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Power quarterly adjustment around the corner

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) came up with the inflation numbers for March 2021 last week, which showed...

Published 06 Apr, 2021 07:25am

March trade deficit widens by 118.36pc YoY: PBS

ISLAMABAD: Pakis-tan’s trade deficit widened by a massive 118.36 percent on year-on-year basis to $3.271 billion ...

Published 04 Apr, 2021 04:12am

SPI decreases 0.43pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended April 1, 2021, recorded a decrease of 0.43 percent...

Published 03 Apr, 2021 03:41am

Business & Finance

March CPI increases 9.1pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has recorded an increase by 9.1 percent on year-on-year basis in March ...

Published 02 Apr, 2021 04:58am

SPI up 0.61pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended March 25, 2021, recorded an increase of 0.61...

Published 27 Mar, 2021 05:41am

SPI down 0.19pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended March 18, 2021 recorded a decrease of 0.19 percent...

Published 20 Mar, 2021 04:39am

BR Research

Mobile phones and digital divide

As expected, mobile phone imports have continued to retain their growth spree. In the Jul-Feb period of this fiscal,...

Published 19 Mar, 2021 07:40am

Jul-Feb period: Mobile phones’ import up 51.59pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The import of mobile phones to the country has witnessed an increase of 51.59 percent during the eight...

Updated 18 Mar, 2021 09:14am

Jul-Jan LSMI output up 7.85pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall output of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) increased by 7.85 percent during...

Updated 17 Mar, 2021 09:37am

SPI down 0.57pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended March 11, 2021 recorded a decrease of 0.57 percent...

Published 13 Mar, 2021 04:28am

SPI up 0.61pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended March 4, 2021 recorded an increase of 0.61 percent...

Published 06 Mar, 2021 05:01am

BR Research

Power tariffs: Devil and the details

The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) calculated the impact of electricity price increase as 29 percent and 43...

Published 05 Mar, 2021 07:25am

Feb trade deficit widens 23.93pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 23.93 percent on year-on-year basis to $2.517 billion in February...

Updated 04 Mar, 2021 09:38am

Editorials

Economy: disturbing data

EDITORIAL: Disturbing macroeconomic data was released over the weekend by the Ministry of Finance, the Pakistan...

Published 03 Mar, 2021 05:49am

Feb CPI rate rises to 8.70pc

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) has recorded an increase of 8.7 percent on year-on-year basis in February...

Updated 02 Mar, 2021 09:41am

SPI up 2.41pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended February 25, 2021 recorded an increase of 2.41...

Published 27 Feb, 2021 04:29am

Pakistan

Illicit cigarettes: Undocumented sales not recorded across country

ISLAMABAD: The undocumented sales of illicit cigarettes across Pakistan are not recorded anywhere including data...

Updated 24 Feb, 2021 09:43am

Pakistan

Cigarette production surges 14.5pc in six months

ISLAMABAD: The cigarette production has surged by 14.5 percent with a total worth of over Rs25 billion in the first...

Published 22 Feb, 2021 04:25am

SPI records 0.81pc increase WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended February 11, 2021 recorded an increase of 0.81...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

LSM output up 8.16pc in 1HFY21

ISLAMABAD: The overall output of the Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) increased by 8.16 percent in the...

Published 13 Feb, 2021 04:11am

Editorials

Exports decline

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data for January 2021 indicates a 9.89 percent fall in exports...

Published 11 Feb, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Spices export increases 4.55pc in 1HFY2020-21

ISLAMABAD: The export of spices from the country witnessed an increase of 4.55 percent during the first half of...

Published 08 Feb, 2021 03:46am

SPI up 0.53pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended February 4, 2021 recorded an increase of 0.53...

Published 06 Feb, 2021 04:06am

Pakistan

Census results: SHC seeks progress report

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Tuesday sought the progress report about the decision over the national census 2017...

Published 27 Jan, 2021 04:59am

Business & Finance

Gold imports fall 52.17pc in 1H of FY21

ISLAMABAD: The gold imports into the country decreased by 52.17 percent during the first half of the current fiscal...

Published 25 Jan, 2021 04:23am

Pakistan

Gold imports fall 52pc in 1st half of FY21

The exports from the country during July-December (2020-21) were recorded at $12.098 billion against the exports of $11.524 billion during July-December (2019-20), according to the latest PBS data.

Updated 24 Jan, 2021 02:35pm

‘Digital’ step to help contain inflation: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said the digital system launched by the government to monitor...

Published 09 Jan, 2021 02:47am

Well-being of people: PBS shares results of survey on Covid-19 impact

ISLAMABAD: A survey of Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) revealed that in Pakistan 35 percent of population which...

Updated 08 Jan, 2021 03:24am

Pakistan

Canvas footwear exports increased record 63.39pc

During the period from July-Nov 20, Canvas footwear worth US $ 183 thousand exported as compared to worth US $ 112 thousand of same period of last year.

Published 06 Jan, 2021 12:06am

Pakistan

Palm oil imports increase 29.40pc to $876 million in 5 months

The soyabean oil imports also increased by 21.76 percent by going up from $39.677 million last year to $48.310 during the current fiscal year.

Published 30 Dec, 2020 12:33am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.30
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 17	5022.21
Nasdaq / Apr 17	15683.37
FTSE 100 / Apr 17	7847.99
Dow Jones / Apr 17	37735.31
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 17	17770.02
France CAC40 / Apr 17	7981.51
India Sensex / Apr 18	72965.85
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	38103.03

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 16	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 17	215964
Petrol/Litre / Apr 18	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.77
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.98
Diesel/Litre / Apr 18	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 18 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 18 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 18 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 18 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 18 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 18 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 18 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 18 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 18 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 18 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 18 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 18 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 18 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 18 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 18 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 18 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 18 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 18 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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