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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

7-9pc inflation projection with multiple upside risks

KARACHI: Some 7 to 9 percent inflation projection for this fiscal year has multiple upside risks like higher global...

Updated 25 Nov, 2021 09:51am

Business & Finance

‘Monetary Policy Statement’: clarification by SBP

KARACHI: With regard to the editorial in Business Recorder dated November 22, 2021 titled “Monetary Policy...

Published 24 Nov, 2021 06:25am

SBP raises profit rate on saving accounts

KARACHI: After the surge in policy rate, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Monday announced increase in the minimum...

Updated 23 Nov, 2021 10:45am

4MFY22 YoY: Current account posts $5bn deficit on higher import bill

On a month-on-months basis, deficit widened to $1.66 billion in October 2021 compared to $1.13 billion in September 2021

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 10:17am

SBP hikes rate by 150bps to 8.75pc on inflation, BoP

Karachi: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday announced increase in key...

Updated 20 Nov, 2021 11:05am

Monetary policy to be reviewed 8 times a year

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

Published 20 Nov, 2021 03:48am

Editorials

100 bps hike in policy rate on the cards?

EDITORIAL: The drip-by-drip currency depreciation compels the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to take quick decisions ...

Published 19 Nov, 2021 04:35am

MPC to meet ahead of schedule: 100-200bps hike in policy rate expected

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to convene its meeting...

Updated 17 Nov, 2021 09:39am

World

Working from home may hurt women's careers: BoE

LONDON: Women who work mostly from home risk seeing their careers suffer now that significant numbers of male ...

Published 12 Nov, 2021 04:46am

Lending to government: SBP’s profit down 35pc on lower income

SBP attributes decline in profit to maturing of PIBs, and decrease in average interest rate during FY21

Updated 30 Oct, 2021 09:40am

Markets

Turkish lira at new low with little reprieve in sight

ISTANBUL: Turkey's lira sank to a new all-time low against the dollar on Monday and analysts saw little reprieve...

Updated 19 Oct, 2021 12:53am

Business & Finance

BoE's Bailey sees growing case for interest rate rise

LONDON: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that he and other members of the Monetary Policy...

Published 28 Sep, 2021 05:12am

Editorials

25bps hike in interest rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise the discount rate by 25 basis points –- from 7 to...

Published 22 Sep, 2021 03:48am

CAD, inflation: Interest rate hiked by 25 bps to 7.25pc

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

Updated 21 Sep, 2021 10:05am

Business & Finance

‘Survey’ says businessmen want cut in policy rate

KARACHI: A monetary policy survey conducted recently by Policy Research Unit (PRU), Policy Advisory Board Federation...

Published 14 Sep, 2021 03:55am

MPS on 20th

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of SBP will meet on Monday, September 20, 2021 at SBP Karachi to decide about...

Published 11 Sep, 2021 03:01am

Business & Finance

Sterling holds gains

LONDON: Sterling held onto a modest gain on Thursday after the Bank of England laid out its plans for how it would...

Published 06 Aug, 2021 04:18am

Business & Finance

Monetary policy statement

The decision to keep the discount rate unchanged at 7 percent by the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State...

Published 30 Jul, 2021 05:10am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	278.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	278.20
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	153.77
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.29
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 25	5,399.22
Nasdaq / Jul 25	17,181.72
Dow Jones / Jul 25	39,935.07
India Sensex / Jul 26	80,709.64
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	37,865.35
Hang Seng / Jul 26	17,058.55
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	8,255.78
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	18,346.62

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 26	78.38
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 26	17,035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 26	215,621
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 26	2,374.19
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 26	68.62
Petrol/Litre / Jul 27	275.60

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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