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Stocks surge on SLA

KARACHI: The Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) on Wednesday performed well, strongly fueled by investor optimism...

Published 27 Mar, 2025 05:23am

Editorials

Staff Level Agreement: misplaced optimism?

EDITORIAL: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on the last day of its first review mission to Pakistan - from 24...

Published 18 Mar, 2025 06:46am

Pakistan

Pakistan may present budget early to secure IMF board approval, says Topline

The signing of a Staff Level Agreement (SLA) between the Pakistani authorities and the International Monetary Fund...

Updated 17 Mar, 2025 09:23pm

Pakistan

New IMF programme to improve Pakistan’s funding prospects: Moody’s

Credit rating agency, however, warns govt’s ability to sustain reform implementation will be key to continually unlock financing over three-year duration

Updated 16 Jul, 2024 09:38pm

Pakistan

Talks on new programme continuing virtually with Pakistan, says IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said talks are “continuing virtually” with authorities in Islamabad towards...

Updated 07 Jun, 2024 10:54pm

Pakistan likely to sign staff-level agreement with IMF next week

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is likely to sign the staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next...

Updated 17 Mar, 2024 10:25pm

BR Research

IMF’s funding requirements explained

The IMF programme is still in limbo, as the 9th review was supposed to be completed a long time ago but is still...

Updated 16 May, 2023 11:25am

Markets

3rd successive decline: rupee closes at 282.85 against US dollar

Currency registers a depreciation of 0.20% in inter-bank market

Updated 15 Mar, 2023 08:11pm

BR Research

IMF: agreement in sight?

It has been more than four weeks since the IMF staff concluded its technical talks for the pending 9th review. Yet,...

Published 14 Mar, 2023 09:16am

BR Research

What’s beyond SLA?

The IMF deal is still stuck. The Staff Level Agreement (SLA) is yet to be completed. It’s highly likely that SLA...

Published 09 Mar, 2023 07:25am

Pakistan

Pakistan, IMF to reach staff-level agreement by next week: Ishaq Dar

Says 'anti-Pakistan elements are spreading malicious rumours that Pakistan may default'

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 07:45pm

BR Research

IMF SLA: What’s cooking?

February is nearing the end and the IMF Staff level agreement (SLA) for the 9th review is still pending. The anxiety...

Published 28 Feb, 2023 09:09am

BR Research

Not done till it’s done

IMF review is not done. There are broad agreements on the fiscal and energy side. The IMF is not flexible—the...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:32am

Business & Finance

IMF's staff-level agreement a credit positive for Pakistan: Moody’s

Agreement paves way for release of $1.2 billion in IMF financing, says Moody's

Updated 18 Jul, 2022 06:03pm

IMF agrees to resume loan after much delay

$1bn more and 9-month extension of EFF

Updated 15 Jul, 2022 10:43am

Markets

Pakistan's rupee closes with marginal gain against US dollar

Some intra-day gains erased after dollar strengthens

Updated 14 Jul, 2022 07:19pm

Pakistan

IMF announces staff-level agreement with Pakistan

Subject to Board approval, about $1.177bn will become available
IMF says Pakistan plans to undertake comprehensive review of anti-corruption institutions (including the National Accountability Bureau) to enhance effectiveness in investigating and prosecuting corruption cases

Updated 14 Jul, 2022 10:13am

BR Research

Default averted, not out of woods yet

Things are slowly moving towards stabilization.The long pending IMF reviews are inching towards completion. Seeing...

Published 29 Jun, 2022 09:40am

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 19	281.83
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 19	281.63
USD to Japanese Yen / May 19	145.04
USD to Swiss Franc / May 19	0.84
Pound Sterling to USD / May 19	1.33
Euro to USD / May 19	1.12
UK LIBOR % / May 16	4.96

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 16	5,958.38
Nasdaq / May 16	19,211.10
Dow Jones / May 16	42,654.74
India Sensex / May 19	82,171.74
Tokyo Nikkei / May 19	37,498.63
Hang Seng / May 19	23,303.78
FTSE 100 / May 19	8,642.72
Germany DAX 30 / May 19	23,746.47
France CAC40 / May 19	7,867.04

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 16	16,985
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 16	288,151
Petrol/Litre / May 19	252.63
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 19	61.99
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 19	3,221.72
Diesel/Litre / May 19	254.64
Cotton US¢/pound / May 19	64.92

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Paramount Mod / May 19 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	7.98 ▲ 0.86 (12.08%)
Dost Steels Ltd. / May 19 Dost Steels Limited(DSL)	9.34 ▲ 1 (11.99%)
Abdullah Shah / May 19 Abdullah Shah Ghazi Sugar Mills Limited(AGSML)	6.18 ▲ 0.66 (11.96%)
Balochistan Glass / May 19 Baluchistan Glass Limited(BGL)	9.95 ▲ 1 (11.17%)
Beco Steel Ltd / May 19 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	10.14 ▲ 1 (10.94%)
LSE Ventures / May 19 LSE Ventures Limited(LSEVL)	10.52 ▲ 1 (10.5%)
Ghani Chemworld / May 19 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	10.62 ▲ 1 (10.4%)
Metro Steel / May 19 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	10.20 ▲ 0.95 (10.27%)
AN Textile Mills / May 19 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	14.37 ▲ 1.31 (10.03%)
Service Textile / May 19 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	16.80 ▲ 1.53 (10.02%)

Stock	Price
J.K.Spinning / May 19 J.K. Spinning Mills Limited(JKSM)	54.97 ▼ -6.03 (-9.89%)
Equity Modaraba / May 19 First Equity Modaraba(FEM)	3.11 ▼ -0.34 (-9.86%)
Olympia Mills / May 19 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	47.02 ▼ -4.55 (-8.82%)
Intermarket Securities / May 19 Intermarket Securities Limited(IMS)	51.38 ▼ -4.73 (-8.43%)
Burj Clean Energy Modaraba / May 19 Burj Clean Energy Modaraba(GEM)(GEMBCEM)	9.17 ▼ -0.83 (-8.3%)
Sec. Inv. Bank / May 19 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	8.26 ▼ -0.74 (-8.22%)
Bhanero Textile / May 19 Bhanero Textile Mills Limited(BHAT)	700.26 ▼ -59.74 (-7.86%)
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 19 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	46.13 ▼ -3.7 (-7.43%)
Diamond Ind. / May 19 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	23.16 ▼ -1.79 (-7.17%)
Bilal Fibres / May 19 Bilal Fibres Limited(BILF)	18.31 ▼ -1.37 (-6.96%)

Stock	Volume
Fauji Foods Ltd / May 19 Fauji Foods Limited(FFL)	60,601,551 ▲ 1.11
Cres.Star Ins. / May 19 Crescent Star Insurance Limited(CSIL)	20,056,727 ▲ 0.13
At-Tahur Ltd. / May 19 At-Tahur Limited(PREMA)	18,289,768 ▼ -3.7
Gul Ahmed / May 19 Gul Ahmed Textile Mills Limited(GATM)	15,459,424 ▲ 0.53
WorldCall Telecom / May 19 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	11,543,439 ▲ 0
K-Electric Ltd. / May 19 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,553,628 ▼ -0.01
Pak Petroleum / May 19 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	8,304,279 ▲ 3.36
Ghani Chemworld / May 19 Ghani Chemworld Limited(GCWL)	7,904,089 ▲ 1
Agha Steel Ind. / May 19 Agha Steel Ind.Ltd(AGHA)	7,863,604 ▲ 0.61
Lotte Chemical / May 19 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	7,257,543 ▲ 0.58

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