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Rising Sensitive Price Index: sensitive matter

EDITORIAL: The year-on-year (YoY) increase in the Sensitive Price Index (SPI) remained worryingly high at 29.65...

Published 31 Oct, 2023 05:26am

Pakistan

Economic challenges highlighted

ISLAMABAD: The two-day EconFest event concluded here on Sunday where experts and politicians discussed innovative...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 11:53am

Business & Finance

Fed may pause again with rates at 22-year high

WASHINGTON: The Federal Reserve will likely announce it is holding interest rates at a 22-year high on Wednesday, as...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 08:50am

Business & Finance

Tighter credit, lending conditions build case for Fed policy hold

WASHINGTON: US Federal Reserve officials will likely leave their policy rate on hold at this week’s meeting thanks...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation down 0.33pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the current week, ended 26th October 2023, decreased...

Published 28 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Opinion

Developing countries and the challenge of fiscal space

Developing countries, in general, are faced with a serious lack of fiscal space to make needed investments to reach ...

Updated 27 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Editorials

Menace of overloading

EDITORIAL: It’s a shame that you can always count on transporters’ associations to throw a fit every time they...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

Industrial consumers: Three options tailored for ‘winter package’

ISLAMABAD: Power Division has tailored three options for country-wide four months (November 2023 to February 29,...

Updated 26 Oct, 2023 08:45am

Opinion

The quick fix

The people of Pakistan are beaten by frightening inflation and rising prices, and now the terror attacks on the...

Published 25 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Markets

Inflation expected to come down to 26% in October: brokerage house

Amid drop in food prices, JS Global says CPI reading to go lower

Published 23 Oct, 2023 11:37am

Opinion

Economy: performance of govts since Gen Musharraf’s bloodless coup

Lately, economic performance under various regimes based on certain indicators is the current focus of debate in the...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Prices of daily-use items remain high despite cut in fuel rates

PESHAWAR: Prices of daily use items like vegetables, pulses, sugar, flour, live chicken/meat are still high in the...

Updated 23 Oct, 2023 09:19am

Pakistan

Brokerage house expects status quo in upcoming MPC meeting

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is expected to keep the key policy rate unchanged in its upcoming Monetary Policy...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 05:06pm

Business & Finance

Japan inflation slows to under 3%

TOKYO: Japanese consumer inflation slowed to below three percent last month for the first time since August 2022 on...

Published 20 Oct, 2023 11:47am

Business & Finance

UK inflation rate unexpectedly holds at 6.7% in September

LONDON: British annual consumer price inflation (CPI) held at an 18-month low of 6.7% in September, bucking...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 12:31pm

Editorials

Reverse migration

EDITORIAL: One by one the social spillovers of the financial meltdown are beginning to show. Now there’s a very...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

Business & Finance

New Zealand consumer inflation slows, still exceeds central bank target

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s consumer inflation slowed to a two-year low in the third quarter, reducing expectations...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 09:50am

Business & Finance

LCCI lauds govt’s decision to reduce petroleum product prices

LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry lauds government’s decision to reduce petroleum product...

Published 17 Oct, 2023 06:37am

Business & Finance

Sterling steadies after US inflation surprise

LONDON: The pound edged up on Friday, after posting its largest daily drop against the dollar the previous day since...

Published 16 Oct, 2023 05:47am

Business & Finance

JPMorgan Chase profits jump, warns inflation could persist

NEW YORK: JPMorgan Chase reported another highly profitable quarter Friday, but warned inflation could persist and...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.30pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended 12th October 2023, increased by 0.30...

Published 14 Oct, 2023 05:32am

Business & Finance

Argentina annual inflation hits 138% ahead of election

BUENOS AIRES: Annual inflation in Argentina rose to 138 percent in September, official figures showed Thursday, as...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 12:22pm

Editorials

Growth rate downgrade

EDITORIAL: In a report titled “World Economic Outlook 2023 Navigating Global Divergences,” the International...

Published 13 Oct, 2023 05:50am

BR Research

Must find ways to subsidise the poor

National headline inflation for the third straight quarter stayed close to 30 percent – a first in Pakistan’s...

Published 12 Oct, 2023 08:25am

Editorials

Inflation on the rise

EDITORIAL: Sensitive Price Index (SPI) rose by 0.11 percent for the week ending 5 October 2023 registering a...

Published 11 Oct, 2023 03:10am

ECC forms core group on food inflation

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has constituted a core group of Federal...

Updated 11 Oct, 2023 09:55am

BR Research

Demystifying higher rural inflation

Over the last four years, a higher rate of inflation in the rural (versus urban) economy has mystified experts and...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 08:59am

Opinion

Spurt in inflation

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has released the estimate of the rate of inflation in the national Consumer...

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 06:47am

Business & Finance

Fed should proceed ‘carefully’ on rate hikes: officials

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Reserve should proceed carefully when deciding whether or not to hike interest rates...

Published 10 Oct, 2023 06:19am

Core issues: PM advocates a ‘national dialogue’

Says parliament could play a leading role to ensure a healthy and prosperous society in the country

Updated 10 Oct, 2023 09:47am

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
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	80.67
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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