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Exploring broader implications of Pakistan’s local currency debt restructuring

Recently, a lot of discussion has been on why local currency debt restructuring is viable and possible. However, in...

Published 11 Sep, 2023 08:19pm

Editorials

Plan to borrow Rs11.09trn in 3 months

EDITORIAL: According to the auction calendar issued by the State Bank of Pakistan, the federal government intends to...

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

Perspectives

Mapping the 2008 and 2023 economic crises in Pakistan: some similarities, several differences

An increase in prices of commodities in the international market brings significant challenges for Pakistan and its...

Published 05 May, 2023 06:23pm

Markets

Treasury bills squeezed as debt ceiling deadline looms

SINGAPORE: Short-dated Treasury bills were under pressure on Tuesday and the cost of insuring against a US default...

Published 02 May, 2023 10:31am

Sukuks, investments in INPCs: Govt decides to re-pledge approved assets

Federal government is authorized to borrow under Article 166 of Constitution, says Finance Division

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:23am

Business & Finance

Treasury bill cut-offs jump as banking system liquidity tightens

MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India sold 3-month treasury bills at 5.62% on Wednesday, sharply above the 5.40% cut-off...

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:09pm

Editorials

Economy appears to be at a tipping point

EDITORIAL: There is no stopping the increase in the market interest rates. 6M Kibor is at 14.25 percent — which is...

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

BR Research

Allied Bank: Steady growth

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) announced Rs2/share as second interim dividend, taking the year-to-date dividend to...

Published 24 Aug, 2021 07:35am

Markets

US Treasury keeps auction sizes steady, bill decline to slow

The Treasury also said it expects Congress to raise or suspend the US debt limit in a timely manner, and that it may take certain extraordinary measures if Congress does not.
The government expects its cash balance to be around $450 billion at the expiration of the debt limit suspension on July 31.

Updated 05 May, 2021 06:15pm

SBP initiates selections in all categories of PDs

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has initiated the procedure for selection of Primary Dealers, Preliminary...

Updated 29 Apr, 2021 10:09am

BR Research

Allied Bank: Smooth sailing

Allied Bank Limited (ABL) declared Rs2/share as interim dividend to go along the first quarterly financial results...

Published 28 Apr, 2021 07:40am

BR Research

UBL – banking on investments

2021 has started on a smooth note for banks. UBL was the latest to rake up good profit numbers for 1QCY21 –...

Published 27 Apr, 2021 07:30am

Markets

Greece to auction six-month T-bills on April 28

The debt agency last sold six-month T-bills in March with the paper priced to yield -0.24%. The settlement date of the new T-bills will be May 4.

Published 23 Apr, 2021 06:16pm

Markets

Nigerian stocks drop to 10-week low, banks fall

The all-share index, which rose 50% in 2020, shed 1.8% on Tuesday, the most in one day since December. The index of Nigeria's top 10 banking shares shed 5.3%.
Stocks had been rising since October as local funds moved into equities following two rate cuts last year, and as excess naira flooded money markets due to historically low yields on the debt market.

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:34pm

World

UK's Sunak could extend stamp duty holiday until June-end

Sunak will use his annual budget on March 3 to move the policy to the end of June, bringing it in line with the easing of lockdown restrictions, the newspaper said.

Published 24 Feb, 2021 12:13pm

Business & Finance

Greece to auction 625mn euros of 6-month T-bills on Feb 24

The agency last sold six-month T-bills in late January, when the paper was priced to yield -0.28%.
The settlement date of the new T-bills will be Feb. 26. Only primary dealers will be allowed to participate and no commission will be paid.

Published 19 Feb, 2021 07:29pm

Markets

Croatia beats target at T-bill auction, yield inches down

The yield at the first auction in almost two months inched down one basis point to 0.05%. The original target at the auction was set at 1.2 billion kuna.
Non-banking investors bought almost 90% of the bills.

Published 19 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

Markets

Greece to auction 625mn euros of one-year T-bills on Dec 9

Primary dealers can submit non-competitive bids for up to an additional 30pc of the auctioned amount until Dec. 10, PDMA said.

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:05pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
Sec. Inv. Bank / Oct 5 Security Investment Bank Limited(SIBL)	4.50 ▲ 0.79 (21.29%)
F.Credit & Inv / Oct 5 First Credit and Investment Bank Limited(FCIBL)	5.75 ▲ 1.00 (21.05%)
Premier Insurance / Oct 5 Premier Insurance Limited(PINL)	7.11 ▲ 1.00 (16.37%)
Punjab Mod / Oct 5 First Punjab Modaraba(FPJM)	1.59 ▲ 0.19 (13.57%)
Jubilee Spinning / Oct 5 Jubilee Spinning & Weaving Mills Ltd.(JUBS)	4.55 ▲ 0.54 (13.47%)
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	1.40 ▲ 0.15 (12.00%)
Hala Enterprise / Oct 5 Hala Enterprises Limited(HAEL)	9.99 ▲ 1.00 (11.12%)
Tariq Corp.Pref. / Oct 5 Tariq Corporation Limited-Preference Shares(TCORPCPS)	10.34 ▲ 1.00 (10.71%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Oct 5 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	4.95 ▲ 0.46 (10.24%)
Saif Textile / Oct 5 Saif Textile Mills Limited(SAIF)	9.01 ▲ 0.76 (9.21%)

Stock	Price
D.S. Ind. Ltd. / Oct 5 D.S. Industries Limited(DSIL)	2 ▼ -0.20 (-9.09%)
Aisha Steel(ConPS) / Oct 5 Aisha Steel(ConPS)(ASLPS)	7.50 ▼ -0.67 (-8.20%)
Al-Shaheer Corp / Oct 5 Al Shaheer Corporation Limited(ASC)	9.47 ▼ -0.78 (-7.61%)
Sunrays Textile / Oct 5 Sunrays Textile Mills Limited(SUTM)	92.50 ▼ -7.50 (-7.50%)
Baba Farid Sugar / Oct 5 Baba Farid Sugar Mills Limited(BAFS)	26.82 ▼ -2.17 (-7.49%)
Hussain Industries / Oct 5 Husein Industries Limited(HUSI)	14.25 ▼ -1.15 (-7.47%)
S.S.Oil / Oct 5 S.S.Oil Mills Limited(SSOM)	77.75 ▼ -6.25 (-7.44%)
Idrees Tex. / Oct 5 Idrees Textile Mills Limited(IDRT)	14 ▼ -1.00 (-6.67%)
Leather Up Ltd. / Oct 5 Leather Up Limited(LEUL)	10.02 ▼ -0.69 (-6.44%)
Habib Rice Products / Oct 5 Habib Rice Product Limited(HRPL)	37.11 ▼ -2.39 (-6.05%)

Stock	Volume
WorldCall Telecom / Oct 5 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	150,424,567 ▲ 0.15
Cnergyico PK / Oct 5 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	19,001,237 ▼ -0.02
Pak Refinery / Oct 5 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	12,964,688 ▲ 0.33
Bankislami Pak. / Oct 5 BankIslami Pakistan Limited(BIPL)	11,151,938 ▼ -0.66
Oil & Gas Dev. / Oct 5 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited(OGDC)	9,902,658 ▼ -0.50
Unity Foods Ltd / Oct 5 Unity Foods Limited(UNITY)	8,538,353 ▼ -0.50
Habib Bank / Oct 5 Habib Bank Limited(HBL)	6,414,290 ▲ 5.38
P.I.A.C.(A) / Oct 5 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	6,392,500 ▲ 0.01
Maple Leaf Cement / Oct 5 Maple Leaf Cement Factory Limited(MLCF)	6,294,646 ▲ 0.47
Air Link Com. / Oct 5 Air Link Communication Limited(AIRLINK)	6,076,059 ▲ 1.77

Markets →

Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Oct 4	284.85
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Oct 4	284.65
USD to Japanese Yen / Oct 4	148.93
USD to Swiss Franc / Oct 4	0.92
Pound Sterling to USD / Oct 4	1.21
Euro to USD / Oct 4	1.05
UK LIBOR % / Oct 3	5.44

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Oct 3	4229.45
India Sensex / Oct 3	65512.10
Nasdaq / Oct 3	13059.47
Dow Jones / Oct 3	33002.38
Tokyo Nikkei / Oct 4	30526.88
Hang Seng / Oct 4	17177.48
FTSE 100 / Oct 4	7475.08
Germany DAX 30 / Oct 4	15028.34
France CAC40 / Oct 4	6985.57

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Oct 3	18235
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Oct 3	172410
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Oct 4	88.50
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Oct 4	1822.59
Cotton US¢/pound / Oct 4	87.47

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