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Prices of essential commodities

Weekly SPI slightly up

ISLAMABAD: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) for the week ending February 4 registered a slight increase of 0.09...

Published 07 Feb, 2026 05:45am

Markets

Peshawar: prices of essential food commodities remain steady

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities including vegetables, cooking oil/ghee, sugar, flour, live...

Published 02 Feb, 2026 07:20am

Dar reviews essential commodities’ situation

ISLAMABAD: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar on Tuesday chaired a meeting to...

Published 28 Jan, 2026 05:34am

Sept inward remittances up, FDI down YoY

Inflation expected to remain in the range of 5-6 percent in October

Updated 28 Oct, 2025 02:29pm

Markets

Prices of food items show mixed trend

PESHAWAR: Mixed trend in prices of essential commodities including live chicken / meat, vegetable, flour, sugar and...

Published 09 Dec, 2024 06:43am

Cut in petrol prices

EDITORIAL: The cut in petrol and diesel prices for the fifth consecutive fortnight – amounting to total reduction...

Published 05 Oct, 2024 06:43am

Maryam vows to strengthen supply chain mechanism to keep food prices in check

LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif has directed the authorities concerned to make supply chain...

Published 30 Jul, 2024 03:10am

Markets

Minister orders strict monitoring of prices of essential commodities

HYDERABAD: The Sindh minister for Irrigation and food Jam Khan Shoro said that all the officers of concerned...

Published 23 Mar, 2024 05:41am

Cabinet takes stock of situation

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has directed that a committee should be established immediately to control...

Updated 12 Mar, 2024 09:42am

Waiting for Ramazan

The holy month of Ramazan is just around the corner. It is a month of piety and sharing and gives the well-to-do a...

Published 17 Feb, 2024 05:51am

Markets

Prices: provinces, ICT asked to curtail wholesale-retail gap

ISLAMABAD: The Caretaker Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives, Muhammad Sami Saeed has ...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Action continues against profiteers in Karachi

KARACHI: The campaign against profiteers initiated by the city administration remained continued here. The price...

Published 22 Nov, 2023 05:48am

Markets

Prices of essential commodities remain high

PESHAWAR: Prices of essential food commodities, like vegetables, pulses, fruits, live chicken/meat, sugar and flour...

Published 20 Nov, 2023 06:28am

Kakar asks CMs to cut rates of essential items

ISLAMABAD: Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar on Monday asked the chief ministers to cut the prices of...

Updated 17 Oct, 2023 08:39am

Sensitive Price Index: data firm yet sensitive

EDITORIAL: The Sensitive Price Index (SPI) computed on weekly basis to assess the price movement of 51 essential...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 06:15am

Govt asks officials to ensure adequate supply of commodities during Ramazan

LAHORE: The Industries, Commerce, Investment and Skills Development (ICI&SD) Department of Punjab has issued...

Published 21 Feb, 2023 05:58am

Business community calls for economic stability

KARACHI: Electronics and Motorcycle Dealers Alliance Karachi, and Sindh Trade Union chairman Sheikh Habib held a...

Published 21 Oct, 2022 05:57am

Reviving NPMC

EDITORIAL: It took the government four months of runaway inflation to realise that disbanding the National Price...

Published 04 Sep, 2022 05:44am

The people have spoken but…

EDITORIAL: The outcome of by-elections on 20 seats of the Punjab Assembly is a moment of truth which may well set a...

Published 20 Jul, 2022 05:48am

Punjab to request federal govt not to allow sugar export

LAHORE: Inaugurating the Chief Minister’s price dashboard for online monitoring of prices of essential commodities...

Published 09 Jun, 2022 06:18am

Punjab upgrades Qeemat App

LAHORE: Secretary Industries and Commerce Punjab Dr Ahmad Javed Qazi has said availability, quality and prices of...

Published 08 Jun, 2022 06:19am

Flour, sugar prices reduced in Punjab

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced relief package for the month of Ramzan to reduce the price of...

Updated 20 Apr, 2022 01:54pm

Wheat imports: Tarin asks ministry to come up with ‘accurate need’

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin has asked the Ministry of National Food Security and Research to come up...

Updated 29 Mar, 2022 10:06am

Minister says there’s decline in prices of essential commodities

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib on Saturday said that due to the...

Updated 13 Feb, 2022 10:40am

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Feb 20	279.76
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Feb 20	279.56
USD to Japanese Yen / Feb 23	154.49
USD to Swiss Franc / Feb 23	0.77
Pound Sterling to USD / Feb 23	1.35
Euro to USD / Feb 23	1.18
SOFR % / Feb 20	3.66

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Feb 20	6,909.51
Tokyo Nikkei / Feb 20	56,825.70
Nasdaq / Feb 20	22,886.07
FTSE 100 / Feb 20	10,686.89
Dow Jones / Feb 20	49,625.97
Germany DAX 30 / Feb 20	25,260.69
France CAC40 / Feb 20	8,515.49
India Sensex / Feb 23	83,086.64
Hang Seng / Feb 23	26,977.53

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Feb 19	15,780
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Feb 20	451,356
Petrol/Litre / Feb 23	258.17
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Feb 23	65.59
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Feb 23	5,159.67
Diesel/Litre / Feb 23	275.70
Cotton US¢/pound / Feb 23	65.29

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Itanz Technologies / Feb 23 Itanz Technologies Limited(ITANZ)	13.96 ▲ 1.27 (10.01%)
Kohinoor Ind. / Feb 23 Kohinoor Industries Limited(KOIL)	50.60 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
S.S.Oil / Feb 23 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	563.62 ▲ 51.24 (10%)
Ahmad Hassan / Feb 23 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	92.88 ▲ 8.44 (10%)
786 Invest Ltd / Feb 23 786 Investments Limited(786)	23.56 ▲ 2.14 (9.99%)
Sanghar Sugar / Feb 23 Sanghar Sugar Mills Limited(SANSM)	123.45 ▲ 10.93 (9.71%)
Prosperity Weav / Feb 23 Prosperity Weaving Mills Limited(PRWM)	46 ▲ 4 (9.52%)
Sindh Modaraba / Feb 23 Sindh Modaraba(SINDM)	22.75 ▲ 1.96 (9.43%)
First Treet Manuf / Feb 23 First Treet Manufacturing Modaraba(FTMM)	17.19 ▲ 1.48 (9.42%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Feb 23 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	17.34 ▲ 1.49 (9.4%)

Stock	Price
Blue-Ex Ltd / Feb 23 Blue-Ex Limited(BLUEX)	5.80 ▼ -56.26 (-90.65%)
LSE Capital (R) / Feb 23 LSE Capital Limited.(Right)(LSECLR)	0.90 ▼ -0.24 (-21.05%)
Trust Sec.& Brokerage Ltd (R) / Feb 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited (R)(TSBLR1)	0.42 ▼ -0.1 (-19.23%)
LOADS Limited (R) / Feb 23 LOADS Limited (Right)(LOADSR1)	1.10 ▼ -0.2 (-15.38%)
First Fid. Leasing / Feb 23 First Fidelity Leasing Modaraba(FFLM)	5.82 ▼ -1 (-14.66%)
Ist.Capital Sec / Feb 23 First Capital Securities Corporation(FCSC)	4.48 ▼ -0.73 (-14.01%)
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Feb 23 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	4.95 ▼ -0.79 (-13.76%)
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Feb 23 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	6.76 ▼ -1 (-12.89%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Feb 23 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	5.50 ▼ -0.71 (-11.43%)
Parmount Sp. / Feb 23 Paramount Spinning Mills Limited(PASM)	5.76 ▼ -0.73 (-11.25%)

Stock	Volume
K-Electric Ltd. / Feb 23 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	32,283,477 ▼ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Feb 23 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	31,247,430 ▼ -0.07
F. Nat.Equities / Feb 23 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	23,852,906 ▲ 0.04
B.O.Punjab / Feb 23 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	21,638,340 ▼ -3.03
Trust Sec.& Brokerage Ltd (R) / Feb 23 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited (R)(TSBLR1)	18,050,574 ▼ -0.1
P.T.C.L. / Feb 23 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,433,712 ▼ -3.02
Pak Int.Bulk / Feb 23 Pakistan International Bulk Terminal(PIBTL)	12,666,271 ▼ -1.2
National Bank / Feb 23 National Bank of Pakistan(NBP)	10,874,548 ▼ -12.81
Hascol Petrol / Feb 23 Hascol Petroleum Limited(HASCOL)	10,407,661 ▼ -1.92
Cnergyico PK / Feb 23 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	10,155,640 ▼ -0.32

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