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Monetary Policy Statement

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) under the chairmanship of Governor State Bank of Pakistan, Jameel...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

Business & Finance

Cut in interest rate: PBF describes SBP decision positive step for businessmen

KARACHI: The President of the Pakistan Business Forum (PBF), Khawaja Mehboob ur Rehman has expressed his approval of...

Published 29 Jan, 2025 06:46am

Business & Finance

100 basis points cut in policy rate: S M Tanveer shows disappointment

LAHORE: S M Tanveer, Patron-in-Chief of the United Business Group (UBG), has expressed disappointment over the State...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 08:12am

Business & Finance

Demand for steeper cut in policy rate

KARACHI Former President of Employers Federation of Pakistan (EFP) Ismail Sattar has said that business community on...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Business & Finance

FPCCI terms 100bps policy rate cut ‘grossly insufficient’ reduction

KARACHI: Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has apprised that the business, industry and trade community of ...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Business & Finance

Policy rate cut by 100bps to 12pc on easing inflation

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has decided to reduce the policy...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Business & Finance

Policy rate cut will boost investor confidence: PM

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said that the policy rate reduction by 1 percent by State Bank of...

Published 28 Jan, 2025 06:45am

Pakistan

Bulk of Pakistan’s foreign debt repayment for FY25 already repaid: SBP chief

Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Jameel Ahmad on Monday said “bulk of” the country’s foreign debt for the...

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 09:51pm

Business & Finance

In line with expectations: SBP reduces key interest rate by 100bps, takes it to 12%

MPC expects headline inflation for FY25 to average between 5.5-7.5%

Updated 27 Jan, 2025 11:35pm

Business & Finance

SITE body calls for reducing policy rate to single digit

KARACHI: The President of the SITE Association of Industry Karachi, Ahmed Azeem Alvi, has called for reducing the...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

Business & Finance

PCDMA chief seeks cut in policy rate to single-digit

KARACHI: Pakistan Chemicals & Dyes Merchants Association (PCDMA) Chairman Salim Valimohammad has urged the...

Published 25 Jan, 2025 06:22am

PM sees more room for policy rate cut

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday emphasized the strong connection between political stability...

Updated 03 Jan, 2025 03:41pm

Editorials

MPS: further cut in key interest rate

EDITORIAL: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) reduced the policy rate by 200 basis points to 13 percent during...

Published 18 Dec, 2024 07:11am

Markets

How the key interest rate has moved since July 2022

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Monday reduced the key policy rate by 200...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:46pm

Markets

Fifth successive cut: SBP reduces key policy rate by 200bps, takes it to 13%

Development in line with analysts' expectations

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 10:39pm

Business community leaders urge SBP to cut interest rate by 5pc

KARACHI: Business community leaders, including S.M. Tanveer, Zubair Tufail, Faisal Moiz Khan, Mazhar Nisar, Haji...

Updated 16 Dec, 2024 09:33am

Business & Finance

REAP chairman demands 500bps policy rate cut

LAHORE: Rice Exporters Association of Pakistan (REAP) Chairman Malik Faisal Jahangir has urged the government to...

Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am

Markets

Pakistan’s inflation likely to slow down further in September, fueling further rate cut speculation

The slowing inflationary trend in Pakistan is likely to continue in September, and projected to come down to almost...

Updated 21 Sep, 2024 08:07pm

Markets

KSE-100 retreats after briefly hitting record high of 82,000

Led by index-heavy stocks, benchmark index gains nearly 1.24% to settle at 81,459.29

Updated 19 Sep, 2024 09:00pm

Business & Finance

ICMA calls for ‘significant’ policy rate cut

KARACHI: The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan (ICMA) has released an in-depth analysis of ...

Updated 16 Sep, 2024 07:15am

BR Research

Circling the drain

Inflation was fairly tamed, a second policy rate cut well in play, and after a particularly gruelling exercise of...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 06:46am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Mar 25	280.52
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Mar 25	280.27
USD to Japanese Yen / Mar 25	150.44
USD to Swiss Franc / Mar 25	0.88
Pound Sterling to USD / Mar 25	1.29
Euro to USD / Mar 25	1.08
UK LIBOR % / Mar 25	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Mar 25	5,776.65
India Sensex / Mar 25	78,876.83
Tokyo Nikkei / Mar 25	37,938.34
Nasdaq / Mar 25	18,271.86
Hang Seng / Mar 25	23,409.08
FTSE 100 / Mar 25	8,663.80
Dow Jones / Mar 25	42,587.50
Germany DAX 30 / Mar 25	23,109.79
France CAC40 / Mar 25	8,108.59

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Mar 25	69.19
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Mar 25	17,085
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Mar 25	272,462
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Mar 25	3,017.63
Cotton US¢/pound / Mar 25	65.24
Petrol/Litre / Mar 26	255.63
Diesel/Litre / Mar 26	258.64

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Mughal Iron & Steel (R) / Mar 26 Mughal Iron & Steel Industries Limited (R)(MUGHALR2)	3.01 ▲ 1 (49.75%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / Mar 26 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	9.98 ▲ 0.99 (11.01%)
Zephyr Textile / Mar 26 Zephyr Textiles Limited(ZTL)	11.40 ▲ 1.04 (10.04%)
Data Agro / Mar 26 Data Agro Limited(DAAG)	96.62 ▲ 8.78 (10%)
Philip Morris Pak. / Mar 26 Philip Morris (Pakistan) Limited(PMPK)	737.77 ▲ 67.07 (10%)
Leiner Pak Gelat / Mar 26 Leiner Pak Gelatine Limited(LPGL)	110.80 ▲ 10.07 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Mar 26 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	58.44 ▲ 5.31 (9.99%)
Crescent Fib. / Mar 26 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	45.70 ▲ 4.14 (9.96%)
Suraj Cotton / Mar 26 Suraj Cotton Mills Limited(SURC)	134 ▲ 11.68 (9.55%)
Universal Ins. / Mar 26 The Universal Insurance Company Limited(UVIC)	10.32 ▲ 0.89 (9.44%)

Stock	Price
Elahi Cot. / Mar 26 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	135.93 ▼ -15.1 (-10%)
Atlas Ins. Ltd / Mar 26 Atlas Insurance Limited(ATIL)	58.55 ▼ -5.43 (-8.49%)
Escorts Bank / Mar 26 Escorts Investment Bank Limited(ESBL)	5 ▼ -0.45 (-8.26%)
Kohat Textile / Mar 26 Kohat Textile Mills Limited(KOHTM)	28.13 ▼ -2.42 (-7.92%)
Bela Auto / Mar 26 Bela Automotives Limited(BELA)	168 ▼ -13.94 (-7.66%)
Jubilee Spinning / Mar 26 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	10.88 ▼ -0.89 (-7.56%)
Frontier Ceram / Mar 26 Frontier Ceramics Limited(FRCL)	22.40 ▼ -1.82 (-7.51%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Mar 26 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	900.16 ▼ -71.96 (-7.4%)
Khairpur Sug. / Mar 26 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	117.26 ▼ -9.21 (-7.28%)
UDL International / Mar 26 UDL International Limited(UDLI)	7.11 ▼ -0.53 (-6.94%)

Stock	Volume
Pak Elektron / Mar 26 Pak Elektron Limited(PAEL)	27,805,092 ▲ 1.5
P.S.O. / Mar 26 Pakistan State Oil Company Limited(PSO)	25,553,346 ▲ 1.03
TRG Pak Ltd / Mar 26 TRG Pakistan Limited(TRG)	22,825,615 ▼ -0.79
Cnergyico PK / Mar 26 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	14,741,999 ▲ 0.06
Pak Petroleum / Mar 26 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	14,694,680 ▲ 7.02
Engro Fert. / Mar 26 Engro Fertilizers Limited(EFERT)	13,564,714 ▼ -0.93
B.O.Punjab / Mar 26 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	12,556,902 ▼ -0.11
WorldCall Telecom / Mar 26 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	12,412,844 ▲ 0
Fauji Cement / Mar 26 Fauji Cement Company Limited(FCCL)	9,193,122 ▲ 1.07
Oil & Gas Dev. / Mar 26 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	8,334,996 ▲ 8.46

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