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MTBs auction: Govt receives bids amounting to Rs915.454bn

Updated 05 Mar, 2026 08:58am

KARACHI: The cut-off yields on short-term government bonds increased by up to 39 basis points (bps) in auction held...

Breaking barriers for SMEs

Published 13 Feb, 2026 05:47am

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are critical to the economic fabric of many countries, including Pakistan....

T-Bills yields return to single-digit territory

Published 22 Jan, 2026 04:57am

KARACHI: After a four-year gap, cut-off yields on Pakistan’s short-term government papers have returned to...

90bps drop in Market Treasury Bills yield

Updated 15 May, 2025 08:46am

KARACHI: The margin on short-term government securities declined by up to 90 basis points (bps) in the Treasury...

Rate cut fallout: Foreign investment in T-Bills takes a hit

Updated 04 Feb, 2025 03:07pm

KARACHI: Foreign investment in market treasury bills has sharply declined, with foreign investors withdrawing $149...

T-Bills yield decline 100bps

Published 12 Dec, 2024 06:01am

KARACHI: Cut-off Yield of short-term government securities continued to decline and reached 2022 levels on ...

SME sector: SBP revises per party exposure limits

Published 09 Oct, 2024 06:26am

KARACHI: Aimed at facilitating the SME sector, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has revised the per party exposure...

Domestic borrowing: govt to borrow on its own terms, says Aurangzeb

Updated 20 Sep, 2024 10:46pm

Finance minister urges banking system to focus on lending to private sector

Govt raises Rs835bn in T-bill auction

Published 05 Sep, 2024 07:07am

KARACHI: In the T-bill auction on Wednesday, participation of Rs 1,618 billion was seen with government raising Rs...

Auction for T-bills: Rs397bn raised against Rs150bn target

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:58am

KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) conducted the auction for T-bills on Wednesday and raised Rs 397 billion...

Rate cut hopes drive treasury yield decline

Published 09 Aug, 2024 09:02am

The Treasury bills yields are falling in anticipation of rate cuts. In the auction earlier this week, the cut-off...

Exploring broader implications of Pakistan’s local currency debt restructuring

Published 11 Sep, 2023 08:19pm

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

Plan to borrow Rs11.09trn in 3 months

Published 11 Aug, 2023 05:17am

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

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

Published 05 May, 2023 06:23pm

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

Treasury bills squeezed as debt ceiling deadline looms

Published 02 May, 2023 10:31am

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

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

Updated 02 Mar, 2023 09:23am

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

Treasury bill cut-offs jump as banking system liquidity tightens

Published 27 Jul, 2022 05:09pm

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

Economy appears to be at a tipping point

Published 29 Apr, 2022 05:43am

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

Allied Bank: Steady growth

Published 24 Aug, 2021 07:35am

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

US Treasury keeps auction sizes steady, bill decline to slow

Updated 05 May, 2021 06:15pm

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.

SBP initiates selections in all categories of PDs

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.

Nigerian stocks drop to 10-week low, banks fall

Updated 09 Mar, 2021 09:34pm

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.

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

Published 24 Feb, 2021 12:13pm

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.

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

Published 19 Feb, 2021 07:29pm

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.

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

Published 19 Jan, 2021 05:56pm

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.

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

Published 04 Dec, 2020 05:05pm

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

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Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 3	278.65
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 3	278.45
USD to Japanese Yen / Jun 3	159.91
USD to Swiss Franc / Jun 3	0.79
Pound Sterling to USD / Jun 3	1.35
Euro to USD / Jun 3	1.16
SOFR % / Jun 3	3.63

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jun 2	7,609.78
Nasdaq / Jun 2	27,093.90
Dow Jones / Jun 2	51,307.79
India Sensex / Jun 3	73,756.94
Tokyo Nikkei / Jun 3	68,452.45
Hang Seng / Jun 3	25,630.80
FTSE 100 / Jun 3	10,342.09
Germany DAX 30 / Jun 3	24,951.88
France CAC40 / Jun 3	8,180.24

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jun 3	94.92
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jun 3	401,030
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jun 3	4,463.91
Cotton US¢/pound / Jun 3	80.39
Petrol/Litre / Jun 4	381.78
Diesel/Litre / Jun 4	380.78

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Stock	Price
Wasl Mobility Mod. / Jun 3 Wasl Mobility Modaraba(WASL)	5.91 ▲ 1 (20.37%)
Gulshan Sp. / Jun 3 Gulshan Spinning Mills Limited(GSPM)	6.18 ▲ 1 (19.31%)
First AL-Noor Mod. / Jun 3 First Al-Noor Modaraba(FANM)	6.88 ▲ 1 (17.01%)
Chenab Ltd (Pref) / Jun 3 Chenab Limited (Pref)(CLCPS)	3.85 ▲ 0.44 (12.9%)
Chenab Ltd / Jun 3 Chenab Limited(CHBL)	9.61 ▲ 0.91 (10.46%)
Askari Life Assur. / Jun 3 Askari Life Assurance Company Limited(ALAC)	19.24 ▲ 1.75 (10.01%)
Dawood Equities / Jun 3 Dawood Equities Limited(DEL)	20.56 ▲ 1.87 (10.01%)
Grays Leasing / Jun 3 Grays Leasing Limited(GRYL)	20.89 ▲ 1.9 (10.01%)
Shahzad Tex. / Jun 3 Shahzad Textile Mills Limited(SZTM)	68.38 ▲ 6.22 (10.01%)
Ideal Spinning / Jun 3 Ideal Spinning Mills Limited(IDSM)	72.48 ▲ 6.59 (10%)

Stock	Price
Khairpur Sug. / Jun 3 Khairpur Sugar Mills Limited(KPUS)	2,164.61 ▼ -240.51 (-10%)
Diamond Ind. / Jun 3 Diamond Industries Limited(DIIL)	71.48 ▼ -7.9 (-9.95%)
Tri-Star Mutual / Jun 3 Tri-Star Mutual Fund Limited(TSMF)	16.88 ▼ -1.62 (-8.76%)
Power Cem(Pref) / Jun 3 Power Cement (Pref)(POWERPS)	27.79 ▼ -2.41 (-7.98%)
Paramount Mod / Jun 3 First Paramount Modaraba(FPRM)	13.90 ▼ -1.1 (-7.33%)
AN Textile Mills / Jun 3 AN Textile Mills Limited(ANTM)	30.18 ▼ -2.23 (-6.88%)
Al-Khair Gadoon / Jun 3 Al-Khair Gadoon Limited(AKGL)	52.03 ▼ -3.68 (-6.61%)
Gammon Pak / Jun 3 Gammon Pakistan Limited(GAMON)	19.23 ▼ -1.32 (-6.42%)
Burshane LPG / Jun 3 Burshane LPG (Pakistan) Limited(BPL)	56.96 ▼ -3.61 (-5.96%)
Punjab Oil / Jun 3 Punjab Oil Mills Limited(POML)	147.13 ▼ -8.47 (-5.44%)

Stock	Volume
Treet Battery / Jun 3 Treet Battery Limited(TBL)	46,642,698 ▼ -0.03
Dewan Cement / Jun 3 Dewan Cement Limited(DCL)	33,760,377 ▲ 0.4
Sitara Petroleum Service / Jun 3 Sitara Petroleum Service Limited(SPSL)	25,238,548 ▲ 0.84
Beco Steel Ltd / Jun 3 Beco Steel Limited(BECO)	23,949,474 ▲ 0.46
P.T.C.L. / Jun 3 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	23,376,596 ▲ 0.82
TPL Corp Ltd / Jun 3 TPL Corp Limited(TPL)	17,752,841 ▲ 0.38
Cnergyico PK / Jun 3 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	16,285,113 ▼ -0.2
WorldCall Telecom / Jun 3 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	14,753,659 ▼ -0.01
K-Electric Ltd. / Jun 3 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	13,876,959 ▼ -0.12
Mahanna Islamic Index / Jun 3 Mahanna Islamic Index Traded Fund(MIIETF)	13,316,500 ▼ -0.13

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