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Borrowings, mark-up payments: Policy rate hike pushed up FY23 cost

The expenditure on mark-up payments was Rs5,696 billion in fiscal year 2022-23 against Rs3,950 billion estimated in the budget

Updated 17 May, 2024 09:44am

Business & Finance

BF leader describes 22pc key policy rate as ‘unfair’

PESHAWAR: Leader Businessman Forum (BF), former senator Ilyas Ahmad Bilour described retaining policy rate at 22...

Published 05 May, 2024 02:54am

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation decelerates further to 17.3% in April 2024

CPI-based figure is lowest in 23 months

Updated 02 May, 2024 10:18pm

Pakistan

Govt reduces petrol price by Rs5.45, HSD’s by Rs8.42 per litre

New prices come into effect from May 1, 2024

Updated 01 May, 2024 12:51am

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc

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

Published 30 Apr, 2024 03:43am

Markets

7th straight status quo: SBP holds key interest rate at 22%

Upcoming budgetary measures may have implications for the near-term inflation outlook, Monetary Policy Committee says in press release

Updated 29 Apr, 2024 09:53pm

Markets

Govt pins increase in prices of petroleum products to global hike in rates

The Ministry of Finance has attributed its latest decision of increasing prices of petroleum products to a hike in...

Published 16 Apr, 2024 08:26pm

Markets

Pakistan’s headline inflation reading slows further to 20.7% in March

CPI-inflation reading drops to lowest level since May 2022, is now below key policy rate after over three years

Updated 01 Apr, 2024 09:44pm

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), adopting a cautious approach, has...

Updated 19 Mar, 2024 09:20am

Markets

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

This is the sixth successive decision to hold rates by Pakistan's central bank

Updated 18 Mar, 2024 08:43pm

Opinion

Policy rate: a cut is likely?

Despite a decline in inflation, overall costs are still growing this year in comparison to prior years. Regarding...

Published 18 Mar, 2024 04:56am

Markets

KSE-100 closes week in the red as market awaits MPC decision

Index endures tough week with loss of overall 977 points

Updated 15 Mar, 2024 10:28pm

Mixed expectations: MPS on 18th

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is scheduled to announce the Monetary Policy next Monday (March 18) with...

Updated 13 Mar, 2024 09:42am

Markets

Brokerage house sees ‘strong possibility’ of policy rate cut of 100bps in upcoming MPC

A brokerage house sees “strong possibility” that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) may cut the key policy rate by 100...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 10:38pm

Business & Finance

KIBOR falls after ‘lower-than-expected’ inflation reading

The Karachi Interbank Offered Rate (KIBOR) dropped notably following the release of Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based...

Updated 04 Mar, 2024 09:04pm

BR Research

Allied Bank: Record profits

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) posted its yearly financial results for CY23, declaring a final cash dividend of Rs4/share...

Published 14 Feb, 2024 08:47am

BR Research

MCB: High(est) profits – low(est) ADR

MCB Bank Limited (MCB)recorded a historic profit of Rs59.6 billion – while continuing with its rich history of high...

Published 12 Feb, 2024 08:58am

Business & Finance

UBG leaders criticise maintaining interest rate at 22pc

KARACHI: The industrial sector has criticized the central bank for maintaining the policy rate at 22 percent, saying...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Business & Finance

Industrial sector slams SBP for keeping policy rate unchaged

KARACHI: Industrial sector has criticised the central bank for maintaining the policy rate at 22 percent as it is...

Published 31 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Business & Finance

Policy rate kept unchanged at 22pc on inflation

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

Published 30 Jan, 2024 04:52am

Markets

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

Central bank governor conveys MPC has revised projected inflation figure for FY24 from 20-22% to 23-25%

Updated 29 Jan, 2024 09:48pm

Markets

National Saving Schemes: CDNS reduces rates of return on some products

The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has revised the rates of return on some of its National Savings...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 08:34pm

Business & Finance

Policy rate likely to remain unchanged

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is most likely to maintain the policy rate at 22 percent in the next...

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:47pm

BR Research

Inflation: Throwing gas on fire

Inflation is not coming down. The headline number stood at 29.7 percent in December 2023 – slightly higher than...

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 11:39am

Opinion

Outlook for inflation

The statement released recently by the Monetary Policy Committee of the SBP (State Bank of Pakistan) indicates that...

Published 19 Dec, 2023 05:20am

Business & Finance

SBP official explains latest monetary policy decision

KARACHI: The Director of the Monetary Policy Department State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Amin Lodhi has discussed the...

Updated 19 Dec, 2023 09:33am

Business & Finance

SBP keeps key policy rate unchanged at 22%

Majority analysts had expected central bank to hold key interest rate

Updated 12 Dec, 2023 10:49pm

Business & Finance

MPS today

KARACHI: The meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) to be held today...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Business & Finance

PIDE underscores need for reducing policy rate by 50-100bps

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) has suggested lowering down discount rate by 50 to...

Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:28am

Markets

Bulls dominate as KSE-100 hits new peak above 64,700

Bulls continued to dominate at the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX), as its benchmark KSE-100 Index hit a new peak on...

Updated 07 Dec, 2023 07:04pm

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 24	2278.33
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 24	278.13
USD to Japanese Yen / May 24	156.99
USD to Swiss Franc / May 24	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 24	1.27
Euro to USD / May 24	1.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 24	5304.72
India Sensex / May 24	74410.39
Tokyo Nikkei / May 24	38646.11
Nasdaq / May 24	16920.80
Hang Seng / May 24	18608.94
FTSE 100 / May 24	8317.59
Dow Jones / May 24	39069.59
Germany DAX 30 / May 24	18693.37

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 24	77.72
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 24	19935
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 24	205933
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 24	2333.83
Cotton US¢/pound / May 24	80.52
Petrol/Litre / May 26	273.10

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

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

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

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

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