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SBP

Outlook for BoP

The month of June 2021 has seen a big deterioration in the current account (V/A) of the balance of payments (BoP). A...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

MPS today: Key policy rate may stay unchanged

KARACHI: The Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), Dr Reza Baqir will unveil Monetary Policy Statement (MPS) on...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 02:43am

Services trade deficit declines by 43pc in FY21

KARACHI: Pakistan's service trade deficit shrank 43 percent during the last fiscal year (FY21) mainly due to lower...

Published 26 Jul, 2021 05:52am

Services trade deficit declines by 43pc in FY21

KARACHI: Pakistan's service trade deficit shrank 43 percent during the last fiscal year (FY21) mainly due to lower...

Published 26 Jul, 2021 05:52am

US, UK, China top three destinations of exports: SBP

ISLAMABAD: The United States of America (USA) remained the top export destinations of the Pakistani products during...

Published 26 Jul, 2021 05:24am

Opinion

MPC: wait and see

There are clear signs of current account slippages. This comes in tandem with economic recovery in Pakistan. A ...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am

Business & Finance

PBF alarmed over rising cost of dollar

KARACHI: Vice President of Pakistan Businesses Forum (PBF) Ahmad Jawad has called upon the economic managers to...

Published 25 Jul, 2021 05:20am

FY 2020-21: Credit to private sector stood at 33pc of lending

ISLAMABAD: Credit to private sector by the banking system was 33 percent of total lending during 2020-21....

Published 25 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Business & Finance

Majority expect status quo in upcoming monetary policy announcement

However, many expect a rate hike at some point during 2021

Published 24 Jul, 2021 12:22pm

Private credit bureaus: Operational framework needs to be improved: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has proposed improvement in the operational framework of private credit...

Updated 24 Jul, 2021 10:53am

Business & Finance

CDNS achieves new deposit of Rs971bn in FY2020-21

ISLAMABAD: The Central Directorate of National Savings (CDNS) has received a fresh deposit of Rs 971 billion from...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 04:27am

MPS on 27th

KARACHI: The Monetary Policy Committee of SBP will meet on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at SBP Karachi to decide about...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 02:30am

Forex reserves exceed $25bn on Eurobonds inflows

KARACHI: Pakistan’s total liquid foreign exchange reserves crossed $25 billion mark at the end of last week due to...

Published 24 Jul, 2021 01:56am

Business & Finance

Pakistan’s REER falls 2.3% in June, stands at 99.9

Pakistan’s real effective exchange rate (REER) - a measure of the value of a currency against a weighted average ...

Published 23 Jul, 2021 12:38pm

C/A surplus turns to deficit on higher import bill

Country's import bill for the last month of FY21 was $6.32 billion
Pakistan ended with a C/A deficit of $1.85 billion in FY21, against deficit of $4.449 billion in FY20

Updated 20 Jul, 2021 09:34am

Kamyab Jawan Program: Finance Division estimates Rs21bn budget

ISLAMABAD: The Finance Division has estimated budget requirement of over Rs21 billion for providing mark-up subsidy...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:48am

Business & Finance

Capital market reforms: Tarin directs formation of panel for CMAC ToRs

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Finance Shaukat Tarin Monday directed to form a coordination committee for smooth...

Updated 20 Jul, 2021 09:44am

Business & Finance

Forex rules related to imports amended

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has made amendments to forex regulations related to imports including...

Published 20 Jul, 2021 04:26am

Editorials

Petrol price hike

EDITORIAL: Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra) recommended a per litre price rise of 11.50 rupees for petrol...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am

Opinion

SBP deserves praise

This is apropos SBP’s Third Quarterly Report on The State of Pakistan’s Economy. According to SBP, for example,...

Published 18 Jul, 2021 04:14am

FDI down 29pc in FY21 on fall in Chinese investment

KARACHI: Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) posted a decline of 29 percent during the last fiscal year (FY21) as ...

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:33am

Economic recovery gathers momentum in Q3FY21: SBP

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Friday said there was growing evidence that the economic recovery gathered...

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:08am

Opinion

The quest for higher exports

The federal government has constituted the prime minister-led National Export Development Board (NEDB). The board...

Published 17 Jul, 2021 04:21am

SBP foresees surge in current account deficit, inflation

Major downside risk to overall growth outlook for FY22 is the ongoing third and potentially additional waves of Covid-19
While remaining bounded, the current account deficit is expected to rise, mainly due to a further widening in the trade deficit

Updated 17 Jul, 2021 10:35am

Business & Finance

Rupee extends losses against dollar, nears 160 level

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani rupee lost 64 paisas against the US dollar in inter-bank trading on Friday, closing at...

Published 16 Jul, 2021 06:55pm

Pakistan

Meeting on tax laws: Absence of FBR chief irks Senate panel

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Finance Wednesday expressed displeasure over the absence of the chairman...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

Opinion

RAAST: the digital pathway towards financial inclusion

The start of year 2021 has witnessed a much awaited rebound by various global economies but the pandemic has...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 04:03am

SBP’s reserves hit over 4-year high: $1bn Eurobond proceeds received

KARACHI: Pakistan has received foreign inflows amounting to $1 billion of Eurobond, issued by the federal government...

Published 15 Jul, 2021 02:26am

Business & Finance

SBP's foreign exchange reserves soar to $18.2 billion, highest since January 2017

The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) on Wednesday said that it has received $1 billion inflows against issuance of the...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 06:24pm

Remittances hit all-time high of $29.4bn

KARACHI: Inflows of workers’ remittances rose to a historic level of $29.4 billion during the last fiscal year...

Published 14 Jul, 2021 04:34am

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
First Pak Modaraba / Jul 27 First Pak Modaraba(PAKMI)	4.24 ▲ 0.84 (24.71%)
Ist Paramount / Jul 27 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	6.79 ▲ 0.95 (16.27%)
Ghazi Fab. / Jul 27 Ghazi Fabrics International Limited(GFIL)	11.60 ▲ 1.00 (9.43%)
First Tri-Star Mod. / Jul 27 First Tri-Star Modaraba(FTSM)	12.75 ▲ 1.00 (8.51%)
J.A.Textile / Jul 27 J.A. Textile Mills Limited(JATM)	13.88 ▲ 1.00 (7.76%)
Kohinoor Power / Jul 27 Kohinoor Power Company Limited(KOHP)	6.14 ▲ 0.43 (7.53%)
Gatron Ind. / Jul 27 Gatron (Industries) Limited(GATI)	527.50 ▲ 36.80 (7.50%)
Masood Tex. / Jul 27 Masood Textile Mills Limited(MSOT)	57.62 ▲ 4.02 (7.50%)
Sapphire Fib. / Jul 27 Sapphire Fibres Limited(SFL)	860.00 ▲ 60.00 (7.50%)
Crescent Fib. / Jul 27 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	67.72 ▲ 4.72 (7.49%)

Stock	Price
Pak. P.V.C. / Jul 27 Pakistan PVC Limited(PPVC)	4.91 ▲ -0.89 (-15.34%)
Pak Gulf Leas. / Jul 27 Pak-Gulf Leasing Company Limited(PGLC)	6.50 ▲ -0.50 (-7.14%)
Tandlianwala / Jul 27 Tandlianwala Sugar Mills Limited(TSML)	143.30 ▲ -10.77 (-6.99%)
Tri-Star / Jul 27 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	6.06 ▲ -0.44 (-6.77%)
Janana D Mal / Jul 27 Janana De Malucho Textile Mills Limited(JDMT)	88.10 ▲ -3.90 (-4.24%)
Security Bank / Jul 27 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	7.00 ▲ -0.28 (-3.85%)
Stand. Chart / Jul 27 Standard Chartered Bank (Pak) Ltd(SCBPL)	32.50 ▲ -1.15 (-3.42%)
HBL Inv.Fund / Jul 27 HBL Investment Fund(HIFA)	3.10 ▲ -0.10 (-3.13%)
Samba Bank / Jul 27 Samba Bank Limited(SBL)	6.50 ▲ -0.18 (-2.69%)
Bank of Khyber / Jul 27 The Bank of Khyber(BOK)	14.50 ▲ -0.40 (-2.68%)

Stock	Volume
Worldcall / Jul 27 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,172,500 ▼ 0.00
Gul Ahmed / Jul 27 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	7,259,000 ▼ 0.00
Byco Petroleum / Jul 27 Byco Petroleum Pakistan Limited(BYCO)	5,984,500 ▼ 0.00
Citi Pharma / Jul 27 Citi Pharma Limited(CPHL)	4,283,500 ▼ 0.00
Telecard Ltd. / Jul 27 Telecard Limited(TELE)	4,239,500 ▼ 0.00
Al Shaheer Corp. / Jul 27 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	3,607,000 ▼ 0.00
Panther Tyres / Jul 27 Panther Tyres Limited(PTL)	3,117,500 ▼ 0.00
Nishat (Ch) / Jul 27 Nishat Chunian Limited(NCL)	3,012,500 ▼ 0.00
TPL Properties / Jul 27 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	2,953,000 ▼ 0.00
Image Pakistan / Jul 27 Image Pakistan Limited(IMAGE)	2,496,500 ▼ 0.00

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 26	160.40
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 26	160.30
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 26	110.36
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 26	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 26	1.38
Euro to USD / Jul 26	1.18
UK LIBOR % / Jul 26	0.08

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 26	4422.30
India Sensex / Jul 26	52852.27
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 26	27833.29
Nasdaq / Jul 26	14840.71
Hang Seng / Jul 26	26192.32
FTSE 100 / Jul 26	7025.43
Dow Jones / Jul 26	35144.31
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 26	15618.98
France CAC40 / Jul 26	6568.60

Item	Value
Crude Oil / Jul 26	72.16
Karachi Cotton Assoc. / Jul 26	12880.00
Gold 10 Grams / Jul 26	94050.00
Gold Spot / Jul 26	1797.85
Cotton / Jul 26	89.60

SBP

Outlook for BoP

MPS today: Key policy rate may stay unchanged

Services trade deficit declines by 43pc in FY21

Services trade deficit declines by 43pc in FY21

US, UK, China top three destinations of exports: SBP

MPC: wait and see

PBF alarmed over rising cost of dollar

FY 2020-21: Credit to private sector stood at 33pc of lending

Majority expect status quo in upcoming monetary policy announcement

Private credit bureaus: Operational framework needs to be improved: SBP

CDNS achieves new deposit of Rs971bn in FY2020-21

MPS on 27th

Forex reserves exceed $25bn on Eurobonds inflows

Pakistan’s REER falls 2.3% in June, stands at 99.9

C/A surplus turns to deficit on higher import bill

Kamyab Jawan Program: Finance Division estimates Rs21bn budget

Capital market reforms: Tarin directs formation of panel for CMAC ToRs

Forex rules related to imports amended

Petrol price hike

SBP deserves praise

FDI down 29pc in FY21 on fall in Chinese investment

Economic recovery gathers momentum in Q3FY21: SBP

The quest for higher exports

SBP foresees surge in current account deficit, inflation

Rupee extends losses against dollar, nears 160 level

Meeting on tax laws: Absence of FBR chief irks Senate panel

RAAST: the digital pathway towards financial inclusion

SBP’s reserves hit over 4-year high: $1bn Eurobond proceeds received

SBP's foreign exchange reserves soar to $18.2 billion, highest since January 2017

Remittances hit all-time high of $29.4bn

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