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Weekly SPI record increase of 0.24pc as price of food items rise

During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 13 (25.49%) items increased, 18 (35.29 %) items decreased and 20 (39.23%) items remained constant.

Published 21 Nov, 2020 10:27am

Business & Finance

PM Khan vows to bring inflation further ‘under control’

The Prime Minister vowed that “InshaAllah, we will bring inflation further under control.”

Published 14 Nov, 2020 11:50am

Markets

Inflation in Sudan hits record 212 percent

That compares to 50 pounds when a transitional government took over following the April 2019 fall of autocrat Omar al-Bashir.

Published 14 Oct, 2020 02:55am

Pakistan

SPI inflation increases 0.71pc

SPI for the combined consumption group in the week under review witnessed an increase of 8.72 percent.

Published 19 Sep, 2020 06:38pm

Pakistan

SPI inflation increases 0.8pc

The weekly SPI is covering 17 urban centers and 51 essential items for all expenditure groups.

Published 05 Sep, 2020 08:18pm

Markets

Widening urban-rural inflation gap

The headline inflation stood at 9.3 percent in Jul-20. The monthly index is up by 2.5 percent. This is the highest...

Published 04 Aug, 2020 08:18am

Markets

Inflation bites consumers in the first month of financial year

On month-on-month basis, the inflation rate increased by 2.5pc in July 2020 as compared to an increase of 0.8pc in the previous month and an increase of 1.8pc in July 2019.

Updated 03 Aug, 2020 04:35pm

Markets

‘The State of Pakistan’s Economy’: Stabilization measures provided cushion against COVID downturn

The central bank said that these measures provided a period of necessary stabilization and also made the economy relatively better equipped to respond to any external shocks than it would have otherwise been.

Published 30 Jul, 2020 04:08pm

Markets

Brazil mid-June annual inflation falls to 20-year low of 1.9pc

The 1.9% annual rate of IPCA-15 consumer price inflation is the lowest since the series began 20 years ago.
The monthly rate of Brazil's IPCA-15 consumer price inflation in the month to mid-June was 0.02%, following a record low -0.59% the month befor

Published 25 Jun, 2020 06:53pm

Business & Finance

UK inflation hits four-year low on virus lockdown

The CPI rate stood at 1.5 percent in March and at 2.0 percent in May 2019 and the last time it had stood at 0.5 percent was in June 2016.

Published 17 Jun, 2020 05:24pm

Pakistan

SPI inflation witnesses nominal increase of 0.05

The SPI for the week under review in the above mentioned group was recorded at 127.85 points against 127.78 points registered in the previous week, according to the latest data of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).

Published 14 Jun, 2020 08:54pm

Business & Finance

Irish annual inflation hits five-year low of -0.5pc in May

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), which strips out mortgages, fell 0.8pc in the year to May 2020, it said.

Published 11 Jun, 2020 03:33pm

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s inflation rate not the highest in the world: SBP

"While Pakistan did have a relatively elevated inflation rate so far in FY20, it is not true that it was the highest in the world," says SBP.

Published 08 Jun, 2020 10:53am

Business & Finance

Turkish inflation rises more than expected to 11.4pc in May

Consumer price inflation edged lower in the previous two months due to a drop in oil prices and falling domestic demand stemming from the coronavirus pandemic.
The monthly rise was led by a 6.85pc increase in clothing and footwear prices and a 3.30p

Published 03 Jun, 2020 06:34pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 23	278.42
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 23	278.22
USD to Japanese Yen / May 23	156.74
USD to Swiss Franc / May 23	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 23	1.27
Euro to USD / May 23	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 22	5307.01
Nasdaq / May 22	16801.54
Dow Jones / May 22	39671.04
India Sensex / May 23	74667.86
Tokyo Nikkei / May 23	39034.80
Hang Seng / May 23	18845.59
FTSE 100 / May 23	8373.47
Germany DAX 30 / May 23	18748.98

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / May 23	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 23	76.94
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 23	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 23	207476
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 23	2362.37
Diesel/Litre / May 23	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 23 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 23 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 23 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 23 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 23 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 23 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 23 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 23 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 23 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 23 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 23 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 23 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 23 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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