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2.27m cellphones made/assembled locally in Jan

ISLAMABAD: The local manufacturing/assembling plants manufactured/assembled 2.27 million mobile handsets during the...

Updated 25 Feb, 2024 09:03am

Weekly SPI up by 0.04pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on February 22, 2024 increased by 0.04 per cent due to...

Updated 24 Feb, 2024 09:47am

July-January FY24: Trade deficit shrinks 32.7pc to $13.16bn YoY

Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says exports increased by 7.87 percent to $17.778 billion

Updated 21 Feb, 2024 01:04pm

Editorials

LSMI growth

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics provided the quantum indices of Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI)...

Published 20 Feb, 2024 03:09am

Markets

Weekly Cotton Review: Prices continue to rise amid dwindling supply

KARACHI: There has been a significant increase in the price of cotton, with a further rise of Rs 1000 per maund. The...

Published 19 Feb, 2024 05:24am

Business & Finance

H1 mobile phone imports soar 138.08pc to $987.539m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $987.539 million during the first half (July-January) of the...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 03:01am

Textile group: Jul-Jan exports decline 2.99pc to $9.738bn YoY

Exports in January 2024 were $2.792 billion (provisional) as compared to $2.822 billion in December 2023

Updated 17 Feb, 2024 04:17pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan period: Petroleum group imports drop 12.06pc to $9.332bn

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 12.06 percent during the first seven months...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation jumps 34.25pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 34.25 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis due to...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Business & Finance

LSM attains negative growth in 1H

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.39 per cent during the first...

Published 16 Feb, 2024 06:02am

Opinion

Latest IMF projections

The Staff Report of the IMF on the First Review under the Stand-By Arrangement was released on the 19th of January...

Published 13 Feb, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

PBS needs a makeover

Policymaking at all levels of government requires precise, timely and accurate statistics to achieve various targets...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:08am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation: YoY trend depicts increase of 39.45pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 39.45 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis due to...

Updated 03 Feb, 2024 03:03pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan trade deficit narrows 32.66pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrowed down by 32.66 per cent in the first seven months (July-January) of ...

Published 03 Feb, 2024 05:46am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit contracts 33% to $13.2bn in 7MFY24

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrank 33% to $13.167 billion during July-January (7MFY24) on account of a considerable...

Updated 02 Feb, 2024 09:16pm

Business & Finance

Jan CPI inflation soars to 28.3pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 28.3 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Published 02 Feb, 2024 05:20am

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 28.3% in January

Figure in line with official estimates that put CPI reading in range of 27.5-28.5%

Updated 01 Feb, 2024 05:42pm

Editorials

Proposals by power division trashed

EDITORIAL: The government has pledged to raise gas prices by another 41 percent to meet a standard International...

Published 25 Jan, 2024 04:23am

Editorials

Babus’ clamour for pay increase

EDITORIAL: The government has pledged to refrain from any further increase in salaries and pensions beyond those...

Published 24 Jan, 2024 05:07am

Opinion

‘It is a tale told by an idiot…’

Data collection and its dissemination is an exercise impacting on politics the world over; however, the capacity of...

Published 22 Jan, 2024 05:37am

Textile group: H1FY24 exports down 4.97pc to $8.283bn YoY

The total exports in December 2023 were $2.822 billion (provisional)

Updated 20 Jan, 2024 05:22pm

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI inflation jumps 44.64pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 44.64 percent year-on-year basis due to an ...

Published 20 Jan, 2024 05:18am

Jul-Dec: Petroleum group imports down 13.78pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 13.78 per cent during the first half...

Updated 20 Jan, 2024 08:30am

Editorials

LSM growth

EDITORIAL: The latest Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Business & Finance

Nov LSM sees 1.59pc growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) has registered a growth of 1.59 per cent in November year-on-year basis...

Updated 16 Jan, 2024 09:43am

Business & Finance

Machinery import rises 6.36pc in five months

ISLAMABAD: The imports of the overall machinery group witnessed an increase of 6.36 per cent during the first five...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation rises 1.36 WoW

ISLAMABAD: The weekly inflation Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI) for the current week ended on January 11, 2024...

Published 13 Jan, 2024 05:38am

CCP asks PBS to share data of major sectors

ISLAMABAD: The Competition Commission of Pakistan (CCP) has asked the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) to share...

Updated 09 Jan, 2024 09:17am

Opinion

QNA – a right step?

At the 107 National Accounts Committee (NAC) meeting held on 28 November 2023 approval was given to the introduction...

Published 08 Jan, 2024 05:23am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation rises 42.86pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) inflation increased by 42.86 percent year-on-year basis due to an ...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 05:37am

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	154.37
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 19	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 19	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 19	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
India Sensex / Apr 19	72222.48
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 19	37068.35
Hang Seng / Apr 19	16205.02
FTSE 100 / Apr 19	7834.89
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 19	17717.67

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 19	84.27
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 19	2382.04
Diesel/Litre / Apr 19	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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