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SBP

Pakistan’s current account posts significant surplus of $397mn in December

Overall deficit during July-December FY24 stands at $831mn compared to $3.63bn in same period of FY23

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:33pm

Editorials

LSM growth

EDITORIAL: The latest Large-Scale Manufacturing (LSM) growth figures released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics...

Published 17 Jan, 2024 06:02am

Business & Finance

Margin on PIBs declines

KARACHI: Margin on long-term government investment bonds fell up to 50 basis points (bps) in the auction held on...

Updated 17 Jan, 2024 08:38am

Business & Finance

RDA attracts $1.6bn in CY23

KARACHI: Roshan Digital Accounts (RDA) attracted fresh inflows amounted to $1.6 billion during the last calendar...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Business & Finance

RIDB, Euronet Pakistan to launch first ‘Islamic Digital Bank’

KARACHI: Raqami Islamic Digital Bank (RIDB) and Euronet Pakistan Pvt Ltd have entered into an agreement to promote...

Published 16 Jan, 2024 05:44am

Markets

RDA: inflow up 17%, clocks in at $160mn in December

Cumulative inflow has crossed $7.2 billion by December-end

Updated 15 Jan, 2024 09:14pm

Editorials

Remittance inflows

EDITORIAL: Home remittances rose by 13.4 percent in December 2023 compared to the same month a year ago - to 2.4...

Published 15 Jan, 2024 05:03am

Sports

Jahandad takes 7 wickets in PTV’s win, ton-up Irfan Niazi guides SBP to victory

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) got over the line against Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) as Irfan Khan Niazi scored...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 11:35pm

Markets

Pakistan’s central bank reserves decrease $66mn, now stand at $8.15bn

Foreign exchange reserves held by the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) decreased by $66 million on a weekly basis,...

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 10:47pm

Business & Finance

Dec workers’ remittances post 5.4pc growth MoM

KARACHI: Inflows of workers’ remittances recorded 5.4 percent growth in December 2023 compared to November 2023, the...

Updated 11 Jan, 2024 09:56am

Pakistan

Pakistan’s remittances clock in at $2.4bn in December, up 5.4% from November

Inflow 13.4% higher on yearly basis, Saudi Arabia remains biggest source of remittances in December

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 10:36pm

Pakistan

‘NCCIA’ being established to check cyber crimes: Director FIA

FAISALABAD: National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) is being established to check the increasing cyber...

Published 10 Jan, 2024 05:22am

Business & Finance

Weighted average price mechanism: Local, imported urea put in one ‘basket’

ISLAMABAD: The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has approved a mechanism for urea weighted...

Updated 10 Jan, 2024 08:58am

Opinion

Concerns of the World Bank

An article titled “Economic Turnaround Moment?” has recently been published in the newspaper, Dawn. It has been...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Editorials

Domestic borrowing

EDITORIAL: Domestic borrowing rose to 40.955 trillion rupees by end November 2023 as per data uploaded by the State...

Published 09 Jan, 2024 04:18am

Solar PV panels: FBR accused of compelling importers to quote higher rates

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Alternative Energy Association (PAEA) has accused Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) of compelling...

Updated 08 Jan, 2024 09:45am

Export sectors: SBP asked to review limits under EFS facilities

Members emphasise that export oriented sector requires at least medium-term predictability on key indicators such as energy costs, exchange rates and borrowing costs

Updated 06 Jan, 2024 09:51pm

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

Pakistan

Pakistan’s central govt debt at Rs63.4tr in November: SBP

Short-term domestic debt shows significant decline on monthly basis

Published 05 Jan, 2024 08:15pm

Markets

Forex reserves hit 23-week high

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) foreign exchange reserves recorded a notable increase of $ 1.3 billion...

Published 05 Jan, 2024 03:12am

Markets

SBP reserves increase $464mn to reach over 5-month high of $8.2bn

State Bank of Pakistan attributes jump in dollar stockpile to receipt of official Government of Pakistan inflows

Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:17pm

Markets

Open-market: rupee weakens against US dollar

The Pakistani rupee edged lower against the US dollar in the open market on Thursday, while the local currency...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 07:14pm

Editorials

Trade deficit: welcome decline?

EDITORIAL: Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) released balance of trade figures for July-December 2023, which...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:41am

Jul-Nov FDI jumps 8.1pc to $656.1m YoY

Net foreign direct investment during same period of previous fiscal year amounted to $606.9 million

Updated 04 Jan, 2024 09:40am

Markets

Open-market: rupee edges higher against US dollar

The Pakistani rupee registered slight gain against the US dollar in the open market on Wednesday, while the local...

Published 03 Jan, 2024 07:33pm

Opinion

Outlook 2024 – II

Increasing bank lending should to be the next move. The ratio of advances to deposits should increase from present...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:59am

Opinion

AI - the bank of tomorrow

It is 2030. Imagine walking down I.I. Chundrigar Road Karachi. Imagine what will you see? Imagine if banking becomes...

Updated 03 Jan, 2024 05:58am

BR Research

Playing snakes and ladders

You know the biggest and only strategy that goes into playing the board game snakes and Ladders? Avoid the snakes....

Published 02 Jan, 2024 08:57am

SBA: IMF set for first review on 11th

ISLAMABAD: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) Executive Board is scheduled to consider the first review under...

Updated 02 Jan, 2024 10:44am

Editorials

SBP report: the truth, but not the whole truth?

EDITORIAL: The Governor State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) as Chairman of the Board of Directors, submitted the annual...

Published 02 Jan, 2024 05:21am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Apr 18	278.62
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Apr 18	278.32
USD to Japanese Yen / Apr 18	154.61
USD to Swiss Franc / Apr 18	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / Apr 18	1.24
Euro to USD / Apr 18	1.06

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Apr 18	5011.12
India Sensex / Apr 18	72488.99
Tokyo Nikkei / Apr 18	37716.66
Nasdaq / Apr 18	15601.50
Hang Seng / Apr 18	16385.87
FTSE 100 / Apr 18	7877.05
Dow Jones / Apr 18	37775.38
Germany DAX 30 / Apr 18	17837.40

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Apr 18	82.64
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Apr 18	21735
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Apr 18	214077
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Apr 18	2374.36
Cotton US¢/pound / Apr 18	80.61
Petrol/Litre / Apr 19	293.94

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Apr 19 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Apr 19 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Apr 19 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Apr 19 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Apr 19 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Apr 19 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Apr 19 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Apr 19 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Apr 19 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / Apr 19 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / Apr 19 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / Apr 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / Apr 19 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / Apr 19 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / Apr 19 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / Apr 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / Apr 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / Apr 19 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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