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SPI inflation up 0.11pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended October 5, increased by 0.11 per cent...

Published 07 Oct, 2023 06:01am

Fiscal adjustment hamstrung by interest payments

Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives says economy has slowly and steadily started recovering from the downturn in growth

Updated 04 Oct, 2023 10:00am

Business & Finance

Sept CPI rises 4 percentage points to 31.4pc MoM

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4 percentage points in September to 31.4 percent against the...

Published 03 Oct, 2023 06:02am

Pakistan

Import compression: Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 42% to $5.29bn in 3MFY24

Balance stood at $9.16bn in same period of previous year

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 06:19pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 31.4% in September

Brokerage house says reading is in line with market expectations

Updated 02 Oct, 2023 07:42pm

Opinion

Fall in industrial production

The estimate of the Quantum Index of Manufacturing (QIM) for the month of July 2023 has recently been released by ...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 07:12am

Wholesale, retail prices of essential commodities: NPMC underscores need for reducing gap

ISLAMABAD: The National Price Monitoring Committee (NPMC) reviewed the prices of essential commodities on Monday and...

Updated 26 Sep, 2023 08:47am

Pakistan

‘Unfinished agenda of PBS’: Ishrat shares his opinion

ISLAMABAD: Dr Ishrat Husain a renowned economist, former Governor State Bank, Former Advisor to Prime Minister on...

Published 25 Sep, 2023 06:34am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.93pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended 21st September, 2023 increased by...

Published 23 Sep, 2023 05:58am

Business & Finance

Aug cell phone imports cross Rs32.7bn mark

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s mobile phone imports crossed Rs32.7 billion in August 2023, according to the latest data...

Published 19 Sep, 2023 06:31am

July LSMI output contracts 1.09pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Large Scale Manufacturing Industries (LSMI) output registered negative 3.62 percent growth in July...

Updated 19 Sep, 2023 09:11am

Plea against CCI decision: PTI challenges objections raised by SC registrar

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on Saturday challenged the objections raised by Supreme Court registrar on...

Updated 17 Sep, 2023 07:02pm

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug textile group exports down 9.49pc to $2.766bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 9.49 percent during the first two months...

Updated 16 Sep, 2023 08:51am

Business & Finance

Jul-Aug period: POL group imports post negative growth of 34.25pc to $2.171bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 34.25 percent during the first two months...

Published 16 Sep, 2023 03:03am

Pakistan

As many as 35pc female medical doctors unemployed in Pakistan: PBS

KARACHI: A large number of female doctors are out of job in Pakistan despite the fact that the world’s fifth most...

Published 12 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.96pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended 7 September 2023 increased by 0.96...

Updated 09 Sep, 2023 01:21pm

Opinion

A questionable digital census

On 5th August, the Council of Common Interests unanimously approved the results of the 7th Population Census of...

Updated 08 Sep, 2023 06:36am

Opinion

The population bulge

The results of the seventh Population and Housing Census of Pakistan in 2023 have been announced recently by the...

Updated 05 Sep, 2023 07:08am

Editorials

Macroeconomic indicators

EDITORIAL: Four unexplained, albeit bafflingly un-synchronised, data was recently uploaded on the Pakistan Bureau of...

Published 05 Sep, 2023 06:22am

Business & Finance

Aug CPI inflation soars 27.4pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based inflation increased to 27.4 percent on a year-on-year basis in ...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Business & Finance

SPI increases by 0.54pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on 31st August 2023 increased by...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Business & Finance

Aug trade deficit widens 29.86pc to $2.126bn MoM

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s trade deficit widened by 29.86 percent on a month-on-month basis to $2.126 billion in August...

Published 02 Sep, 2023 06:30am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading clocks in at 27.4% in August

This is the lowest inflation figure in calendar year 2023

Updated 01 Sep, 2023 07:36pm

‘Pre-poll rigging’ feared: PPP demands immediate release of census data

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) claimed that pre-poll rigging is continuing by manipulating population...

Updated 27 Aug, 2023 09:41am

Business & Finance

SPI inflation up 0.05pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended August 24, 2023, increased by 0.05...

Published 26 Aug, 2023 06:13am

Editorials

The grimness of macroeconomic data

EDITORIAL: Macroeconomic data recently released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) merits immediate ...

Updated 23 Aug, 2023 06:40am

Opinion

Rising unemployment and falling real wages

The devastation caused by the floods and the resulting supply shortages, along with severe import restrictions, has...

Updated 22 Aug, 2023 06:53am

Business & Finance

Experts turn ‘gloomy’ over country’s economic outlook

ISLAMABAD: The inflation in the country is likely to increase by one per cent from the current level of 28.3per cent...

Published 22 Aug, 2023 06:03am

Business & Finance

July mobile phone imports soar 75.59pc to $68.135m YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country imported mobile phones worth $68.135 million in July 2023 and registered 75.59 percent growth...

Published 22 Aug, 2023 06:03am

Markets

July petroleum group imports witness negative growth of 44.89pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 44.89 percent during the first month (July) of the...

Published 19 Aug, 2023 06:36am

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	156.17
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 25	5048.42
Nasdaq / Apr 25	15611.76
Dow Jones / Apr 25	38085.80
India Sensex / Apr 26	74171.68
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.72
Hang Seng / Apr 26	17626.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 26	8123.98
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 26	18016.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 25	20535
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 25	240900
Petrol/Litre / Apr 26	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 26	83.89
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 26	2336.33
Diesel/Litre / Apr 26	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 26 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 26 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 26 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 26 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 26 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 26 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 26 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 26 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 26 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 26 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 26 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 26 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 26 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 26 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 26 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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