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Miftah’s insistence

EDITORIAL: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has refuted reports that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme ...

Published 06 Jul, 2022 05:35am

Business & Finance

Monetary policy: majority expects at least 100bps hike as inflation highest since Dec 2008

Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is currently scheduled to meet on July 7 (Thursday)

Published 01 Jul, 2022 07:15pm

BoE nudges rates up again but says it’s ready to act forcefully

LONDON: The Bank of England stuck to its gradual increases in interest rates on Thursday, as other central banks ...

Published 17 Jun, 2022 07:09am

Editorials

An MPS amid growing economic distress

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) met on 23 May as earlier scheduled under the chairmanship of Acting...

Published 25 May, 2022 04:40am

Markets

Nigeria’s central bank surprises with rate hike, cites inflation

ABUJA: Nigeria’s central bank on Tuesday raised the benchmark interest rate by 150 basis points to 13%, its first...

Published 24 May, 2022 07:49pm

Business & Finance

SBP raises key interest rate by 150 basis points, takes it to 13.75%

This is the highest interest-rate level in 11 years
SBP says external pressures remain elevated and inflation outlook has deteriorated due to both home-grown and international factors

Updated 23 May, 2022 09:48pm

MPS on Monday

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday, May 23, 2022 at SBP...

Updated 21 May, 2022 10:49am

Opinion

Won’t be long before default is on the table

SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) has no choice but to raise the interest rate, most likely by another 100 basis points,...

Published 19 May, 2022 05:29am

Business & Finance

MPC meeting: Majority polled expect major spike in policy rate

Many anticipate rate hike of 100 bps ahead of MPC meeting scheduled for May 23

Updated 17 May, 2022 09:06pm

Markets

RBI to hike repo rate in June, earlier than previously thought

BENGALURU: The Reserve Bank of India will raise its repo rate in June and hike at a faster pace than predicted just...

Published 26 Apr, 2022 11:21am

Business & Finance

Returns on Market Treasury Bills soar to 70bps

KARACHI: The returns on short-term government papers further increased up to 70 basis points in the auction held...

Updated 21 Apr, 2022 03:23pm

Opinion

PARTLY FACETIOUS: Fund has hailed MPC decision

“The Fund expressed its support for the Monetary Policy Committee’s decision to raise the discount rate by 250...

Published 12 Apr, 2022 05:17am

Opinion

Big hike in policy rate

It is interesting to note that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has welcomed the Monetary Policy Committee ...

Published 10 Apr, 2022 05:49am

Financing under EFS: Markup rate raised by 2.5pc

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday announced increase in the markup rate for financing under Export...

Updated 08 Apr, 2022 10:24am

Opinion

Wait-and-see policy of SBP

The latest Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) was issued by the SBP on the 8th of March. Since the Russian-Ukraine war...

Published 15 Mar, 2022 05:43am

Business & Finance

SBP keeps interest rate unchanged at 9.75%

State Bank of Pakistan says outlook for inflation has 'improved following government's relief package announced last week'

Updated 08 Mar, 2022 10:58pm

Perspectives

Monetary policy: between a rock and a hard place

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is due to announce its monetary policy statement on March 8, 2022. Recent surveys...

Published 07 Mar, 2022 10:07am

Business & Finance

Market divided over upcoming monetary policy decision

Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan is scheduled to meet on March 8

Updated 03 Mar, 2022 05:47pm

Business & Finance

Sterling hits 6-week low vs euro on ECB hawkish surprise

LONDON: The pound slipped to a six-week low on Friday against the euro, which was buoyed by the ECB’s...

Published 05 Feb, 2022 05:46am

Markets

Miners, financials boost FTSE 100 ahead of key BoE meet

LONDON: London’s FTSE 100 rose on Wednesday, led by miners and consumer staple stocks, while the banking sub-index...

Published 03 Feb, 2022 04:02am

BR Research

CPI slowdown: don’t look too closely!

At least that’s what the central bank would have you do! Monday’s monetary policy statement claimed that “the...

Published 26 Jan, 2022 08:08am

SBP maintains rate at 9.75pc on fiscal tightening

KARACHI: As per expectations, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has maintained...

Updated 25 Jan, 2022 09:27am

MPS on Monday: Policy rate may be kept unchanged

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will meet on Monday (Jan 24) to...

Published 22 Jan, 2022 05:46am

Opinion

The MPC projections

The last meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the SBP was held on the 14th of December 2021, after the...

Published 21 Dec, 2021 04:14am

Opinion

Questions the MPC didn’t answer

There were no surprises at all in the MPC (Monetary Policy Committee) meeting. Parts of the market tilted towards a...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Editorials

Policy rate hike

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) raised on 14 December 2021 the interest rate by 100 basis points ...

Published 16 Dec, 2021 04:00am

Policy rate now soars to 9.75pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has announced to further increase...

Updated 15 Dec, 2021 10:00am

Business & Finance

3rd successive hike: SBP increases key interest rate by 100 basis points, takes it to 9.75%

Interest rate has now cumulatively increased 275 basis points in the previous three announcements

Updated 14 Dec, 2021 05:11pm

Editorials

Interest-rate policy

EDITORIAL: Rating agency Fitch’s projection that interest rate hike will continue in frontier markets facing...

Published 11 Dec, 2021 04:12am

Economy’s fundamentals strong: Tarin

ISLAMABAD: Adviser to the Prime Minister on Finance Shaukat Tarin has expressed the hope that the import bill will...

Updated 04 Dec, 2021 09:44am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 26	278.58
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 26	278.28
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 26	158.33
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 26	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 26	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 26	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
India Sensex / Apr 26	73730.16
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17651.15
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8139.83
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18161.01

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.85
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 26	210048
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2337.96
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 26	80.90
Petrol/Litre / Apr 27	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 27 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 27 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 27 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 27 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 27 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 27 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 27 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 27 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 27 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 27 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 27 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 27 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 27 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 27 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 27 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 27 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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