MARKETS

BR100 19,603 264.8 (1.37%)

BR30 71,036 884.6 (1.26%)

KSE100 177,816 1888.2 (1.07%)

KSE30 53,200 584.7 (1.11%)

AGHA 7.84 ▲ 0.09 (1.16%)

BECO 5.22 ▲ 0.03 (0.58%)

BML 57.77 ▼ -0.89 (-1.52%)

BOP 34.40 ▲ 0.71 (2.11%)

CNERGY 10.91 ▲ 0.30 (2.83%)

CSIL 5.45 ▲ 0.15 (2.83%)

FCCL 54.91 ▲ 1.17 (2.18%)

FFL 16.75 ▲ 0.29 (1.76%)

FNEL 1.25 ▲ 0.03 (2.46%)

KEL 7.44 ▲ 0.16 (2.2%)

KOSM 5.84 ▲ 0.20 (3.55%)

LOTCHEM 29.99 ▲ 0.34 (1.15%)

MLCF 96.60 ▲ 0.24 (0.25%)

NBP 206.34 ▲ 2.81 (1.38%)

NCPL 57.85 ▲ 1.00 (1.76%)

NPL 69.00 ▲ 1.69 (2.51%)

OGDC 319.99 ▲ 1.77 (0.56%)

PACE 10.99 ▲ 0.36 (3.39%)

PAEL 43.35 ▲ 1.58 (3.78%)

PIBTL 17.08 ▲ 0.27 (1.61%)

PPL 222.99 ▲ 2.82 (1.28%)

PRL 52.33 ▲ 3.28 (6.69%)

PTC 71.70 ▲ 1.69 (2.41%)

SSGC 29.68 ▲ 0.54 (1.85%)

TBL 9.93 ▲ 0.16 (1.64%)

TELE 8.96 ▲ 0.14 (1.59%)

TPL 17.88 ▲ 0.71 (4.14%)

TPLP 13.05 ▲ 0.54 (4.32%)

TREET 22.95 ▲ 0.36 (1.59%)

TRG 60.35 ▲ 0.13 (0.22%)

اردو

Jul 21, 2026 اردو

Print Edition BR Markets Dollar to PKR

Intl Oil Prices Iran-US war Petrol Prices Gold Rates Podcasts PSX Notices

Topic

trade gap

Making export ambition operational

Published 26 Feb, 2026 04:57am

Recent commentary has challenged the premise behind Pakistan’s renewed export targets and the optimism that they can...

Pakistan’s trade imbalance expected to grow, analysts say

Published 08 Dec, 2025 04:07pm

Most concerning trend surge in automobile imports, which more than doubled to $1.4 billion during 4MFY26, an analyst says

India Q1 current account swings to $2.4bn deficit on wider trade gap, RBI data shows

Published 01 Sep, 2025 10:18pm

MUMBAI: India’s current account logged a deficit in the April-June quarter on the back of a higher merchandise trade...

Pakistan’s trade deficit narrows 30% to $14.9bn in 8MFY24

Updated 01 Mar, 2024 10:28pm

Deficit stood at $21.3bn in 8MFY23

YoY: Pakistan’s trade deficit shrinks 43% to $27.6bn in FY23

Updated 19 Jul, 2023 03:07pm

In FY22, trade deficit stood at a whopping $48.35 billion
Contraction in deficit comes on back of restrictions on imports

Rupee's woeful ride continues, depreciates to settle at 231.92 against US dollar

Updated 13 Sep, 2022 10:13pm

Currency has declined by Rs13.32 in the last eight sessions

Meeting IMF funding gap: One friendly country has already confirmed assurance, says Miftah

Updated 04 Aug, 2022 06:40pm

Finance minister says another friendly country will confirm its assurance in a day or two

Pakistan’s trade deficit widens 57% YoY in FY22

Published 04 Jul, 2022 11:17am

Pakistan's trade deficit widened by 57% during fiscal year 2021-22, and reached $48.67 billion compared to $30.96...

Finance ministry says imports have started to rationalise

Updated 26 Feb, 2022 04:26pm

Statement comes as Pakistan reports massive current account deficit in January

Widening trade gap Pakistan's biggest economic concern: Younus Dagha

Published 14 Dec, 2021 04:06pm

Says deficit can only be curtailed through quantitative restrictions on imports

BR100
BR30
KSE100
KSE30
KMI30

1D 5D 3M 6M 1Y

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jul 20	278.15
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jul 20	277.95
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 21	162.52
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 21	0.81
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 21	1.34
Euro to USD / Jul 21	1.14
SOFR % / Jul 20	3.62

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 20	7,443.28
Nasdaq / Jul 20	25,508.07
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
India Sensex / Jul 21	77,478.67
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 21	65,077.32
Hang Seng / Jul 21	25,036.86

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 20	18,880
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 20	363,971
Petrol/Litre / Jul 21	316.15
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 21	82.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 21	4,050.88
Diesel/Litre / Jul 21	354.35
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 21	79.38

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Invest Capital Invest Bank / Jul 21 Invest Capital Investment Bank Limited(ICIBL)	21.75 ▲ 1.98 (10.02%)
Crescent Cotton / Jul 21 Crescent Cotton Mills Limited(CCM)	64.96 ▲ 5.91 (10.01%)
First IBL Mod. / Jul 21 First IBL Modaraba(FIBLM)	15.27 ▲ 1.39 (10.01%)
Ahmad Hassan / Jul 21 Ahmad Hassan Textile Mills Limited(AHTM)	110.23 ▲ 10.02 (10%)
Asia Ins. / Jul 21 Asia Insurance Company Limited(ASIC)	41.69 ▲ 3.79 (10%)
Husein Industries / Jul 21 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	60.50 ▲ 5.5 (10%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Jul 21 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	50.58 ▲ 4.6 (10%)
National Silk / Jul 21 The National Silk & Rayon Mills Limited(NSRM)	329.37 ▲ 29.94 (10%)
Suhail Jute / Jul 21 Suhail Jute Mills Limited(SUHJ)	270.97 ▲ 24.63 (10%)
Reliance Weaving / Jul 21 Reliance Weaving Mills Limited(REWM)	194.02 ▲ 17.64 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jul 21 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	1,515.89 ▼ -168.43 (-10%)
Service Textile / Jul 21 Service Industries Textiles Limited(SERT)	50.44 ▼ -5.6 (-9.99%)
Azgard Nine (Non-Voti) / Jul 21 Azgard Nine (Non-Voti)(ANLNV)	7.52 ▼ -0.8 (-9.62%)
Maqbool Textile / Jul 21 Maqbool Textile Mills Limited(MQTM)	31.25 ▼ -2.18 (-6.52%)
Crescent Fib. / Jul 21 Crescent Fibres Limited(CFL)	55.05 ▼ -3.84 (-6.52%)
Imperial Limited / Jul 21 Imperial Limited(IML)	22.50 ▼ -1.51 (-6.29%)
Popular Islamic / Jul 21 Popular Islamic Modaraba(PIM)	23.58 ▼ -1.53 (-6.09%)
PIA Holding Co.B / Jul 21 PIA Holding Company Limited B(PIAHCLB)	16,910 ▼ -1089.99 (-6.06%)
Sana Ind / Jul 21 Sana Industries Limited(SNAI)	36.51 ▼ -2.28 (-5.88%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Jul 21 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	21.14 ▼ -1.15 (-5.16%)

Stock	Volume
Cnergyico PK / Jul 21 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	74,390,819 ▲ 0.3
TPL Properties / Jul 21 TPL Properties Limited(TPLP)	38,224,535 ▲ 0.56
Trust Sec.& Brok. / Jul 21 Trust Securities & Brokerage Limited(TSBL)	35,906,041 ▲ 0.2
Pak Refinery / Jul 21 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	18,879,753 ▲ 3.27
B.O.Punjab / Jul 21 The Bank of Punjab(BOP)	14,313,260 ▲ 0.69
F. Nat.Equities / Jul 21 First National Equities Limited(FNEL)	10,550,644 ▲ 0.03
TPL Corp Ltd / Jul 21 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	10,407,849 ▲ 0.68
K-Electric Ltd. / Jul 21 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	8,742,284 ▲ 0.14
United Insurance / Jul 21 The United Insurance Company(UNIC)	8,624,569 ▼ -0.39
WorldCall Telecom / Jul 21 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	7,879,270 ▲ 0.03