Trends - Large Scale Manufacturing

Large Scale Manufacturing

LSM inching up gradually

The tide is finally turning after a disastrous 15 months of large scale manufacturing performance. Having turned...

Published 16 Nov, 2023 08:43am

BR Research

LSM: Green after a long time

The jinx is finally broken. After 13 long months of consecutive negative growth – the Large-Scale Manufacturing...

Published 23 Oct, 2023 05:57am

BR Research

LSM: low base in play

The Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) marked the thirteenth consecutive month of negative year-on-year growth – an...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 08:53am

BR Research

LSM: Tanks double-digits

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM)growth settled in negative double digits for the outgoing fiscal year. This is so...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 08:40am

Editorials

Woeful LSM decline

EDITORIAL: The FY23 Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) is down 10.3 percent year-on-year. Barring the Covid year, this...

Published 18 Aug, 2023 05:42am

Opinion

LSM sector travails

Large-scale manufacturing (LSM) sector, as per data released by the Finance Division, registered negative 8.1 ...

Published 07 Aug, 2023 06:34am

BR Research

Summertime madness

This week the Japanese assembler of Suzuki vehicles in Pakistan, Pak Suzuki (PSX: PSMC) announced it would keep both...

Published 23 Jun, 2023 09:44am

Business & Finance

BMP of FPCCI expresses its dismay at LSM slide

LAHORE: The Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s Businessmen Panel (BMP), has expressed its...

Published 19 Jun, 2023 06:55am

BR Research

LSM: the horrid run continues

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) dropped another 21 percent year-on-year in April 2023. This marks the tenth straight...

Published 16 Jun, 2023 07:54am

BR Research

LSM: Running to the ground

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index for March 2023 went down 25 percent year-on-year. This is the steepest monthly...

Published 16 May, 2023 08:53am

Pakistan

Economic distress: Pakistan’s large-scale manufacturing down 25% YoY in March

Main contributors towards overall decline are food, tobacco, textile, petroleum products, cement, pharmaceuticals, and automobiles

Updated 15 May, 2023 05:38pm

BR Research

LSM horror run deepens

Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) data comes with a considerable lag and has of late only stamped the worst fears. The...

Published 20 Apr, 2023 09:40am

Business & Finance

Jul-Feb: Large Scale Manufacturing Industries output dips 5.56% YoY

Main contributors towards the overall decline of 5.56% are food, tobacco, textile, garments and petroleum products

Updated 17 Apr, 2023 07:44pm

BR Research

LSM - painted red

Large Scale Manufacturing growth slipped 7.9 percent year-on-year in January 2023. For 7MFY23 – LSM is down 4.4...

Published 17 Mar, 2023 08:49am

BR Research

LSM deep in red

Large Scale Manufacturing went down for the fifth straight month, but on a cumulative and monthly basis. This last...

Published 18 Jan, 2023 09:23am

Markets

Jul-Nov Large Scale Manufacturing sector output down 3.6% YoY

Some of the main contributors towards decline are food, tobacco and textile industries

Updated 17 Jan, 2023 04:12pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Oct LSM sector output down 2.89pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall output of the Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector declined by 2.89 percent during the ...

Published 16 Dec, 2022 05:58am

BR Research

LSM: First quarterly contraction since Covid

Industrial manufacturing is struggling. The Large-Scale Manufacturing numbers released by the PBS show 1Q LSM down ...

Published 18 Nov, 2022 08:51am

BR Research

CAD leashed!

The current account is coming in control. It stood at $316 million in September 22. In the Jul-Sep quarter, the...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 08:48am

Editorials

Economic despondency

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) nfor the week ending 29 September 2022 year on year was estimated at...

Published 29 Sep, 2022 06:01am

BR Research

LSM contraction begins

The inevitable has happened. Or better put, just starting to unfold, as the Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) index ...

Published 26 Sep, 2022 08:54am

BR Research

Furniture and garments hold LSM

It may well be an entirely different picture in two months from now, but for 11 months of FY22, the Large-scale...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 08:52am

BR Research

Tough times ahead for LSM

Old base or revised, April year-on-year or 10-months year-on-year, Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has continued the...

Published 20 Jun, 2022 09:39am

Pakistan

LSMI output declines 13.3% in April on monthly basis, increases 15.4% year-on-year

Growth of 10.7% posted during July-April 2021-22 when compared with the same period of previous year

Published 16 Jun, 2022 02:54pm

Export industry: Raw materials now exempt from taxes

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directs formation of task forces to attract investment in multiple sectors

Updated 09 Jun, 2022 09:42am

BR Research

Promising LSM growth

Large scale industrial activity has remained upbeat this fiscal year. While there is nothing record-shattering about...

Published 17 May, 2022 08:20am

BR Research

Textile output showing signs of life?

Pakistan’s textile sector output may finally be coming off the ventilator, after spending four years in the ICU....

Published 27 Apr, 2022 08:30am

Markets

Charges against EOL applications: LSM units urge Lesco to comply with Nepra clarification

LAHORE: The Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) units, particularly the export-oriented ones, have urged the Lahore...

Published 19 Apr, 2022 05:32am

Timely actions helped contain deficit: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said the government’s timely actions to contain the current account...

Updated 20 Mar, 2022 09:01am

BR Research

Rebased LSM: Misleading (and flawed?)

The devil, they say, is in the details. This could not have been truer if you are looking at the newly rebased Large...

Published 23 Feb, 2022 08:30am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
F. Nat.Equities / Dec 5 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	6.28 ▲ 1.00 (18.94%)
First Elite Cap.Mod / Dec 5 First Elite Capital Modaraba(FECM)	3.25 ▲ 0.50 (18.18%)
Universal Ins. / Dec 5 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	7.15 ▲ 1.00 (16.26%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Dec 5 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	8 ▲ 0.85 (11.89%)
P.T.C.L. / Dec 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	7.93 ▲ 0.76 (10.60%)
HBL Invest Fund / Dec 5 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.43 ▲ 0.31 (9.94%)
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Dec 5 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	11 ▲ 0.94 (9.34%)
Waves Home Appliances / Dec 5 Waves Home Appliances Limited(WHALE)	8.75 ▲ 0.72 (8.97%)
Jubilee Spinning / Dec 5 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	6.94 ▲ 0.54 (8.44%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / Dec 5 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	9.90 ▲ 0.77 (8.43%)

Stock	Price
Asim Textile / Dec 5 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	12.70 ▼ -1.03 (-7.50%)
Universal Network (GEM) / Dec 5 Universal Network Systems Limited (GEM)(GEMUNSL)	28.23 ▼ -2.29 (-7.50%)
MithchellsFruit / Dec 5 Mitchells Fruit Farms Limited(MFFL)	243.94 ▼ -19.78 (-7.50%)
Pak Suzuki / Dec 5 Pak Suzuki Motor Company Limited(PSMC)	504.39 ▼ -40.90 (-7.50%)
Janana D Mal / Dec 5 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	63.82 ▼ -5.17 (-7.49%)
Reliance Ins. / Dec 5 Reliance Insurance Company Limited(RICL)	8.80 ▼ -0.70 (-7.37%)
Pak Gulf Leasing / Dec 5 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	7.18 ▼ -0.57 (-7.35%)
JS Investments / Dec 5 JS Investments Limited(JSIL)	16.02 ▼ -1.23 (-7.13%)
Masood Textile / Dec 5 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	50.20 ▼ -3.80 (-7.04%)
AEL Textile / Dec 5 AEL Textile Limited(AEL)	20 ▼ -1.50 (-6.98%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Dec 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	57,056,586 ▲ 0.04
Maple Leaf Cement / Dec 5 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	43,072,746 ▼ -0.61
Fauji Cement / Dec 5 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	41,923,500 ▲ 1.29
Pak Elektron / Dec 5 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	39,797,114 ▲ 0.07
Fauji Fert Bin / Dec 5 Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Limited(FFBL)	27,568,000 ▲ 0.14
Oil & Gas Dev. / Dec 5 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	23,778,132 ▲ 5.13
Pak Petroleum / Dec 5 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	23,491,106 ▲ 5.48
Pak Refinery / Dec 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	22,637,629 ▲ 0.38
Hum Network / Dec 5 Hum Network Limited(HUMNL)	22,004,000 ▲ 0.06
P.T.C.L. / Dec 5 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	21,755,000 ▲ 0.76

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Dec 4	284.75
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Dec 4	284.55
USD to Japanese Yen / Dec 4	146.85
USD to Swiss Franc / Dec 4	0.87
Pound Sterling to USD / Dec 4	1.27
Euro to USD / Dec 4	1.09
UK LIBOR % / Dec 1	5.46

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Dec 4	4564.76
India Sensex / Dec 4	68587.82
Tokyo Nikkei / Dec 4	33273.12
Nasdaq / Dec 4	14153.30
Hang Seng / Dec 4	16729.01
FTSE 100 / Dec 4	7509.75
Dow Jones / Dec 4	36139.37
Germany DAX 30 / Dec 4	16431.20
France CAC40 / Dec 4	7347.73

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Dec 1	17235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Dec 1	189043
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Dec 4	78.30
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Dec 4	2085.16
Cotton US¢/pound / Dec 4	79.44

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