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Mobile phones: Jul-Mar imports soar 181.26pc to $1.301bn YoY

Mobile phone imports register 930.92 percent growth on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in March 2024 when compared to $14.846 million in March 2023

Updated 28 Apr, 2024 12:11pm

Markets

Weekly SPI inflation down 1.1pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on April 25, 2024, decreased by 1.10...

Published 27 Apr, 2024 05:03am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI-based inflation down 0.79pc

ISLAMABAD: Weekly Sensitive Price Indicator (SPI)-based inflation for the week ended on April 18, 2024, has ...

Published 20 Apr, 2024 04:18am

Business & Finance

Jul-Mar petroleum group imports dip 7.63pc

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports have decreased by 7.63 per cent to $12.084 billion during July-March 2024 from...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Jul-Mar ’24: Textile group exports down 0.25pc to $12.44bn YoY

ISLAMABAD: The country’s textile group exports declined by around 0.25 percent during the first nine months...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:07am

Business & Finance

Economic developments: PBS develops calendar to release ‘QNAs’

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has developed a dissemination and revision policy while...

Published 18 Apr, 2024 03:24am

Jul-Feb LSM posts negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.51 per cent during the first...

Updated 17 Apr, 2024 08:59am

Editorials

T-bill rate hike as inflation falls

EDITORIAL: State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) increased the cut-off yields for benchmark six-month treasury bills by a 100...

Published 09 Apr, 2024 05:06am

Opinion

Inflation: what the govt is doing wrong?

Inflation for the current year, so projected the then finance minister Ishaq Dar in his 9 June 2023 budget speech,...

Published 08 Apr, 2024 04:46am

Business & Finance

ECC clears Rs274bn CCL for wheat procurement

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee of Cabinet approved a Rs274 billion Cash Credit Limit (CCL) for the...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI-based inflation up by 0.96pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) based inflation for the week ended on April 04, 2024, increased by 0.96...

Published 06 Apr, 2024 05:28am

Editorials

The March data

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) has estimated the March 2024 Consumer Price Index (CPI) at 20.7...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:56am

Jul-Mar trade deficit shrinks 24.94pc to $17.03bn YoY

Country’s exports increases by eight percent

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:51am

March CPI inflation soars 20.7pc YoY

ISLAMABAD: The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation increased to 20.7 percent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis in...

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 09:40am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 25% to $17.03bn in 9MFY24

However, trade deficit in March alone higher on yearly and monthly basis

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 10:10pm

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI down 0.09pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on March 28, 2024, decreased by 0.09 per cent due to a...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:58am

Business & Finance

NAC to approve Q2 GDP estimates today

ISLAMABAD: The National Accounts Committee (NAC) is scheduled to meet on Thursday (Mar 28) to approve the 2nd...

Updated 28 Mar, 2024 09:38am

Opinion

Pakistan and IMF

The second and final review of the nine-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...

Published 25 Mar, 2024 06:05am

Business & Finance

Weekly SPI down 1.13pc

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended March 21, 2024, declined by 1.13 per cent due to a...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Editorials

Monetary policy: staying the course

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the policy rate unchanged at 22 percent – a rate...

Published 20 Mar, 2024 03:00am

Business & Finance

PBS inflation rates understated, says economist

ISLAMABAD: “Consumer price index (CPI) and sensitive prices index (SPI) based inflation rates computed by the...

Updated 20 Mar, 2024 11:57am

Pakistan

7th Population & Housing Census-2023: Data collected strategic resource for Data-Driven Policy Making: Ahsan

ISLAMABAD: The data collected through 7th Population and Housing Census-2023 is a strategic resource for Data-Driven...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

Petroleum group: Jul-Feb imports show 10.93pc negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: Petroleum group imports witnessed a negative growth of 10.93 per cent during the first eight months...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Business & Finance

Jul-Jan LSM sector attains negative growth YoY

ISLAMABAD: The overall Large Scale Manufacturing (LSM) sector has shown a growth of -0.52 percent during the first...

Published 16 Mar, 2024 06:26am

Editorials

Increase in debt burden

EDITORIAL: Total domestic and external debt stocks rose by 6 percent during the first seven months of the current...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Business & Finance

SPI up by 1.11pc WoW

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ended on March 7, 2024 increased by 1.11 per cent due to an...

Published 09 Mar, 2024 04:59am

Opinion

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 29	278.53
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 29	278.03
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 29	156.41
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 29	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 29	1.25
Euro to USD / Apr 29	1.07

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 26	5099.96
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 26	37934.76
Nasdaq / Apr 26	15927.90
Dow Jones / Apr 26	38239.66
India Sensex / Apr 29	74257.68
Hang Seng / Apr 29	17861.75
FTSE 100 / Apr 29	8179.85
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 29	18202.27

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 26	20535
Petrol/Litre / Apr 29	293.94
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 29	83.16
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 29	209105
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 29	2332.70
Diesel/Litre / Apr 29	290.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 29 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 29 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 29 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 29 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 29 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 29 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 29 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 29 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 29 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

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

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