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Jul-Aug LSMI output decreases

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 0.4 per cent during the first two...

Updated 20 Oct, 2022 09:51am

Business & Finance

Petroleum group imports grow 5.94pc in 1Q

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a growth of 5.94 percent during the first quarter (July-September) of...

Published 19 Oct, 2022 07:09am

Business & Finance

Mobile phones worth $160.271m imported during 1Q

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $160.271 million during the first quarter (July-September) of the...

Published 19 Oct, 2022 05:54am

Census process: Cabinet gives the go-ahead

ISLAMABAD: A day after the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet delayed approval of Rs5 billion for...

Updated 19 Oct, 2022 09:50am

Business & Finance

Q1 textile group exports witness 3.68pc growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports witnessed a growth of 3.68 per cent during the first quarter...

Updated 19 Oct, 2022 09:45am

Pakistan

Minorities call for steps to make population census an all-inclusive process

ISLAMABAD: The representatives of different religious minorities have urged the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS)...

Published 17 Oct, 2022 05:57am

Business & Finance

SPI down 0.57pc on WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on October 13, recorded a decrease...

Updated 15 Oct, 2022 12:41pm

BR Research

Grain market in turmoil

Terms such as “highest ever prices” and “record increase” have become clichés over the past three years, ...

Published 11 Oct, 2022 09:01am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.29pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based inflation for the week ended October 6, recorded an increase of...

Updated 08 Oct, 2022 09:47am

Pakistan

1Q trade deficit declines 21.42pc to $9.2bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 21.42 percent to $9.209 billion during the first quarter of...

Updated 05 Oct, 2022 09:50am

BR Research

The PBS Metaverse

The Metaverse is real. Pakistan is in it. It is represented by its bureau of statistics, the PBS. In that alternate...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 08:31am

Editorials

The nation’s economy not out of the woods yet

EDITORIAL: Macroeconomic data released by various government agencies, including the Finance Division and the...

Published 04 Oct, 2022 05:55am

Business & Finance

Sept CPI soars 23pc YoY, declines 1.2pc MoM

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased to 23.2 percent on year-on-year basis in September 2022 as...

Published 02 Oct, 2022 05:48am

Markets

Inflation reading falls slightly in September, clocks in at 23.2%

Decline driven by relief in fuel charges adjustment in electricity bills, say analysts

Updated 01 Oct, 2022 07:29pm

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.94pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended September 29 recorded an...

Updated 01 Oct, 2022 11:03am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation down 8.11pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended September 22 recorded a...

Published 24 Sep, 2022 03:49am

Business & Finance

July LSMI output slumps 16.5pc MoM, 1.4pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output has declined by 16.5 percent on a month-on month...

Updated 23 Sep, 2022 09:54am

Business & Finance

Cell phones worth $102m imported in July, Aug

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan imported mobile phones worth $101.864 million during the first two months (July-August) of the...

Updated 18 Sep, 2022 01:37pm

Business & Finance

SPI inflation down 0.19pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) based weekly inflation for the week ended September 15 for the...

Updated 17 Sep, 2022 11:03am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug textile group exports up 4.18pc to $3.056bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports witnessed a growth of 4.18 percent during the first two months...

Published 16 Sep, 2022 06:38am

Essential commodities: Stakeholders told to avoid speculative trading

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Ahsan Iqbal Thursday directed the...

Updated 16 Sep, 2022 09:49am

Markets

Month-on-month: food, oil imports post double-digit growth in August

PBS data shows these two groups constituted close to half of total imports during the previous month

Updated 15 Sep, 2022 04:49pm

Pakistan

Population census 2022: Minister calls for taking inputs from ECP, other stakeholders

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Ahsan Iqbal emphasised the timely...

Published 13 Sep, 2022 07:30am

Markets

July spices export decreases 10pc

ISLAMABAD: The exports of spices from the country witnessed a decrease of 10.61 percent during the first month of...

Published 12 Sep, 2022 06:49am

Business & Finance

SPI down 0.58pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Prince Index (SPI) for the week ended on 8th September 2022 registered a decline of 0.58...

Published 10 Sep, 2022 04:14am

Business & Finance

Aug CPI inflation hits multi-decade high of 27.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged to a multi-decade high of 27.3 percent on a year-on-year basis in ...

Published 02 Sep, 2022 06:00am

Opinion

A drifting economy

It is quite distressful to see the nascent economic recovery ceding way to the same uncertainty and drift that...

Published 01 Sep, 2022 05:50am

Opinion

Escaping the jaws of stagflation

Amid elevated levels of inflation, the war in Ukraine, and rising interest rates, global economic growth is expected...

Published 31 Aug, 2022 06:27am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI soars 44.58pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the week ended August 25, 2022, recorded an increase of 44.58...

Published 27 Aug, 2022 05:49am

BR Research

Imports: Waiting game

Imports (reported by PBS) are down by 37 percent from the previous month to $4.99 billion in July. The detailed...

Published 24 Aug, 2022 09:34am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 19	278.45
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 19	278.15
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 19	154.64
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 19	4967.23
India Sensex / Apr 19	73088.33
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Nasdaq / Apr 19	15282.01
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16224.14
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7895.85
Dow Jones / Apr 19	37986.40
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17737.36

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	83.14
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 19	21035
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 19	214935
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2391.93
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 19	81.02
Petrol/Litre / Apr 20	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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