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KSE-100 snaps 7-session rally as profit-taking kicks in

Selling pressure drags benchmark index below 61,000 after it hits record high during trading

Updated 29 Nov, 2023 09:35pm

Business & Finance

Telecom sector facing multiple challenges

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan telecom market is currently navigating a transformed business landscape characterised by various...

Published 29 Nov, 2023 05:09am

Markets

Pakistan’s KSE-100 has seen a record year, but how far can the bull run?

Experts say upside still available, but dependent on several factors

Updated 23 Nov, 2023 07:34pm

Editorials

SBP Vision 2028

EDITORIAL: It’s easy to lose one’s way in the complex and sometimes deliberately vague language of financial...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Business & Finance

US dollar drops to six-week low

NEW YORK: The dollar fell to a six-week low on Friday, after data showed the world’s largest economy created fewer...

Published 04 Nov, 2023 06:00am

Markets

Wall St rallies over 1pc on bets of peak US interest rates

NEW YORK: Wall Street’s main stock indexes rallied on Thursday on hopes that the US Federal Reserve had reached ...

Published 03 Nov, 2023 06:11am

Markets

Wall St gains as yields slip in run-up to Fed decision

NEW YORK: Wall Street climbed on Wednesday with investors optimistic about the Federal Reserve keeping interest ...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Business & Finance

July to Oct: LCCI praises FBR for achieving Rs2.75trn collection

LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kashif Anwar, has commended the Federal Board of...

Published 02 Nov, 2023 03:15am

Business & Finance

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

In line with the wider market consensus, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP)...

Updated 30 Oct, 2023 07:53pm

Business & Finance

Eurozone banks tighten credit standards further: ECB

FRANKFURT: Eurozone banks tightened lending criteria further in the third quarter as higher interest rates bite, a...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Business & Finance

Rouble hits over 6-week high

MOSCOW: The rouble leapt to a more than six-week high against the dollar on Friday after the Bank of Russia hiked...

Published 30 Oct, 2023 05:24am

Business & Finance

Monetary policy announcement due on Monday, market places faith in status quo

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, October 30, 2023 at SBP...

Published 29 Oct, 2023 02:00am

Markets

Goldman’s analysts say Pak rupee rally to be ‘short lived’: report

Analysts at Goldman Sachs Group Inc, a global investment bank and financial services company, have warned that gains...

Updated 26 Oct, 2023 10:44pm

BR Research

HBL’s record quarter – again!

Record-high interest rates crippling private sector credit demand? Check. All-time high consumer price index eroding...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 07:47am

Business & Finance

PALSP urges SBP to lower interest rates

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) is urgently calling upon the State Bank of Pakistan...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

Business & Finance

Interest rates to stay high, dampen growth: IMF

LONDON: The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that international cooperation in a divided...

Published 26 Oct, 2023 06:08am

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

PTCL Group posts double-digit revenue growth

KARACHI: Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited (PTCL), the leading telecom and ICT services providers in the...

Published 18 Oct, 2023 06:09am

BR Research

Rice: leveraged exports bottom out

High interest rates effectively reveal what economic growth looks like in a credit starved economy. During FY22,...

Published 12 Oct, 2023 08:28am

SBP explains hike in interest rates

ISLAMABAD: There is a critical need to bring inflation down so as to insulate public from the regressive ‘inflation...

Updated 08 Oct, 2023 10:26pm

Business & Finance

US logs fastest hiring pace in months

WASHINGTON: US employers stepped up their hiring pace unexpectedly in September while unemployment held steady,...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

Australia, NZ dollars in holding pattern ahead of US payrolls data

SYDNEY: The Australian and New Zealand dollars were marking time ahead of the all-important US non-farm payrolls ...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Business & Finance

Russian central bank: high rates likely needed throughout 2024

MOSCOW: Russia will probably need to keep interest rates high throughout 2024, the Bank of Russia’s Deputy Governor...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 04:58pm

Business & Finance

US manufacturing sector nears recovery; construction spending solid

WASHINGTON: US manufacturing took a step further towards recovery in September as production picked up and ...

Updated 03 Oct, 2023 06:43am

Business & Finance

High interest rates sap innovation investment: UN

GENEVA: Funding of innovation is becoming increasingly uncertain, with high interest rates taking a toll on the...

Published 28 Sep, 2023 05:33am

Policy rate kept unchanged on economic indicators: SBP official

KARACHI: The latest episode of the SBP Podcast series offers insights into the factors leading to the decision,...

Updated 24 Sep, 2023 09:14am

Markets

Nasdaq, S&P hit 1-month lows as rate worries lift yields

NEW YORK: The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq dropped to a more than one-month low on Thursday as a jump in Treasury...

Published 22 Sep, 2023 03:33am

Business & Finance

Dollar edges up vs pound, euro on Fed support

NEW YORK: The US dollar edged higher against the pound and the euro on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve ...

Published 22 Sep, 2023 03:33am

Opinion

‘Early warning signs’

This is apropos a Business Recorder op-ed “Early warning signs” carried by the newspaper yesterday. The writer,...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Business & Finance

OECD sees ‘sub-par’ growth as high rates bite

PARIS: The OECD raised its global economic outlook for 2023 on Tuesday but cut the growth forecast for next year as...

Published 20 Sep, 2023 06:28am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Haseeb Waqas / Nov 30 Haseeb Waqas Sugar Mills Limited(HWQS)	10.38 ▲ 1.00 (10.66%)
Bela Auto / Nov 30 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	8.79 ▲ 0.81 (10.15%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 30 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	2.70 ▲ 0.21 (8.43%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Nov 30 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	6.50 ▲ 0.46 (7.62%)
Bannu Woollen / Nov 30 Bannu Woollen Mills Limited(BNWM)	30.21 ▲ 2.11 (7.51%)
Chashma / Nov 30 Chashma Sugar Mills Limited(CHAS)	65.58 ▲ 4.58 (7.51%)
Crescent Steel / Nov 30 Crescent Steel & Allied Products Limited(CSAP)	43.53 ▲ 3.04 (7.51%)
IBL HealthCare / Nov 30 IBL HealthCare Limited(IBLHL)	39.95 ▲ 2.79 (7.51%)
Atlas Honda Ltd / Nov 30 Atlas Honda Limited(ATLH)	373.27 ▲ 26.04 (7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Nov 30 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	245.32 ▲ 17.12 (7.50%)

Stock	Price
Nazir Cotton Mills / Nov 30 Nazir Cotton Mills Limited(NCML)	3.07 ▼ -0.83 (-21.28%)
Trust Mod. / Nov 30 Trust Modaraba(TRSM)	1.43 ▼ -0.17 (-10.63%)
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 30 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	8.30 ▼ -0.95 (-10.27%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Nov 30 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	9.06 ▼ -0.94 (-9.40%)
Jahangir Sidd(Pref) / Nov 30 Jahangir Sidd(Pref)(JSCLPSA)	8.51 ▼ -0.74 (-8.00%)
Ideal Sp. / Nov 30 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	14.66 ▼ -1.19 (-7.51%)
AKD Hospitality / Nov 30 AKD Hospitality Limited(AKDHL)	159.28 ▼ -12.91 (-7.50%)
Blessed Tex. / Nov 30 Blessed Textiles Limited(BTL)	317.28 ▼ -25.72 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Nov 30 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	32.99 ▼ -2.67 (-7.49%)
Metro Steel / Nov 30 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	21.37 ▼ -1.73 (-7.49%)

Stock	Volume
B.O.Punjab / Nov 30 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	50,052,966 ▼ -0.21
Cnergyico PK / Nov 30 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	35,689,157 ▼ -0.07
Pak Refinery / Nov 30 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	35,409,231 ▼ -0.13
Fauji Fert Bin / Nov 30 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	32,650,500 ▲ 1.67
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 30 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	30,751,189 ▼ -0.01
Fauji Foods Ltd / Nov 30 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	30,039,307 ▲ 0.58
Kohinoor Spining / Nov 30 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	23,573,500 ▼ -0.20
The Searle Co. / Nov 30 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	21,694,598 ▼ -0.38
Dewan Cement / Nov 30 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	21,032,000 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Cement / Nov 30 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	15,482,500 ▲ 0.67

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 30	285.78
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 30	285.23
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 30	147.02
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 30	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 30	1.27
Euro to USD / Nov 30	1.10
UK LIBOR % / Nov 29	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 29	4550.58
Nasdaq / Nov 29	14258.49
Dow Jones / Nov 29	35430.42
India Sensex / Nov 30	66809.11
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 30	33486.89
Hang Seng / Nov 30	17042.88
FTSE 100 / Nov 30	7437.50
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 30	16203.24
France CAC40 / Nov 30	7279.08

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 29	17735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 29	185614
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 30	78.06
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 30	2044.28
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 30	79.69

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