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Romania reaps record high 12.69 million tonnes of wheat

Published 01 Apr, 2026 06:04am

BUCHAREST: Romania’s production of wheat, maize and sunflower rose by double digits from a year earlier in 2025 as...

Soaring costs prompt French farmers to reconsider sowings

Published 27 Mar, 2026 08:37am

PARIS: Some French farmers are planning to switch sowings from maize to sunflower, which requires less fertiliser...

Strategie Grains cuts EU sunflower, rapeseed crop estimates

Published 29 Sep, 2024 02:46am

PARIS: Strategie Grains slashed its forecast for the ongoing sunflower seed harvest in the European Union, mostly ...

Cut in import bill of canola planned: Punjab to launch drive to expand under-cultivation area

Published 25 Jun, 2023 02:57am

LAHORE: The caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi on Saturday presided over a meeting at CM Office in which...

Russia does not plan to cancel sunflower seed export tariff

Published 09 Apr, 2023 05:58am

MOSCOW: Russia’s agriculture ministry has no plans to cancel export tariffs on sunflower seeds, the Interfax news...

Turkiye buys 24,000 tonnes of sunflower oil

Published 28 Dec, 2022 04:12am

HAMBURG: Turkey’s state grain board TMO has provisionally purchased about 24,000 tonnes of crude sunflower oil in ...

Soybean ban: follow the science

Published 07 Dec, 2022 09:00am

Commenting on the rapid rise in the import bill of soybean grain in April 2021, BR Research noted that...

Farmers for introducing high-yield hybrid seeds of maize, sunflower

Published 03 Jul, 2022 06:40am

ISLAMABAD: Farmers have requested the government to introduce high-yield hybrid seeds of maize and sunflower, and...

Drought ravages some French crops, key regions uncertain

Published 20 May, 2022 05:15am

PARIS: Extremely dry weather has caused severe damage to grain crops in some parts of France and substantial rain...

Turkey buys 18,000 T of sunflower oil in tender

Published 31 Mar, 2022 02:54pm

HAMBURG: Turkey’s state grain board TMO has provisionally purchased about 18,000 tonnes of crude sunflower oil in an...

France raises 2021 maize and sugar beet crop estimates, cuts wheat

Published 13 Oct, 2021 04:47am

PARIS: France's farm ministry on Tuesday raised its estimate of the country's 2021 grain maize and sugar beet...

Crop sowing lags in India on scanty rains

Published 24 Aug, 2021 05:02am

MUMBAI: Summer-sown crop planting in India has been lagging as the country received below-normal rainfall, the...

Ukraine 2021 corn, sunflower sowing nears completion

Published 25 May, 2021 04:40am

KYIV: Ukrainian farms have almost completed 2021 spring grain sowing, seeding most of the early spring grains and...

Egypt's GASC seeks soyoil and sunflower oil for arrival July 11-31

Published 08 May, 2021 03:55pm

GASC said it wanted at least 30,000 tonnes of soyoil and 10,000 tonnes of sunflower oil. The deadline for the offers is May 11.
GASC will also hold a domestic tender for vegetable oils on Tuesday, the supply ministry said, where it is seeking quantities of at least 3,000 tonnes of soyoil and 1,000 tonnes of sunflower oil.

Ukraine sunflower oil export prices fall $35 over the past week

Published 05 Apr, 2021 12:36pm

It said Ukrainian-origin sunoil prices decreased to a range of $1,485 - $1,495 per tonne FOB Black Sea from $1,520 - $1,530 a week earlier.

Iran tenders to purchase soyoil, sunoil and palm olein oil

Published 15 Mar, 2021 03:07pm

Shipment was sought in March and April.

Turkey gets offers in tender to buy 25,000 tonnes sunflower oil

Published 18 Feb, 2021 01:15pm

Offers are still being considered and no purchase has been reported.

Honey export can help Pakistan earn huge profits: Expert

Published 05 Jan, 2021 11:51pm

He advised the people of Karachi to plant more flowering plants in their homes as possible because honey bees need flowers to make honey.

Agri deptt urges farmers to cultivate sunflower

Published 29 Dec, 2020 12:40am

The farmers could earn handsome profit from this crop within limited time period.

Ukraine sunoil export prices resume rally

Published 18 Dec, 2020 03:31pm

Ukraine is the world's largest sunoil exporter and supplied 6.632 million tonnes of the commodity abroad in the 2019/20 September-August season.

Russia to impose 30pc export duty on some types of sunflower produce

Published 09 Dec, 2020 06:09pm

The government in Russia, a major sunflower oil exporter, had been discussing ways to restrict exports of sunflower seeds amid a lower harvest and rising prices.

Ukraine 2020 sunflower seed crop falls 15pc to 13mn T

Published 20 Nov, 2020 04:17pm

The country's association of sunflower oil producers this week said it had cut its outlook for the 2020, sunseed crop to 13.25 million tonnes from 14 million tonnes.

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 20	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 20	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 20	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 20	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
India Sensex / Jul 20	77,708.52
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 20	64,141.12
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
Hang Seng / Jul 20	25,143.05
FTSE 100 / Jul 20	10,524.76
Dow Jones / Jul 20	51,839.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 20	24,846.69
France CAC40 / Jul 20	8,340.11

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 20	83.17
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 20	4,017.31
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 20	78.92
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	315.80
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	360.06

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Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Asia Ins. / Jul 20 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	37.90 ▲ 3.45 (10.01%)
TPL Insurance / Jul 20 TPL Insurance Limited(TPLI)	64.08 ▲ 5.83 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 20 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	100.21 ▲ 9.11 (10%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Jul 20 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	460.42 ▲ 41.86 (10%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 20 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	59.05 ▲ 5.37 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 20 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	299.43 ▲ 27.22 (10%)
Olympia Mills / Jul 20 Olympia Mills Limited(OML)	118.34 ▲ 10.76 (10%)
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49.05 ▲ 4.46 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 20 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	55 ▲ 5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 20 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	45.98 ▲ 4.18 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 20 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,684.32 ▼ -187.15 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 20 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	56.04 ▼ -6.23 (-10%)
S.G.Power / Jul 20 S.G. Power Limited(SGPL)	87.83 ▼ -9.76 (-10%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 20 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	33.43 ▼ -3.71 (-9.99%)
Ideal Dynamics / Jul 20 Ideal Dynamics Limited(IDEAL)	49.50 ▼ -5.25 (-9.59%)
Fateh Sports / Jul 20 Fateh Sports Wear Limited(FSWL)	136.39 ▼ -13.9 (-9.25%)
Buxly Paints / Jul 20 Buxly Paints Limited(BUXL)	173.04 ▼ -16.9 (-8.9%)
ARM Green Industries / Jul 20 ARM Green Industries Limited(ARMG)	64.63 ▼ -6.07 (-8.59%)
Elahi Cotton / Jul 20 Elahi Cotton Mills Limited(ELCM)	216.01 ▼ -20.08 (-8.51%)
Metro Steel / Jul 20 Metropolitan Steel Corporation Limited(MSCL)	22.03 ▼ -2.02 (-8.4%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	166,059,814 ▲ 0.8
Pak Refinery / Jul 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	49,159,104 ▲ 4.46
TPL Properties / Jul 20 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,436,785 ▲ 0.41
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 20 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	36,283,729 ▲ 0.15
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	27,615,297 ▼ -0.07
Lotte Chemical / Jul 20 Lotte Chemical Pakistan Limited(LOTCHEM)	17,575,908 ▲ 0.54
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	15,089,114 ▲ 0
B.O.Punjab / Jul 20 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,202,726 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Jul 20 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	13,521,739 ▲ 0.86
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 20 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	13,125,536 ▲ 0.01

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