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Monetary Policy Committee (MPC)

SBP raises key interest rate by 300bps, takes it to 20%

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:20pm

Monetary Policy Committee expects inflation to rise further in the next few months
Also moves next MPC meeting to April 4 from April 27

India bond yields rise as RBI hikes rate by 50 bps

Published 05 Aug, 2022 11:24am

MUMBAI: Indian government bond yields reversed its declining trend after the country’s central bank raised its key...

FTSE 100 ends flat after BoE’s biggest rate hike in 27 years

Published 05 Aug, 2022 06:27am

LONDON: The FTSE 100 stock index was little changed on Thursday as investors weighed the biggest interest rate hike...

Market on the knife-edge

Published 14 Apr, 2022 04:55am

The market’s poised on a knife-edge as the new prime minister holds meetings and spells out priorities in a...

SBP governor confident recent measures will help market sentiment

Updated 09 Apr, 2022 07:43pm

Says falling foreign exchange reserves concerning, but central bank has moved to arrest deterioration

At emergency MPC meeting, SBP raises policy rate by 250 basis points to 12.25%

Updated 07 Apr, 2022 07:31pm

Statement says central bank is in the process of taking further actions to reduce pressures on inflation and current account, namely increase in interest rate on export refinance scheme and widening set of import items subject to cash margin requirements

BoE hikes rates again

Published 18 Mar, 2022 05:20am

LONDON: The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday in a bid to stop fast-rising inflation becoming...

Margins on MTBs soar to 130bps

Published 10 Mar, 2022 07:15am

KARACHI: The margins on short-term government securities rose up to 130 basis points (bps) in the auction held...

SBP keeps policy rate unchanged at 9.75pc

Updated 09 Mar, 2022 09:53am

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), maintaining the policy rate at 9.75 percent, Tuesday hinted necessary...

MPS today

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 02:59pm

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet today (Tuesday) December...

Kenya central bank holds its benchmark lending rate at 7.0%

Published 29 Nov, 2021 08:11pm

NAIROBI: Kenya's central bank held its benchmark lending rate at 7.0% on Monday, its Monetary Policy Committee said,...

SBP increases number of MPC meetings, releases schedule till June 2022

Updated 19 Nov, 2021 08:00pm

Central bank preponed its latest monetary policy announcement, but says efforts being made to enhance predictability of monetary policy actions

MPS: three observations

Published 27 Sep, 2021 05:51am

On 20 September 2021 Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) announced its decision to raise the discount rate by 25 basis...

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Nov 13	276.80 ▼ -0.01
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Nov 13	276.60 ▼ -0.01
USD to Japanese Yen / Nov 13	159.71 ▼ -0.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Nov 13	0.84 ▲ 0.003
Pound Sterling to USD / Nov 13	1.32 ▼ -0.0022
Euro to USD / Nov 13	1.10 ▼ -0.0036
SOFR % / Nov 12	3.90 ▲ 0.01

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Nov 13	7,561.67
India Sensex / Nov 13	81,592.45
Tokyo Nikkei / Nov 13	61,142.35
Nasdaq / Nov 13	25,136.27
Hang Seng / Nov 13	23,637.60
FTSE 100 / Nov 13	10,902.56
Dow Jones / Nov 13	52,347.55
Germany DAX 30 / Nov 13	26,749.95
France CAC40 / Nov 13	8,368.91

Item	Value
Petrol/Litre / Nov 15	330
Diesel/Litre / Nov 15	360
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Nov 13	88.56
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Nov 13	18,080
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Nov 13	352,911
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Nov 13	3,884.49
Cotton US¢/pound / Nov 13	82.61

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	6.07 ▲ 1 (19.72%)
Dewan Sugar / Nov 13 Dewan Sugar Mills Limited(DWSM)	8.77 ▲ 1 (12.87%)
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	2.64 ▲ 0.28 (11.86%)
Shabbir Tiles / Nov 13 Shabbir Tiles & Ceramics Limited(STCL)	10.10 ▲ 1 (10.99%)
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.38 ▲ 0.13 (10.4%)
Pervez Ahmed Consultancy / Nov 13 Pervez Ahmed Consultancy Services Ltd.(PASL)	12.06 ▲ 1.1 (10.04%)
Unicap Modaraba / Nov 13 Unicap Modaraba(UCAPM)	22.84 ▲ 2.08 (10.02%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Nov 13 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	82.90 ▲ 7.54 (10.01%)
Ningbo Green Light / Nov 13 Ningbo Green Light Energy Limited(NGLEL)	16.48 ▲ 1.5 (10.01%)
Zuma Resources / Nov 13 Zuma Resources Limited(ZUMA)	33.75 ▲ 3.07 (10.01%)

Stock	Price
Arpak Int. / Nov 13 Arpak International Investments Ltd.(ARPAK)	124.84 ▼ -13.87 (-10%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Nov 13 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	12.64 ▼ -1.36 (-9.71%)
Shadman Cotton / Nov 13 Shadman Cotton Mills Limited(SHCM)	69.87 ▼ -6.73 (-8.79%)
Fateh Sports / Nov 13 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	193.60 ▼ -16.58 (-7.89%)
Asim Textile / Nov 13 Asim Textile Mills Limited(ASTM)	62.73 ▼ -4.34 (-6.47%)
D.M. Corporation / Nov 13 D.M. Corporation Limited(DMC)	151.06 ▼ -9.64 (-6%)
Bhanero Textile / Nov 13 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	1,207.41 ▼ -76.42 (-5.95%)
Hira Textile / Nov 13 Hira Textile Mills Limited(HIRAT)	4.01 ▼ -0.24 (-5.65%)
J.A.Textile / Nov 13 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	73.72 ▼ -4.26 (-5.46%)
AN Textile Mills / Nov 13 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	58.55 ▼ -3.21 (-5.2%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Nov 13 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	303,195,710 ▲ 0.13
Kohinoor Spinning / Nov 13 Kohinoor Spinning Mills Limited(KOSM)	59,505,118 ▲ 0.34
LSE Financial Serv. / Nov 13 LSE Financial Services Limited(LSEFSL)	46,791,082 ▲ 0.28
Dost Steels Ltd. / Nov 13 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	43,180,738 ▲ 0.37
TPL Properties / Nov 13 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	32,746,701 ▲ 0.48
Tasdeeq Info. Serv. / Nov 13 Tasdeeq Information Services Limited(TISL)	27,571,943 ▲ 0.05
F. Nat.Equities / Nov 13 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	24,996,122 ▲ 0.01
Yousuf Weaving / Nov 13 Yousaf Weaving Mills Limited(YOUW)	24,965,743 ▲ 1
Cnergyico PK / Nov 13 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	22,527,745 ▲ 0.14
Dar-es-Salaam / Nov 13 Dar-es-Salaam Textile Mills Limited(DSML)	21,467,835 ▲ 0.82

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