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Maize

EU wheat drops, fears of heatwave damage to maize grow

Published 26 Jun, 2026 06:52am

PARIS: European wheat fell on Thursday, pressured by a stronger euro and ample global supplies, while maize edged...

Romania reaps record high 12.69 million tonnes of wheat

Published 01 Apr, 2026 06:04am

BUCHAREST: Romania’s production of wheat, maize and sunflower rose by double digits from a year earlier in 2025 as...

Soaring costs prompt French farmers to reconsider sowings

Published 27 Mar, 2026 08:37am

PARIS: Some French farmers are planning to switch sowings from maize to sunflower, which requires less fertiliser...

France raises maize, sugar beet harvest forecasts

Published 15 Oct, 2025 06:45am

PARIS: France’s farm ministry on Tuesday raised its forecast for this year’s grain maize production, including...

The impact of recent floods on Pakistan’s agricultural sector

Published 03 Oct, 2025 06:27am

The recent floods in Pakistan have had serious and extraordinary repercussions on the agricultural sector, severely...

Pakistan floods batter fields, factories and fiscal plans

Published 23 Sep, 2025 09:59am

KARACHI/ ISLAMABAD: Massive floods in Pakistan have struck both the rural heartland and industrial centres for the...

Flood and rain-tolerant crops—a critical need of the hour

Published 02 Sep, 2025 06:54am

Pakistan’s agriculture sector is currently under severe pressure from climate change. In recent decades,...

TDAP organises series of seminars to boost maize exports

Published 11 Aug, 2025 05:49am

KARACHI: The Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) announced a series of specialized seminars aimed at...

Punjab’s wheat policy: playing with fire

Published 14 Apr, 2025 08:52am

The Punjab government is playing with fire. After engineering last year’s wheat price collapse through deliberate...

Maize can help country fetch over $1bn annually: experts

Published 09 Nov, 2024 06:36am

KARACHI: With rising global demand, Pakistan’s maize holds immense potential to surpass a billion dollars in ...

French maize harvest falls further behind

Published 13 Oct, 2024 06:46am

PARIS: France’s maize harvest fell further behind the usual pace last week, data showed on Friday, and torrential...

Final tax regime: Exporters concerned at exclusion of rice, maize

Published 12 Jul, 2024 05:43am

LAHORE: Exporters of rice, maize and sesame showing their distress over excluding these commodities from the final...

Dear rentiers, meet corn exports

Published 28 Feb, 2024 09:13am

According to SBP, Corn (maize) has become one of the largest exported commodities (HS code 4-digit) excluding...

France raises maize crop estimate on summer rain, cuts wheat’s

Published 14 Sep, 2023 06:07am

PARIS: France’s farm ministry on Tuesday increased its forecast for this year’s maize harvest, with summer rain...

Kenya’s GMO maize

Published 19 Dec, 2022 06:00am

MWEA, (Kenya): Dick Olela has been growing maize on his four-acre piece of land in the Migori county in western ...

EU cuts maize crop forecast, raises import outlook again

Published 28 Oct, 2022 05:58am

PARIS: The European Commission on Thursday reduced its forecast for the drought-hit maize harvest in the European...

Increase in use of good hybrid seeds needed to save agri sector: PHHSA

Published 30 Sep, 2022 07:05am

LAHORE: “Pakistan has to increase the usage of quality hybrid seed to save its agriculture from total destruction....

Worry about heat damage to maize supports EU wheat

Published 19 Jul, 2022 06:00am

HAMBURG: European wheat prices rebounded on Monday, supported by concerns about possible damage from a severe...

Farmers for introducing high-yield hybrid seeds of maize, sunflower

Published 03 Jul, 2022 06:40am

ISLAMABAD: Farmers have requested the government to introduce high-yield hybrid seeds of maize and sunflower, and...

‘Pre-monsoon rains to have positive impact on Kharif crops’

Published 19 Jun, 2022 06:57am

ISLAMABAD: The rains will have a positive impact on Kharif crops including sugarcane, rice, cotton and maize as they...

South Africa’s 2022 maize harvest seen down

Published 27 May, 2022 05:50am

SOUTH AFRICA: South African farmers are expected to harvest 9.8% less maize in the 2021/2022 season compared with ...

Sufficient stocks of maize available for consumption: CAP

Published 26 May, 2022 05:26am

KARACHI: While opposing the restrictions on export of maize, exporters on Wednesday said that with over 9 million...

IGC cuts forecast for 2022/23 world corn crop

Published 20 May, 2022 05:15am

LONDON: The International Grains Council on Thursday cut its 2022/23 forecast for world corn (maize) production by ...

South Africa’s maize harvest to fall this year

Published 30 Mar, 2022 06:08am

SOUTH AFRICA: South African farmers are expected to harvest 10% less maize in the 2021/2022 season compared with the...

Urea shortage, other factors toughen corn productivity target

Published 19 Jan, 2022 06:15am

LAHORE: Farmers from corn growing areas have expressed their apprehensions to achieve productivity target of coming...

Maize, sorghum, millet and fodder crops: PARC recommends 89 hybrid varieties

Published 17 Dec, 2021 04:30am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) has recommended 89 hybrid varieties of maize, sorghum,...

Delayed French maize crop brings harvest snags

Published 06 Nov, 2021 03:57am

PARIS: France's maize harvest remained well behind the usual pace last week and the late arrival of a bumper crop is...

French maize harvest

Published 02 Oct, 2021 04:45am

PARIS: French farmers had gathered just 2% of this year's grain maize crop by Sept. 27 as a slow start to harvesting...

Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited

Published 29 Sep, 2021 07:45am

Rafhan Maize Products Company Limited (PSX: RMPL) was established in Faisalabad, Pakistan. The company uses maize as...

High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm creates panic among growers

Published 19 Sep, 2021 03:56am

LAHORE: High infestation rate of Fall Armyworm on different crops during the current season, especially on maize, ...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 17	278.16
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 17	277.96
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 17	162.40
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 17	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 17	1.35
Euro to USD / Jul 17	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 17	3.60

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 17	7,457.69
India Sensex / Jul 17	78,151.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 17	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 17	25,520.24
Hang Seng / Jul 17	24,562.24
FTSE 100 / Jul 17	10,600.37
Dow Jones / Jul 17	52,146.42
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 17	24,830.98
France CAC40 / Jul 17	8,338.81

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 17	82.49
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 17	18,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 17	361,656
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 17	4,017.39
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 17	78.63
Petrol/Litre / Jul 20	316.15
Diesel/Litre / Jul 20	354.35

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Dadabhoy Cement / Jul 17 Dadabhoy Cement Industries Limited(DBCI)	17.01 ▲ 1.55 (10.03%)
Ruby Textile / Jul 17 Ruby Textile Mills Limited(RUBY)	17.59 ▲ 1.6 (10.01%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 17 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	53.68 ▲ 4.88 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 17 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	272.21 ▲ 24.75 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 17 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	223.96 ▲ 20.36 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 17 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	418.56 ▲ 38.05 (10%)
Shadman Cotton / Jul 17 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	50.61 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 17 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	34.45 ▲ 3.13 (9.99%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 17 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	107.58 ▲ 9.65 (9.85%)
TPL Trakker Ltd / Jul 17 TPL Trakker Limited(TPLT)	27.91 ▲ 2.5 (9.84%)

Stock	Price
Tariq Corp. (R) / Jul 17 Tariq Corporation Limited(Right)(TCORPR2)	2.70 ▼ -0.89 (-24.79%)
First Punjab Modaraba / Jul 17 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	11.04 ▼ -1.23 (-10.02%)
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 17 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,871.47 ▼ -207.94 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 17 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	62.27 ▼ -6.92 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 17 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	97.59 ▼ -10.84 (-10%)
Mughal Iron & Steel(C) / Jul 17 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Ltd (C)(MUGHALC)	63 ▼ -6.99 (-9.99%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 17 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	150.29 ▼ -16.65 (-9.97%)
Paramount Spinning / Jul 17 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	10.91 ▼ -1.1 (-9.16%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jul 17 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	23.62 ▼ -2.36 (-9.08%)
Supernet Tech. / Jul 17 Supernet Technologies Limited(STL)	41.34 ▼ -3.72 (-8.26%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 17 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	86,491,992 ▲ 0.19
TPL Properties / Jul 17 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	62,545,194 ▼ -0.67
Pak Refinery / Jul 17 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	38,580,070 ▲ 2.94
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 17 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	23,499,606 ▼ -0.04
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 17 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	18,396,866 ▼ -0.24
Lotte Chemical / Jul 17 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,830,259 ▼ -1.32
Hascol Petrol / Jul 17 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	14,534,208 ▼ -0.33
B.O.Punjab / Jul 17 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,503,494 ▼ -0.51
TPL REIT Fund I / Jul 17 TPL REIT Fund I(TPLRF1)	11,458,248 ▼ -0.29
PIA Holding Co.Ltd / Jul 17 PIA Holding Company Limited(PIAHCLA)	10,427,355 ▲ 0.51

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