

Federal Minister for Finance & Revenue says reducing petroleum and electricity prices will not add to country's fiscal deficit

Updated 09 Mar, 2022 07:34pm

BR Research

MPS: a contrarian bet?

SBP has kept the policy rate unchanged. Global commodity prices are in a super cycle. Fiscal policy is absorbing...

Updated 09 Mar, 2022 10:34am

BR Research

Oil prices sending jitters

And just when the global economy was returning to normal as coronavirus pandemic weakens, the Ukraine-Russia war has...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 08:24am

World

War-fuelled inflation adds to Europe’s cost of living crisis

LISBON/BERLIN: Already struggling with rising living costs, Europeans now face an even deeper hit to their...

Updated 09 Mar, 2022 07:30am

Markets

Gulf markets end mixed, Egypt down nearly 3pc

DUBAI: Major Gulf bourses ended mixed on Tuesday, with Egypt’s index down nearly 3%, amid global concerns over...

Published 09 Mar, 2022 06:44am

Business & Finance

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

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

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
SME Leasing Ltd / May 27 SME Leasing Limited(SLL)	3.40 ▲ 0.95 (38.78%)
Reliance Ins. / May 27 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	6.45 ▲ 0.95 (17.27%)
Escorts Bank / May 27 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	7.06 ▲ 1.00 (16.50%)
Punjab Mod / May 27 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.92 ▲ 0.22 (12.94%)
Dandot Cement / May 27 Dandot Cement Company Limited(DNCC)	8.20 ▲ 0.90 (12.33%)
F.Treet Manuf / May 27 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	8.75 ▲ 0.75 (9.38%)
Samba Bank / May 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	10.25 ▲ 0.86 (9.16%)
Ruby Tex. / May 27 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	4.35 ▲ 0.35 (8.75%)
PICIC Ins.Ltd. / May 27 PICIC Insurance Limited(PIL)	1.03 ▲ 0.08 (8.42%)
Husein Sugar / May 27 Husein Sugar Mills Limited(HSM)	13.72 ▲ 1.00 (7.86%)

Stock	Price
Tri-Star Mutual / May 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	5.75 ▲ -1.00 (-14.81%)
Nazir Cotton Mills / May 27 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	5.17 ▲ -0.68 (-11.62%)
Pak Gen.Ins. / May 27 The Pakistan General Insurance Co. Ltd.(PKGI)	8.20 ▲ -0.99 (-10.77%)
Silk Bank Ltd / May 27 Silkbank Limited(SILK)	1.29 ▲ -0.14 (-9.79%)
Askari Life Assur. / May 27 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	6.21 ▲ -0.67 (-9.74%)
Ist.Dawood Bank / May 27 First Dawood Investment Bank Limited(FDIBL)	2.10 ▲ -0.18 (-7.89%)
Ghazi Fabrics / May 27 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	5.81 ▲ -0.49 (-7.78%)
Thal Ind.Corp. / May 27 Thal Industries Corporation Limited(TICL)	253.91 ▲ -20.58 (-7.50%)
Cordoba Logistics / May 27 Cordoba Logistics & Ventures Limited(CLVL)	13.21 ▲ -1.07 (-7.49%)
Philip Morris Pak. / May 27 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	536.53 ▲ -43.47 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / May 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	63,944,791 ▼ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	54,932,038 ▼ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	21,383,000 ▼ 0.00
Hum Network / May 27 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	21,349,500 ▼ 0.00
Ghani Glo Hol / May 27 Ghani Global Holdings Limited(GGL)	19,460,637 ▼ 0.00
Pak Elektron / May 27 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	19,140,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	18,961,000 ▼ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	15,469,500 ▼ 0.00
Unity Foods Ltd / May 27 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	12,464,558 ▼ 0.00
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 27 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	11,951,000 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 26	202.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 26	202.00
USD to Japanese Yen / May 26	127.04
USD to Swiss Franc / May 26	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / May 26	1.26
Euro to USD / May 26	1.07
UK LIBOR % / May 26	0.82

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 26	4057.84
India Sensex / May 26	54252.53
Tokyo Nikkei / May 26	26604.84
Nasdaq / May 26	11740.65
Hang Seng / May 26	20116.20
FTSE 100 / May 26	7564.92
Dow Jones / May 26	32637.19
Germany DAX 30 / May 26	14231.29
France CAC40 / May 26	6410.58

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 26	114.16
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 26	21180.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 26	118900.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 26	1855.80
Cotton US¢/pound / May 26	124.33

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